2. a) The theme of this story is fulfilment or acceptance of one’s destiny. The series of events change the character’s moods from lonely to delight, and then back to depress but with a realization that he should not be living in the ideal world and start facing the real world.…
Alehin is in the same situation Nikolay was back when Nikolay believed only in finding peace in his estate. Alehin disregards the story to him the story does not relate to him. Alehin is entirely wrong in the end all the residents stayed in silence maybe finding the correlations between their lives in Alehin’s estate and Nikolay’s tragedy of happiness.…
One of the central themes the book seems to gravitate towards is the important of FRIENDSHIP. The story starts off with one of the beginning protagonist Walton who seems to have the courage and excitement within his voyage, but no one to share with. Consider it Walton’s goal in the novel to attain the true meaning of friendship.…
What the author wants the reader to think about would be the message that runs through the book. Which would be the wrong choice of group of friends and the influence that they imply on you by making good or bad choices. In Halley’s case it would be her lack of choice towards her actions when being around her boyfriend. The theme that best fits this book would be Love because the main character which is named Halley falls in love with one of her friend’s best friends and she starts a good relationship with her boyfriend Macon but later on is warned to be carful with him…
Due to the fact that it is an allegory, it reveals multiple universal truths about human nature. These universal truths about human nature can be viewed as flaws. Flaws, however, are very important. They play a key role on this novel.…
August’s experience in the book Wonder was a positive and a necessary journey in his life. In the story August Pullman goes through bullying, betrayal, friendship.…
Jon Milston, the sexton, says, ‘these times, they do make monsters of us all.’ Is this a fair assessment of the townsfolk of Eyam living under quarantine?…
As I said before that the others wanted to give a message throughout the entire book to explain to people that we are all one of a kind and never try to be like someone else because there is only one of them and one of you. No one can do better than the next person because we all have something different to offer and we only improve ourselves more when we are just ourselves. Basically no one is like the other so why try to be better at what someone does better when all they’re doing is being their own being. Fear is also mentioned in this book and they tackle this throughout the book as well saying that fear is seen as a negative feature of people, but should really be used as an “engine starter.” That is mostly why this book inspires me not just entertains me.…
R.J Palacio’s novel Wonder explores the adventure of the protagonist August Pullman, who contracted a very rare genetic deformity. The disease is called Mandibulofacialdiysastosis, which causes a major facial deformity. The story is about accepting people’s differences. This novel is written in a multiple first person view, which means that it’s written from a lot of different perspectives. I will be discussing Jack, Summer’s and Via’s perspective, which gave us a great understanding about August and his struggle for social acceptance.…
Kate McCaffrey’s novel “Destroying Avalon” is a very revealing text that is highly recommended for parents and teenagers to read. This novel teaches teenagers and parents the consequences of bullying over the cyber world and how it affects not only the victim but also the loved ones and even the bully. This is displayed by McCaffrey’s interesting plot structure. “Destroying Avalon” draws the attention of teenagers as it has great use of suggestive and unique language techniques.…
Focus: characterization: how has the writer’s development of characters helped to make clear the significance of the theme?…
8.What is the main theme of this book? Explain using details from the book for support. Don’t forget to consider…
In Invisible Man, the narrator is in a continuous search for his own identity as he passes from one section of society to another, taking on different roles within each as he questions his place to find his own true self. He is forced to make a choice of whether he will go against society to find himself, or if he will stay obedient to that society, in conforming to the stereotypes that he is given and go with the expectations of him in society. The narrator portrays many qualities of outward conformity while at the same time is inwardly questioning his own actions as he searches for his identity and place within society. However the main character presents these ideas in unique ways through the main character’s awareness of the standards he is conforming to. The narrator from Invisible Man is not aware of his conformity or his rebelling against it until the end of the novel.…
Throughout this novella, one of the most profound themes is respect. Respect is something that the author wanted to make a big deal throughout the story. Some examples of respect is how the boy treats Santiago, how Santiago is treated as a fisherman, how Santiago treats the ocean and how Santiago treats the marlin. All these examples impacted Santiago and his decisions in the novella.…
Neil Gaiman 's Anansi Boys tells a coming of age story of protagonist Charlie Nancy as he is influenced by his brother, Spider, who he meets after their father 's sudden death. Throughout the novel, Gaiman develops Charlie as a shy character who is afraid to put himself out there into a self-confident trickster who learns to be comfortable in his own skin through many interactions with his brother. In this mythological story, the author outlines the relationship of these two by causing Spider to create stressful situations that push Charlie out of his shell and to take control of his life. It is evident throughout the novel that Charlie 's character consistently develops into, like Spider, a more positive, confident and charismatic person, one by which fits into the Nancy family reputation.…