A Corner of the Universe Essay
“A Corner of the Universe”
Essay
In the book “A corner of the Universe” had many major themes throughout the
story, but one major theme that stuck out to me the most was the one that was discussed at the very last part of the book and the theme they were discussing about was friendship. The quote states, “Because, you see, you only need one friend for a party. One is enough. Two is enough. Anything is enough.”Adam (pg.107) This theme taught Hattie (Hattie is the main character of the book) that in life you don’t need a big group of friends; you can have one or two and still be the happiest person alive.
From beginning to end Adam (Hattie’s Mental Disability Uncle) saw Hattie
differently from others. Adam got along with her easier than most people did, and this is why Hattie loved being around her Uncle Adam. Since Adam was disparate from others he was called names and didn’t really make friends. On page 177 one quote that goes in particular with this topic is, "He was called lots of names. And that was one of the things that made it hard to be Adam." Hattie (pg. 177) Like I said sooner or later friendships will be made, and new memories will be made.
All through the book Hattie’s grandparents were always trying to live in this
little “perfect life”, but as we know life isn’t perfect, and with life comes challenges and their challenge was dealing with Adam. Dealing with Adam is tough because he was mentally disabled, and also when others would pick on Adam or things wouldn’t go his way he’d get upset, and this would somehow ruin the routine of his parent’s “perfect
lives”. One quote that states this is, "Maybe Nana and Papa think he doesn't fit in there.
Certainly, he is not part of the perfect world Nana has worked so hard to create."
Hattie (pg. 34) This quote means that even if Adam is their son he isn’t “perfect”. At first this does bother Adam, but then he realizes that he has Hattie and Leila (Leila
Essay
In the book “A corner of the Universe” had many major themes throughout the
story, but one major theme that stuck out to me the most was the one that was discussed at the very last part of the book and the theme they were discussing about was friendship. The quote states, “Because, you see, you only need one friend for a party. One is enough. Two is enough. Anything is enough.”Adam (pg.107) This theme taught Hattie (Hattie is the main character of the book) that in life you don’t need a big group of friends; you can have one or two and still be the happiest person alive.
From beginning to end Adam (Hattie’s Mental Disability Uncle) saw Hattie
differently from others. Adam got along with her easier than most people did, and this is why Hattie loved being around her Uncle Adam. Since Adam was disparate from others he was called names and didn’t really make friends. On page 177 one quote that goes in particular with this topic is, "He was called lots of names. And that was one of the things that made it hard to be Adam." Hattie (pg. 177) Like I said sooner or later friendships will be made, and new memories will be made.
All through the book Hattie’s grandparents were always trying to live in this
little “perfect life”, but as we know life isn’t perfect, and with life comes challenges and their challenge was dealing with Adam. Dealing with Adam is tough because he was mentally disabled, and also when others would pick on Adam or things wouldn’t go his way he’d get upset, and this would somehow ruin the routine of his parent’s “perfect
lives”. One quote that states this is, "Maybe Nana and Papa think he doesn't fit in there.
Certainly, he is not part of the perfect world Nana has worked so hard to create."
Hattie (pg. 34) This quote means that even if Adam is their son he isn’t “perfect”. At first this does bother Adam, but then he realizes that he has Hattie and Leila (Leila