“Pearl was the scarlet letter in another form; the scarlet letter endowed with life.” Pearl relationship to the scarlet letter is excessive throughout the story. At a point in the book when Hester disregarded the letter and took it off her chest in the forest, after living with it for seven years, she plans to leave the community with Dimmesdale and Pearl. When doing so she had also disregarded Pearl. Pearl had refused to come by her unless she put back on the scarlet letter. Pearl could barely recognize her mother without it.
As your friend describes her adventures, she tells you that she was treated as a queen with her every whim waiting to be fulfilled by the staff and that during her visit to the beach, she swam in a sea of diamonds. The second description of your friend’s adventure not only gives better detail and paints a mental picture, it may also seem to put you in the moment and allow you to mentally experience some of what she has experienced. Lakoff and Johnson stated “Most people think they can get along perfectly well without metaphor. We have found on the contrary, that metaphor is pervasive in everyday life, not just language, but in thought and action.”
Summer, played by Zooey Deschanel, is the new girl with a strong sense of independence and a mind of her own. In a twisting of the stereotypical gender roles, Tom admires Summer from afar while she does her own thing. When she is questioned about her single status, Summer wittily responds by saying, “You don’t believe that a woman could enjoy being free and independent?” ((500) Days of Summer). Combine a true-love, soul-mate-searching male with a female who declares that “There’s no such thing as love, it’s just a fantasy” ((500) Days of Summer) and everything commonly known about “love” is challenged as the audience follows the “relationship” of Tom and Summer. In a Shakespearean tragedy-like fashion, the audience already knows how the story is going to end.
In a community where most days are the same as the one before, 16-year-old Delilah (Marissa Gibson) spends her day painting and caring for her grandmother, Nana (Mitjili Gibson). Nana’s constant happiness is infectious and after observing from afar, it is clear Samson wants Delilah for himself. In the early stages of this film, viewers laugh at Samson’s advances towards Delilah and at his attempts to break through Delilah’s seemingly tough exterior, but it is clear that the two characters begin to form a bond stronger than those seen in today’s civilisation. The audience watches, as this bond grows stronger as the pair face adversity and unbelievable circumstances. Samson’s constant petrol sniffing makes you want to slap him senseless while Delilah’s strength to face these difficulties head on is truly
The tone that the author set was complication and romance. Mia’s relationship with Simon was romantic and made you feel as if you were Simons girlfriend, however when it comes to Mia’s family everything is just a blur. The mood set in this novel was a happy and suspenseful mood once I got right into the book I could not put it down because the suspense was building up so high. In this perfectly crafted summer book, Mia Gordon finds herself looking to run away from love and lose herself in the sea off of Long Island.
Daisy never meets her father, Cuyler Goodwill, until she is reunited with him due to the unforeseen death of Mrs. Flett. The novel is the story of Daisy Goodwill, a woman who wanders through life by the forces of time, never quite settling into place. Her life unfolds through a series of chapters pertaining to some of life’s most profound moments however; many are missing the elements of a life that one would expect to find in chapters titled: “Childhood”, “Love”, “Marriage”, “Motherhood” and “Sorrow”. The Stone Diaries, in which Shield’s offers several examples of life that all trace back to the death of Mercy and the birth of Daisy, creates a lot of interplay between freewill and chance. Although free will plays into some aspects of the lives of the characters, it is chance and especially inopportune deaths in the novel that dictate a life’s trajectory.
During the process of such incarnation, Olivia has undergone a gradual transformation from a hypersensitive cynical woman to an open hearted loving mother, which is highly in credit to the constant faithful love and care from Kwan that helps Olivia transcend the limits of her ordinary senses and rational view towards life. This transformation is reflected upon Olivia's relationships and interactions with major people in her life, such as her mother Louise, sister Kwan, husband Simon. Because mother Louise “always suffered from a kind heart, compounded by seasonal rashes of volunteerism ”(7) and reserves plenty room “for dates with men or lunch with her so-called gal pals”, young Olivia fails to get the “absolute love” but only “divided attention” from her mother (7). With the arrival of Kwan, the unreliable mother soon finds her daughter a “handy baby-sitter, will, able, and free”(10), which makes Olivia resents Kwan for replacing her mother even though the latter is so fond of the younger sister. Later, Kwan’s naivety and ghost stories irritate Olivia extensively, though Olivia knows
The book Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl starts off very happy. The Frank family is living in a house, with no problems whatsoever. The book starts out on Sunday, 14 June, 1942 on Anne Frank's 13th birthday. Anne is excited with all of her gifts, but the one she deems the most special is the diary her father gave her. All is well and happy in the Frank home, yet little do they know that their lives will change forever.
But as the case thickens, forgotten Jesse (Evan Ellingson) connects with Kate moreso than her parents even realise. Sara Fitzgerald (Cameron Diaz) ignores the signs of defeat than Kate radiates in everything she does, but continues an obsessive campaign to save her life. Kate’s Father Brian (Jason Patric) leads a rather background role in Kate’s illness, trying to help Kate enjoy the life in which she can lead whilst her condition deteriorates. Though in the proceedings to the ball Kate goes to with the handsome Taylor Ambrose (Thomas Dekker) he glowingly states that Kate is as pretty as a picture. Cameron Diaz plays the role of Sara Fitzgerald with determination and innocence.
Lucie has also provided her friend, Sydney Carton a more promising fate by binding him into her family. Before he met Lucie, Sydney was a “disappointed drudge” whose life was controlled by alcohol. Lucie’s love recalls Sydney back to life by giving him a new purpose to live a meaningful life of prosperity instead of distress. In the lives of both her father and friend, Lucie has become a symbol