A Short Story About Thomas

“Maybe sometimes people did not actually change. Maybe you just never knew who they really were.” (Picture Quotes.com) This quote is very relatable to many people, but perhaps more so to Thomas, Bears Brother, Black Bull because Thomas lived through the impossible, and he changed, but no one knew, truly, who he was. Thomas is a very strong, independent, Ute Indian, and is the main character in the novel When the Legends Die by Hal Borland. This marvelous book is cleverly broken into four sections; “Bessie“, “The School“, ‘The Arena“, and “The Mountains“. In each component of the book Thomas changes in various, complicated ways, but the two sections where Thomas changes the most are in “Bessie” and “The Arena.” However certain similarities for each characteristic of Tom are unmistakable. Tom is a man torn between two worlds, his Indian heritage and the world of white men and new ways. Tom’s physical appearance, actions, and emotions are the strongest variations, and yet in some ways remain the same, for his character.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas have been married for ten years and have been raising three children together. Mr. Thomas has recently discovered that his wife, Mrs. Thomas, hasn’t been faithful through their marriage and was cheating on him with a man named Mr. Wilson. Mr. Thomas is now questioning if the children he has been raising are genetically his. We know that Mr. Wilson has blood type B, but we need to determine the blood types of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and the three children. Which of the three children are Mr. Thomas’s? Mr. Wilson’s?

Out I went into the meadow, Where the moon was shining brightly, And the oak-tree’s lengthening shadows On the sloping sward did lean; For I longed to see the goblins, And the dainty-footed fairies, And the gnomes, who dwell in caverns, But come forth on Halloween. “All the spirits, good and evil, Fay and pixie, witch and wizard, On this night will sure be stirring," Thought I, as I walked along; “And if Puck, the merry wanderer, Or her majesty, Titania, Or that Mab who teases housewives If their housewifery be wrong, Should but condescend to meet me”— But my thoughts took sudden parting,

Discovered in the twentieth century, The Gospel of Thomas was founded by peasants that were digging for fertilizer close to the village of Nag Hammadi, Egypt. The peasants revealed a container containing thirteen leather-bound manuscripts that were buried in the fourteenth century. The container contained fifty-two tractates that represented “heretical” writings of Gnostic Christians. Dated back to 200 A.D., there was not much known about the Gospel of Thomas besides that there were only three small fragments from Oxyrynchus. The Gospel of Thomas is a collection of literary works that contains 114 ‘opaque sayings’ of Jesus that were collected and written down by St. Didymus Jude Thomas, but nobody knows if St. Didymus Jude Thomas wrote the

Charles Thomas was his full name, but he is widely known as Chuck Close. He was born in July 5th 1940 and is an American artist and photographer. He achieved most of his fame through his massive portraits. He Mainly does bug scale abstract portraits which go on important and well known art galleries. Unfortunately he had a spinal artery collapse at around 1990 which left him paralyzed but even though he was now paralyzed, he continued to produce his work.

When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He’s surrounded by strangers—boys whose memories are also gone.

Thomas was nervous as he walked the busy streets of Wesley Crossing. He tried to keep dry as the rain cries down on him. All he knew was to go to the cemetery along the cobblestone path, only then would his family be safe.

When analyzing Bigger Thomas, Richard Wright’s protagonist in the novel Native Son, one must take into consideration the development of his characterization. Being a poor twenty-year-old Black man in the south side of Chicago living with his family in a cramped one- bedroom apartment in the 1930’s, the odds of him prospering in life were not in his favor. Filled with oppression, violence, and tragedy, Bigger Thomas’ life was doomed from the moment he was born. Through the novel, Bigger divulges his own dreams to provide for his family and to be anything but a “nobody.” Although Bigger struggled to fight through obstacles to pursue his dreams for the future, his chase for a better life came to an abrupt

This film is an intense character study, essentially about emptiness in life. Thomas feels that everything in his life is superficial, and he wants to do something more than just take photographs. If he could solve a mystery, then his life would have a definite purpose. Therefore, he sees what he wants to see, and invents a mystery from one of his photographs. What he sees is essentially part of his imagination.

I completely agree with the observations you have made about how the essay shows Thomas’ attitude changing after dealing with the children at the camp. I really enjoyed that you and I agreed that the essay show many aspects of his personality and how he came to learn more from the children then he taught them. I also found your observation about Thomas gaining self-confidence toward his job after constant exposure to his job. The only problem I could find about your discussion post is that I feel like it could have gone into more detail on how Thomas needed to earn the respect of the children before he could teach them. This post is an outstanding post and I’m glad to see that you and I share a similar way of reading and digesting stories and

"Is it probable - is it probable - that after so long a silence on this, the very point so urgently sought of me, I should open my mind to such a man as that" (Bolt, 94). This direct quote shows that Thomas is concerned about Rich lying. No one else besides Thomas has question for him as you read on. We come to realize that Thomas isnt just trying to survive. He was proven guilty and sentenced to be executed, but continues to speak what he feels is right. "..I do none harm, I say none harm, I think none harm. And if this be not enough to keep a man alive, in good faith I long not to live.." (Bolt, 100).

After countless efforts of asking to be hanged, Thomas eventually resorts to pleading with those that refuse his demands to convince them that he has committed crimes of murder and is worthless in society’s eyes. His use of bleak and peculiar diction highlights his intelligence in that his word choice is that of an educated man, yet this also displays his lack of desire for life through the dark and pessimistic tone. He claims that his “father and mother were accessaries” to the crime of his birth, but that this will no longer be the case once he is dead (61). Thus, he

Jeremy Thomas’s hands trembled, and the blade fell through his fingers, glistening as it crashed onto the hard cement. The body that lay before him convulsed for a moment. The arms of the older man were curled against his chest, his hands balled into fists. His legs, however, were stretched out almost completely; only his knees were bent.

The disciple Thomas is a familiar Biblical character because of a specific incident involving his disbelief. (John 20). Jesus had just risen from the dead and the rest of the disciples were elated after seeing him. Thomas had not yet seen Jesus after His resurrection and he was adamant that what his friends had witnessed couldn't be true. Nevertheless, he did have a certain curiosity and willingly stayed with his friends in hopes of seeing what they saw. He just could not bring himself to believe that Jesus had truly risen from the dead. He would not believe without beholding the Christ before his own eyes and touching his wounds with his own hands. Thomas let his fear, anxiety, and what seemed like logic take hold of him, and he had a hard time letting it all go. He needed proof to justify what God had told him long ahead of time would happen. Thomas learned a great lesson the day that Jesus appeared in the upper room before all of his disciples. He was told by his Master that he would have been more blessed if he had only believed what he could not see. As soon as Thomas felt Jesus' wounds and saw him, he declared, “My Lord and my God (John 20.28).” He was still greatly blessed, but not in the wonderful way that God wanted him to be. What an important lesson for the Christian to learn;when God says something, he means it and he doesn't intend to break his promise.

Nate let the paper curl up again and placed it into a drawer of the nightstand. He stood and put books back into the boxes. When he finished, he shoved them into his closet then carried the ones from the library downstairs, but kept the U through W encyclopedia.