When Rainsford first sets foot on Zaroff's private island he sees the island as his only hope to get back to New York, but he was wrong. Zaroff being a hunter has hunted virtually everywhere and has grown tired of the game he has overcome. He believes that in order to have a great hunt his enemy has to have courage and cunning but most importantly the ability to reason (Wilson 158). There is only one animal that Zaroff knows off that can reason and it the very reason he has his own island. Ivan is Zaroffs trusted servant and lives on the island with his master.
But Emerson and Thoreau both have looked past the materials in their lives and took it upon themselves to live independently, spiritually, with solitude, and without the materials, but the bare minimum in life. Emerson, the man that had made his life without luxury, as he lived in the woods away from the population, he began to find out what life was meant for and why he was placed here to see it, without the materials that were extra in his life. Emerson had talked about building a home from nothing more than his own hands and nature itself. Thoreau had been an anti-materialist as well as Emerson. When Thoreau read Emerson’s writing he began to live that life himself and started to build his home.
But yeah. I wish I’d never had to sell the cabin and all you people had stayed back in San Francisco.” This shows that Jesse wishes she was still living alone. The author helps develop this theme by using conflict and characterization. The author uses characterization by showing that Jesse enjoys living alone and being by herself. The author uses conflict because the theme is based off of that Jesse’s family moved in and she wished they didn’t.
Matt now has a son, a good wife, and an ordinary life; he still has a good family life without going to university. In contrast with Kate, although she has good education and job, she doesn’t have her own family and in fact, she says, “I had never thought I would really love anyone.” (89) From another perspective, she seems to be the one that is going to have a sad life. Similar with Luke, when he rejects Sally it is due to his responsibility as a caregiver. He is happy with his decision since it is for his family. If Matt chooses to go to university instead and leaves Marie, he will most likely lose his happiness and truly be an emotionless “nerd” and suffers like Kate who does not truly knows the meaning of love.
“This long connection of a family with one spot, as its place of birth and burial, creates a kindred between the human being and the locality, quite independent of any charm in the scenery or moral circumstances that surround him. It is not love, but instinct” (12). This tendency is seen by Hawthorne, attempting to revisit and appreciate his past, as well as in Hester, returning to the cottage she lived her sentencing in on account of her own free will. The speaker continues to say “My doom was on me. It was not the first time, nor the second, that I had gone away,--as it seemed, permanently,--but yet returned, like the bad half-penny; or as if Salem were for me the inevitable centre of the universe” (12).
This is also evident in ‘The Island’, although while it was a choice of proctor’s to not belong, it was not a choice for the outsider in this text, instead it was forced upon him. The outsider faces the consequence of inhumane treatment by the community. The community derives the outsider of basic needs such as food and refuse to employ him as they believe he is too skinny and weak to withhold a job, “Look at him, we need someone who can carry heavy loads.” The repetition of “us” and “we” seclude the outsider from the group and shows that he does not
The behaviour of characters can be a major factor of the actions they will take in the near future. People from the same environment can show different values and beliefs for example Father Barry has lived on the Waterfront for his whole life but he has different morals compared to someone like Terry Malloy or Johnny Friendly, Father Barry stands up for what he believes in especially when Kayo gets killed, whereas Terry Malloy is like all the other longshoremen in staying D+D and not saying a word to anyone about anything he
The individuals of smaller towns and communities are known to band together and care for one another as a large, extended family unit. The rural seclusion of the Alaskan environment protects the Miller family from the prejudicial ignorance of the “outside world” while providing them with a small and consistent population sample where the members have known (or have known of) the family and are sympathetic to their tribulations. History Beyond their control, the Miller family home burnt to the ground when the twins were only toddlers. This difficult time in the family’s history ended up providing them with an opportunity to better build their lives for their future. Instead of allowing the tragedy of their living situation to cripple their family, the Miller’s rebuilt their home right on top of the debris of the last one.
She realizes that no matter how little she depends on others, her children’s lives are the ones that will be affected by society because of her actions. Her children also represent the obligation that she has to them. Unlike her obligation to her husband her children are one that she could never turn from which was the suicidal ending to her life. The sea is also one thing that is a big symbolization to Edna. It symbolizes freedom and escape.
This place, this house doesn’t hold good memories for me. Constant order and ruling, my father governing every dimension of my life, until it’s the way he sees fit. In that aspect, leaving the house behind is of no worry to me, but it’s the town itself that I am afraid to leave behind. I am familiar with every inch of this place and I am intrigued by it, even though my father says it’s a ‘dead end town for dead end people’. Saying that before my mother passed would get him nothing but grief from her, but that time has long faded from his memory.