Symbolism In Through The Tunnel

Maybe, the boys equal of Jerry’s age would want to prove who is the manliest anytime soon, perhaps under different circumstances though. The main theme in “Through the Tunnel” is maturation. The road of being a child coming into adulthood. Jerry wanted to prove that he was mature, and as he succeeded: “He did not want them. He wanted nothing but to get back home and lie

They consume themselves with a temporary substitute for a purposeless life, blind to the damage they cause, unwilling to change, waiting for a climax that never arrives. Nick had attempted to escape from this lifestyle but because he was unable to make a complete decision in the beginning, he kept living it through the Buchanans; they were Nick’s window to the past. He witnesses Tom’s affair being “insisted upon wherever he was known” (21) without shame, and Daisy “[turn] out the light” (117) in her relationship with Gatsby, as it it never happened. A quiet bystander, never interfering, he experiences their life of ignorance, one with no repercussions, the one he had. Unwilling to remove himself from them, he instead complies to their wants, their decisions that create a sense of accomplishment.

His final words, “Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody” (Salinger 214), tell the world that he made connections and feels the intensity of emotions these connections being up for him and that blissful ignorance might have been the better choice He is finally coming to grips with himself…” (Privitera 250). At the end of the novel, Holden is still evasive, and refuses to commit to himself, but he shows self-confidence about what he will be doing with his life and the influences of the teen years are fading. The image of two worlds which Holden had fantasized is that he visualizes childhood as a peaceful field of rye in where children would play and would not lose their innocence; adulthood, for the children of this world, resembles death—a deadly

Although it may seem like the seventh man should not forgive himself because it was his decision to go down to the beach while the storm was still going on, ultimately, he should forgive himself because he had good intentions, he tried to shout out to K to save his life, and he also regretted it enough until he was a middle aged man. The seventh man never really grew close to someone after the death of his best friend K. A lesson learned from the seventh man could be never hold your regrets because if you feel this pain for such a long time things in your life could disappear in a matter of

In "The Swimmer" of John Cheever's, the main character named Neddy is a well- known and respected man. However, his neighbors complained about Neddy's hangover and these strange things that he does. Neddy's never cared about a negative thing around him because he doesn't feel like to take any social problems that will affect his current life anymore. He just wants to finish his journey. In the beginning, Neddy's first start of his journey he feels young and enthusiastic, and he greeted with joy with friends.

He believes the Birlings need to discover their ignominious actions for them to change how they treat people, much the same as Prospero intends to shame his brother and king for their actions. Neither Prospero nor Inspector Goole can control the outcome of their actions but the discoveries they place for the other characters in their own worlds impact each person differently. The binary opposition between the older Birlings and Gerald in An Inspector Calls, and the Birling children displays how the personality of a person could be the factor in

Alternatively Jerry assigns his test to himself because he wants to act less childlike; gain independence from his mother and to fit in with the local boys. Because Jerry assigned his test to himself, he feels that he must pass in order to change how he sees himself and how

He lives in a make shift paradise, where there is no room for anything but health and happiness. If there is something unpleasant in his life, Ned opt not to see it. As Ned starts his journey home through pools, he starts to realise that the unpleasantness that he stubbornly disregarded in his life was always there. Ned himself does not notice that the habit of rejecting invitations had distanced him

In the book we learn the disturbing string of emotions that goes thru him as he is about to rape his daughter. He wonders what he could ever do for her, how he could ever please her or what he could teach her about the world. That is also something that links back to his childhood. He seems to understand what characteristics he is lacking, and what he cannot provide his daughter with. He seems to have this conflict going on inside of him, “He wanted to brake her neck, but tenderly”.

On the journey Christopher learned that anything that he puts his mind to is possible as long as he is brave. Christopher has all these weird quirks about him that make him autistic, but the quirks that he has overcome to continue on his different journeys allows him to find who killed Wellington, where his book was, and to get to his mother. Christopher learns that there are some things that you can not do in society and that telling a lie is not right. Since his father lied to him it made Christopher more determined to run away and find his mother. This idea pushed Christopher to accomplish his hopes and dream with taking his math classes and going to a university.

He made Jeannette attempt to swim by herself until she learned how to without drowning. Moreover, he never wanted his family to get hurt, and slowly when his family began to scatter to New York City by themselves he became scared that the city will swallow them up and that they will end up like he did. Rex had the potential of being a good father to his children, but because of his alcoholism and gambling problem, he was unable to provide for his family a well suited life. Nonetheless, the children’s experience of moving around and not wanting to end up like their father molded their personalities to what we know of today. Even though Rex’s manner in influencing his children is not appropriate, they gained all the good virtues that was seen in

He grew up being unkind and thinking that he could get away with anything he did especially when it was announced that he would be becoming a police officer and had been accepted into the academy. But with the arrival of Erin brought a small change to him, as she was willing to stick her neck out for Ned and stand up for him. This ended making him more conniving, no longer willing to stick with his chant of “Neddy, Neddy, never ready; ain’t got nothing in his heady.” (p. 3) but rather resorting to labelling Ned “‘DISTURBED & DANGEROUS’” (p. 155). Nigel’s friends are also a factor that must be considered as they also took part in bullying Ned proving them to not be some of the best people and shaping Nigel in a way. Nigel having “Too much cruelty, too little patience.” Is something that can change him and others that surround him, whether it be him exploding at someone or not, he is a prime example of shaping yourself however not in a positive way.

The fact that George had tried to help him with everything and was almost like a parent keeping things for him and making sure that had something to eat and making sure he had work shows that he was trying to help him, but in the long run he knew Lennie would never get better.”I think I knowed from the very first. I think I knowed we’d never do her. He usta like to hear about it so much I got to thinking maybe we would’’(steinbeck 44). This shows George wanted a better life for him and Lennie, but deep down he knew Lennies limitations and accepted that the dream was never meant to be and took it upon himself to end

For example, how the parents should be more careful about their children by give them the chance to express themself. Also how the reputation of the parents affect negatively in their children. Similar to what happened to Chris. Parents should be more aware of the bad reputation in their children, also that has side effect in the child personality and his reaction to the life changeling. As we know from the story what happened between Chris and the man with the dog, the man use that to make fun of his family in front of his friends so, he his crying and suffering from that deep inside When he told his friends in the wood before they find the body how the feeling other people opinion could make the person be satisfied condition.

The overall argument that Eugene B. Sledge is demonstrating throughout the book is the path from innocence through experiences never imagined. How those casualties back home that are standing on the outside looking into the war thinking it was boredom and nothing interesting. Those that are fighting in the actual war said that it was nothing but pure horror and how once you were in there life had no meaning, because escaping seem less and less likely to happen. This war turnt boys to men, Sledge himself enlisted out of patriotism, idealism, and youthful courage for his country after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. How once he stepped foot on the beach at Peleliu, it was a pure struggle for survival.