Thesis: Many people grapple with discovery, struggling to find their own personal identities within a larger community, some might feel overwhelmed in trying to make decisions of life dreams and commitments. Intro: These ideas of self-discovery are powerfully explored in the film ‘Life Of Pi’ by Ang Lee and the short story ‘Big World’ by Tim Winton. Both texts explore aspects of self - discovery, and map the series of events whereby the protagonist attempts to determine how they feel, personally, and about spiritual issues or priorities. This consequently results the fostering of a more authentic sense of self-discovery, enabling an individual to express their own individuality. Paragraph one: In the film ‘Life Of Pi’ by Ang Lee, we see Pi become Fascinated with different religions, embracing Hinduism, Christianity and Islam, this can be seen through the point of view shot, as Pi reads a Hindu comic under his sheets.
Their ability to captivate large groups of people shows that the beats were before their time. They used poetry by Allen Ginsberg like “Howl” and novels by Jack Kerouac entitled “On the Road” and “Dharma Bums” to show why individualism is important to them. “Dharma Bums” reflects the second half of Jack Kerouac’s life after “On the Road”. “Dharma Bums” is Kerouac’s transformation to becoming a Buddhist. The teachings offered the members of The Beat Generation, a new way to understand the human lifestyle, it taught them how to have a state of mind free from the habits of thinking of the things we don’t have and obsessive thinking.
The ending of the novel is significant in showing how the society is unable to comprehend the severity of evil and darkness, it is ended with a very mistaken view, where the officer compared the ordeal of the boys had to go through with a popular book Coral Island, which is a novel featuring an exciting adventure of the 3 stranded boys. Firstly, it shows us that adults are not as wonderful and knowledgeable as the boys deem them to be. Throughout the novel, adults were portrayed as people who knew the solution to every problem, and people who were wise and logical. "Grownups know things," said Piggy. "They ain't afraid of the dark.
Simon helps the others in all sorts of different ways. When the ship passes by the island Ralph is angry and hopeless: “Simon put out his hand, timidly, to touch Ralph…” (67). Simon is trying to comfort Ralph in his time of need. Ralph is afraid that they’ll never get off the island and that the ship was their only chance Simon know that they’ll get off and even says it when Ralph is longing for home: “You’ll get back to where you come from” (111). This quote tells how Simon knows Ralph will get back and is trying to give Ralph some hope in this dark time of depression.
In my opinion, I got the idea that this book was written more for the workings of the mind but at the same time Steinbeck wanted to make you feel something as you read this. I think it was written for the workings of the mind because he wanted to get his point across about the constant internal battle of good vs. bad. What I enjoyed most about this book was the way he used characters to portray actions or ideas. For example, he used Cathy to represent evil and Aron to represent the internal battle of good vs.
Hassan is always in Amir’s mind as a memory and this is sown through the symbolism of the kites. Even when Amir is thousands of miles away from Hassan, a sudden glimpse of kite flying in the air is enough to bring a flood of memories of the two of them back to haunt Amir. Hassan is never used as the first narrator in the novel, already showing that he was meant to be situated in a lower class than other characters in the story. Hosseini uses Hassan portray hope in the novel and uses his constant forgiveness as a sign of loyalty. This shows the major divide of the Pashtuns and Hazaras.
Sophocles’ stories are full of moral and life lessons through a tragic downfall. With clever choice of words, he uses his characters’ personalities and relationships to lay out his lessons and teachings. In one of Sophocles plays Antigone, he dramatizes the pragmatism of Creons’ ego as well as the passions of his unconsciously mind and the causes and effects of his egos’ quest for divine power. In Antigone, Creon obtains power after the death of his two nephews; however he becomes consumed by the notion of being king. He acknowledges his new status as he says “I have succeeded the full power of the throne” (1.1).
Everything is Not What it Seems Part 1 (Theme): Deception Deception seems to occur on every page of the Summoning of Everyman, printed by John Skot. The play begins with God informing us that Everyman has deceived him by living his life loving riches instead of worshipping and acknowledging the Lord. God sends Death to summon Everyman to his reckoning, and Death informs him that he can bring along whoever or whatever he sees beneficial to him. After Everyman learns this, he begs several people in his life to join him on his journey. They all agree until they find out that Everyman will not be returning.
What Marx means by religion being the optimum of the masses is that people tend to turn to religion for support. In the story while Pi drifts at sea, and is exposed to a ‘soulless condition, ‘he prays to an undefined god and pleads for salvation and protection. So the prayer gives him comfort and a feeling of relief. In addition to Pi being heavily involved in religious beliefs, he demonstrates irrational behavior as he becomes cannibalism while he was on the raft. Although irrational, it was necessary for him to become cannibalism for his survival.
It also helps us to come in touch with nature. Archetypal approach is used to support that literature is grounded in the archetypal pattern. Critics look for God’s creation of human beings, the sacrifice of a hero, or the search for paradise. Myths attempt to explain things that we find unexplainable such as the things we value in life. So when it comes to literature that I may be reading, if it reveals universal meaning and basic human experiences