Compass and Torch – essay Elizabeth Baine´s short story ”Compass And Torch” is the perfect example of the son´s love to his father. In this short story, the father takes his son on a camping adventure in the mountains. The boy is thrilled to be with is father, and doing male things. This short story is a third person omniscient narrator that hasn’t given the main character any names, even though the inferior person in this short story has a name. This gives it a completely different twist, and makes sure that in this case we will think positive things of the inferior person.
Knowing that money would only be a short-term remedy, Jarvis looks for a way to let his community flourish even after he is gone. To this extent, Jarvis hires Leftisi, an irrigation expert able to teach Ndotsheni the benefits of careful farming and irrigation. His kindness is unprecedented, as he attempts to cope with his son’s loss. He does not look upon Stephen Kumalo, the father of his son’s killer, with hate, contempt, or anger. Jarvis transcends these petty emotions, choosing to embrace his son’s views of the natives.
Throughout the story the father has a lot of flashbacks, and his memory's come to life within his son. As he see's his son exploring the fun activities to do on and around the lake, he cant help but see a spiting image of himself as a young boy. E.B. White shows "limitations imposed by time" in the story by the father seeing his young son doing the things he too once did such things before, he cannot do them again because of time. The father has grown be a man, he can no longer jump around and act like a kid again in the lake, for he has lost his young innocence that all children bare.
The sentances are not always short, but are generally to the point. The author also used a description of the pair's tradition to foreshadow the upcoming events. In the passage, he immediately describes the area in the woods where they're staying together. The line "Sitting across from him and staring into the fire was his father." shows a sense of distance between the two.
In the movie Finding Nemo, Marlin’s journey to rescue his son will be an emotional challenge. Several elements from Seger’s essay will help you understand how to tie the hero myth to this movie. Finding Nemo is about an adolescent clown fish named Nemo that has an overly protective dad. Marlin, the father, is not too trusting of anybody; therefore, he is not sure that Nemo is ready for his first day of school. With some convincing from his son, Marlin decides it is safe for Nemo to go to school.
(Quotes – ‘The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock’ ‘he was old enough to have lost the prominent belly of childhood’ ‘he might make a boxer’) Prior to arriving on the island, it is known that he was a spoilt young man coming from the family of a privileged naval commander. It is possible he attended privet school as can be told by his polished accent and classy uniform. (Quotes – ‘Daddy taught me, he’s a commander in the navy) Although it is definitely something to be worried about, Ralph Is positively delighted at being stranded on the island. Ralph has obviously been subject to freedom before, as can be told by his adeptness at what to do if there is no civilization around to aid humans. (Quotes – ‘Ralph giggled into the sand’ ‘Ralph shrieked with laughter’) Although the teacher doesn’t seem to think so, I believe Ralph to be a bit of an unrefined chap – since when has language like ‘sucks to your assmar’ been the dialect of your average gentleman?
Willy’s beliefs and actions stem from his fear of being alone. His desires to be well-liked lead him to raise his sons to be ideal figures and loyal companions – something he never had in his early days. When speaking to Howard Wagner about his career origins, he replies that, “Selling was the greatest career a man could want. Cause what could be more satisfying then to be able to go, at the age of eighty-four, into twenty or thirty different cities, and pick up a phone, and be remembered and loved and helped by so many different people?” He speaks of Dave Singleman, a salesman who dies on the job, supposedly to the great melancholia of his peers. In Willy’s eyes, he is already immortalized, a martyr who serves as the spokesman for a noble cause.
“The Hiking Trip” Analysis In the short story “The Hiking Trip,” the protagonist, Jeff, has to leave the canyon without his dad, in order to find help for his injured brother, Mark. Jeff is courageous and loving, and his true self is shown by his actions throughout the story. By the end Jeff finds his strength, he finds that love can give you courage. In the beginning, Jeff acts childish and frightened. For example, he says,”I never wanted to come on this stupid old hiking trip!” This shows that he is immature because he is complaining about the trip while Mark is badly injured and in need of assistance.
Officer Raleigh is portrayed as a naïve/boyish man. This can be proven by his childish comments such as when he describes the war as “silly”. Though as naïve/boyish he may be he is eager to prove himself and be recognized as an independent/ responsible soldier. This is seen when Stanhope commands Raleigh to go on duty with Trotter he replies without hesitation “Oh, Right”. Raleigh's character seems to be very timid from the start he has just left school and in a way has almost continued on with his school days; Denis's' presence at the dugout gives Raleigh a sense of protection like when he was a school.
He remembers about the experience with his dad which same as what he is doing with his son now. White becomes aware about that feeling when he is doing the activities as he used to do when he was a child. Moreover, when he talks to his son by uses the same words that his dad used to talk to him, he has the feelings of his dad. He describes when he goes fishing with his son; it recalls the memory when he went fishing with his dad. Such as “moss covering the worms in the bait can”, makes White feel like he as a little child again.