The author appeals to the emotions of his audience when discussing the main character’s feelings for Kate. At first, the narrator expresses regret with Kate, in simple things like not being able to see her ‘lovely knees’ often because of her work’s uniform and the feeling that while the two of them were still together, he could feel them drifting apart. Not necessarily because of their individual feelings, but because he knew that they wouldn’t be able to stay together when the time came for them to follow their plans for the future. He describes his contradicting feelings in that talking about their plans made them feel…
In the story The Californian's Tale there is one main theme that leads to others. This main theme is evident it is love. Henry has a great love for his wife. His love was a never-ending feeling for her. "One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love." Henry probably had such a hard time with his wife's death that he blocked it out of his mind and started to believe that she really was still there, and that she still loved him. The quote above describes why Henry had so much love for his deceased wife; it was because her death put so much pain and weight on his life. Henry was a gold miner. He came out to California to find happiness in wealth. Henrys wife loved him so much that she came out to California with him, and made an old nasty cottage a home. She was probably happy without the gold. The reason she was happy was because she was in love with Henry. She was a nineteen-year old newlywed woman who was in love. Being a nineteen-year old she missed her family. So when the newlyweds were settled in their cabin she went to visit her family. She was ambushed by a group of Indians on the way and was killed. Henry soon found out that there is only one happiness in life, and that is to love…
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Before Henry’s leave from the war, the priest in their house insisted that Henry travel and visit his hometown of Abruzzi. The priest said, “There is good hunting. You would like the people and though it is cold it is clear and dry. You could stay with my family. My mother is a famous hunter.” Instead, Henry traveled to cities with not much meaning but filled with clubs, bars and whorehouses. After Henry visits these towns, he contemplates his decision to not visit the priest’s hometown Abruzzi. He knows in the future he will regret his decision because the places he visited did not have much meaning but for self pleasure. Abruzzi may have led Henry to discover explanations and enlightenment for his purpose on earth and his connection with people. This shows Henry does not yet have his own self understanding and connection with his purpose to the world around him. Also, after Henry returns from his leave, he meets his future love, Catherine Barkley. The meeting between Henry and Catherine reveals Henry’s low level of maturity and thought compared to Catherine. While discussing the war, Henry states to Catherine, “Lets just drop the war.” Catherine then replies, “There’s no place to drop it.” Due to Catherine’s past loss of her fiancée, she know that the war can not just simply be dropped, and she knows that it will affect anyone who has any part of themselves…
Henry begins the relationship lying to Catherine by telling her he loves her. As the two kiss, Henry thinks to himself, “I knew I did not love Catherine Barkley nor had any idea of loving her. This was a game, like bridge…” (30). This clearly demonstrates the selfish quality he possesses. Later on in his thoughts, he compares Catherine to stakes in a game he ‘plays’ for. Henry does not consider the feelings of Catherine, for all he cares about is pursuing his sexual desires with her. Catherine confronts Henry for lying to her by calling his actions a rotten game, yet he somewhat convinces her he is not. Throughout the book, Catherine inevitably begins to fall in love with Henry’s façade instead of his true self. However, because of Henry’s lie, the unstableness and negativity will affect their relationship down the…
Critics argue that Catherine is “merely a male fantasy” (Shmoop Editorial Team). They have good evidence in saying that and they argue that Catherine “gives up her own identity to get Frederic to love her.” They use her quote about religion, “You’re my religion. You’re all I’ve got” (Hemingway), and her quote about herself, “There…
When true loves comes to mind, you usually think of that elderly couple that goes for a morning stroll in the park, holding hands. You infer they have been through hard times, but they had each other. The theme, love sustains with a challenge is a key factor to the story, “Brigid”. Throughout the story, Owen and his wife are fighting over whether they should put Brigid in a nursing home. Owen then storms out of the house with rage (Lavin 318-321). You can assume that they have had this discussion many times before, with no avail. This shows the hopelessness Owen has for retaining their love. He seems to have given up on trying to make it work because Owen’s wife is being stubborn and not allowing him to keep Brigid on their property. Owen displays his pessimistic attitude toward his wife when he pronounces, “In the town? And why didn’t somebody go to town, might I ask?” (Lavin 318). This excerpt is taken when Owen’s wife does not get meat for their dinner. This creates a tense…
Clare speaks a lot about how she worries about Henry when he is pulled away from the present to explore the past. Clare falls in love with Henry at a very young age. When Henry gives Clare a list of all the days and times that he will be visiting Clare over the course of years, she longs for his visits. “Today isn’t a Henry day; the next one is twenty-two days away… All my life I have pretty much just accepted Henry as no big deal; that is although Henry is a secret and therefore automatically fascinating…” She knows exactly how many days away it is until Henry comes for another visit; on any ordinary day. It is almost like she lives from visit to visit, and she feels stronger every time he comes. When Clare is 13, she is in the meadow, in the middle of a storm, thinking of Henry: “…I suddenly feel that Henry is there, an incredible need for Henry to be there and to put his hands on me even while it seems to me that Henry is the rain and I am alone and wanting him.” Clare is only 13 and already feels so close to Henry that she can feel him…
Pi survives his ordeal through the power of his own story telling. He uses it as a way of dealing with the horrific situation he has found himself in. By creating animal characters to replace the humans in the lifeboat he creates a coping mechanism powerful enough to survive. It also allows him to distance himself from the violent side of his own personality. Pi doesn’t see his story telling as lying, just another interpretation of the truth. Turning his situation into a story is a fairly typical for a child, yet Pi is obviously quite mature in his dealing of it.…
Thorpe, due to his conceited nature, has this narrative, this delusion that Catherine is in love with him. Throughout the novel he attempts to impose this belief on Catherine, creating boundaries to make her play along. Here, Thorpe uses wordplay to slyly propose a marriage to Catherine and impose his fantasy on her.…
Star Wars is a story of aliens and space battles; but it's also a story of ghosts and mystical powers. Is Star Wars science fiction, or is it fantasy? More importantly, what makes it one or the other?…
Although times have changed and centuries have passed by, some parts of life will always remain the same. The relationship between a man and a woman is complicated . Count Baldasarre Castiglione described the difficulties of these in his book, The Courtier, where he describes the perfect courtier. The book, at some point, describes the benefits of Platonic relationships over sensual ones. One recurring theme that sensual relationships often bear is pain. During the Sixteenth Century, Sir Thomas Wyatt wrote love songs. One in particular "Farewell, Love," is about loss and pain. The liberal ways of the nineteen hundreds has brought to light different types of "acceptable" relationships and practices, but still we cannot avoid the pain of love. Irving Kahal wrote "I'll Be Seeing You," which shows love lost in a modern love song.…
Idealism Vs. Realism Interpreting both poems, “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by William Wordsworth and “Smell” by William Carlos Williams, these authors take diverse approaches towards these poems when it comes to realism and idealism. William Carlos Williams tends to take a more realistic approach towards “Smell” by demonstrating forms of anti-romanticism, and negativity towards his own nose, while William Wordsworth leans toward a more idealistic approach by personifying non-living things and using romanticism to express deep, intense emotions towards the astonishing daffodils. Exploring William Carlos Williams, “Smell”, this poem clearly demonstrates a strong approach towards realism. Williams expresses this by speaking of a real life experience instead of an idealistic dream vision.…
I believe this article is exactly what we have been discussing and learning over the past few weeks. In my Myths and Realities class we also talk about how the public is influenced by the media. It’s hard for correction officers to gain the public’s trust. We don’t really believe that the department of corrections is improving, but hearing it from someone with actual experience in the field is different. The two people in the article have watched and witnessed the many changes in the field of corrections. It makes me feel as though they are now realizing that every criminal is different and should be treated differently. They are realizing that not just one program can help and rehabilitate the many different offenders. Many programs are being…
There are tears, smiles, kisses, and missed phone calls, each time a character roles a dice in this game of love the outcome is waited upon with heated breath. Caymen read a book by its cover the first time she met Alexander, but as the story went on she realized he had secrets of his own. They were not as different as she assumed. Through love they closed a social gap that had been present for a long time. There are multiple games humans participate in throughout their lives, love just happens to be the most…