It seems it is also this great joy that lets him finally die. His life is complete as he has waited for Odysseus’ return and in that he has fulfilled his duty, he is now free to rest. Not just in death, he has honored Odysseus in his life as well. It was Eumaios that speaks on behalf of this beast. He tells of a time when Argos was trained by his master to be a great hunter of wild goats and other smaller game.
This journey is one of realisation and the pathway to maturity. This can be discussed in many different scenes from the movie. The most important thing to pete during the journey are his spiritual beliefs and ways learnt from his grandfather Jubbi. Before the journey pete was just a young boy, messing around with his best friend kalmain, believing his grandfathers 'old' ways were useless, and thinking he could look after himself but couldn't. The journey put pete into realisation that everything his grandfather had taught him had saved his and kalmains life.
This, coupled with a captivating story line makes this a fun book to read, as well as an interesting point of view into early Indian culture. Siddhartha searches for "why" we are on the Earth, and finally finds his answer after many long years. The book begins with Siddhartha as a young boy living with his Brahmin parents in a moderately wealthy city in India. His father is a rich and powerful Brahmin priest, and Siddhartha is expected to follow in his footsteps as a Brahmin. He learns the ways of his people quickly, and at a tender age, his is
An appreciation of nature is not the only aspect of Victor’s character that Henry seems to have adopted: Henry is now enthusiastic about natural philosophy and eager to explore the world—much like Victor had been two years before. Victor himself notes that “in Clerval I saw the image of my former self.” One can argue that Henry represents the impending ruin of another young, brilliant man by science; one can also argue that he represents the healthy, safe route to scientific knowledge that Victor never took. In either case, Victor’s emotional outbursts strongly foreshadow Henry’s death: “And where does he now exist?” he asks. “Is this gentle and lovely being lost forever?” The pervading theme of the passive, innocent woman—manifested in
To find this happiness he realizes that you do no need this cliché idea of the “American dream” or materialism. True happiness lies within the human relationships created and the stories shared with others. By the end of his life Chris McCandless was able to truly be happy, as he wrote, “I have had a happy life and thank the lord. Goodbye and may god bless all” (Krakauer 199). Chris McCandless’s life journey was the antithesis of that created by American
Equality 7-2521 now sees himself as the “face of god”. Equality 7-2521 has reached to the end of his quest, where he strongly believes that he does not need a warrant for being, because he himself is “the warrant”. Equality 7-2521 says in the passage “The miracle of
His fearlessness shines through and reveals that he is not afraid of the beast. The fear the others have does not hold Simon back from doing the right thing. Simon goes off by himself and sees Jack kill the sow and put the head on the stick as an offering to the beast, after this he has a vision that the pig’s head is talking to him as the Lord of the
He took many photos and felt ‘emotionally spent’ upon leaving the memorial. This is one of the results of his journey- he had learnt more about his grandfather from the register at the memorial and had gotten to feel close to him for once. Throughout his journey, Simon had also met his father’s ‘fuzzy wuzzy angel’ – the man who held him in his arms as he died – Roy. Meeting Roy had given Simon many answers about his father, and allowed him to visit his grave. Visiting his father’s grave was a sentimental experience for Simon.
In the chapter "The Lives of the Dead", Tim O'Brien shares the compassion he felt for a young girl in his early childhood. Although he was young and naive, the feeling he developed for this girl was real. After a single date to the movies, he knew that he was in fact in love. As time with on, this feeling grew stronger, causing it to become his first priority. Reading this chapter reminded me of the young boy I had left behind before coming to America.
Gene spent time visiting the tree and says to himself, “Changed, I headed back through the mud.”(14) Which insinuates that he did indeed have a sense of self-discovery and realization in that moment. In that period of time Gene realizes that his best friend Phineas had never truly been his enemy but it was all in his imagination and he says “All of them, except Phineas, constructed an infinite cost to themselves these Maginot Lines against this enemy they thought they saw across the frontier, this enemy who never attacked that way- if he ever attacked at all; if he was indeed the enemy.”(204) Gene even unknowingly describes himself when saying “other people experienced this fearful shock somewhere, this sighting of the enemy, and so began obsessive labor of defense, began to parry the menace they saw facing them by developing a particular frame of mind”(204) and this is what he did when he thought Phineas was his enemy. Some people may feel strong jealousy against their best friend and act upon just as Gene did. Although, Gene never admits that he feels as though he is his own enemy because “The real reason for a quest never involves the stated