The long journey on planet earth known as life has it ups and downs, growing up as a young individual in today’s world is an obvious rollercoaster. The characters of Phoebe and Theo, are two young girls who endured completely different lives in the books The Hollow Tree, and Awake and Dreaming although they did encounter some similarities throughout their stories. The two children encountered similar family complications, utilised similar coping mechanisms to escape reality, and both became more assertive over their lifespans in the novels. These two novels offer young females readers a logical view on how tough life can get, and how the readers can overcome similar complications they have in their personal lives, while doing all this generating …show more content…
During the beginning of Awake and Dreaming Theo was a very quiet, timid and shy girl. She didn’t participate much during her schooling and she didn’t do much when her mother yelled at her or hit her. Given her experiences living with her Aunt Sharon as well as living with the Kaldor family in her dream state, she developed more confidence in herself and got a more forceful personality as she grew a little bit. Nearing the closing parts of Awake and Dreaming her new assertiveness is portrayed when talking with her mother about starting a new life in Victoria. Theo with power and emotion says, “No!, I’m not leaving Victoria! I like it. Sharon’s found us a place to live and you can look for a job here!...I’m more important. When I’m old enough to live on my own, you can do what you want. Right now you have to do what’s best for me.” (pg. 247-248). Before this point Theo never really had a voice of her own, especially when talking to her mother. Rae always had so much authority over Theo and never let Theo truly speak for herself and make her own decisions. This quote proves that Theo has become more assertive when she was living without her mother. She spoke up for once and Rae realized that Theo truly meant it when she was speaking with such passion and meaning. This self-confidence she delivered changed Rae’s plans of leaving Victoria and going …show more content…
During their early childhoods, Theo and Phoebe both had to overcome difficult family problems that can relate to many of the readers. The books address us to admire the shining moments in life no matter how difficult the circumstances are. Secondly, Theo and Phoebe used different coping formats to escape reality to reach a safe peaceful alternative viewpoint. Thirdly, both of the girls became more assertive with time throughout the novels. Each girl stood up for what she wanted and what she believed in, something all readers should take away from this and incorporate into their own lives. To conclude, The Hollow Tree and Awake and Dreaming provide great morals for not only the young female audience, but anyone who has read these
Junot Diaz’s “Wildwood” is a roller coaster of emotions. The author gives us a full view of the tempestuous relationship between Lola and her mother who discovers has breast cancer. Lola, a young girl who lives in New York with her brother and mother, early on we can see that Lola’s mother is particularly abusive and channels her frustrations towards her daughter. When her mother asks Lola to examine her breast for a lump, she has a premonition her life would change.
Andrews was a great story teller, she proved that when her novel “Flowers in the Attic” become a bestseller almost immediately. Not only was she great but she was thorough, and the story on the Dollanganger children continued into 3 more book. In an analysis written by an anonymous user on a forum called “Flowersintheattic2point0,” it’s said that the Dollanganger series should not be analyzed separately. Since V.C. Andrews was so invested in storytelling, the author of that analysis doesn’t believe that one book can truly tell the whole story (A Critical Analysis of V.C. Andrews ' Flowers in the Attic: It Is What It Is…But What Is It? (Part One)). When looking at it simply, everything about this story is problematic, from the actions of the characters to the romantic ties the author gave them. While it is an interesting story, and it does completely consume you when reading it, the problems are overwhelming and unsettling. The story of the Dollanganger children continues in the other 3 books of this series, so the problems and hardships for the children don’t just end with “Flowers in the
“The Sleeper” uses Greek and Latin mythology to enhance the poem. This gives readers a tremendous level of insight on this poem. This helps readers perceive: how Irene had lived and died, what the griever is feeling, what the griever is trying to say and do, and grasp the underlying Greek and Latin lore. Because of the writing of Edgar Allan Poe, “The Sleeper” was written in dark romanticism and adds a supplementary twist to the mythologies.
In addition, Theodore uses the figures of speech throughout his poem to impact the reader and his message about the life to death. One of the figures speeches he uses is the metaphors. A major metaphor in "The Waking" is of sleeping and waking up. This is a comparison to living and death which is very important in this poem. Another metaphor is where it says a "lowly worm climbs up a winding stair". This journey for the worm talks about the experiences throughout life. The Author also writes "Light takes the Tree; but who can tell us how?" This is a metaphor to a higher being called "Light" that takes life away, sometimes without understanding. Another metaphor Roethke uses is of the "shaking". By this, he means the struggles that we all experience
In Stephen King’s article,“The Symbolic Language of Dream,” he states, “ I think that dreams are a way that people's minds illustrate the nature of their problems. Or even illustrate the answers to their problems in symbolic dreams”(38). Dreams shows the individual unconscious and being to glimpse one's deepest desires and problems that are happening in their life. There are certain symbols that have meaning to them. In Carl Jung “The Importance of Dreams” every object and sign in the dreams represent a deeper meaning than what it actually is. How every individual person has a separate meaning to that object. While dreams can show a person's deepest fantasy and wishes there is also a dark sides to the dream. In the unconscious mind a person's
William Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream utilizes the technique of multiple characters playing leading roles. The fairy character Puck stands out as a dominant and leading role in the play. Puck is the best fit for the role of the protagonist because he is mischievous and therefore, has the ability to change the outcome of the play through his schemes and actions. As the protagonist, Puck is responsible for creating the major conflict that occurs between the four lovers throughout the play. This is important because the play focuses on the lives and relationships of the lovers. In addition, because of Puck’s interaction with these characters, his actions throughout the play, alters the final outcome. Finally, Puck’s relationship with all the mortals in the play, his connection to his fellow fairies, and the bond he has with his boss, King Oberon make him the best choice for a protagonist.
A New Kind of Dreaming is a novel written by Anthony Eaton, about a teenage boy, Jamie Riley, being referred to rural Western Australia where, he meets new friends, enemies and also discovers a shocking secret about the towns head police officer. The pressure to find out the secret puts Jamie in a great deal of trouble, from being frightened by the police, blamed for a fire and vandalism offences and even going missing in the desert. The characters have authority or are defenceless.
“The Pain Tree” written by Olive Senior tells the story of a woman who comes back home after many years and begins to think about her childhood in a new light, which changes much of what she thought she knew of her family and childhood. The story shows the main character, Lorraine, revisiting the memories of her family and the woman who had taken care of her as a child, Larissa. Children mainly focus on the happy memories which may be tied to more important topics that they do not understand until they are older. Most children do not pick up on many of the complicated things happening around them. Lorraine can now see the bigger picture of her relationship with Larissa and how large the divides were between Lorraine’s family and Larissa’s
Death can both be a painful and serious topic, but in the hands of the right poet it can be so natural and eloquently put together. This is the case in The Sleeper by Edgar Allan Poe, as tackles the topic of death in an uncanny way. This poem is important, because it may be about the poet’s feelings towards his mother’s death, as well as a person who is coming to terms with a loved ones passing. In the poem, Poe presents a speaker who uses various literary devices such as couplet, end-stopped line, alliteration, image, consonance, and apostrophe to dramatize coming to terms with the death of a loved one.
What is a dream? A dream is number of events and sensations that pass through the mind while sleeping. Sleep is not a break for your mind, but it is a state of consciousness (Turner, 2012, 1). People may lose their sensor skills when they are unconscious, yet the mind is running with full ability until the end of time. What is sleep? Sleep is a natural period in which one loses complete consciousness (Turner, 2012, 1). An average human spends one third of their life sleeping. Sleep is a basic need for the health of the human body, yet our mind does not truly rest like the rest of our body. Dreams have always been a mystery in the historical world, but it has been known dreams can be understood as events in another objective world. Dualism is
At the age of ten, most children are dependent on their parents for everything in their lives, needing a great deal of attention and care. However, Ellen, the main character and protagonist of the novel Ellen Foster, exemplifies a substantial amount of independence and mature, rational thought as a ten-year-old girl. The recent death of her mother sends her on a quest for the ideal family, or anywhere her father, who had shown apathy to both she and her fragile mother, was not. Kaye Gibbons’ use of simple diction, unmarked dialogue, and a unique story structure in her first novel, Ellen Foster, allows the reader to explore the emotions and thoughts of this heroic, ten-year-old girl modeled after Gibbons’ own experiences as a young girl. Kaye Gibbons’ experiences as a child are the foundations for this.
Awake is an amazing book by Natasha Preston. This woman also wrote the books The Cellar and Broken Silence. She was born in England and has a husband and a baby boy in her life. Two of the main characters in this novel are Scarlett Garner and Noah York. The problem is that she lost her memory to a house fire when she was the young age of four. Little does she know her biological family is actually part of a cult called “Eternal Light”. The issue with this is that “Eternal light” believes that a savior could provide them with the privilege of being “immortal”. When Scarlett turns sixteen she gets into a tragic car accident with her adoptive family which gives her back some of her memories of when she was young. Noah on the other hand was sent
“Tuck Everlasting”, written by Natalie Babbit, is a novel that young adults and children love to read. The novel features Winifred Foster and a family of four, the Tucks, who came across an adverse secret in the form of a spring some eighty-seven years ago. Miles Tuck is one of the main characters who represent the major themes in the story in an engaging, yet dignified manner. Focussing on the character Miles Tuck, who is the elder brother of the Tuck family, it will be clear that his demeanour and doings represent the main themes in the story of; immortality, family, friendships and the troubles of breaking rules and
The transition from childhood to adulthood is a complex but universal passage. Both Katherine Mansfield's "The Wind Blows" and D.H. Lawrence's The Virgin and the Gipsy embody adolescent angst in their characterization. Matilda and Yvette search for meaning beyond the lives they perceive they are condemned to lead. Both bring about greater understanding of the struggle between a young girl's struggle of innocence versus sexuality. In similar uses of metaphor and imagery the stories tell the tale of social convention, romanticism and sexual awakening.
The setting of Kate Chopin’s “The Awakening” effects the character’s relationship, effects the character’s mood, and the island effects the way the two act when it is just them and no one else is around.