The theme of The Elemental is that even though someone may seem useless or unimportant, they are capable to do much more once they find out what they excel at. On page 162, the author writes, "’I have something. It’s not an element, but I see and hear more than you. I don’t spy on people. I don’t eavesdrop either. Honestly, I don’t have to’"(John). In this quote, Alice reveals to Thomas her secret power that allows her to have enhanced vision and hearing. Back at the village, Alice was always teased for barely even making a spark, but no one expected her to be able to have a unique power. Her power shows its use when the pirates advance toward the lighthouse. Using her power, she and Thomas successfully escape the pirates without any notice.
In the novel Alice in Quantumland by Robert Gilmore, a young girl named Alice, bored with her family and friends away, wishes she could be more like the Alice in her book- “Alice in Wonderland”. Alice decides to watch T.V., but when she notices something strange happening around her she’s sucked into a world of wonder and science.
In short story, “The Red Convertible” the different types of theme play a huge role in bringing the story together. The story is told from one of the brother’s, Lyman Lamartine, point of view about how he and his brother, Henry had partial ownership in a red convertible Oldsmobile car. The red convertible Oldsmobile car plays an important role as it represents the centralize point of the two brother’s relationship throughout the whole story. Louise Erdrich’s different themes help understand the relationship of Lyman and Henry through the red convertible Oldsmobile. Although, the red Oldsmobile is the central point of the story, hence the title of the story, the different themes of brotherhood/family, war, and neglect support the Oldsmobile becoming the central point and bringing the story together.
The title of my book is “How I Live Now”. It was written by Meg Rosoff, and has 163
"The water of the Gulf stretched out before her, gleaming with the million lights of the sun. The voice of the sea is seductive, never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander in the abysses of solitude. All along the white beach, up and down, there was no living thing in sight. A bird with a broken wing was beating the air above, reeling, fluttering, circling disabled down, down to the water." Chapter XXXIX
In this excerpt from Belinda, a novel by Maria Edgeworth, she explores how it's the natural tendency of most people to abandon their god given gifts and abilities in order to blend in with the crowd. This idea is brought to fruition through Edgeworth's vivid imagery and diction while talking about Clarence Hervey's social interactions and thoughts.
Oh trust me, it's true. Isabelle might be the most ticklish person I've ever seen.
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway is the story of Jake Barnes, a World War I veteran, and his adventures with his friends and the love of his life, Lady Brett Ashley, as they travel on a vacation from France to Spain. On the night of July fifth, the evening prior to when the passage take place, Jake cannot fall asleep, and is mulling over the lost romantic relationship between himself and Brett, whom he had met during the war, and also the bitterness that erupts from Mike, Brett 's fiancee, when he is drunk; this bitterness is especially directed towards Cohn, Jake 's friend and Brett 's previous affair, which gives Jake mixed feelings on the bitterness and its truth overall. The insanity and celerity of the fiesta that takes place after
The theme of Ender’s game is to show that pushing someone to the end of their wits can have a good turnout. In the first chapter Ender gets his monitor removed, and then he has to defend himself and fight Stilson. Ender’s whole story is a symbol.
A spark ignites life within the embodiment of a metal case. As Werner, one of the main characters in the novel “All The Light We Cannot See”, mends the copper conduits a spark pulses through wire, circuitry and antenna. The sparks bend into vitality, crafted outside it’s engineered purpose. The vitality manipulates electromagnetic waves producing sound and thought. These thoughts communicate across all borders, audibly stringing together mind and rebellious ingenuity. In the novel “All The Light We Cannot See” these thoughts manifest a symbol of opportunity and hope among the Parisians and Germans during times of repression. The radio builds a world of curiosity and escape through-out the novel, revealing quiet talents and perceptive life within its characters.
One main theme in Enchantress from the Stars is risk and sacrifice. It's funny with risk and sacrifice, because no one ever thinks about this until the time comes. They never know until something terrible happens or when it is too late. There are many events in this book that shows this theme. But one part of the book that I thought that was the best for the theme is about a girl named Llura(the girl that went on the spaceship to the planet with Elana's father, Evrek, and stowaway Elana). Llura sacrifices herself to the Imperials so that their mission wouldn't be jeopardized and they wouldn’t be discovered. Llura knew how critical it would be if the Imperials finding out there is more advanced civilizations than themselves. I like how Jarel(the
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle is a well known classic. It is a science fiction, fantasy novel that had its own adventure to tell by the most unexpected characters. I enjoyed this book full of adventure and mystery. It's inspiring and gives Meg a different outlook on life and those who can relate to Meg.
Markus Zusak is the author of The Book Thief and it’s theme that Markus Zusak tries to convey to the reader is “ the power of words”. He shows how words can affect people’s lives in a positive and negative way. He used the characters to interpret and develop the theme of this book. By analyzing what the text conveys about the power of words, The reader can tell that Markus Zusak develops the theme of this novel by, how does power manifest itself in the novel, and who possesses power and how they acquire power through words and language not only positively but also negatively.
In the song We didn’t Start the Fire, Billy Joel does a summary of the most relevant events that took place between 1949 and 1989. The events mentioned in the song include political, cultural, and historical events. His generation is blamed for all the conflicts that occurred in those forty years, when in reality, those conflicts have roots many generations in the past. He portrays the positive and negative effects his generation had in the world. In the positive side, they had advances in science and many cultural events. In the other hand, they were involved in dozens of conflicts all around the world that left misery and death. He emphasizes that many of the problems that are blamed on his generation were started by a previous generation
An uncomplicated life based on one’s needs rather than their wants is not to be taken for granted. The author of The Pearl, John Steinbeck centers his novel on this theme. The novel focuses on Kino, an unwealthy diver, who’s baby gets stung by a scorpion, so he must find a way to pay for a doctor. One day Kino finds the pearl of the world, his first intention is to use the pearl to pay for medical expenses however, the pearl ends up creating many problems for Kino. Although readers believe that Juana choose correctly to give the pearl back to Kino, she should have disposed of the pearl when she had the opportunity to but it is understandable as to why some may believe
Many have compared life to a journey over the course of which, one experiences many tumultuous changes and transitions. On this journey, the human body continually undergoes a developmental pattern of physical, mental, and social modifications. Even in the realm of literature, fictional characters inevitably follow this fate. In literature, the stage between childhood innocence and adulthood transforms characters, this is frequently referred to as "coming of age". Because all humans experience this transition, it establishes "coming of age" as a timeless universal literary theme. Among such "coming of age" novels is Lewis Carroll’s tale about a seven-year-old Victorian girl named Alice. In the novel, "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland", Alice falls into the curious world of Wonderland. Alice assuages and manages inter-conflicts, such as her identity. Through the confusion, experimentation, and uncertainties of the Wonderland between childhood and adulthood Alice realizes in her unconscious state that she is changing from simple child into a young woman.