Many common themes run between A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle, and The Hobbit, by J.R.R Tolkien. Both are stories of adventure, power, fear, and courage. The protagonists of both struggle throughout the stories to find their inner courage. With help from others on the journeys, Meg and Bilbo find their concealed bravery. This bravery is in large part due to the motivation that the people around them provide. Meg and Bilbo surround themselves with brave people and seeing this trait in their peers inspires them to find it hidden inside themselves. At the beginning of the story, Meg lacked courage. She spent much of her time worrying about storms, tramps, and her father. “It must have been a dream. She’d been frightened by the storm and …show more content…
worried about the tramp so she’d just dreamed about going down to the kitchen…” (L’Engle, 28). Meg worries constantly, displaying little courage at the start of the story. In fact, she looks to other people to protect her. “Meg screamed and clutched at Calvin…” (L’Engle, 64). Meg reaches out for Calvin to protect her, instead of being fearless and standing alone. After witnessing many courageous acts by the people around her, Meg realizes that she too has courage.
Calvin and Charles Wallace show their bravery time and time again throughout their adventure. Through watching them, Meg finds bravery in herself as well. Charles Wallace said, “‘Listen,’ he said to Meg and Calvin. ‘I have to find out what he really is. You know that. I’m going to try to hold back, I’m going to try to keep part of myself out. You mustn’t stop me this time, Meg’” (L’Engle, 145). Without fear or hesitation, Charles Wallace volunteers to give a part of himself over the IT. He is only a small boy, yet he is extremely courageous. After witnessing her brother’s bravery, Meg finds courage in herself own and fights to get him back. She says, “‘…it has to be me. It can’t be anyone else… I understand, it has to be me. There isn’t anyone else’” (L’Engle, 216). Meg courageously volunteers and fights to get her brother …show more content…
back. Calvin is another person who inspires Meg to be courageous.
He is always the first person t to fight and defend her. Whenever she feels scared or threatened he is there for her, “Calvin walked with Meg, his fingers barely touching her arm in a protective gesture” (L’Engle, 45). Calvin also bravely volunteers to go into the CENTRAL Central Intelligence Agency instead of Meg. He says, “‘I’m the oldest and I should go in first’” (L’Engle, 127). He never lacks bravery which inspires Meg to be the same way. Immediately after Calvin tackles Charles Wallace, in his attempt to save him from IT, Meg finds bravery inside herself to attack the man in the chair. “Meg, in her panic and rage, darted at the man on the chair, intending to hit him…” (L’Engle, 149). This exemplifies Calvin’s courage beginning to rub off on
Meg. Much like Meg, Bilbo exhibits no bravery at the start of his adventure. Bilbo considers himself just another hobbit and doesn’t believe he has courage or bravery. He fears everything and doesn’t want to go on an adventure, “At may never return he began to feel a shriek coming up inside, and very soon it burst out like the whistle of an engine coming out of a tunnel” (Tolkien, 20). At even the mention of death or injury, Bilbo becomes so scared he shrieks. He doesn’t stand fearless in the face of danger, or even in the hypothetical face of danger. Gandalf’s bravery and helpful demeanor aids Bilbo in displaying his own courage. Gandalf maymy not stay with the dwarves and Bilbo throughout their whole journey but he always shows up when he is needed most. Once he does come to their side, he is brave and fights to protect them. When the dwarves and Bilbo are almost starving and need a place to stay, Gandalf appears and guides them to safety. “‘You had better wait here,’ said the wizard to the dwarves; ‘and when I call or whistle begin to come after me…’” (Tolkien, 110). Gandalf doesn’t let the dwarves go in first, he volunteers to make sure the place he has found for them is safe before they follow. His courage and protective instincts over the dwarves inspires these same behaviors in Bilbo. He goes into the enemy’s camp and makes a deal with them to save his friends. Bilbo, much like Gandalf did, risks his life to save his friends. Thorin, the fearless leader of the dwarves, also inspired Bilbo to be courageous. Thorin fights with his men to the death, never leaving their sides. “There indeed lay Thorin Oakenshield, wounded with many wounds, and his rent armour and notched axe were cast upon the floor” (Tolkien, 262). Thorin is brave and fearless and these actions help Bilbo uncover unbury these qualities in himself too. By the end of his adventure, instead of Bilbo shrieking in the face of danger, he stands up and fights. When he sees that the dwarves may lose the battle against Dain, he sneaks into his camp and makes a deal with him to save his friends. He could have easily been killed, but he risks his life (just like Thorin did) to save his friends. Both Bilbo and Meg start out very scared and wary characters, but due to the courageous people who accompany them on their journeys, they both learn to have courage of their own. Meg has Charles Wallace and Calvin to influence her, and Bilbo has Gandalf and Thorin. By seeing their peers act fearlessly and bravely when faced with any challenge or adversary, Meg and Bilbo learn to do the same. Each of them had courage inside themselves throughout their whole journey, it just took the help of their fellow travelers for them to find it. Once they did, however, there was no stopping them. Meg rescued Charles Wallace and returned home safely with her family and Calvin. Bilbo saved the dwarves countless times, retrieved their treasure, and made it home safely. There may have been helped byfrom other people, but in the end, both characters found courage inside themselves and prevailed against and enemy.
The books, A Wrinkle in Time and And Then There Were None, both have many differences in the movie versions. The directors of both movies change the plot to make the movie see fit to what they may have imaged the book to be, while still keeping the story line the same.
Francis’s self consciousness drives him to join the army and begin his journey. As a child, he has always felt left out and independent from everyone else. “I’m rotten at everything.’ I confessed. ‘I can’t sing. I can’t dance. I’m no good at baseball.” And I can’t even get up the nerve to hold a normal conversation with Nicole Renard, I added silently,”(Cormier 56). Francis has always been a little self conscious of himself, causing him to hide and seem different than everyone else. This drives him to join the army in an attempt to kill himself.
The book Hoot and the movie Hoot are very alike and very different. Some people like them both but some people only like one, or neither.
Theme is the moral of the story. There can be 1 for an entire book or many in one book. Bravery helps people stand strong for what is right even when times are tough. is my thematic statement. Our scene is when Bod is on the big rock and the Jacks are telling him why they need to kill him and who they are. Bravery is the theme here because he shows that he will stand up ever when he is afraid. And when he is face to face with the people that want to kill him, he doesn’t run away. One of the Quotes that I believe shows bravery is , “‘you’ve not faded’ said liza ‘anyone could find you.’ ‘Good,’ said Bod. ‘I want them to find me’”. I believe this shows bravery because he is standing up to the jacks even though he might die. Another quote that
Calvin is very concerned about Conrad's well-being after his suicide attempt. Every move or motion Conrad makes, Calvin is there to question it or question Conrad's health. Conrad on the other hand, is focusing on recovering from the incident. He is mainly focused on recovering from the mental damage he has caused himself and trying to begin his new life. "But he cannot relax, because today is a Target Date. Tuesday, September 30. One month, to the day, that he has been home. And what are you doing Jarrett? Asking weird questions like From what? Toward what? Questions without answers. Undermining. A serious affliction" (4).
...s that you see in a rabbit when it freezes and before it will bolt” (108), that his extreme stillness only signifies an emergent jumpy psycho-motility and lack of inner tranquility. Even in his final moments Henry is in a (literal) constant state of movement, fittingly, away from his brother.
When Christopher finds Wellington dead on Mrs. Shears’ front lawn, he picks up the dog and strokes it. Christopher is determine to find out who killed Wellington because he likes dogs. Father tells Christopher to leave the dog alone and do not poke into other people’s business. But Christopher has to find out who killed him, thus he decides not to listen to father and go find out and investigate Wellington’s murder. Christopher’s courage began to show when one Saturday, he decides to go around his block and ask questions. Christopher does not like to be around people he does not know and he is scared of some of the people on his block, but he faces his fears--not out of fear, but because he knew it was something he had to do. Christopher mentions that talking to people on his block was brave. He knows what courage is and he knows that he has to be brave. Notice how Ch...
For example, Henry’s actions in the second battle convey his initial cowardice. In response to the enemy coming back to fight, Henry “ran like blind man” (Crane 57). Henry’s actions illustrate his cowardice since he is afraid to stay and fight and flees instead. However, as Henry matures throughout the novel, he learns to control his fears and show courage through his fighting. For instance, in the battle after Henry rejoins the regiment, Henry “had not deemed it possible that his army could that day succeed, and from this he felt the ability to fight harder” (Crane 133). Henry portrays bravery in this battle, since he still fights with all of his strength, when he believes the enemy would win. Henry’s change from cowardice to bravery is conveyed through his act of running away from battle, to fighting courageously in
When Henry develops the motivation to free himself from his nurturing mother and finally become a man, he decides to fight in battle. As soon as Henry enters battle, his motivation to become a man softens to a mere whisper, Henry is afraid. He, too, threw down his gun and fled. There was no shame in his face. Crane uses Henry's fear to symbolize how a true-life person would feel.
But before Caroline meets Alfonse, her personal strength is described as "...possessing a mind of an uncommon mould, and her courage rose to support her in her adversity" (32). ...
troubles, Calvin would keep trying and didn't give up. Calvin really cared for Conrad and wanted him to share his feelings and emotions. For example, there was a scene when Calvin would walk into Conrad's room just to make sure he was doing fine. Calvin not only showed his affections nonverbally, he showed them verbally also. He wanted to see his son back to life, back to who he was.
...lf-confidence. The Scarecrow was the one who believed that he had no brain even with him coming up with brilliant and clever solutions to the many problems that they faced on their journey. The tin man believed that he didn’t have a heart, but cries when bad things are brought upon the creatures they come to encounter. The lion believed that he had no courage even though he was the one brave enough to continue the journey, he always stated how brave he was and pushed forward even when the others did not want to. A famous quote from Carl L. Bankston III of Salem Press stated that "These three characters embody the classical human virtues of intelligence, caring, and courage, but their self-doubts keep them from being reduced to mere symbols of these qualities” (). This is an important quote because it highlights the self-confidence that Baum explored in his story.
“To Kill a Mockingbird” we watch Jem and Scout mature into individual beings with a deep understanding of the world. In this book we can observe how personal experiences throughout our childhood mould and shape our being. In “The Joy Luck Club” we can experience the unique background each character has and learn how that background
Christian is great, but he has a hard time expressing his feelings to Roxane. Whenever he talks to her all he can say is that he loves her, and although he is brave, he is not the brightest. Seeing his friend struggle, Cyrano offers to help Christian by writing letters to Roxane, pretending to be him. Little does Christian know that Cyrano is speaking from his heart, and that he also is in love with Roxane. Together they form one perfect guy, Cyrano with the brains( writing the letters) , Christian with the brawn ( basically just being handsome). But one day when Roxane visits the soldiers with food, Christian realizes that Cyrano is in love with Roxane. Cyrano denies it profusely, but Christian knows he is lying He tells Cyrano to tell Roxane the truth about the letters then let her decide who she loves.Cyrano lies and tells Christian that Roxane chose him. All of a sudden, Christian gets shot and is dying. Cyrano lies and tells christian that he told her and she chose him so he would die happy. .About a decade later, Cyrano is walking in the street, and by this time in his life he has several enemies. One of these enemies drops a wooden board from a window on
It is likely for one to assume that a classic piece of literature set in a fantasy oriented stage will have no merits to the youths of today. The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, however, with its crafty of usage symbolism, displays its relevance to issues that often trouble teens. As the story progresses from a children’s tale to an epic, the main character Bilbo undergoes a series of development, his experiences often overlapping with ordinary people. Reading the Hobbit will provide teens with opportunities of exploring the importance of several common but serious topics. People may encounter many of the themes presented in the book elsewhere repeatedly, but it’s possible that they never appreciated the applications it might have on themselves. When teens read the Hobbit, they perceive it as a simple fiction of adventure. Under proper guiding, they will be able to recognize and utilize the lessons of the Hobbit, and improve their attitudes and ideas about life.