Archetypes In Young Goodman Brown And The Artificial Nigger

“Each time, Salva would think of his family and his village, and he was somehow able to keep his wounded feet moving forward, one painful step at a time” (Linda Sue Park p.41) A personal journey is what a character goes through to change or improve themselves. The character Salva from A Long Walk to Water was a young boy that lived in the dinka tribe in Sudan. When he was at school he had heard gunshots and had to leave the country without any knowledge of where his family is.

“If we pool our resources, live in his old van, we’ve got just enough to get by for three months over the winter. So we’re gonna head down south. ”(Helgason, 74) As a character Liam is round and static who also equbits traits of a foil character.

So, it 's been four years since his mom died, and ten-year-old Bud Caldwell takes off from his third foster home in search of a better way to live his life. He 's sick of being an orphan: unwanted, unloved, and all alone. On his own, he finds out how rough it is in Michigan in 1936, during the Great Depression. He meets many kind people along the way who help him complete his most awesome quest: to find the man that he thinks is his father. He 's looking for a guy whose picture was on some old flyers for jazz concerts his mother.

He started by building a miniature log cabin from notched Popsicle sticks.” (356) The readers learn that Leroy Moffitt has been home for three months recovering from an accident he suffered during his job, however it had rendered him disabled and therefore, could not return to his job. As the quote suggests, Leroy adopted interesting skills to pass the time at home such as crafting and even sewing. Mason reveals that the reason Leroy wanted to build a log cabin was because he had promised his wife ever since they were married that he would build her a new home.

In the story “Young Goodman Brown”, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Young Goodman Brown faces a spiritual dilemma. This is the story of one young man’s hallucinogenic journey through the woods. Whether or not this was a dream or reality, finding out the devastating true nature about the holy community he was raised in, him being misinformed about the members of his family, or the continuous struggle to hold on to his fault; this journey will have crippling effects on the rest of his life. Young Goodman Brown’s seemly holy community turns out to be the exact opposite.

Craig came to terms with his religion and spiritual identity. Being the oldest child you feel as if you have to protect your sibling(s), Craig Thompson didn’t have that experience with Phil. For years they were sexually abused by their babysitter. Craig blamed himself for what happened and this caused him to . In the panel on page ( ) Craig was seen as a protector the way he held Raina at night when they slept and how peaceful the scenery

Matthew Henson faced tragedies as a child. I know this because of a biography written off him, which talked about “American Explorer Matthew Henson who was born on August 8 1866 in Charles Lantry Maryland, the son of two freeborn sharecroppers. Henson lost his mother at the age of three” (bibliography) This evidence supports that he was born, a free sharecropper and lost his mother 3 years later. Which is very sad at a young age.

Alex hitch hiked along the country for months, when he was in Arcata, California in the redwood forests he stopped on the side of the United States highway 101. Jan Burres and her boyfriend Bob noticed him and felt sorry so they offered him a ride. McCandless mentioned he was surviving on edible plant and was tramping around the country having adventures. He was also telling them about how he burned and buried his belongings because he didn’t need them. Hearing and seeing him reminds Jan about her son, who is the same age as McCandless, who she hasn’t seen or talked to for years.

The concept of journey is a thematic element often used in literature. In Three Day Road the author, Joseph Boyden, uses the motif of journey to show transformation in the three main characters. As a part of this motif a character must go on a journey and face hardships in an attempt to reach their goal. This novel follows the main character, Xavier and his time at the front line in World War 1. The point of view switches between Xavier, who tells about his time at war with his deceased friend Elijah, and Niska, Xavier’s aunt and a windigo killer, who tells about her life and Xavier’s childhood.

His name is Jimmy Santiago Baca, who is not only the protagonist but also the author of the book A Place to Stand. At Baca’s young age, he is like a lonely traveler that gets lost in fog; he has struggled to walk out, ends up deep in the forest. Baca uses irony of his actions, expressive sentences, and his brother to emphasize his differences after he is reborn in jail because of reading changes him to a new person. With the support

Brian returns to the spot where he had spent those two months before. With his mom and dad, he wanted to show them where he had survived and what he had to do to survive. Brian showed his parents how he caught small game. And how he notched holes into his tree to make room for the fires. Showed them how he fished.

With the help from the woman that he stumbled upon, Inman successfully makes his way back to Cold Mountain. He then meets Ada, both people were unable to recognize themselves from their changed appearances because of the four years of not seeing each other during the war. Ada invites Inman to her farm and the two conversed, and made plans for the future. After a few days of arriving home, Inman gets caught by Captain Teague’s protege, Birch, and got shot in the head. Ada runs to Inman and comforts him until he sadly passed away.

When Robert Kugler 's chocolate labrador, Bella, was diagnosed with cancer last year, he decided to take his best friend on one epic last road trip across the country. (ALL PICTURES: Facebook and Instagram) Robert was told by the doctors that his three-legged Bella(she was amputated to prevent the spread of bone cancer) has lung cancer and has only three to six months to live. When his nine-year-old was diagnosed with advanced osteosarcoma – that had already spread to her legs and her lungs, Rob made sure that everyday was an adventure for the faithful pet.

Nineteen Twenty Seven In the previous year of 1926, Charles and Nell Vyse had taken their children to visit their Vyse grandparents at Havelock Place in Shelton. They also made an excursion to the Staffordshire Moorlands to visit their Vyse relatives. At the time, Vyse little thought that he would be making the journey to the Potteries again so soon. However, in the following February of 1927, he received a letter from his mother Sarah Ann Vyse, in which she asks him to return, Stoke-on-Trent.

Fire is a symbol that is seen throughout the novel, and over the course of the story, it represents multiple ideas. In the beginning, fire respresented destruction and power. Montag and the other firemen used fire as a tool to burn away anything undesired, such as books, knowledge, and even people. It was the fireman’s job to destroy anything that was causing unhappiness or discomfort. Fire became something to fear, and this fear was how firemen, like Beatty, became so powerful.