This intensifies the emotion and reinforces how much of a ‘mess’ their relationship is in. In Horse Whisperer, bitterness is shown in ‘I was the life-blood no longer’. This shows he is bitter about
The wind was picking up as he traveled, blowing leaves down from the trees and up for the forest floor, surrounding him as if in a dream while he walked. The ground began to incline, each step taking more effort. He jumped as a black snake crossed his path a few feet away. The snake did not try to attack him; it simply looked him in the eyes, and then kept going on its path, leaving him behind; but he knew the forest would no longer pose no problem. He kept walking.
“Ryan promised it wasn't going to be like this. He said it was going to be ‘quick and clean,’" I said to myself. I raced through the field thinking about nothing except how to ensure my own survival. “Stop right there!” All around me, blue and red sirens blazed while alarms pierced my ears and spotlights wandered the field searching for my colleague and me. I could taste my own sweat as it trickled down onto my lips while I sprinted through the wild grass.
Summaries for Reference XIX. (19)- The charge begins. Henry runs toward a clump of trees, expecting to meet the enemy at that location. As Henry runs, he hears the shouts of the enemy and sees men fall to the ground in agony and death. As the charge continues, the men begin to cheer; however, this pace takes its toll on the soldiers, and the charge begins to slow.
For instance, while hunting, Jack came alive in the austere ominousness of the forest and jumped off the page, making every violent and vigorous movement almost instinctively. ”Jack was bent double… with his nose only a few inches from the humid earth…[he] breathed gently with flared nostrils…opened his eyes, that with frustration, seemed bolting and nearly mad” (Golding 48). Jack had become, uncannily, one with nature. This image evokes in the reader, the adjacency of the newly evolved Jack and a primitive almost pre-human creature. At this point, Golding has developed Jack as a proselytistic character who has converted into the forest life.
Sweat pounded down my sweltering forehead, my muscles burned and every bone in my body screamed at me to stop, slow down. But my mind wouldn’t let me, my instinct was too strong. Branches ripped at my skin as I dodged the trees, I dared a glance back at my hunter and caught a glimpse of white skin, large hands firmly clasping a rope, and dark, stony eyes devoid of pity. I quickly turned my gaze back to the jungle ahead of me, but it was too late. The tree root came out of nowhere, entangling itself with my leg.
Even though it’s only a short distance, like the hulk taking two steps, my muscles began to ache. I leave my zone only to come back to the reality, as I realize that my teammate is just ahead. I hear my opponents, but they’re out of sight. As Te-Te takes off I know I have to fill in the empty space between us. Cheek to Cheek is the chant I repeat.
Wilbur is sensitive and acts like a child. He is vulnerable and unaware of his surrounding. It is shown when he went out of his pen and see the big world beyond his pen. He does not know what to do when the cocker spaniel dog run out to chase him. Since he was alone and scared, he just takes the goose’s advice.
Run!" Then scout yelled back "Jem, Jem, help me, Jem!" I ran as quickly as we could toward them, trying to figure out where they were. As I got closer to them I could see Bob Ewell was attacking the poor children. But I could not fight Bob to get him off of the children, because I was not going to get in the middle of it, and get in trouble again.
Then Curley attacked his stomach and cut off his wind.” - P.g 60 COWERING = To crouch, as in fear or shame. (Verb) “Suddenly Lennie let go his hold. He crouched cowering against the wall. "You tol' me to, George," he said miserably.” - P.g 60 DERISION = Ridicule; mockery. (Noun) “Through the open door came the thuds and occasional clangs of a horseshoe game, and now and then the sound of voices raised in approval or derision.” - P.g 36