As Paulo Coelho once said, ‘Culture makes people understand each other better. And if we understand each other better, it is easier to overcome barriers, different cultures have the same problems, the same questions.' The novel Camel Rider is based on a journey and the personal growth of Adam and Walid as they return to the war-torn city of Abudabi through the desert and mountains. The masterpiece by Prue Mason presents three themes of particular importance to grade 8 students with the first being equality amongst different cultures, the second being the promotion of friendship throughout different cultures and the third being the development of collaboration and persistence.
Camel Rider is based on the fictional city of Abudabi and the surrounding
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The theme of equality and equal acceptance is shown in the novel with one example on page 52 when Walid states: "Old Goat says all foreigners with their pink skin are soft and weak cowards. Like Girls," although later in the novel on page 159 he states: "Old Goat told me that all foreign girls are ugly and bad, but you have the beauty of a princess." These examples from the novel show that they did not always think the same way. The theme is important in the novel as it is the underlying cause for Adam and Walid to work together, without the change of view, they would not have pulled together. The characters grow and develop with the assistance of this theme as it promotes feelings of gratitude in Adam and patience and mutual understanding in both Adam and Walid. It has similar learning benefits for students in lower secondary schooling years for it allows the development of understanding for different ways of living, reducing culturally related bullying. Therefore, it is conclusive that the mutual understanding promoted by the theme of equality in the novel Camel Rider is important to all people in the modern world and with mutual understanding, new friendships across multiple cultures can be …show more content…
Prue Mason, the author of Camel Rider understood this and made it important in the novel as, without the presence of the theme in the novel, Adam and Walid would never have had the motivation to attempt to communicate. It can be referenced in the novel when they make attempts to high-five and when Walid risks capture to help Adam escape in chapter 15. It is often difficult to make friendships with people from different cultures yet Prue Mason shows that it is possible and that it can have positive effects for all parties involved. This theme helps the characters to grow as they learn another meaning of friendship: mutual help and respect in addition to the sharing of common goals. It is obvious that this theme communicates the positive outcomes of friendship across multiple cultures; it is also a stepping stone to the ability of collaboration to achieve common
The idea that man's relationship with good and evil is not predestined is a central idea in this novel. The conflict between good and evil is a universal battle. Many characters in the novel, East of Eden, struggle both internally and externally with Good versus evil.
Cultural diversity is an important element. Often times we acknowledge cultural diversity but we don’t quite understand it simply because we do not live it. With this novel, readers can understand cultural
An important aspect of any successfully culturally diverse literature is that its characters be presented in authentic, non-stereotypical ways (Russell, 69, 71). Codell fulfills this requisite by realistically presenting the broad cultural makeup of Sahara’s Chicago classmates. Based on names, physical descriptors and prescribed accents, we can
Theme is the message of the story, while character development is the way the author creates the character within the novel. In the novel Grendel, by John Gardner, the reader gathers a lot information in regards to the changes of Grendel’s development. The way Gardner presents Grendel is a key element towards the plot of the story. Gardner does a great job to embody the stages towards the change of Grendel’s image. Throughout the story, the reader could see Grendel first not knowing the real world, then finally realizing what life is. Grendel is used in Grendel as symbol that represents evil. It does not matter if a character thinks there on the good side or bad side; it is how the society views them. Grendel is a victim of ancestry and society, which which implies that Grendel is automatically fraud. Gardner also potrays the theme of with isolation, could create hatred to the world and a different way of living.
Symbolism is very prominent over the course of this story, giving it that much more meaning. Knowles makes not only one, but several instances to religious principles and more precisely in this case, Adam and Eve. These of jealousy, greed, and selfishness are prominent throughout both stories as well is a significant fall whether it would be as monstrous as humanity or on the smaller scale of relationships. The disruption of peace and harmony are also evident in the two. In addition, it is interesting how the author finds a way to tie them all into each other.
Joyce, James. “Araby”. The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction. Eds. R.V. Cassill and Richard Bausch. Shorter Sixth Edition. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 2000. 427 - 431.
In “Araby” and “Boys and Girls” the plots illustrate that both of the adolescents experience the common phase of growing up. They learn the universal lesson of how different the world is, compared to how they would like to see. The young boy in “Araby” grows into a young man and the girl in “Boys and Girls” accepts the reality that she is a girl. Freeing the horse was like freeing herself. The protagonists in both stories go through learning experience that we all go through, but the way in which these learning experience occur differs with each of us.
Joyce, James. “Araby.” The Norton Introduction to Literature, Shorter Eighth Edition. Eds. Jerome Beaty, Alison Booth, J. Paul Hunter, and Kelly J. Mays. New York: W.W.Norton.
Critics have already begun a heated debate over the success of the book that has addressed both its strengths and weaknesses. The debate may rage for a few years but it will eventually fizzle out as the success of the novel sustains. The characters, plot, emotional appeal, and easily relatable situations are too strong for this book to crumble. The internal characteristics have provided a strong base to withstand the petty attacks on underdeveloped metaphors and transparent descriptions. The novel does not need confrontations with the Middle East to remain a staple in modern reading, it can hold its own based on its life lessons that anyone can use.
In conclusion, this book gave me a whole new view on life and how we can interact better with different people. The book emphasized that culture is key to understanding people. Sometimes it is hard to connect with others because they are indicated as different but in due time we can adjust. Every culture has their own traditions when it comes to what they eat, what to wear, dating, various ceremonies, holidays and more. Reading this book helped me become more accepting of who I am and where I come from.
Joyce, James. "Araby." 1914. Literature and Ourselves. Henderson, Gloria, ed. Boston, Longman Press. 2009. 984-988.
Other literary elements such as theme, setting, and tone are affected as well. One theme evident in the book is the notion of the American dream. Swede is consistently trying to be all-American. This is where there is the complexity of Swede’s character deciphering between his private and public image. There are several examples from the text that demonstrate the concepts surrounding Swede’s personal goal to be perceived through this image.
Joyce, James. “Araby.” Literature: The Human Experience. Abcarian, Richard et al.,. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2010. 92-96
Although “Araby” is a fairly short story, author James Joyce does a remarkable job of discussing some very deep issues within it. On the surface it appears to be a story of a boy's trip to the market to get a gift for the girl he has a crush on. Yet deeper down it is about a lonely boy who makes a pilgrimage to an eastern-styled bazaar in hopes that it will somehow alleviate his miserable life. James Joyce’s uses the boy in “Araby” to expose a story of isolation and lack of control. These themes of alienation and control are ultimately linked because it will be seen that the source of the boy's emotional distance is his lack of control over his life.
In many cultures, childhood is considered a carefree time, with none of the worries and constraints of the “real world.” In “Araby,” Joyce presents a story in which the central themes are frustration, the longing for adventure and escape, and the awakening and confusing passion experienced by a boy on the brink of adulthood. The author uses a single narrator, a somber setting, and symbolism, in a minimalist style, to remind the reader of the struggles and disappointments we all face, even during a time that is supposed to be carefree.