His outlet to the emotional turmoil in his life at the time was creating stories with his brother, which always featured anthropomorphic animals in the fictional kingdom of Boxen (Downing). The emotional impact of his mother’s death led to his deep remission of the Christian faith, which eventually resulted in his conversion to atheism and his initial love of European mythology (Downing). Lewis became widely familiar with medieval Norse literature, an influence that is reflected throughout the books in the series, most prominently in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Ward). This entire book imitates one of the immrama, a type of traditional Old Irish tale that combines elements of Irish mythology to tell the story of a hero's sea journey to the Otherworld (Brady). Medieval Ireland also had a tradition of High Kings ruling over lesser kings and queens or princes, as did Narnia.
Although Odysseus and Oedipus exhibit many God like attributes and almost appear to be divine, they still represent what it is to be fully human. In the epic poem, The Odyssey, Odysseus suffers for ten years battling his way back home to Ithaka. On his journey Odysseus faces many hardships that would be unbearable to the average person and would make one think that he is in some way divine. But on his transcendent voyage home Odysseus displays many human traits; he makes errors, he succumbs to lust, lets his pride get the best of him, and often cries. Similarly, Oedipus, the protagonist of Oedipus the King, reveals human features towards the middle of the play, such as his excessive need for knowledge and his pride.
He argues that only in heroism does the world have meaning. The words that constitutes a hero's reputation and fame construct his vision of the world. Finally, at the very end of the tale, Beowulf explains to Grendel the cycles of existence: life has meaning because it continues, in spite of death and destruction. Grendel’s mother she also serves to highlight the importance of language in the novel. She communicates only in inarticulate sounds that even Grendel cannot understand, the bone pile she is constantly picking through suggests that those without the ability to communicate are left to scraps of others.
Conroy’s life is very much an influence on his writing. The experiences that he has gone through, both good and bad, create spectacular stories with overwhelming detail. Growing up, their father physically abused Conroy, his mother, and siblings. Pat, being the oldest, got it worse then anyone else. By 1970 he had published his first book, The Boo, and married Barbara Boiling, a Vietnam War widow with two daughters.
Journal #4 Pocahontas Part Two There are themes within every book. Every writing has a subject of interest they discuss or a point they are trying to bring forth. Pocahontas’s story has two great themes I believe are the strongest themes present within the text thus far. One being the Powhatan people operated with peace and love, Two being the English operated with force and violence due to greed (page 37). During 1608 relationships between Powhatan and English began to dwindle away due to the English’s behavior towards the Powhatan people.
In between the two landmark crossings, Columbus’s life devolved from prosperous to one of abject failure; from enthusiastic to despondent; from commanding to groveling. Fortunately, throughout his life, he was an avid writer, and his surviving correspondence provides us today with a distinct, first-person view of his fascinating escapades. By comparing a letter from the auspicious beginnings of his adventures to letter from the sad closing stages of his life, one can recognize the changes Columbus was experiencing by examining the stark differences in the tone and content of his writing. With his tendency towards the dramatic the duality of the letters and his personal circumstances is vividly apparent. A letter that represents the fortuitous beginnings of his life was written by Columbus to Luis de Santangel, a court official and financier of the first voyage (Norton Anthology, P 25, and FN1).
Trevor D Professor M Comp and Lit 2 12/16/12 WAITING FOR ICARUS BY: MURIEL RUKEYSER The myth of Daedalus and Icarus begins with the character Daedalus as the main character. Because of his actions, his deceit, his attempts at redemption, and finally his desperate escape for his life, his son was killed. While Icarus was a rather important character, not much was known about his personal life, only that he was an inventor like his father, and met a untimely end. Muriel Rukeyser takes this lack of information on Icarus and creates a new branch to the story through her poetry. The poem “Waiting for Icarus”, by Muriel Rukeyser, is written from the point of view of a woman that was in love with Icarus, and mourns his death.
In Hemingway’s first novel, The Sun Also Rises, distinctive characters convey the theme of the story, sense of moralities of the lost generation during the post war. Almost all characters in this novel are injured somehow physically and psychologically. They are not able to live their own lives and show the lack of morality in many ways. Four characters, Jake, Brett, Count, and Mike each have a different code of morality or immorality. Their way of living should not be respected, but it is true that each of them is somehow struggling with their lives The antagonist and narrator of the story, Jake Barnes, experienced World War I as a soldier.
Change is an integral part of human life, and is a literary tool often employed by authors to reveal the true nature of a character. In Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men”, the novel constantly presents the idea of imminent change; of Lennie getting into trouble and their peaceful environment being shattered. As this happens we see a fundamental change come over George. Always appearing a strong character, all of George’s hopes and dreams are killed with Lennie, even though they would have still been possible. Change here outlines George’s otherwise strong, decisive and problem solving character to be weak without the companionship of Lennie.
He says “when my father was turning on my mother, he was also turning on me because I would stick up for my mother while the rest of my brother and sisters would be hiding in the cupboards.” the point I am trying to make here is that after such a harsh and miserable childhood he has still made an amazing and successful career and life. Next I would like to tell you about Benjamin Zephaniahs performance styles because he somehow adds everyone and anyone into his wonderful work. For example in his poem “we refugee’s” he says everything as the first person which shows he cares about the slavery and feels like one of them and also in his poem “touch” he uses sing language which tells us that he wants to add the people who have a hard time trying to read or listen. What I am trying to tell you here is that he adds everyone in to his work which some poets may not do unknowingly which makes him an outstanding person and poet. I would like to tell you about his lifestyle now because in the