Different people see a Rite of Passage as a different challenge, but they all do one thing, they prove themselves not only to others but to themselves. In the story “Brothers Are the Same” and “Through the Tunnel” both characters had to pass their own rite of passage. Temas has to pass the village’s rite of passage which is to kill a lion. Jerry’s rite of passage is to swim through a cave in a rock underwater with no air pockets inside the cave. Both of these rite of passages are life risking. For example, if Temas fails, he will lose his life to the lion. Jerry doesn't know how long the tunnel is in the cave and if he doesn’t have enough breath to make it through the tunnel he will drown. Both Temas and Jerry have different outcomes after they complete their own rituals. For example, when Temas was alone with Medoto, Medoto had threatened …show more content…
But Temas had decided to finally step up to Medoto and told him that he was afraid to face the lion but he was not afraid to face the lion. “If I was a coward before the lion, I am not a coward before you” (Markham 369). Then when Jerry was through the cave, he lay on the nearby rock and realized that he was done swimming for awhile for he had to leave for home the next day. “Two days before they were to leave-a day of triumph when he increased his count by 15-his nose bled so badly that he turned dizzy and had to lie limply over the big rock like a bit of seaweed” (Lessing
The two stories "Brothers are the Same" by Beryl Markham and "Through the Tunnel" by Doris Lessing are both about growing up and entering adulthood. " Brothers are the Same" about a boy named Temas trying to prove he was tough and could be called an adult. In a similar situation in "Through the Tunnel" a young boy named Jerry is determined to go through an underwater tunnel that he saw some older French boys go through. He wants to accomplish this goal to prove to himself that he can do it. The two stories share a similar theme, but the authors perspective on the topic differs.
The play, Blood Brothers by Willy Russell, is a twisted tale of two brothers born on the same day and from the same womb, yet they live in two entirely different worlds.
There are pressures faced to give into the conformity of others. Some give in, some do not. The novels "Brother Dear" by Bernice Friesen and "Initiation" by Sylvia Plath similarly relate the characters Millicent and Greg through their pressures faced by others. Both of these characters develop from conformity to individuality and face pressures to conform to other people's ideas. The novels "Brother Dear" by Bernice Friesen and "Initiation" by Sylvia Plath differ with respects to the characters pressuring Greg and Millicent to conform.
In the two short stories “Brothers are the Same” by Beryl Markham and “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing two main characters go head to head on quests or “rites of passage”. In “Brothers are the Same,” a young man named Temas in a tribe in Africa must hunt and kill a lion in order to become a man; along with Jerry, from “Through the Tunnel”, puts himself in a position of life or death in a tunnel under water. With that, both characters put themselves in difficult situations that include many differences among them. Each boy has to discover if his mental and physical power can do the tasks and complete each obstacle.
death. The play is mainly about the two boys, but it is also about how
Blood Brothers How does Willy Russell explore the themes of class and society through Mickey and Eddie on stage? Introduction Throughout the play, ‘Blood Brothers’ Willy Russell explores the themes of class and society through Mickey and Eddie. He looks at the ideas of different classes in society within the play. Willy Russell Blood Brother’ is concerned with issues of class in society and Eddie and Mickey represent working class and middle class respectively. The lifestyle of Eddie symbolises a more comfortable, which he has many good things such as food, sweet, money and the environment of Eddie.
The storyline of the Hero’s Journey has appeared in many different ways throughout literature for centuries. The Hero’s Journey is a famous plot line that exceedingly all literature follows. It is the series of steps that a hero usually follows in his/her adventure where the main purpose of the hero is to defeat his/her greatest fear and return with an accolade. In this epic journey, there are twelve steps and nearly all literature includes most of them. The Odyssey by Homer and The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins are both based on The Hero’s Journey. Conversely, they interpret this journey in their very own different ways. Odysseus from The Odyssey and Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games face many problems ranging anywhere from love to horrifying monsters. However, they handle these problems
The second concept of the Hero’s journey shows us that all stories are the same. They all follow the same pattern or algorithm of separation, initiation, and return. An example from the movie is the Wizard of Oz where Dorothy is removed from her natural environment by a tornado, initiated with a lion, scarecrow, and tin man, and the group embarks on a journey to see the wizard. In the end, she is able to return home by clicking her heels. She realizes she has had the ability the whole time, but she needed to test herself. We are just like the characters we see in our favoritie movies, books, and shows – they are a metaphor for us as normal human beings. The last concept I learned is “Follow your bliss”. This concept of bliss is defined in many ways. One definition is serenity. Another definition is the thing you cannot not do. It is what makes a person feel alive. In order to answer the question of what is your bliss, you must ask yourself difficult questions like: What am I passionate about? What makes hours seem like minutes? What made me different as a child? After answering these tough questions, a person can find their
Manuel Garcia is a man who enjoys bullfighting. He tries to convince others as well as himself that he’s still an incredible bullfighter. He’s given a chance to prove himself worthy by a little man named Retana. When Garcia is given this chance he takes advantage of it and asks Zurito, an old friend and skillful bullfighter if he will “[pick] two bulls for [him] tomorrow night,” (The Undefeated). Zurito is persuaded to pick two bulls for Garcia, but Zurito explains that “if [he] [doesn’t] go big tomorrow night [he’ll] quit,” (The Undefeated). Garcia has shown that he has the courage to bullfight once more despite his age. The day Garcia has been waiting for came; the bullfight that will determine whether or not he’s as good as he says. He enters the arena confident, but not all goes as he had planned. As the bull fight begins Garcia’s sword flies from his hand and is thrown into the audience. Garcia looks around for his sword, only to have it thrown at him. Despite another misfortune, this code hero keeps his grace under pressure when cushions and the sword are thrown at him by thanking them and bowing. This also shows that he is stoic by not showing others what he truly feels in his heart, sadness of being beat. Towards the end of the story, when the doctor is tying to rehabilitate Garcia, he keeps his dignity by saying he was good out there “[he] [just] didn’t have any luck was all,” (The Undefeated).
Love is a theme, shown by the two women who love their sons but show
lion. Medoto was the most brave boy in the village and everyone knew the lion would charge at
These timeless tales relate a message that readers throughout the ages can understand and relate to. While each of these tales is not exactly alike, they do share a common core of events. Some event and or character flaw necessitates a journey of some kind, whether it is an actual physical journey or a metaphorical one. The hardships and obstacles encountered on said journey lead to spiritual growth and build character. Rarely does a person find himself unchanged once the journey is over.
The Old Man and the Sea is a heroic tale of man’s strength pitted against forces he cannot control. It is a tale about an old Cuban fisherman and his three-day battle with a giant Marlin. Through the use of three prominent themes; friendship, bravery, and Christianity; the “Old Man and the Sea” strives to teach important life lessons to the reader.
She asks him if he is ‘tired of the usual beach’ (Lessing 2) and despite denying his desire to wander off at first he soon tells her that he would like to go ‘have a look at those rocks down there’ (Lessing 2). It is important to notice that when Jerry’s mother asks him for her opinion, her arm is slightly reddened from the previous day, symbolizing the changes she has been through since the beginning of their vacation. She has loosened her grip on Jerry, becoming less protective while gaining more trust in him. At this point, Jerry has made his way to the water in the bay and is treading the water when he sees a group of French boys jumping off of a cliff.
In The Old Man and the Sea, Santiago, an old Cuban fisherman, pits his strength against forces he cannot control. We learn from Santiago's struggles how to face insurmountable odds with bravery and courage. Though we find an indifferent and hostile universe as Santiago's stage, his unwillingness to give in to these forces demonstrate a reverence for life's struggles. Santiago's struggle is for dignity and meaning in the face of insurmountable odds. His warrior-like spirit fights off the sharks full-well knowing the fate of his marlin. Santiago loses his marlin in the end, but his struggle to keep it represent a victory because of the dignity and heroism with which he carries out his mission. However, as Santiago acknowledges, he is almost sorry he caught the marlin because he knows the animal and he have a great deal in common as fellow beings in nature. However, he only caught the marlin "through trickery" (Hemingway 99). Santi...