The Role Of Suffering In Sara Gruen's Water For Elephants

Winter was extreme in Packingtown and the family members endured much distress. Meanwhile, Jurgis joined a union only to discover that biased opinions, politics, and money is what Packingtown depended on. The family then underwent more despair by loss of jobs, family members, income, and dignity. For example, Jurgis had an ankle injury which caused him to have to stay in bed for three months. Later, Ona was made to sleep with her boss and enraged, Jurgis attacked him.

Whether it is the fact that lying affected David's character, or that it ended Carolines's young life short, or even ended David's relationship with Norah, lying always ends up affecting someone in the end of it. The secret David withholds from Norah about Phoebe, affects Davids relationships and characters with the loved ones closest to him.

A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1951 movie about the lives of conflicting personalities that continue until chaos happens and causes disaster within the household. The movie uses characters that disagree, do not get along, and bicker constantly to show the effects on the lives of the people surrounded by them. Not only do the characters contrast, but they also have many similarities and comparisons in the ways they deal with situations and the way they go about life every day. The movie starts by two sisters reuniting after several years with the urge to rekindle the love they once had; they are interfered when the husband of the younger sister constantly feuds with his wife, her sister, and everyone around him. In this film, the lives and personalities of Blanche and Stanley differ and also have some comparison in the ways they effect the people around them.

One day, Lizabeth comes home to her father crying about not having a job. This is really hard on Lizabeth because she describes her father as the “rock” of her family. After this, Lizabeth is feeling so many different emotions so she goes and destroys Miss Lottie’s marigolds. Lizabeth really regrets her actions afterwards but feels like this was her transition to

(du Maurier 10). Rebecca’s death causes jealousy amongst Mrs. Danvers and the narrator. Mrs. Danvers is jealous that someone replaced Rebecca, and the narrator is jealous that she is not Rebecca since everyone compares the two wives. Also Rebecca’s death is a complete lie. For months everyone believed that Rebecca drowned to death, but it was a lie.

Cross is an awful leader because he is to in love with Martha, which makes him unable to do his duties properly. The emotional burden he feels after the death of his good friend Lavender makes him drop of out of the military and return home. The theme of the story revolves around shame and guilt. Towards the end of the essay, Lt. Cross burns all of Martha’s letters in order to make it seem like he will forgot about Martha. Unfortunately, it is to late to correct the decisions he should have made a long time ago.

The interns and residents make huge mistakes that normally would cause them to get kicked out of the program. For example, Izzy, an intern at the time, falls in love with a patient by the name of Danny. Danny’s condition worsens and Izzy cuts his wire in order for him to move up on the transplant list. Of course, she gets off lightly and we know that this is very unlikely. In real life, a resident would be kicked out of the program, sued, and unable to practice medicine again, and possibly serve jail time (Kirzner, 2014).

The biggest lie told in The Drawer Boy is told by Morgan to Angus. The lie is about the reason their fiancees are no longer around. Morgan tells this lie to Angus the night the girls left them. He knew that it would hurt Angus too much to tell him that they left due to his actions, instead he told him that they died in an accident. Continuing to tell this lie for so many years would only have a negative impact on Morgan.

Moushumi is a very unstable individual who cannot provide Gogol with the reassurance he is looking for. Despite that the relationship between Moushumi and Gogol moves quickly, they are married after one year, and everything is well. Gogol thinks he finally has found someone who understands the struggle of having Bengali parents living in America. This gives him a false sense of security and only contributes to his confusion. Moshumi lived in Paris for a certain extent of time and that is where she feels that she belongs, that is where she feels at home.

CONFLICTS The overall novel is written on the conflict of global infertility, but the storyline progressed quite slowly for the first two to three chapters before the first main conflict occurred. Theo, the novel’s protagonist, has loss faith of humanity and runs over his fifteen-month-old daughter, Natalie, on accident and was left by his wife Helena who was horrified, guilty, and consumed with grief as she thought that Theo couldn’t care less which was true. I sense a slight sense of jealousy in Theo as he states, “She would rather have Natalie alive than me” about his wife. After this point, Theo attempts justifying his actions to himself ending up feeling more guilty as he says, “For Christ’s sake it was an accident.

It was known as the dirtiest campaign in American history. Other electors slandered him, and especially focused on his wife, Rachel, who had married him before her divorce with a previous man could be finalized. They called her an adulterer, much to Jackson 's anger and disgust. Unfortunately, within a month of election, Rachel Jackson died of a heart attack before she could officially become the First Lady of the United States. And while her death cut deeply into Jackson, he pushed on, as he knew he had to and knew she 'd want him to.

This movie actually does a good job portraying major depressive disorder on Mrs. Bonnie Grape’s character. At the beginning of the movie, while Gilbert is describing his family, he explains the reason behind his mom’s depression, and then every time that Mrs. Grape appears on screen, her condition is noticeable because she displays most of the symptoms. One of the most common causes for depression is grief, which can be caused by the death of someone who is close to the patient and this can be seen in the movie when Gilbert explains that his dad’s death affected his mom. An old portrait picture of Mrs. Grape is shown while Arnie is describing her as one of the prettiest and happiest girls in Endora town, who changed completely after her husband committed suicide.

1. After reading the “Color Theory” by Kayghee Reynolds, I have come to appreciate the idea that there is more in the world than one would imagine. Especially when you take into consideration of the moral aspect of the story, when Sam would perceive the world as black and white, seeing that Sam felt like she was missing a specific compartment that would stimulate her entire life. This was obviously seen when Sam would head to her mind-numbing occupation, and when she would spend time with Jake and Sally at the bar. However, Sam’s life would eventually turn around, because when Sam could no longer take the noise upstairs, she would go marching upstairs and complain about the sound.

Afa was walking along the lake. When Afa saw something moving in the water he went to go check what was in the water he was barking “WOOF WOOF!” he saw a fin that looked like a shark. So Afa ignored it and went back home. At midnight there was a campfire and Afa came outside to see what was going wrong Afa’s new friend named James and James grandfather was telling a story about a shark named tupa.

The setting of The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards constantly changes to show the development of each of the characters. Dr. David Henry guilty of giving away his daughter is still remains in him every passing day. Norah, David’s wife, is struggling with the “death” of her daughter and the growing separation between her and her husband. As the story continues through the years, the Henry’s son, Paul is 13 and he is starting to discover his family’s hidden secrets. Caroline is still raising Paul’s twin sister, Phoebe, and determines why David gave his child to her to be given up for adoption.