Character Journey In Cinderella And Tomorrow When The War
Every novel is the story of a characters journey to self-knowledge. Discuss.
Intro – The statement that ‘every novel is the story of a characters journey to self-knowledge’ is true because in every good book written the main character goes through a type of journey, but there is always the internal journey that really makes the book and the characters believable. In the story of Cinderella and the books ‘The Spook’s Apprentice’ and ‘Tomorrow, when the War began’ there is a clear internal journey of the main character as well as their literal journey. Cinderella’s internal journey follows the most common structure; she goes from a bad place to somewhere a lot better.
In the story of Cinderella, not only is it about her physical journey but also about her journey to self-knowledge. When Cinderella was young her mother died and after this her father remarried a widow who already had 2 girls. Her father died a short while after remarrying and she was left in the care of her stepmother. Growing up Cinderella was treated like a waste of time by her step-family and she felt sad, lonely and worthless. During the story she finds out her true worth, that she is beautiful and the prince falls in love with her, thus making her feel loved and accepted. …show more content…
When Ellie and 7 others come back from a camping trip in the bush they find that their entire country has been taken over by an invading country. They are forced to live in the bush, running scared and fighting for their lives to survive, Ellie especially goes from being alright with her life to reverting to her natural instincts, having to kill others has a dramatic influence on her and she is forced to harden her personality to be able to cope. The way the internal journey of this book plays out is less common, usually the character doesn’t become worse off but
Intro – The statement that ‘every novel is the story of a characters journey to self-knowledge’ is true because in every good book written the main character goes through a type of journey, but there is always the internal journey that really makes the book and the characters believable. In the story of Cinderella and the books ‘The Spook’s Apprentice’ and ‘Tomorrow, when the War began’ there is a clear internal journey of the main character as well as their literal journey. Cinderella’s internal journey follows the most common structure; she goes from a bad place to somewhere a lot better.
In the story of Cinderella, not only is it about her physical journey but also about her journey to self-knowledge. When Cinderella was young her mother died and after this her father remarried a widow who already had 2 girls. Her father died a short while after remarrying and she was left in the care of her stepmother. Growing up Cinderella was treated like a waste of time by her step-family and she felt sad, lonely and worthless. During the story she finds out her true worth, that she is beautiful and the prince falls in love with her, thus making her feel loved and accepted. …show more content…
When Ellie and 7 others come back from a camping trip in the bush they find that their entire country has been taken over by an invading country. They are forced to live in the bush, running scared and fighting for their lives to survive, Ellie especially goes from being alright with her life to reverting to her natural instincts, having to kill others has a dramatic influence on her and she is forced to harden her personality to be able to cope. The way the internal journey of this book plays out is less common, usually the character doesn’t become worse off but