The Cellist of Sarajevo, which is written about the Siege of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War, the Cellist, who represents hope for the people of Sarajevo. He plays the Albinoni's Adagio at four P.M. every day for twenty-two days, for the twenty-two people are killed during a bombing at a bakery. The author, Steven Galloway, expresses the main points of view through; Arrow, Kenan, and Dragan. He writes about how they use the idea of hope to get them through the war. Arrow is cold hearted sniper who changes her life when the war begins, she realizes that she wants to have her old identity back, but she has gone too far and changes too much. Kenan is a family man who puts his life in danger every day to go and get water for his family and others. Dragan is a lonely man in Sarajevo as a result of sending his wife and child to Italy so that they could be safe, with hopes that they would return to Sarajevo when the war is all over. Despite the fact that they are in the middle of a war; hope is presented …show more content…
He shuts everyone out and desensitizes himself in order for him not to break down mentally because he is losing people he knows very well during the war. “Do you face the terror that must come with knowing you’re about to die, just for the sake of one last glimpse of life? Dragan is surprised to find his answer is yes” (Galloway 179). Dragan suspects that he will die along with the people that have already been taken by the men on the hills. “Just for the sake of one last glimpse of life?” this means that although he knows he will probably die while attempting to stay in Sarajevo, he has hope that everything will go back to the way it was before the war. He knows he is risking his life for something impractical by staying in Sarajevo where he is in danger of being killed; but he still wants to believe and hope that the war will pass and his family will come back to
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The Serb peasants risked their lives by helping the downed airmen. They welcomed the airmen and loved them as their own people. If Germans found Serbs helping these men, they would destroy a whole village and take all the people prisoner. The author portrayed this by describing the extremes the villagers took to hide the men. General Mihailovic made sure that his guerilla forces always protected the Serbs and the airmen. They followed the men
In the Lilies of the Field by William E. Barrett, Homer and Mother Maria both display straightforward, hardworking, and stubborn character traits. Firstly, Homer and Mother Maria both display a straightforward personality by being brutally honest about their opinions. For example, when Mother Maria asks Homer to build a chapel, Homer speaks his mind by telling her he does not want to build it. Mother Maria shows her straightforward behavior during Homer’s stay at the convent. One morning, when Homer sleeps in late, Mother to becomes extremely upset and is not afraid to show how she feels about him. Secondly, both Homer and Mother Maria display a hardworking spirit. Homer is a hardworking man because after finally agreeing to build the chapel,
The definition of compassion: sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others. As this definition shows compassion shows concern for other that every person would love to have. In The Chosen written by Chaim Potok, Mr. Potok really presents compassion in his book. Not only does he display compassion in one of his character but in every single one he gives them compassion that is expressed in different ways. He goes into detail example of compassion with each of his characters and really emphasizes the true meaning of compassion. Three main character that he shows compassion through in different ways are, Reuven, Mr. Malter and Reb Sanders.
Geraldine Brooks the author of People of the Book conveys the story of Sarajevo Haggadah. In the chapter “An Insect’s Wings,” Lola, a young Jewish girl, experiences running away from Nazis and coming back to Sarajevo. In this chapter, it also shares some details of how the famed Sarajevo Haggadah was saved from WWII. This chapter shares the journey of Lola and all the unpleasant events she went through.
A major character found in “The Cellist of Sarajevo,” is Arrow. Arrow, a woman, who possess extraordinary target skills, resulting in her recruitment as a sniper. Although Arrow, didn’t choose to become a sniper, she performs her task diligently, as she focuses on detail. She, however, does not work on someone else’s term but on her own. She is compassionate, her compassion can be seen when she shoots at the man who was to kill the Cellist, “I killed him because he shot at me and because I couldn’t trust him not to shoot later. I had no choice” (Galloway, 189). Much like Maria in the Sound of Music, she has compassion for the Van Tramp children, aware that their father treats them like workers. Arrow, exhibits a simple lifestyle, despite
Courage is something that is not integrally human, particularly in times of war where one’s existence is in peril. During the time of war, this is conveyed when one’s integrity is being tested the most: there are few who desire to conserve this integrity and their humanity through selfless acts in the time that generosity is a fantasy. When most individuals are occupied of thoughts of their own self preservation, selflessness preserves and fortify one’s integrity and humanity when one risks their life for others. In the novel The Cellist of Sarajevo, Steven Galloway emphasized the moral crisis that people faced when they were challenged with their own mortality and the hardship of those worse off. He
In “Enrique’s Journey”, by Sonia Nazario a young boy from Honduras, sets out to reunite with his mother, Lourdes, that abandoned him when he was just five years old. Lourdes leaves to the United States, in hopes to find a better job as an immigrant and to better provide for her family. After many years of suffering without his mom, he travels through Central America to the United States in order to finally reunite with her. He finds his mother beginning to move on as she has a little daughter, named Diana. They run into problems of resentment. Will they be able to finally be a family? Sonia develops this theme of family by using specific facts and characterization. Importance
Dragan keeps his morals and refuses to let the world see something he knows not to be true and because he does this he feels better about himself. When he
Throughout the life of an individual most people would agree that dealing with tough conflict is an important part in growing as a person. In “The Cellist of Sarajevo” all the characters experience a brutal war that makes each of them struggle albeit in different ways. Each of them have their own anxieties and rage that eventually makes them grow as characters at the end of the book. Steven Galloway’s novel “The Cellist of Sarajevo” exemplifies that when an individual goes through a difficult circumstance they will often struggle because of the anger and fear they have manifested over time. The conflict that the individual faces will force them to reinforce and strengthen their identity in order to survive.
In the passage from The Cellist of Sarajevo, Steven Galloway writes the effects the cellist has on Kenan through his music. As the city lingers in war, a cellist brings a unique gift to the table. Galloway develops this gripping scene with mood, imagery, suspense and foreshadowing to make it engaging and exciting for the readers to read.
Arrow is instructed to protect the cellist from the enemy sniper who has been sent to kill him. As Arrow watches the enemy sniper through her scope, she sees that “[h]is head [is] lean[ed] back slightly, and she sees that his eyes are closed, that he’s no longer looking through his scope. She knows what he’s doing. It’s very clear to her, unmistakable. He’s listening to the music. And then [she] knows why he didn’t fire yesterday” (153). The enemy sniper does not want to display his emotions as a sign of weakness, so he only leans his head back slightly. The music allows him to experience positive memories with family and friends and reminds him of his hope for a future where his life is peaceful. He is not prepared to shoot the cellist, end the music and consequentially, stop experiencing positive emotions. He is unaware of his present surroundings as he is completely immersed in memories and fantasies as he escapes reality through music. Music allows Arrow to maintain her moral beliefs that shooting an innocent person is wrong when her spotter tells her to shoot a civilian. Arrow says, ““I’m not going to kill an unarmed civilian”,” (224) to which her spotter insists, ““You’ll kill who I tell you to kill”” (224). Arrow says, ““No”” (224). Arrow refuses to succumb to unjust regime instructions and abandon her moral beliefs
Cyrano De Bergerac is an inspiring play based on a tragic love. The characters are revealed within unique backgrounds, creating life and depth between our imaginations. There are a variety of important characters throughout the play besides Cyrano De Bergerac. The play consists of more important characters than Christian De Neuvillette, although he is the most admirable. Three admirable qualities that Christian possessed are courtesy, modesty and bravery.
Noah is the one of the main characters of The Notebook. He is the hero of this novel. Noah represents true love and true loyalty. In a way, The Notebook is similar to every modern day romance movie, and Noah represents the “dream man” that all the girls always imagine of having. The characters in movies are used to symbolize ideas, and in this novel, Noah represents true, faithful, committed love. Noah remains loyal to Allie even in the situation where he is unsure whether they will ever meet again or not.
Throughout history, there have been constant power struggles between men and women, placing the male population at a higher position than the female. Therefore, in this patriarchal system women have always been discriminated against simply due to the fact that they are women. Their rights to vote, to be educated and essentially being treated equally with men was taken away from them and they were viewed as weak members of society whose successes depend on men. However, this has not prevented them from fighting for what they believe in and the rights they are entitled to. On the contrary, it has motivated them to try even harder and gain these basic societal rights through determination and unity. In Mariama Bâ’s book, “So Long a Letter”, the