25 January 2012 Comparing Themes from The Odyssey and Lilo and Stitch Homer’s The Odyssey and the Disney movie, Lilo and Stitch, have surprisingly similar themes that connect the two works such as isolation, faithfulness to your loved ones, and the ultimate theme, family. There are many examples of isolation between the two odysseys. One example of isolation is the similar settings, islands. In the Odyssey, the inhabitants of the Greek islands, man or monster, are isolated on their islands and cannot leave without some watercraft to guarantee their safety over the treacherous seas. Similarly in the movie, Stitch is isolated on the Hawaiian archipelago after his spaceship crashes in the deep jungles of Kauai.
What Seemed to be Recess In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, a group of English school boys become stranded on an island that appears to be happy hunting grounds. The boys, acting on their first instinct, create a microcosm to model the society they have been so used to seeing. However, Golding emphasizes that savagery and evil exist in everyone and that the defects of the society on the island come from the defects in the boy’s character. Ralph, the protagonist of the novel, loses his innocence as a result of the primitive society on the island. Ralph is introduced as an optimistic boy.
Human beings are contemptuous gluttons, constantly desiring for additional possessions. The avaricious manner of humanity causes its extravagant exhaustion of the available resources. After abducting Morpheus, Agent Smith shares his observations of humankind in attempt to provoke Morpheus: “Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the
Odysseus’s pride had taken over his logic and led him to say things he will regret. The storm leads them to the island of the lotus eaters. Once they arrived Odysseus sends his men to explore the island. “His men find the lotus eaters and try the lotus themselves. They instantly lose the desire to return home and Odysseus must use force to get them back on the ship”(Skidmore).
Ged is momentarily a castaway on an island where he gets part of a broken ring. (Which is important in the second book in the series, by the way.) Then Ged sails to an island where Vetch is, and the two of them go hunting for the shadow. Eventually, Ged corners the shadow and absorbs it since it's really his shadow – it's part of him. Then they sail home now that Ged has: 1) fixed his mistake and 2) gained a deeper understanding of
At this point in the novel, Jack develops resentment towards Ralph. He is exceedingly jealous of Ralph; he spends the rest of the novel nursing his wounded ego back to health. Jack does this by constantly diminishing Ralph’s authority in front of the group. The conflict on the island begins with Jack attempting to dominate the group rather than working with Ralph to benefit it. Furthermore, Jack has narcissistic traits because he behaves in an arrogant manner.
The Lord of the Flies During the course of William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, there were three significant symbols that influenced the overall outcome of the novel. The storyline revolves around a group of young boys that were stranded on a deserted island and must figure out ways of adapting to their surroundings and surviving. The first symbol that was introduced and affected the entire novel was the conch that represented power and order on the island. The following symbol was an older kid known as Roger who was portrayed by the author as evil and brutality. The final symbol is the signal fire since measured the connection that was left to the real world and would be the kids’ only way to be rescued off the island.
However, whereas Victor’s hatred for the monster and relentless will to kill it drives him to his death, Walton ultimately pulls back from his treacherous mission having learned from Victor’s example, how destructive the thirst for knowledge can be. Also, in the novel, Walton highlights the fact that whilst success is great, “while glowing with enthusiasm of success” (7) if you have no friends it doesn’t matter because there is nobody to enjoy your accomplishments with. As a result Walton
This not only compels the readers to see the lack of common sense by which these people are trying to achieve, but to completely view them as people who pose as a stain of society. This element of their nuisance is enhanced by the use of words “bludgers” and “hippies” by which label them as lazy, freeloading parasites who are unable to move on with society and regress into useless human beings. The attack continues with the words ‘activists’ and ‘liberationists’. These words imply there is a hidden, unclear agenda by which these people are trying to achieve and more importantly how. This appeal to fear causes the audience to question the behaviour of these people creating a sense of fear and doubt.
The devil invited his self into things that were not any of his concern. His insecurity causes him to lie so that others can feel as pitiful as he does. Luckily, the vindictive predator is unsuccessful with his efforts. The disgusting, disrespectful manipulator resorts to name calling. (I mean how petty and childish can you be?)