A Secret Lost In The Water

The reason why Nathan and Leah have this conflict is because of Nathan’s narrow-mindedness and lack of self awareness. The main purpose of The Poisonwood Bible is to show how different people deal with guilt. Nathan however has no guilt, and this is the source of many conflicts with Leah. Nathan has no self-awareness. When he does something he never thinks of his family, he only thinks

Nathan Landeu is a Jewish man living in America with Sophie, very vulnerable young women. Nathan takes advantage of Sophie knowing that she needs him and will always love him. Towards the end of the book Stingo learns that Nathan suffers from a mental disease called schizophrenia. This disease causes voices in his head and him to act like a demon is possessing all of his thoughts. During world War 2 he was not allowed to join the military because of his mental disease, this made him sit back and watch thousands of people of his race die and actually made his disease even worse. In the book Stingo says “He was by now deathly afraid of Nathan and he pinned hungrily to be able to appeal to the police- for protection, if nothing else” (Styron 547). This is explaining to the audience that Nathan is a dangerous man and World war 2 has completely changed his state of mind.

explains what it was like before she stopped listening to Nathan: “Feared Him, loved Him,

Although the stories’ main components mirror each other, they still differentiate. For example, in “The Devil and Tom Walker,” everyone believes Tom has made a deal with the devil, whereas in “Young Goodman Brown,” the author questions the actuality of the night’s events: “Had Goodman Brown fallen asleep in the forest and only dreamed a wild dream of a witch-meaning?” Even if the incidents never did transpire, Goodman Brown could not return to his Christian life. On the other hand, Tom Walker tried living a Christian life again, but the devil still carried him off. The protagonists’ relationship with their wives also varied between the stories. Goodman Brown loved his seemingly innocent wife, Faith; while Tom Walker hated his termagant wife and though he

“A Secret Lost in the Water”is a short story by Roch Carrier. It is a story about how young millennials are forgetting their traditional way of life and are moving in the modern era . The story takes place in a small Village where everyone knows one another. “A Secret Lost in the Water” is a story about a father tries to teach his son an important skill of how to find water with an elder branch, but the son does not values it and loses the skill. The main theme in “A Secret Lost in the Water” by Roch Carrier, is the lack of the interest of the new generation, the valuable knowledge which is a great asset is going to be lost best displayed by, the father, the son and generation gap.

Every time Nathan was present in the story I was immediately displeased and wanted him gone. His vulgar comments and actions anger the reader so much, and Kingsolver wanted that image to stay. She wanted the readers to hate him so they can sympathize with Orleanna and her daughters. If she included his narrations in the book, the reader could possibly see his “soft side,” and his anger. His frustration has to have a root somewhere (his horrific experience in the war), and with the exposure of his own thoughts and feelings, the reader would be able to witness them and have a new opinion of him. For the purpose of The Poisonwood Bible though, Nathan had to remain the antagonist and stay the “bad

With this in mind, it is odd that Leah concedes a fault in her father due to the garden. While she tries to justify all of his other actions, she realizes that “father has already bent his will to Africa by remaking his garden in mounds, the way they do here,” (78). This is the first instance where Leah realizes her father’s mortality and unawareness, that eventually manifests into her rejection of her father. It shows how Leah isn’t subject to an endless devotion towards her father who represented god. Instead she actively seeks out righteousness and justice, demonstrated by how she recognizes that bending to the will of the Africa is the right way to do things in the Congo, while Nathan tries to disregard this significance by viewing the situation as something that should be endured for god. He claimed that god “ doesn’t deliver us out of our hardships but through them.” (78). Nathan doesn’t see conforming to the Congo as practical and the right way to grow crops, he takes this situation as something he must tolerate while in the Congo. This not only shows how the two characters respond to change, it also demonstrates how Nathan believes he is tolerating the hardship of god, instead of being shaped by the Congo, which is another instance of his

Although Nathan’s motives for forcing his family from 1950s urban America to the village Congo may be genuinely good, his ignorance

The article “Into The Dark Water”, by Lauren Tarshis, is an article about the perspective of Jack Thayer on the titanic. In this article The author included a lot of quotes in the article. I think the author Lauren Tarshis included all these quotes to give you an example on how it would feel on the titanic. For an example “It was the kind of night.” Showed that even though the titanic sunk it was still a beautiful life.

Waters. Here, Nathan abandoned the feeling of having more academic promise than his brothers and instead, traded in better education for acceptance. This is the beginning of Nathan’s downfall.

As Nathan was treated poorly throughout the story I really saw him forgive his wife time and time again throughout the book. After the death of Nathan and Ruth’s daughter Ariel their relationship was tested to the max. Ruth would isolate herself from her husband and she almost despised him for not being upset with the Lord. Ruth could not accept how Nathan turned to God because she blamed God for all of this. While Nathan was being ignored, looked as bad, or just despised by his wife, he did not fold in and say whatever I give up. Nathan had an understanding and forgiving mindset he understood why his wife felt like this. Nathan forgave his wife while she was in the progress of despises him. Nathan never acted this way towards her, he simply turned the other cheek. Nathan showed a great will power by being able to forgive his wife so easily. This spoke volumes because he simply lived his life in a forgiving manner. As Nathan showed his faith and forgiveness through the story I saw a true man of God. Nathan lived in such a way where he could forgive people for the things they did and this was because of how strong he was in his faith. Living a life like Nathan means to live a life for God. A true man of God allowed for Nathan to live a very purposeful life.

The settings in the two stories are similar in the way that they both take place in a small town with a sense of poverty. The adults are portrayed as authoritative and the narrators feel trapped.

One thing they have in common is they are all where home schooled. They all believed in the star of David religion. They are all Jewish kids or teens living in the secret annex with other families. They all died differently. However, I think this is where the similarity between the three teenagers ends.

3. What similarities and differences do these stories have in common, considering where and when they take place

I was thinking about how I ended up with a life like this.I started to wonder,how did I end up like this?My mother had a chest,I remember seeing it in her back closet,I always wonder what was in it...money,gold,something really valuable.Im always trying to get in my moms room and take a peek,but something always goes wrong.I have a new plan to go in there and look when my mom goes in the kitchen to start dinner.I sat in my room texting my freinds, Jay and Nichole,about my plan until it was time for my mom to start dinner.7:00,my mom had just started dinner.Nowes my chance.I cracked open my door to see if any one was in the hall way.I had to be careful cause my moms room was on the other end of the hall way and the stairs to the kitchen start at the middle,so if I don’t be careful my mom will see me when I cross.I finally get to my moms room then quietly get to her closet.I had finally got my chance to look in the chest,I quietly opend it.It was me...pictures of me...tones of pictures from when I was born and growing up.I never new my mom had pictures of me.I started to wonder,why didn 't my mom want me to see these pictures,there great!The only problem was I got depressed when I saw then remembered that my dad was only in the pictures from when I was in the hospital.It 's been so long ago...I