There were many types of literary connections between all of the novels and films that were read and watched throughout the semester. One of the major connections the stood out between the works of Felicia’s Journey and The Crying Games is personal and collective history. This major theme was seen throughout many characters in these films and established how they were portrayed and how they portrayed themselves. Although they are two completely different films, they still share the theme as a commonality on how history molded them into the people that they became. Hilditch, Felicia, Dil and Fergus are all characters that indicate the two types of history. The tension between collective and personal history causes difficulty for the characters as time progresses throughout the films. In the film of Felicia’s Journey, Hilditch was treated cruelly by his mother. When she was in front of the camera, she would let him help and when he ruined something, she would act nice toward him. Once the cameras shut off, that is when she will go back to her normal self being and begin to talk down to Hilditch. This led …show more content…
In this film, Dil who is one of the main characters has a partner by the name of Jody who was killed by Fergus unintentionally. This led Fergus to keep the promise that he had with Jody before he took his last breath. When he first met Dil, it got to the point that he began to like her. He wasn’t honest with Dil to begin with because he never mentioned that he was the reason that Jody go hit by a car and later died. As he started to get to know her, he finally saw who she really was. This also made him realize that the bar that he met her at was the usual bar, it was a gay bar. Fergus mentioned, “Do they know” and Dil replied “Alright, they do” to her being a male. At first this began to bother Fergus but he began like her regardless of the
The similarity and connection existing between the two stories is the point of view in the two essays. The stories are both written in the first person perspective and that
The simplistic plot of the novel and the overall theme of love allows the author to span the lives of the main characters. The reader sees the span of the life of two of the main characters, Sidda and her mother Vivi, as
On the other hand, it could be articulated that the female characters in both the novels have proved their mental instabilities, individualisms and rebelliousness have disturbed the lives of others. Moreover, it could be analyzed in the novels that both the author in their social context has explained the dark secrets of the life of individuals.
The similarities of the two stories is that the both are at school and end up going
In her memoir Warriors don’t cry, Melba Pattillo Beals describes her experiences as she became one of the first nine black students educated in an integrated white school called central high school. The author describes how she survives a harrowing year helping to integrate central high school in Little Rock Arkansas in 1957. The three main ideas that I’m going to talk about are integration, racism, and courage.
The characters ¨Raina¨ and ¨Amara¨ from the novel ¨Sisters¨ have a lot in common. First of all, both of them are girls, and they are also sisters. Also, Both characters show that in the beginning both liked to draw. In addition, both characters kinda look alike. Similarly, this piece of literature has the theme of survival. Likewise, characters can get along and fight well because they are sisters and they both like to draw alot.
What is a father? A father is someone who is more than just a person who created you. A father is a person who should be a mentor to you and helps guide you through life. What isn't a father is one who simply puts their children aside to live their own lives and have no part in their children's life and growth. The stories I will be contrasting are "The Last Game," by Jan Weiner and "Reunion," by John Cheever. My first reason of contrast is that in "Last Game," the relationship between characters Jan Weiner and his father is that of mutual admiration in which the son had great respect for his, his pride and braveness of choice which is contrasted in "Reunion," as the son Charlie
The last similarity I will talk about was the theme that things are not always as good as they may seem at first. In “Flowers for Algernon”, Charlie got an operation to make him smarter. It greatly increased his intelligence for a while, but then Charlie regressed back to his original low intelligence level. In Awakenings, when they use the drug L-Dopa, all the
They were shown talking about family and how relationships formed and betrayed. Innocence were one of the topics as they were continuously trying to find new evidence to prove their innocence and unveil the truth. Fear was constantly showing within both texts as there was always some tension between certain characters, fearing the truth coming out, and destroying the relationships between characters. The use of themes thoughout Jasper Jones and The Dressmaker was used effectivly to create strong links between the two
The simplistic plot of the novel and the overall theme of love allows the author to span the lives of the main characters. The reader sees the span of the life of two of the main characters, Sidda and her mother
* Both protagonists had an illness, which lead to had an opposite effect on both characters
Thesis: Death is the main theme of both short stories and both authors portrayed this dark and dreary idea as a game the characters are playing.
One of the most prominent similarities between the two is the alienation they felt from their mothers. Despite the love they
Both stories have an escape, bullied main characters. Wade and Bastian have a hard time making friends. They didn’t enjoy going to school because they would get bullied by their fellow classmates. Wade explains,
Did you know that “The Most Dangerous Game” and “The Hunters In The Snow” could be similar in so many ways but have some differences in both stories? There are two main characters in “The Most Dangerous Game” and that is Rainsford and General Zaroff and in “The Hunter In The Snow” has three main characters and that is supposedly friends and that is Tub, Frank, and Kenny. In both stories there are similar times that the elements of the two stories could have similarities and differences. In both stories there are instances that involves hunting. In the stories there could be as each characters have problems with each other or individual. In the stories there are times when the author wants to get the point across and allow the readers to