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After the protagonist Toby’s mom died, she was forced to drop out of college since her parents had accumulated too much debt for her to stay in school. She left the HelthWyzer compound where her family lived and her mother was being treated, along with her identity. She took a job working at the counter of the fast food chain named “Secret Burger”. Eventually as a result of her abusive boss, she ended up joining a cult called the gardeners. The gardeners are a religious group that was trying to survive “The Waterless Flood” which is the destruction of the human race that their religion claimed would be a result of human corruption rather than a higher power’s own decision to wipe out and fix humanity. The waterless flood is a reference to the Bible story Noah’s Ark where God sends a flood to wipe out the human race because they are living immorally. The gardener’s, who were led by Adam one, followed many rules, which entailed not eating anything with a face, not using the technology that was controlled by the corporations, and foll...
The Metamorphosis is said to be one of Franz Kafka's best works of literature. It shows the difficulties of living in a modern society and the struggle for acceptance of others when in a time of need. In this novel Kafka directly reflects upon many of the negative aspects of his personal life, both mentally and physically. The relationship between Gregor and his father is in many ways similar to Franz and his father Herrman. The Metamorphosis also shows resemblance to some of Kafka's diary entries that depict him imagining his own extinction by dozens of elaborated methods. This paper will look into the text to show how this is a story about the author's personal life portrayed through his dream-like fantasies.
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There is a theory that dream and myth are related which is conveyed through the writing of Douglas Angus’ Kafka's Metamorphosis and "The Beauty and the Beast" Tale and supported by Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis. The stories are very symbolic when conveying the metamorphosis of a human being. Unlike Beauty and the Beast, in the Metamorphosis some suggest love is received through acts of cruelty yet in actuality it appears that cruelty results in heartache. Due to being a beast, the repulsiveness requires genuine love which can achieve the “magical transformation.” This “magical transformation” is not achieved and creates a twist in the plot derived from the concepts in the “Beauty and the Beast.”
Song of Solomon tells the story of Dead's unwitting search for identity. Milkman appears to be destined for a life of self-alienation and isolation because of his commitment to the materialism and the linear conception of time that are part of the legacy he receives from his father, Macon Dead. However, during a trip to his ancestral home, “Milkman comes to understand his place in a cultural and familial community and to appreciate the value of conceiving of time as a cyclical process”(Smith 58).
People want their family to love and support them during times of need, but if they are unable to develop this bond with their family members, they tend to feel alone and depressed. In the novel The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, Kafka describes the theme of alienation and its negative effect on people and their relationships with the people around them. This theme can be shown through Gregor Samsa, the main character in The Metamorphosis. After Gregor’s metamorphosis, or transformation, he is turned from a human being into a giant bug which makes him more and more distant from the people in his life. The alienation that Gregor experiences results in his eventual downfall, which could and would happen to anyone else who becomes estranged from the people around them. Gregor’s alienation and its effect on his relationship with his family can be shown through his lack of willing interaction with his family members due to his inability to communicate to them, the huge burden he puts on the family after his metamorphosis, and his family’s hope to get rid of him because he is not who he was before.
In this closing chapter, Alex and Brett review the main ideas they’ve covered. Now that the reader has a clear view of a new way of life, they offer some practical advice to get “from big idea to meaningful change.” They introduce three typical teens Noah, Serena, and Brandon and offer problem-solving ideas for how they can get past their distractions and obstacles. One more story is yet to be told “and that story is yours.” The five-step rebelutionary action plan is a great way to deal with things. Noah followed the 5-step plan. He sold his Xbox, which gave him a clean break from a distraction and a conversation starter with his friends. He changed it so he could focus more on his goal. Noah talked to his pastor about what he should read.
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Milk Man Dead, the principal character in Morrison’s novel Song of Solomon is trying to do it. He is engaged in a search for his identity through discovery of his familial heritage and recognition of his human responsibility. One notices Milkman’s low level of consciousness in regard to his people’s race and class oppression. He appears to be doomed to a life of alienation from himself and from others because, like his parents, he adheres to excessively rigid, materialistic Western
Giacomo’s garden, like Eden, has lush greenery, has borders which keep separate the inside and outside worlds, and has its own version of Adam and Eve, who are, as Oliver Evans argues, Beatrice and Giovanni, respectively (186). Despite similarities to the original, perfect Eden, what makes Giacomo’s garden an inverse-Eden is that it is Fallen, and its Fallen state is revealed through the poisonous nature of Beatrice and the plants within. Giacomo’s garden is also like an inverse-Eden because Beatrice is Adam—for she was created by Giacomo, who appears to be playing the role of God—and Giovanni is Eve, whom Giacomo (God) finds so his Beatrice can have a mate. This gender-reversal of “Adam” and “Eve,” in addition to the poisonous plants make Giacomo’s garden like, but also not exactly like,
“The fathers may soar and the children may know their names.” This was the basis of Milkman’s discovery of his past, which he would learn about in time. In Toni Morrison’s novel Song of Solomon, Milkman goes through the early, adolescent, and middle stages of his life with little faith in himself, for he cannot fly, nor does he know flight’s true meaning. Milkman journeys through his life being selfish and vain because he has yet to discover his true identity. As Milkman grows, the more he experiences and encounters alone and with others. Not every experience he obtains is weighted with the same significance as others, but each helps progress him through his self-discovery to find his own way of flight. As Milkman discovers the past about his ancestors and their connection with flight, he goes through a transformation of heart, mind, and soul.
...t, Stephen, gen. ed. “Paradise Lost.” The Norton Anthology of English Literature. 9th ed. Vol. 1. New York: Norton, 2012. Print. 36-39.
Age of Opportunity written by Paul David Tripp is in the genre of counseling but more specifally it is focusing on parenting teens. The author of this book has been in the ministry for a long time and it started in August 1971 when he took his first job as a youth director at Whaley Street United Methodist Church in Columbia, South Carolina. He was at the age of 21 when he ventured in this field. Mr. Tripp has four children and their names are Justin, Ethan, Nicole, and Darnay.
The theme of free will is highlighted at various points throughout Paradise Lost through different characters. Through each characters actions and the element of choice displayed, Milton conveys his view point that while God is omniscient and there is an eternal providence, free will his not hindered. Milton also conveys through Eve that she choose to disobey God, she does so knowing there will consequences, signifying that she does not have the full capacity to reason clearly. Despite his being aware of the paradox that free will and eternal providence present the reader, Milton did not believe that this constrained one’s understanding of Paradise Lost.
Transformations from one shape or form into another are the central theme in Ovid's Metamorphoses. The popularity and timelessness of this work stems from the manner of story telling. Ovid takes stories relevant to his culture and time period, and weaves them together into one work with a connecting theme of transformation throughout. The thread of humor that runs through Metamorphoses is consistent with the satire and commentary of the work. The theme is presented in the opening lines of Metamorphoses, where the poet invokes the gods, who are responsible for the changes, to look favorably on his efforts to compose. The changes are of many kinds: from human to animal, animal to human, thing to human, human to thing. Some changes are reversed: human to animal to human. Sometimes the transformations are partial, and physical features and personal qualities of the earlier being are preserved in mutated form.