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Optimism and resiliency are some of the reasons why Louie survived in the POW camps. He got out of the camp after the war was over but there was more struggle to come have come. Louie would have flashbacks non-stop when he would sleep he would freak out about them and put people in danger. After this he began to drink badly, and harm his wife and his newborn daughter He later reconnected with God and stuck with his promise of devoting his life to

The glass represents innocence, and the cracks, and breaks represent Arnold’s evil and temptation. Friend seemed to know everything about Connie. He knew where her family was, what they were doing, and even small details like what her sister was wearing. Friend gives off a eerie feeling, almost a foreshadowing of how much power Friend has over Connie. With her being naive Connie lived fantasies that expose her youthful innocence, much like that of Adam and Eve before their temptation by the serpent.

" Harvey 's dream" by Stephen King is the story about a man that dreams about a horrible accident; a dream that might end up being a reality. The meaning of the story is to never underestimate a dream, because dreams might end up becoming a reality. The point that the author tries to make to the reader is to evaluate the elements of one 's dreams, and determine what our subconscience put there, and what is simply an element of our imagination. The theme of the story is mystery; inside the mystery we can find elements of sadness, unhappiness, and fear. There are two main characters in which one is Harvey, the husband who is telling the dream, and the other is Janet, the wife, who is listening to the dream.

Themes Some of the main themes of the story are as followed: The haunting of the present by the past tragedy Inheritance The time of change between the 19th and 20th century War (vaguely) Beauty is only skin deep Look Before you leap Evil is punished and good is rewarded (karma) Love is blind When in love one must suffer It takes a village to raise a child Knowledge is power be curious always Happiness is not a state you drive at, but a manner of traveling Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult Some reasons for these are: How Grace is still in shock and affected by the secret after all these years, the ending of the story, how Hannah and Robbie ended up, Lady Jemina’s children, The House at Riverton itself, The war, how society was changing

If Johnny would have listen to his father then he would still be alive where johnny and his father could be living a happy life. The example with Johnny shows happened when someone does not listen and a tragic accident occurs. But in the sixth Sense the opposite happen with Malcolm and his problems with his wife which he could not fix until Cole told Malcolm” If want to talk do it when she is sleeping, she’ll have to listen then.” Malcolm listen to cole and he told his wife while she was sleeping that he was sorry for not spending enough time with and that he loved her. Malcolm finally gained closure with his wife and was able to let her

“The Scarlet Ibis” In the short story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, that narrator expresses a sense of guilt as he recalls his childhood that could not accept the humiliation of having a crippled brother. His true ambitions are conveyed through the dialogue, which gives insight to the real reasons for the narrator’s actions. The flashback reveals how the narrator is able to understand the terribleness and pridefulness of his actions toward Doodle when he reflects on his early years with Doodle. The dialogue provides the narrator’s reaction after understanding the ugliness of his actions to Doodle. After weeks of practice, the narrator and Doodle finally decide to show their family that Doodle can indeed walk.

Joy’s decision to leave home is prompted by despair over his mother blindness to his younger brother’s talents and his older brother drug addiction. Teacup Full of Roses is a novel about an inner-city family struggling with a drug addicted son. The book talks about different situation and issues teenagers go through these days. There are a lot of great discussion that could be had with many other today’s child. After reading this story including this story including drugs, love and what means in a family and dreams.

After hearing this story, Creusa is angered by the fact that the prophet is making him her Xuthus’ son. However, a priestess comes with the veil and cloak that was left with Ion when he was baby, which causes to Creusa realizing that Ion is her abandoned son. Then a vision of Athena appears confirming that Ion is Creusa’s abandoned son. The family now leaves with a son to live happily. The difference of these stories is that Creusa is raped and then finds her son to live happily.

After someone found Brad sleeping in a bedroom, Patrick and some guys called his father and once his father arrived he went home, after the party, “Brad’s parents sent him to rehabilitation because Brad’s father didn’t want him to miss his chance at a football scholarship”. (45) Before the party he may have started using substances as an excuse to have sex, but eventually they just became a form of self-medication for his depression. In The Huffington Post, Dr. Tian Dayton states, “Many people who suffer with undiagnosed depression or anxiety reach for alcohol or drugs to calm their nerves or relieve them of emotional pain.” Brad was one of those “many people” and soon it became an everyday thing for him which lead him to attending rehab. Throughout The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Brad is incapable of accepting the circumstances that he is gay and him using substances as self-medication is only hurting him more. Throughout this process Brad came across many obstacles that only led him to realize that he truly is gay but still not accepting it.

To Conclude, at the end of the story, after the Mariner finish the story Coleridge states “ Turned from the bridegroom door. He went like one that hath been stunned, and is of sense forlorn; a sadder and a wiser man, he rose the morrow morn” (Coleridge 602). After the Mariner told the story to the wedding guest he was surprising he became wiser but yet sadder. The wedding guest may have had sin in his past that he needs to let go and because of that he is going to hell and he finally realize it. The wedding guest may have felt how the mariner felt when he was lonely and isolated.