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
“ ‘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
All in all, Cyrano’s loyalty to Christian and to Roxane demonstrates the theme that loyalty forms a deep connection that extends beyond love. The motif of faithfulness shown between Cyrano and Roxane, even when love was no object, portrays the idea that being a dependable friend creates long lasting relationships. As Nicole Yatsonsky articulates, loyalty is a decision to stand by a friend in hard times, even when it hurts; and when things are going well, loyalty is a willingness to be outshone.
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.
Friendship can be shown through the words of anyone in any form, whether it is short or long, in a simple poem to a complicated novel, even in a simple common book such as, Bridge to Terabithia. The author, Paterson, uses many of reasonable literary elements in her book, such elements encompass: character, plot, setting, theme, style, point of view, and tone. These seven elements show us that friendship between the main characters, Jesse and Leslie, in Bridge to Terabithia, although interrupted by many everyday occurrences, can develop quickly, without one's realization. And that friendship, that was suddenly started, can be suddenly gone with the least suspected. In this instance, friendship is suddenly ended, there would be the realization of feelings that maybe there was something more then friendship; something not initially felt when the friendship actually once existed.
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
...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.
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.
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Cixous supported the idea of feminine style of writing. Also, key theme of The Laugh of The Medusa is about breaking rule of writing. Cixious said, “what I say has at least two sides and two aims: to break up, to destroy; and to foresee the unforeseeable, to project.” (Cixous, 27) This showed what kind of view that Cixous had. She believed that feminine writing is about breaking rules that was existed in
Alcée, a planter and a man of the outer sphere enters Calixta’s domain with good intentions. Alcée, a man with much respect and honor for Calixta, greets her and acknowledges that she is a married woman. He greets her by name and properly asks permission to wait out of the storm on her porch. She properly addresses him as “M’siur Alcée” when she greets him. Alcee, who happened to live nearby, could have ridden on through the storm, but he did not. Instead, as Lawrence I. Berkove claims, Alcee’s “wish to escape a drenching in Calixta’s home is “innocent” (90).
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.
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...