She finds herself in a sea of mixed emotions when the death of a troublesome, neighborhood boy, Ti- Guy, occurs. The once acquainted mothers were now joined by motherhood and respect for their neighbor's, the Duprés. During an act of remorse for the grieving family the narrator has an epiphany. The realization that Catholics too, mourn death the same way as Jews. This inspires her to paint a gold star for the Duprés; symbolizing that Ti-Guy's death, and any death in that matter, is just as significant as a soldier’s death.
The finger starts to bleed and her mother says it is bad luck, Esperanza starts worrying. F. Her father is not home yet and begins to think something bad has happened. G. She goes inside the house to talk with Mama, Abuelita (grandmother), Hortensia (maid) and Miguel (her servant). H. They all hear someone coming from outside and Alfonso, who is friends with Esperanza’s dad looks down with a grieving face. I. Esperanza sees that her father’s lifeless body in the wagon and was killed by the bandits.
Daniel and his sister are left in the fate of their poverty stricken grandmother, who apprentices Daniel to the local blacksmith. A harsh man, he beats Daniel and the other boys who serve him. Daniel finally runs away. On the edge of dying of exposure on the hills outside his hometown, Daniel is rescued by Rosh, the leader of a shabby band of zealots. This act of kindness earns Rosh Daniel’s undying loyalty.
She said almost in tears, “Guys. Trevor is dead. He was in an accident.” My sister and I were both in denial. She showed us pictures of his truck. My heart had sunk to the deepest part of the world.
He ran back to the game of horseshoes out in front of the bunk house. "Fella's come quick. crooks is dead." He yelled. They all ran to the barn in what seemed to be a sprint.
RBook: The Road Author: Cormac McCarthy Pg. 75 - 90 The boy and his father wake up early in the morning from hearing noises in the distant. They rise up and leave the area in a panic. They are near a big deserted city and they have to go through it to escape the noises headed in their direction. They run by a young boy crying and the boy releases his father's hand and wants to help him but the father picked his boy and ran away.
Hulga, now having only one leg, manages to crawl her way to a window in the barn loft, to see Manley run away with her precious leg. Hulga feels horrible, losing both her leg and lover. She begins to yell for help, hoping someone, anyone, might hear her calls. After a while, she begins to realize that there’s no hope that someone might come to save her. Depression sets in on Hulga, she begins to cry, to think of her family.
In the novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, Paul experiences many atrocious war events which leave him scarred and damaged emotionally, but in the same way other characters carry physical burdens and other such objects. While stranded in a ditch, Paul stabs a French soldier who unsuspectingly falls into the same ditch. Yet as the man slowly dies, Paul regrets this action, wishing “If only he had run two yards farther to the left, he might now be sitting in the trench over there and writing a fresh letter to his wife” and promising “I will help [your wife] and your parents too, and your child…” (Remarque 118). Paul then begins to doubt his action of survival and he allows his mind to become dominated with repentance. This experience leaves him emotionally wounded by the way that the French solider dies and Paul feels responsible for it.
Grief of my son's exile hath stopp'd her breath.” (5.3.219-220). By the end of the play, both the Capulet and Montague families are left grief stricken in the gloom of their deceased loved ones. Lord Montague is left to grieve alone because of the death of his wife and the suicide of his son and Lord and Lady Capulet are mourning over the loss of their only daughter. Romeo’s impulsiveness not only killed a bunch of people but also left many of their loved ones to suffer from their
My first love is shattered by separation across the globe. As he watches the girl he loved in a casket, he tells us how "unreal" the situation was for him and how he never fully accepted her death. My parents decision to move to the United States was also unreal to me. I could not accept the fact that I had no say in this matter because of my age and because my parents were the ones with "autority". I remember crying every night, feeling deviastated about the situation and my fear of separation.