"Fireshadow" by Anthony Eaton - Analytical Essay: 'Throughout the Novel, Characters Encounter Challenges and Setbacks, but the Novel’s Message Is Optimistic'
Fireshadow - Analytical Essay: “Throughout the novel, characters encounter challenges and setbacks, but the novel’s message is optimistic.”
We all face many challenges and setbacks in life, but it is whether we deal with them properly, that decides whether we move on. If we don’t overcome our challenges and setbacks, we could be dwelling on the one problem for a long time, because the longer we leave a problem to grow, the harder it becomes to deal with. Despite the fact that characters encounter challenges and setbacks throughout the whole novel, its overall message is quite optimistic. The four main challenges which are included in the novel, include death, pain, suffering, and separation. Erich and Vinnie faced the biggest challenges and setbacks out of all the characters in the novel. But eventually, they both summoned up the courage to confront their problems and move on.
Erich for example, was separated from Alice for around nine months and was unable to support her through her pregnancy, because he was looking after his sister in a hospital in Germany who had TB. Later, when Alice died during child birth, Erich was prevented from returning to Australia and his baby girl for a few years by Alice’s parents, as they were the next rightful guardians of the baby. This was one of Erich’s major setbacks, but he didn’t give up on her, and he went to meet her In Australia a few years later, and after some careful consideration, Matilda took Erich’s hand, looked at him, and smiled, showing that she approved of him.
Thomas was another one of Erich’s major challenges, because he made life in the prison camp hard for Erich, by continuously picking on him and trying to catch him doing something wrong. The main reason for this, is that Thomas liked Alice because she was the only female who was in the camp, and because Erich worked with her in the hospital every day, he saw Erich as competition. Erich tried to keep his incidents with Thomas a secret, and by doing
We all face many challenges and setbacks in life, but it is whether we deal with them properly, that decides whether we move on. If we don’t overcome our challenges and setbacks, we could be dwelling on the one problem for a long time, because the longer we leave a problem to grow, the harder it becomes to deal with. Despite the fact that characters encounter challenges and setbacks throughout the whole novel, its overall message is quite optimistic. The four main challenges which are included in the novel, include death, pain, suffering, and separation. Erich and Vinnie faced the biggest challenges and setbacks out of all the characters in the novel. But eventually, they both summoned up the courage to confront their problems and move on.
Erich for example, was separated from Alice for around nine months and was unable to support her through her pregnancy, because he was looking after his sister in a hospital in Germany who had TB. Later, when Alice died during child birth, Erich was prevented from returning to Australia and his baby girl for a few years by Alice’s parents, as they were the next rightful guardians of the baby. This was one of Erich’s major setbacks, but he didn’t give up on her, and he went to meet her In Australia a few years later, and after some careful consideration, Matilda took Erich’s hand, looked at him, and smiled, showing that she approved of him.
Thomas was another one of Erich’s major challenges, because he made life in the prison camp hard for Erich, by continuously picking on him and trying to catch him doing something wrong. The main reason for this, is that Thomas liked Alice because she was the only female who was in the camp, and because Erich worked with her in the hospital every day, he saw Erich as competition. Erich tried to keep his incidents with Thomas a secret, and by doing