The cycle of life is a series of changes in a living organism where new organisms will replace the old. This new organism will then go through the same changes as the one before it. The cycle of life theme is incorporated into many stories throughout history, although the exact role the theme plays in each story can vary. One of the ways it can be observed is through the use of concrete examples, such as an individual's birth and death. Abstract examples within stories are another way to communicate the theme of the cycle of life. Abstract examples include such things as the sun rising and setting, thus giving the reader a visual of time lapse. “Lightning Crashes”, “The Lion King”, and “Indian Camp” all share the same theme of the cycle of …show more content…
In the beginning of “The Lion King”, the sun rising represents a new start to the cycle of life with the birth of Simba. Unfortunately, the cycle of life must always come to an end, just as the sun will always set at the end of the day. Abstract death is shown when the sun sets after Mufasa is killed and the hyenas run Simba out of the pride lands. Disney also uses examples of concrete life when Simba is presented to all the animals in the pride land as the newborn prince. This is important to the cycle of life because there is always a beginning and an end to all life. Along with “The Lion King”, “Indian Camp” shares all four elements of the cycle of …show more content…
Hemingway displays this theme by utilizing both abstract and concrete examples of life and death. For example, Hemingway uses light and dark in contrast to life and death. When Nick and his father see “in the shanty nearest the road there was a light in the window”, it shows there is life in the shanty (1). However, when “the young Indian stopped and blew out his lantern”, the dark represents a death about to occur in the shanty they enter (1).This example is important because it foreshadows a life beginning or ending. He further conveys the theme of the cycle of life by using concrete examples of life and death. In the story, “his father picked up the baby and slapped it to make it breathe” (2). Afterwards, when they went to tell the father, “his throat had been cut from ear to ear” (3). These examples are crucial to help communicate to the reader the theme of life and death. Hemingway uses both light and dark and life and death in order to display the theme of the cycle of
In a well-written short story, different literary elements and terms are incorporated into the story by the author. Ernest Hemingway frequently uses various literary elements in his writing to entice the reader and enhance each piece that he writes. In Hills Like White Elephants, Hemingway uses symbols to teach the reader certain things that one may encounter during daily life. Symbolism may be defined as relating to, using, or proceeding by means of symbols (Princeton). The use of symbols in Hills Like White Elephants is utterly important to the plot line and to the fundamental meaning of the story. Through this use of symbolism, the reader can begin to reveal the hidden themes in this short story.
One observation that can be made on Hemingway’s narrative technique as shown in his short stories is his clipped, spare style, which aims to produce a sense of objectivity through highly selected details. Hemingway refuses to romanticize his characters. Being “tough” people, such as boxers, bullfighters, gangsters, and soldiers, they are depicted as leading a life more or less without thought. The world is full of s...
In the contract of life, there are numerous requirements. Every living being must be able to reproduce, practice homeostasis, consume energy, and adapt. However, there is one component of life that facilitators don’t include in their lesson plans: death. While all living organisms must have the ability to perform certain tasks in order to be considered living, all life must come to an end. Death is not a matter of if, but when. Many humans share a common fear of losing a loved one, yet authors utilize death to convey a profound meaning within their novel. In the first paragraph Bill Barich’s novel, Laughing in the Hills, he uses the inevitability of death to supply the reader with insight on the theme of his writing.
For a writer, stylistic devices are key to impacting a reader through one’s writing and conveying a theme. For example, Edgar Allan Poe demonstrates use of these stylistic techniques in his short stories “The Masque of the Red Death” and “The Fall of the House of Usher.” The former story is about a party held by a wealthy prince hiding from a fatal disease, known as the Red Death. However, a personified Red Death kills all of the partygoers. “The Fall of the House of Usher” is about a man who visits his mentally ill childhood companion, Roderick Usher. At the climax of the story, Roderick’s twin sister, Madeline, murders him after he buries her alive. Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories employ the stylistic decisions of symbolism, dream-like imagery, and tone to affect the reader by furthering understanding of the theme and setting and evoking emotion in readers.
Using the matador vignettes, Ernest Hemingway examines the issue of death within war in an indirect style of writing. The goal of the matador is to kill the bull, if he does so the crowd hails him as a victor but if the bull kills the matador then the matador is just replaced with another bullfighter. This is similar to war, if the soldiers kill the enemy then they are victorious but if the soldier is killed then he is replaced with another soldier. This is just one example of the subtle comparisons that can be seen throughout Hemingway’s novel. But really in the end Ernest Hemingway utilized all three of these themes to show subtle messages of life.
Hemingway packed plenty of theme, symbolism, and overall meaning into this short story. However, the story would not have been nearly as meaningful had it been written from another point of view.
When a writer picks up their pen and paper, begins one of the most personal and cathartic experiences in their lives, and forms this creation, this seemingly incoherent sets of words and phrases that, read without any critical thinking, any form of analysis or reflexion, can be easily misconstrued as worthless or empty. When one reads an author’s work, in any shape or form, what floats off of the ink of the paper and implants itself in our minds is the author’s personality, their style. Reading any of the greats, many would be able to spot the minute details that separates each author from another; whether it be their use of dialogue, their complex descriptions, their syntax, or their tone. When reading an excerpt of Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast one could easily dissect the work, pick apart each significant moment from Hemingway’s life and analyze it in order to form their own idea of the author’s voice, of his identity. Ernest Hemingway’s writing immediately comes across as rather familiar in one sense. His vocabulary is not all that complicated, his layout is rather straightforward, and it is presented in a simplistic form. While he may meander into seemingly unnecessary detail, his work can be easily read. It is when one looks deeper into the work, examines the techniques Hemingway uses to create this comfortable aura surrounding his body of work, that one begins to lift much more complex thoughts and ideas. Hemingway’s tone is stark, unsympathetic, his details are precise and explored in depth, and he organizes his thoughts with clarity and focus. All of this is presented in A Moveable Feast with expertise every writer dreams to achieve. While Hemingway’s style may seem simplistic on the surface, what lies below is a layered...
The theme of the circle of life is represented in the His Immortality poem by Thomas Hardy, the lighting Crashes song by Live, and in The Lion King by Disney. In His Immortality, when one memory of a person dies, another range of memories are born. The song, lighting Crashes, is about a baby being born and an older woman dying. In Disney’s The Lion King, shows how after on great leader that has ruled over Pride Rock dies, another will soon take his place. This would be the birth of another wise leader. In all of these stories, the circle of life theme is present. The circle of life keeps balance meaning if one person or thing were to die, another would be born and will always repeat. Not only is this theme current in these three stories, but also in everyday life.
Although the movie The Lion King is often times viewed as nothing more than a child-based movie, in actuality, it contains a much deeper meaning. It is a movie that not only displays the hardships of maturation, and the perplexities associated with growing, but it is also a movie that deals with the search for one's identity and responsibility. As said by director Julie Taymor, "In addition to being a tale about a boy's personal growth, the `Lion King' dramatizes the ritual of the `Circle of Life'." Throughout The Lion King, Simba must endeavor through the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth to take his place in the circle of life, as king of the pridelands.
Hemingway has a very simple and straightforward writing style however his story lacks emotion. He makes the reader figure out the characters’ feelings by using dialogue. “...
The motif of rain and nature in Hemingway’s novel divulges that there are things that human beings cannot control, making them recognize what they lack and how life can bring sadness. The constant appearance of rain allows for sadness to be foreshadowed; the opposite can be inferred where there is more of a relief than sadness. The book says in the weather “.came the permanent rain and with the rain came the cholera” (Hemingway, 4). When the rain poured in at the beginning of the book, it started to describe the scenery. The rain signifies rain as death and as a tragedy for thousands of soldiers who follow along the cholera that comes with the rain.
Hemingway constantly draws parallels to his life with his characters and stories. One blatant connection is with the short story, “Indian Camp,” in which an Indian baby is born and its father dies. As Nick is Hemingway’s central persona, the story revolves around his journey across a lake to an Indian village. In this story, Nick is a teenager watching his father practice as a doctor in an Indian village near their summer home. In one particularly important moment, Hemingway portrays the father as cool and collected, which is a strong contrast to the Native American “squaw’s” husband, who commits suicide during his wife’s difficult caesarian pregnancy. In the story, which reveals Hemingway’s fascination with suicide, Nick asks his father, “Why did he kill himself, daddy?” Nick’s father responds “I don’t kno...
The theme of this story is actually stated in the story if it is read carefully and Crane reinforces it innumerable times. The theme of the story is man’s role in nature and is related to the reader through the use of color imagery, cynicism, human brotherhood, and the terrible beauty and savagery of nature. The story presents the idea that every human faces a voyage throughout life and must transition from ignorance to comprehension of mankind’s place in the universe and among other humans.
unborn baby suffers due to its irresponsible parents. For two lives to feel as though they are able to be free and move on from one another, it appears that another life will have to end. It gives off this feeling of injustice. As it can clearly be seen, Earnest Hemingway has reflected his life throughout his works.
The short story “The White Heron” has a benevolent view of nature and it’s interactions with mankind, as opposed to “The Law of Life” by Jack London. That particular story conveys a message of inevitable death, and an unforgiving nature that demands complete obedience and can only promise one thing to an individual. That they shall meet their impending doom, though none can say where or when. Here, we shall compare and contrast a multitude of different motifs and underlying themes, including the opposition of nature to mankind, the interactions of the protagonists with nature, and the role of the antagonists, whether it is natural or not.