Claudia Gray’s science fiction novel, Star Wars: Lost Stars takes place in a galaxy far, far away, where two best friends are on opposite sides of a war. Ciena Ree and Thane Kyrell grew up together on the Outer-Rim planet of Jelucan, and dreamed of joining the growing Empire. Fast forward ten years, and they are commanders in the Imperial starfleet. Following the destruction of the first Death Star, and subsequently the deaths of many of their friends, Ciena and Thane begin to doubt their loyalties. Thane disappears, turning up a while later with the Rebellion. Now at war with each other, Ciena and Thane’s friendship is strained, yet they always manage to come back to each other. The author enforced that idea that when two people become best …show more content…
Within the first hundred or so pages, there were two principal scenes that showed this theme the most. The first of these scenes is when Ciena tells Thane that she had a twin sister. The second of these scenes is when Thane and Ciena fight, and later reconcile, after his laser cannon project is sabotaged in the Academy. In the first of these two scenes, Ciena and Thane had been friends for five years, and they knew almost everything about each other. While it could have been taken poorly by Thane that Ciena had kept something from him, instead it was more remarkable that she told him. No one, outside of Ciena’s family, knew about Wynnet, until Ciena decided that Thane was trustworthy enough to know. This theme is evident in the text: “It was personal, but Ciena found she didn’t mind Thane’s knowing.” (page 36). This is representative of the theme because it shows that despite the subject being personal, she felt comfortable enough with Thane to tell him, and she was able to say it casually too - it wasn’t some big deal to tell him. Fast forward roughly five years, and Ciena and Thane have been admitted into the Imperial Academy on Coruscant, the most prestigious of the academies in all of the galaxy. While the first significant scene showcased how close friends trust each other, this scene shows how close friends can forgive each other, even after the worst fights. …show more content…
This continuation also brings forth the theme of close friends stick together no matter what, and would die for each other. There are two crucial scenes in the book that represent this theme. The first is when Ciena orders her destroyer evacuated, and Nash argues with her, and the second is when Thane goes to see Ciena in the rebel prison. The first of these scenes takes place towards the very end of the book, after Ciena learns that Nash is in love with her, and as she is about to crash her star destroyer into the surface of Jakku. This scene represents this theme because even though Nash and Ciena aren’t as close at Ciena and Thane, Ciena wants to sacrifice herself to save her crew and Nash, and Nash does everything he can do get Ciena to stand down and abandon the ship instead of killing herself. Maybe the author wanted to expand on Nash and Ciena’s relationship to show how the theme doesn’t exclusively apply to best friends, but close friends too, and people who care about each other in general. Nash’s care for Ciena can be noticed, very subtly, in the following text: “”Ciena, please.” She could hear Nash’s voice break, even over the distant roar of his TIE’s engines. “At least tell me you’ll try.”” (page 515). This shows the theme because Nash can’t stand to lose Ciena, and if he wasn’t already off the destroyer, he would have saved Ciena in the same way Thane does only
Although Gene hurt Finny, he never questions Gene's loyalty and friendship. Showing how true friends will always believe and trust each other. During a school
One of the ways Steinbeck shows the importance of friendship is through interactions between characters. In the
..., the deep allegiance that forms between the two friends proves to be greater than the romantic affection that either man feels for Roxane.
“ ‘He has no sense of humor, he isn’t intelligent, he can’t talk about anything except tourneys, and half of what he does say he gets wrong. I’m glad we’re only staying for three weeks. I don't think I can stand to be polite to him for much longer than that.’ … It looked as if she were going to marry the prince of Sathem-of-the-Mountains whether she wanted to or not.“ This explains that Cimorene immensely loathes the prince of Sathem-by-the-Mountains, Therandil, and is insular in wanting to marry him. It also explains that Cimorene will not tolerate being compelled to marry even if it is her duty as a princess, mainly because her parents only want her to be “decent” in their tenets. “... She felt happier than she had in a long time. She was not going to have to marry Therandil… ‘Aren’t you a little slow?’ she asked irritably. ‘There’ve been eight knights here before you.’ ‘Eight?’ the prince said, frowning, ‘I thought by now there’d have been at least twelve. Perhaps I’d better come back later.’ Cimorene stared at him in surprise. ‘Why?’ ‘Well, it would look better, ’ Therandil explained seriously. ‘There’s not much glory in defeating a dragon that hasn’t already beaten ten or fifteen people, at least.’ ” This quote explains that Cimorene is not enticed by this prince, for he only wants to make himself look good in front of other people. It also explains that Therandil is a self-centered jack-a-napes, who has lots of vanity, when he had no regard to what Princess Cimorene wanted, and persisted on recurring after Cimorene explicitly told him to leave her
5) Over all Cimorene does not fulfill the usual duties of what a princess should and shouldn't do.’’Happily ever after?I don’t think it’s quite what you meant,Alinora,” Cimorene murmured to the empty tunnel,”but one way or another,I think I will.”Cimorene does act as a princess in soem ways but her actions towards others such as Kazul. In conculsssion Cimorene enoys being Kazu’s princess and helped defeat Antorell and Zeminar from helping Woraug become king of the dragons.In the end Kazul ended up becoming king of the dragons and Alinora and the stone prince moved out from The Forest of Enchantment
The resolution ends with Isabel and Curzon tying Master Bellingham to the barn and runs out of Valley Forge with the help of his friends to next unknown adventure. “I laughed then, walking out of Valley Forge the way I walked into it with my friends.” (280) This resolution is determined ending because Isabel and Curzon resolved their conflict and became friends again.
The three friends learn valuable lessons from the experience they went through; never judge a book by it’s cover, never underestimate their opponents and most importantly, there truly is a difference between a bad character and a bad character wanna-be.
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middle of paper ... ... Throughout The Pact, there are many tough times that each of the characters goes through. Whenever one of these times hits the victim always had his two friends to fall back. Whether it is after gang related activity or failing a medical exam, his friends were always there. Having this knowledge of loyalty was, I am sure, a great comfort to each when they were going through their tough time.
Many short story writers have written about the gender and role of woman in society. Some of these stories express what Barbara Walter calls, “The Cult of True Womanhood” meaning the separation of both man and woman in social, political and economic spheres. In order to be considered a “true woman” woman were to abide by the set of standards that were given to her. Women were expected to live by the four main principal virtues - piety, purity, submissiveness, and domestication. In Kate Chopin’s short story, “The Storm,” Calixta the main female character breaks away from “The Cult of True Womanhood” when she has a sexual encounter with her past lover Alcée. The storm goes through many twists and turns that tie with their adulterous actions. Although she breaks away from the four main principal virtues, she in the end is considered to be pure innocent of heart because the action in which occurred happened instantly, and as white as she was, she was taken away from her innocence.
...ny psychological reasons, but it also makes her believe that all she has to offer in a relationship is her body. Due to her internalized racism, she believes she would never be as good as Megan, Drew’s wife. Clemencia understands her skin color to be the reason why Drew did not leave his wife. It is a deluded thought because a man of authority showed inappropriate interest to a young developing girl. Her parents’ relationship and her affair drastically altered the view of herself and the world around her. She had become so obsessed with Drew that she formed a relationship with his son. Cisneros’ story, although sad for the reader, is an example of how women are represented within society. She does not follow this atypical story of how a woman should act, yet is not any less of a woman. This is a woman’s experience that is so often forgotten, but is still a valid life.
Friendship, Role model, Boyfriend/Girlfriend- all these are examples of a relationship. Everyone sees them constantly begin and end throughout life, but they are still always there. In this short story, Frances and Michael are having a problem with their marriage because Michael can’t keep his eyes off other women. “This is the story of a troubled relationship of which only one climatic moment is overly depicted” (Giles 5). This quote shows how Frances stayed in this relationship for many years, even though Michael looking at other women is a reoccurring problem. Frances stayed in this relationship because she was afraid to lose her romantic relationship.
Friendship is reported here by Paterson in story form; that friendship whether serious or not has ended in tragedy. There will never be a friendship that lasts forever, that is in the mortal life, and, although affairs happen to change and affect the outcomes of that friendship, there will always be a story to tell about any life with or even without friendship, such as that of Jesse and Leslie, simple yet very complicated and heartfelt. Story form, yet very unreliable, is the only way to explain it, as long as the story entails all the necessary elements.
If we analyse the story instead of the narrative perspective can we see that the main reason of Celie's insecurity is caused by the way she is treated by men. She is sexually abus...
As friends, we all make sacrifices for each other. Some friends risk their lives for a friend. An example of this true friendship can be found in the movie, American Pie. Todd had a championship football game, but on the same day there was an All-State choir going on. Todd and his girlfriend were both into choir. He couldn’t be in two places at once, so he gave up his football game so that he could be with his girlfriend. Everyone on the football game looked up to him because he made a sacrifice to be with his girlfriend. When his girlfriend asked why. He responded, I did it for you. This shows friendship through a humble heart.