Mystic River Symbolism

To begin with when Castle made his high tops low tops it was the first time when shoes played a big role in the book. When Castle cut his shoes to go faster but this only hurt him because his classmate Shamika embarrassed him. “Shamika couldn’t get herself together long enough to even speak, so instead she just pointed at my feet” (Reynolds 80). What Shamika did made Castle so frustrated that he skipped school and made him realize it was a waste of money which was already a problem in his family. Another time shoes played a big role was when Castle stole the “Silver Bullets” from the sports store.

The intended purpose of the play was to teach about the importance of remembering your past. Throughout the almost the entirety of the play we see examples of this, for example, Mister Matternot turns out at the end to be Iris’s father. However, by the time he is reunited with his coat he has spent several years away from his family because he couldn’t remember who he was, where he came from or his past. When he was reunited with his coat he remembers who he was, why his hands are cut, and who his family is and is finally able to return to Nocturno. Also, both the mom and later the daughter lose their Past Coats and once they do, they both behave nearly identically at first, not knowing who anyone else is, who they are, or what is going on.

Instead of dealing with his emotions, Luis becomes reckless and ends up caught breaking and entering. While serving some of his time helping his dad at the junkyard, he comes across a girl, Naomi, who wanders into the junkyard looking for a hubcap. It’s an experience dealing with the grief of his mother outside of Naomi’s house that changes him and enables him to not only deal with his feelings of loss of his mother but to also do a good deed for Naomi. Luis’ character is able to complete a good deed only once he confronts his feelings he’s pushed down for three

After Johnny had killed Bob, and they ran away, Johnny says something to Ponyboy in the church that surprises him. After Johnny left to get supplies, he says, “We’re gonna cut our hair, and your gonna bleach yours.” (71) Johnny saying this, shows that he is starting to take action after what had happened at the park. It shows that reality is hitting Johnny, and this actually makes him slightly tougher in a way. Johnny, being a shy person usually doesn’t take action to solve the problem at han, but by doing this, it shows he is less soft and more hardy than we thought.

After he learns of his wife’s murder and his daughter’s kidnapping Marc turns to his ex-girlfriend a former FBI agent for help. Rachel however isn’t honest about how she gets her information and refuses to tell Marc how her husband died. She neglects to tell him that she was accused of killing him but it was ruled an accident. So when the cops question Marc about Rachel, she says “Tell him I went to DC and if he presses tell him I’m an old friend and leave it at that” (154). Rachel’s willingness to have Marc arrested shows that she is not

In addition, the daughter finds a fork in the road that she finds questioning. Towards the end of the passage, when Dad went to find the vocabulary book, the daughter thought, “Why should I eat when my own father has abandoned his own food? Nothing’s more important than his books and vocabulary words. He might say I matter, but when he goes on a scavenger hunt for a book, I realize I don’t matter” (Lopez paragraph 26). This shows that the daughter feels that her father does not care as much about her.

“What do you have in here? A dead body?” (p. 48) is Mrs Flanagan’s remark when Mr. Harvey is dumping Susie’s body in the sinkhole – this is ironic because the safe that Mr Harvey is dumping actually holds a dead body, but Mrs Flanagan does not know what the reader does. This creates a frustrating situation for the reader, as they know where Susie’s body has been disposed of, but none of the characters do. A similar use of irony is utilized by Sebold when Mr. Harvey uses his various victims’ names to refer to his imaginary wife – he uses a different victim for the different places he lives, although this is revealed later, only the reader and Susie are aware of this.

Owing to the fact that she was so hurt, she to a lamb leg to the back of his head and there he went crashing onto the floor unable to move (Dahl 2). Later on that day, to cover up her tracks she called the police over to tell them of the tragic accident that happened to her husband but of course it was all a lie. To get rid of the evidence, She insisted that they stay for dinner and so they did. Mary Maloney was content because she got away with the murder of her husband and in that matter it seemed as if she enjoyed it which showed her to be even more demeted than she seemed in the

Talk had spread around the town, and Carolyn’s husband, Roy Bryant, had just returned home from a trip to Texas. Bryant then heard what had happened to his wife, and he quickly demanded to know who had done it. Roy asked Carolyn what had happened, but she denied that any confrontation between the two had occurred. Realizing that her denial angered her husband, Carolyn finally confessed to Roy about what had taken place. Roy along with his half-brother, John W. Milam, planned to kidnap Till and teach him a lesson.

George keeps losing his jobs because of misunderstandings caused by Lennie’s disability. In weeds they got run out because Lennie was accused of trying to rape a girl, when he was trying to feel her dress. George is patient and repeats himself when Lennie does not understand or when he forgets. George looks out for Lennie and he gives Lennie hope. At the start of the book when Lennie was drinking water from the river George told him to”” .

The book by John Wyndham, The Chrysalids is a perfect example of how the existence of prejudice can have a negative impact on a society. In the novel, citizens are encouraged to behave the way society wants them to behave. Additionally, It can cause them to take actions that can lead them to violence. As well as, the characters are taught that being a certain way is correct and that can influence them on how they look at people and how they look at themselves.

Chaim Potok’s The Chosen is a mysterious novel with very interesting dialogue and detail. Although the narrator’s name is never said or mentioned, Potok still managed to write this thrilling novel that has readers at the edge of their seats. In this novel, a 15 year-old boy, who is a protagonist, has a deep love for baseball shares Jewish culture and habits. Him and all the boys who go to school together play baseball on their spare time and are all on the same baseball team. While being friends and sharing many hobbies, the boys finally meet anonymous narrator’s father.

Is it justifiable to kill in order to get revenge and peace? The death of Matt and Ruth’s son, Frank altered their lives. Losing their son put them in a dark place taking an enormous toll over their profound emotions. The hatred for Richard Strout, grew stronger daily. The story “Killings” Author Andre Dubus displayed disputes with the values of compassion, courage, and fairness.