Holden feels depressed from the prior events in his family, and no longer has the desire to learn or strive to be successful. Holden feels distant from his family, and needs their loving care. After a rough childhood, Holden just needs someone, like Phoebe, there for him. He needs love and support from his family, and their sending him to boarding school to fend for himself is not a good idea. Holden can’t find a true friend in anyone, and he is trying to fill the hole that his brother’s death left in his life.
First of all, it can be said that this desire for books and affinity for words is an innate ability to all human beings. In Fahrenheit 451, Faber, the professor helping Montag, was taught like all other citizen not to think of books, and to denunciate anyone who might own books. Nevertheless, he decides to read them, because he is attracted by the material and intellectual content of them. He, of course, hid these, but he still had to bring them back home, which was dangerous. He put himself in danger for books, which proves that human are ready to take big risks for culture, which shows they have this innate and natural desire for books.
I picked this theme because in the beginning of the story Edmond Dates, a prisoner, is a sad lonely man that wants to die because he has no other prisoner to talk to and he has no hope for getting out of jail. For example in paragraph 9 it says, “Edmond listened, and the sound became more and more distinct.” And then in paragraph
For instance, since he does not get discipline by his mother, he does not know any better. In Wolff’s memoir, Toby often feels like a fraud, he frequently feels alone, and does not understand who he truly is. The acts that Toby accomplishes does not change him, he often feels like a phony. Throughout Toby’s life from a young teen to a young adult, he lies to
Faber’s Knowledge Books are something everyone takes advantage of, nobody knows how important they are until they’re gone. In Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451 Montag goes to Faber to seek advice about the books. He finds out Faber’s beliefs in book’s purpose, quality, and the leisure of people. Faber also believes that fear of the truth in books drove people away, and now without the books there is only chaos. When Faber told Montag what the purpose of books were, he spoke, “Books are a receptacle where we stored a lot of things we were afraid we might forget,” so without them everything would slowly be forgotten (83).
17). This describes how he fails with girls: he either scares them or he is too immature in the way he talks to them. It makes him depressed that Sally would not want to go with him because he thinks there is nothing more to do in life so why not just get away from it. Holden is depressed due to disappointment because he feels that he cant do anything right. One of the many examples of this is when he
Altogether, Guy Montag’s change in heart towards books is a blessing. He realizes that his society lacked a hunger for knowledge and wants to do something about it. The true theme in the novel, “Too much mindless entertainment,” proves it is necessary for any society to have the knowledge of the past, which is recorded in books. It can prevent man from making the same mistakes as in the
They agreed, which left him feeling as if they had completely given up their language and culture, which had brought them so close in the past. Daily tutoring sessions helped him, and as he learned more English his family drew farther apart. He found comfort in reading books. Later on he said that books were crucial to his academic success. He became a good collector of thoughts, but usually lacked his own opinion.
. I guess it’s some kind of guilt about having had an easier life than they did” (176). Art knew about the struggles his parents had in the past and felt guilty that he couldn’t comprehend them simply because he was not with them during these struggles. Their past resulted in his remorse as his efforts in relating to or understanding his father failed. He also confided about his relationship with his father, “I mean, I can’t even make any sense out of my relationship with my father .
Montag is because he realizes that his wife doesn’t really love him or appreciate him. Jonas is unhappy mainly with just his father. Toward the conclusion of this book, Jonas ends up not even going home and just stays with the Giver for the