Theme Of Hunted By Meagan Spooner

In Meagan Spooner’s Hunted, the quote listed above helps validate the theme of being an outsider. The narrator, Beast, describes his longing to find something that could satisfy his lonely needs. He and Yeva are the only humans who are capable of understanding the magic of the forest and the world around them. The two outsiders embrace the music and magic discarded by others as children finding pleasure from it. They also do not conform to their social groups. Yeva enjoys strolling and hunting and avoiding spending time with her family. In addition, she is able to see through hate and resentment, while other humans blindly quarrel amongst each other during conflicts. Similarly, the quote establishes the setting of the story. The Beast and Yeva live in a fantasy world filled with magic and creatures.

The two are the only humans capable of seeing the magic of one another, and themselves, as reflected by the narrator, as well as the beauty of other creatures lurking in the depths of the mysterious forest.

However, the others continue to live a normal life, blind to the magic. They chose to focus on social and economic needs, such as wealth and the social ranking to become close to the Baron, Barnonessa, and other wealthy nobles in the Russian town. By making this choice, they abandon the magic and imagination in their childhood to focus on their needs. The quote also uses symbolism to share the connection of the two characters, Beauty and the Beast. The quote shows similarities between himself and Yeva when he compares their souls to music, a heartbeat, magic, and beauty. These four characteristics are examples of synchronization indicating the Beast’s views that he and Yeva recognize something similar in each other; the ability to see the magic and distinctiveness of each and every aspect of the

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The connection the narrator Beast and Yeva is very magical and intriguing as he expresses the joy in finding someone who he could finally share with. The Beast express his loneliness and sadness of the fact that know one else could see and understand the magic and music of the world as it is disregarded during their life. This sadness and longing that someone could share the same feelings and wonders as the narrator causes me to feel empty and depressed inside. I then feel the joyous and accomplished tone of the Beast as he notes that he finally finds someone who shares similar interests with him and is able to see the magic and music in the world. The Beast’s exceptional observations of the loss of magic and music in the world thrown away by most people as children is a sense of loss discovered by me. This loss causes me to agree that this quote is meaningful and important to the way people perceive the world. This is because most people choose to leave behind the magical characteristics of the world surrounding them to focus on social and economic needs, which they believe is true pleasure and happiness. As time progresses, the magic is regarded by many as childish and imaginary and have no interest to regain this loss. Therefore, as more people choose to be blind to the unique and distinct characteristics of each and every aspect, the magic in the world seen by people begins to fade into oblivion. This passage teaches me, from personal experience, to not be very rational and appreciate the magic in the world that others seem to leave behind. I had only believed in rational and sensible thoughts focusing on achieving excellence in academics and extracurricular activities to dominate in the future and become a better person. I ignored being creative and viewing the world differently to see the distinctive attributes and merely believed them to be the logical occurences of events. From this passage, I learned to revere the distinctiveness of the unique aspects and phenomenon in the world. This way I can retain some magic in the world from going blind to me, share it to others, and make a similar connection like that of Yeva and the Beast.