He is in an awkward position in this short story. Daisy is a brown girl who is neighbours with Ben. She is eager to play with him, “…Darted across Finchley Row,” but Ben does not treat her the way he should he speaks to her rudely, “… In a muffled voice,” and is racist to her, “…You’re a nigger.” Daisy gets really hurt by the way Ben acts towards her, Ben says this to Daisy because of his mother and what she has taught him. However, Ben starts feeling sorry for her and lets her play with him, his feelings change because he realises he is wrong by treating her like that, his personality shines through. This leads Ben feeling paranoid as he keeps glancing toward his house just in case his mother sees them as his mother does not like Daisy.
Furthermore, the author uses feelings to describe the monster. The adjective “miserable” manifests to the reader that the monster is also unhappy, just like Victor. This foreshadows later events
Geraldine Brooks explores how ignorance, superstition and hysteria can be as fatal as any plague within her novel ‘Year of Wonders’. During the trying year of the plague superstition, ignorance, and hysteria took over the village, causing people to make irrational accusations, decisions and behave immorally, turning against each other. Brooks explores how the plague acts as a catalyst effecting each of the villagers differently on a physical and emotional level. The plague is defined as a large amount of insects or animals infesting a place causing damage, within the novel we see the villagers become these animals. Fear and anguish brought out some of the worst qualities in the villagers causing them to turn against one another creating anger, conflict and damage unto one another.
Geraldine Brooks confronting ‘Year of Wonders' is a novel of fear due to plague which becomes a catalyst for change. ‘Year of Wonders’ removes people from their comfort zones and brings upon forcible changes as a result of the plague. The novel suggests that these changes can be both positive and negative and bring upon change in religion and reason. This is typical throughout the novel as the novel's protagonist Anna Frith changes from an uneducated servant to knowledgeable and independent woman. Conversely, negative changes are portrayed by The Bradfords whom fight fear with abandonment.
Brooks shows us that the plague causes many to suffer not only physically however mentally and emotionally as well. Before Anna could “mourn the (people) that (she) loved, another (person) was ill in her arms”. This caused Anna to come to a point in her life where she could either sink or swim and Anna decided to sink. Anna decided to be cruel to herself and turned to poppies, even though it did relieve her pain then, she suffered much more later. Not only did people suffer from the plague and what it brings, however people suffered from their own personal upbringing.
Mrs. Montrose and Mrs. Forrester pride themselves on being ladies. They believe they are good women returning to their husbands in good spirits. Their egos start to get a little bruised when the German man tells them he will not move his hamper for them and in response, Mrs. Montrose says, “‘I’m sorry,’ feeling slightly snubbed” (1). Though shocked, Mrs. Montrose and Mrs. Forrester maintain their composure and do not argue with the German man and sit in seats next to the hamper, opposite the German man. The self-control Mrs. Montrose or Mrs. Forrester thought they had quickly fades as the train ride progresses and a mean streak starts to manifest itself within the ladies.
The losing battle faced by the numbats and the final question at the end of the book, “who will save us from the rabbits?”, leaves the readers’ in such intense emotion and thought. Both the narration and images of ‘The Rabbits’ convey and leave readers with a sense of shock, admiration and anxiety as the numbats witness and face such devastation through
In “Maestro” the inspirational journey of Paul trying to grip his highest dream there was disappointment but he still received “Honorable mentions”. Paul ended up within a life “with a women and child that he loved, within the confines of I life he hated” the disappointment of not achieve his dreams and the loss of Eduard Keller does show in “maestro” but Paul doesn’t realize that he isn’t failing he is at a great level he may not be “one in a million” but he sure is “one in a thousand” and that itself is a pretty big goal to achieve itself. Paul ended up with a girl that he loves, he was no longer shy to bullies and gained confidence and he grew so much throughout “Maestro”, not all of Paul’s life is full of failure and disappointment but rather “a small hurt to save a wasted life”. Paul achieved high and he gained a wife and child afterwards this overthrows the big disappointments in his life to make his journey through it
The pig head which is covered in flies is known as the Lord of the Flies. “The Lord of the Flies hung on his stick like a black ball.” These actions by the group of boys show that their minds were affected. They were losing their normal identity. In time the loss of identity and humanity gets worse. The tribe of boys breaks up into groups which fight against each other.
This shows that they are regressing into savagery. The boys’ change in appearance also depicts their regression. When they first killed a pig in chapter 4, they start acting uncivilized with their clothes off. Jack has also painted his face indicating that he’s becoming a savage and is