In the book “Hollow City” by Ransom Riggs, there are many possible themes that tag along with characters that show different conflicts types. The following paragraphs will show my thinking about the stages through the different changes in themes/what the text really shows. In the beginning, one idea of a theme I came across is “diversity” while tracking character conflicts. I’m thinking this because, in the life of peculiar, they hide in fear that people will find them since they’re different. Peculiar children (or even peculiar people), have special abilities unlike others, that’s what makes them “peculiar.” Normal people don’t have these abilities, so they believe that peculiar children should be charged for witchcraft, or demons. For example, “my mother who was a deeply superstitious person, ran out of the house and never came back. She thought I was a demon for having the ability of fire, arrived straight from Hell via her womb.” Page 197. This shows how even the peculiar …show more content…
children’s parents didn’t even want them because they were “different.” So diversity plays a big as a theme. Another example is how everyone thought Jacob’s grandfather had dementia, and he needed help. However, his ability to see monsters (unlike normal humans) took a role in his life. It made it seem that he was crazy, and had dementia. “My grandfather made everyone believe he was crazy and had dementia, but I was the only one who knew the truth. He was peculiar.” Page 67. Furthermore, this shows how I thought one possible theme is “diversity” while tracking themes. At first I thought that “diversity” was the main theme, but now I’m thinking that a new main theme could be, “diversity is a gift.” I’ve changed my mind because, I realized that the peculiar children’s abilities are more like gifts than they are curses/differences that normal people can’t live with. For example, on page 127 it states, “ ‘Jacob, you have a gift inside you. It was never a curse. You were born with your ability of seeing monsters for a reason. It was inside you all along, but you never really noticed it til’ now. You just have to embrace it. That’s who you really are.’ Emma stated.” This shows how Jacob’s peculiarity is gift truly inside of him, rather than a curse, or something that he wishes he doesn’t have. Another example of this taking place is on page 270 when the wights, (who are bad people out to get the peculiar, who don’t have powers themselves), confront them. “They were yelling orders at us while we were at gunpoint. Even the wights were telling us how much they wanted our peculiarity even though they hated our kind.” With this in mind, it shows how my original thinking of “diversity” is the main theme, to “diversity is a gift.” After reviewing my notes one last time, I realize that there is one more possible main theme.
The theme I came across is, “peculiar people aren’t the ones who are different, normal people are.” The reason why the wights were after the the peculiar children in the first place, is because they want their souls so they can become gods again. The original peculiar “species,” descended from gods. They used to rule the world, and after they were having children, and those children had children ect. The original peculiar god's power was decreased down to a minimum, but they still are powerful. Since they normal humans started to overrule them, they went into hiding. An example of this is on page 388, “ ‘I can’t believe you fools went into hiding! We were gods! All of your kind could come with us and rule once again, but instead we’ll just take your souls!’ The wight stated.” Furthermore, this shows how “peculiar people aren’t the ones who are different, normal people are” as the main
theme. Overall, while tracking themes through conflicts, you can always find other possibilities of what the theme might be. In this case, some possible themes through the conflict are, diversity, diversity is a gift, and peculiar people aren’t the ones who are different, normal people are.
The major themes of the book are directly related to the themes which John Demos uses to tell this story. The storyline moves on though the evolution of one theme to the next. The function of these major sections is to allow the reader to relate to John Williams overall state of mind as the story unfold. By implementing these major themes into his work, John Demos make it possible for the reader to fully understand the story from beginning to end.
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In the book, Shattered, the book is about a teen who begins to mature as he ages. The main character is starting to become more mature after he gets a placement at a soup kitchen. He starts to realise that there are many problems going on in the society. There are many types of conflicts that are going on around him. The four types of conflicts going on in the book are Human vs. Society, Human vs. Self, Human vs. Human and Human vs. Self. The one conflict that is really making this story apparent is Human vs. Society due to the Rwandan genocide. The Human vs. Self, Human vs. Human, Human vs. Self are the other conflicts that are making this story interesting after the Human vs. Society conflict.
2) What is the main conflict in the book? Is it external or internal? How is this conflict resolved throughout the course of the book?
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I. Conflicts in the Play - There are many types of conflict evident in this play. Some are as follows:
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them with a certain and peculiar character. With this diversity, we are able to highlight in each
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