Life of Pi Alissa navarro Period 3 10.16.14 Palestinian American literary theorist and cultural critic Edward Said has written that “Exile is strangely compelling to think about but terrible to experience. It is the unhealable rift forced between a human being and a native place, between the self and its true home: its essential sadness can never be surmounted.” Yet Said has also said that exile can become “a potent, even enriching” experience. Select a novel, play, or epic in which a character experiences such a rift and becomes cut off from “home,” whether that home is the character’s birthplace, family, homeland, or other special place. Then write an essay in which you analyze how the character’s experience with exile is both alienating and enriching, and how this experience illuminates the meaning of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot.
Close analysis – In this section, how are Robbie and Cecilia’s lives presented? In this section Robbie and Cecilia’s lives are presented through the theme of loneliness and the idea of tension between them as their love is moving forward through their letters, however in person they face reality of Briony’s crime and how it has affected their lives. The narrative in this section is omniscient which helps us to understand both the views and feelings of Robbie and Cecilia. To begin with, we can see through the language and structure of this section how Robbie and Cecilia’s lives have changed since section 1 and how they are now presented. The short sentences allow us to apprehend how fast paced their lives have become and how anxious Robbie is of what Cecilia thinks of him.
Due to his background teachers regarded him as a hopeless cause because his difficulty in using Received Pronunciation which contrasts against Harrison's attitude towards language and that there is a variety of dialect within the English language which everyone uses to convey a conversation with one another. When Harrison was young he was overawed by his "posh" teacher who embarrassed him resulting in him feeling demeaned and docile. The first section is in the form of a memory emphasised through the embedded dialogue of the teacher showing how he is undermined as the teacher wants to make sure their "glorious heritage" is not "done to death" suggesting that teacher is aiming to undermine Harrison by discouraging him from reading the important roles. Similarly, in "Bringing Up", he emphasises his separation from his mother as she disgusted over him using taboo language. The use of embedded dialogue implies the different view on the Leeds accent emphasised in his mother being disgusted with him and believes he was not "brought up to write such mucky books!"
He brings to light the inconvenience of his oddities as an ostracized child and emphasizes the effect of his surroundings on the development of his personality. The poem’s gloomy tone conveys the author’s desired message. He describes how during the years of his childhood he wasn’t like the others, he didn’t have the same outlook on life and, finally, his passions differed from those of his peers—he could not relate, nor could he conform—, thus leaving him feeling disconnected. Describing his behaviour as a child, he concludes that “all [he] lov’d—[he] lov’d alone”; this further insinuates the melancholy brought forth upon his solemn look back on his past. As many experience themselves, being shunned for one’s differences can take quite the toll on the psyche — humans are social beings that require the formation connections to other humans to thrive; the moment one is deprived of such social attention, they begin to shrink into themselves and lose their ability to shine outwards.
This informal form of education places constraints upon Jane, as the authority of her aunt and cousins restricts her. Jane is indoctrinated, and is made to feel inferior to the Reed’s. An example of the verbal abuse Jane receives is when John Reed calls her the derogatory name “Rat!” She is extremely class conscious and is constantly reminded of her dependency, this indoctrination makes Jane know her place and her rights. Bronte uses this informal education that Jane endures to convey the harsh treatment that Jane goes through mentally and physically. Jane suffers social exclusion at Gateshead, and is ostracized by the Reed family; this segregation contributes in educating her to become a passive character, as she
Youth of this generation is different from the generation of our parents. A lot of articles say that it’s what you called the “Generation Gap” wherein parents and their children can’t understand each other because of the new things in the world that sometimes parents scolds their children. They sometimes have misunderstanding and sometimes children end up as rebels because their wants and desires are deprived. The technology and other forms of media are useful but if you overused, it would end up to a terrible situation that you won’t expect. If you’ve met Sir Bon, well he’s the Rizal teacher of the Sophomore Education students for this semester; he mentioned a wonderful quotation last week.
When Mrs. Mooney is observing Polly’s interactions with young men, she becomes frustrated that “none of [the men] meant business” and considers sending Polly back to her previous job (63). Mrs. Mooney is highly focused on her own aspirations, and therefore compromises her sense of empathy. Mrs. Mooney is a heavy influence on Polly’s actions. Mrs. Mooney acts as if she is unaware of Polly’s affair with Bob Doran; however, Mrs. Mooney and Polly share an unspoken understanding. Mrs. Mooney is the ringleader of Polly’s indecency, and manages Polly under implicit control.
The techniques that Sassoon has used in the poems are: imagery, simile, metaphor and onomatopoeia. A good poem may lead to sadness, joyful or simply wandering, but it always leads us to think more deeply about life for the following reasons: Firstly, it creates emotion; secondly, it shows us the brutality of war; and finally, hardships faced by soldiers and also by showing about death. Through this it becomes evident that a good poem may lead to sadness, joyful or simply wandering. A good poem may lead to sadness, joyful or simply wandering because it creates emotion. Emotion refers to a natural instinctive state of mind deriving from one's circumstances, mood, or relationships with others.
Lowood doesn’t have proper facilities for its students who are cold and hungry and prone to sickness. To make matters even worse, the school is managed by a stingy clergyman called Mr. Brocklehurst, and certain teachers, if not all, come across as cruel and unsympathetic. When he asks Jane what she thinks of The Scriptures, she informs Mr. Brocklehurst that she finds the Psalms to be uninteresting. Mr. Brocklehurst warns her that such beliefs are a sign of wickedness, and she must repent and cleanse her "wicked heart." Mr. Brocklehurst promises to reshape her disposition at Lowood by making her lead a life of humility and penitence.
Also, Sammy’s parents keep nagged and complained but did not concern about why she had unsatisfactory results on academic aspect. Sammy becomes rebellious because the criticism of the parents, that had produced lots of conflicts in the family relationship. Therefore, there was a conversation problem between them, which make they not understand each other. Lack of self-understanding Sammy did not know her personal identity and what she likes. These were the symptoms that appeared in Erikson’s (1963) eight psychosocial stages, which describes the impact of social experience across the whole lifespan.