‘I did not know where I stood on so many issues of consequence; I lacked a stable core. I was not certain where I belonged… my own identity is so fragile’ During his time at Princeton changez adopted a persona which he believed would make him fit in, but there is still something that actually set him apart from the Princeton peers. In pretending to be a young prince while surreptitiously supporting himself with three jobs he had begun the process of transforming himself. He admitted he was well liked an ‘exotic acquaintance’ but in his desire to makes a life for himself in America he did not recognize the danger in subjugating his true self. Moreover the readers cannot be convinced that he had acceptance he believe he fit in.
He is able to get through the days by thinking of her and dreaming about being with her in the moment. He knows that when thinking of Martha he can escape the reality of Vietnam just for a moment and day dream if you will about her loving him. His emotions for Martha affect him greatly while at war. They affect him in some good and bad ways. He is able to not focus on all the
At first glance, Raymond Carver’s writing technique of “Cathedral” seems rather simplistic, but after further analysis of the story one realizes that it surfaces many levels of complexities. Carver, striving to prove an optimistic view of human attitudes and attributes, changes his character’s ignorance and disgruntlement into self realization and eagerness. “Cathedral” illustrates how the comfort zone of an introverted man can turn into fear and ultimately a prison. Carver’s character, the narrator, is caught off guard when pushed beyond this comfort zone and finds himself enlightened through the lessons of a blind man. The opening of the story begins with a thought of the stay of a blind man, Robert.
The event on Rab’s death and Johnny’s hand becoming crippled could turn out to be a negative for the more emotional heart. The Cay although builds up the story in which you are on the edge of your seat rooting for the main character and in the end you jump up in celebration, simply because it is a cheerful ending. Another thing that bugged me about this book is it had a sort of to be continued ending all over it but there was never a sequel I do not find this a
Nick runs away from his experience in the East in much the same way that he has run away from that "tangle back home" to whom he writes letters and signs "with love", but clearly doesn't genuinely offer. The only genuine affection in the novel is shown by Nick towards Gatsby. He admires Gatsby's optimism creating a biased opinion towards others because of that. Nick is "in love" with Gatsby's capacity to dream and ability to live as if the dream were to come true, and it is this that covers his judgment of Gatsby and
Gatsby lived his American dream and in the end found his heart flooded with the power of love and its remarkable betrayal. In time, the clothes we decide to wear, or the objects we put faith into are but beautiful masks covering broken creatures. The desires Gatsby longs for, force him to remember the past in the hope of strengthening the dimming light of Daisy’s love. Gatsby’s life gives way to circumstances that connect two separate ideas in ways least expected. In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby the morals of people are challenged through the use of flashbacks, symbolism, irony, syntax, and diction in order to depict the dissimilarities of the social classes.
He believes he can regain Daisy. Although he has the wealth that can match with the leisured class, he does not have their manners. His tragedy lies in his possession of a naive sense. Nick, the novel’s narrator, considers that his greatness lies in the talent for self-invention, the ability to transform his dreams into reality, and his persistent love. His life is dedicated to the recovery and renewal of an early love with Daisy, whose “voice is full of money.”(Fitzgerald, 2001: 11) He believes in Daisy and manages to protect her.
One is overwhelmed trying to find balance in his daily life, the other escapes his world through his music. Their friendship seems to be a trade of sort. What one person lacks, the other seems to make up for. Though at times their friendship can be trying, if not close to impossible, it is evident that the mere presence of the other person has been life altering. When Steve befriends Nathaniel a certain level of curiosity and hesitance is present.
The Reluctant fundamentalist shows us that nostalgia is a poison In Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist, apparently is shown the other aspect, despite the beneficial side as a salve, but the far lethal side of nostalgia. The astonishing issue---the September 11, undoubtedly turns the USA’s theme from “openness” to “nostalgia”, and as a dire turning-point to be in the story, triggers subsequent changes. The same as America, Erica, who is assumed to be a symbolic character reflects the USA, also gets lost into the endless reminiscence of the bygone affections with Chris, finally destroy her. Nevertheless, these remind Changez of his relatives, who are addicted to nostalgia as well. Strikingly, Hamid sets these enormously realistic and secular scenes to the readers in order to substantiate the havoc of odious recalling back, which is with blindness and narrow-vision, septic grudge and mutiny, like a chronic but fatal poison.
Gatsby believes that if he reaches the “green light” than he and Daisy will be together just like in the past. When Gatsby reaches the light, in other words Daisy’s dock, he still continues to struggle, which reveals that putting hope into an inanimate object that a long lost dream will come true is just futile. But even after this, he continues too have faith that there might still be a chance for them to get back together. By putting so much faith in past love life, it leaves him unaware of the terrible tragedy that lies ahead of