In the novel by Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants, the major characters all face conflicts. For example, Uncle Al wrestles with the idea that his two-bit circus can make it as good as Ringlings', August struggles with his deep need for control, Marlena' conflict lies with her marriage to August and his disease, and Jacob's conflict is with August and his growing feelings for Marlena. But when the tent goes up and the audience fills the arena, the focus changes to there performances. Here's the only place where all charcters come together -- for the sake of the circus. Then there's Rosie the elepphant and the conflict she brings.
The ambiguity of language in Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” Fiction in English: Nobel Prize Winners since 1950 Like many of Hemingway’s works, “Hills Like White Elephants” is deceptive in its simplicity and rather straightforward plot. An expatriate couple, referred to as the American and Jig, is waiting in a train station for a train that will arrive in forty minutes. As they are having a drink, they are also struggling to communicate their opposing views on the course their relationship should take. The story consists almost entirely out of dialogue and provides the reader with a tension created by the failure of communication. As Charles M. Oliver states that “[i]n spite of what seems to the reader only small talk, it is clear that underneath their conversation is a tension that permeates their relationship” (202).
The unsighted acceptance of traditions and strict social conformity in The Chrysalids leads to the persecution and destruction of fellow human individuals. In John Wyndham's The Chrysalids, characters are willing to go to extremes in order to keep the old ways. According to old Jacob, they are afraid of having another "dose of Tribulation," (88). The blind acceptance of traditions leads to the destruction of the Waknuk society. In The Chrysalids, it can be seen that Joseph Strorm is very faithful to Waknuk's traditions, and there are many points that can prove it.
Ernest Hemingway uses the title “Hills like White Elephants” to symbolize Jig’s pregnancy. A “white elephant” is a defined as something that is of a great burden or a possession unwanted by the owner but difficult to dispose of, and is especially of something that is expensive to obtain (White Elephant 1). Symbolically, the hills can also be interpreted as swollen breasts and the abdomen of a pregnant woman. “On this side there was no shade and no trees and the station was between two lines of rails in the sun” (Hemingway 1). Although the term “abortion” is never found in the story, the American man and Jig are confronted by this complicated decision.
Ironically, when the elephant begins to terrorize the village, the Burmese turn to Orwell because he is the only one capable of fixing the dilemma. He speaks of being the leader of the people in this situation, “but in reality [he] [is] only an absurd puppet pushed to and fro by the will of [the] yellow faces” (¶ 7). His agency is really just a façade of his submission to the Burmese. Symbolism of Orwell’s gun and the dead Indian also promote the concept of his submission to the Burmese as a façade. Orwell takes out a small gun, hardly large enough to damage an elephant, but due to its powerful sound, he deems it “useful in terrorem” (¶ 3).
Grendel adapted because of the way he was treated by society which ultimately led to his destructive behavior. He wasn’t given a chance to conform to society because he was judged. His aggression was due to jealousy and loneliness. Grendel will always be seen as a monster because he comes from that culture. A world full of monsters, hate, violence, and evil.
Romeo and Juliet Essay By: Hasan Jafri It is said that one’s actions can greatly affect the lives of another. In society, such actions can negatively or positively change the lives of people. One of the worst can be interpreted from William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet. The person who is greatly to blame for an unhappy ending to Romeo and Juliet is Lord Capulet. Firstly, Lord Capulet is the main reason for an unhappy ending because he takes violent actions as he is aggressive, rude and lacks parental skills.
Especially since Lord Capulet is well respected in the community he did not want to lose the respect that those people have on him. Tybalt who is provoked very easily, deeply hates the Montague’s so much that he thinks any insult caused by them should be punished by him killing them. Anger is a very bad quality to have because anger can not be controlled by most
Okonkwo let his anger get the best of him and violated the code of the Ibo people. Next, his shunning of all things feminine causes him to commit crimes that eventually lead to his downfall for example in his relationship with Ikemefuna. “Even Okonkwo himself became very fond of the boy-inwardly of course. Okonkwo never showed any emotion openly, unless it would be the emotion of anger. To show affection was a sign of weakness; the only thing worth demonstrating was strength.
We may go round our history books either lambasting or extolling powerful leaders, but we will always come to the conclusion that power does corrupt a man. The thirst for power is unbounded and the lamentable consequences often quash a man. Getting power is just the onset of melancholy, disaster, lugubriousness and sorrow. All the leaders throughout history were undoubtedly very strong and were feared but we often learn that they were sordid, uncouth, perpetrators, lascivious, perplexed and unscrupulous. They often committed a myriad of staggering sins and believed they were masters of perpetuity.