Conflicts Between Urban And Rural Life And Split Society 's View On Morality

In the book and during the war, the men share a strong bond. Such a strong bond that they would count them as family. During the war, the men have nothing but each other. No outside communication, and know no one. As the men spend more time together, they become so close that they could be considered “lovers” In chapter five, “We don’t talk much, but I believe we have more complete communion with one another that even lovers have.” (pg. 94) The quote shows how no matter how many losses

The protagonist, Okonkwo demonstrates his sympathetic character solely to himself, personally, and infrequently not in the eyes of others. During the plotting of Ilemefuna’s death, Okonkwo was hesitant to make the boy aware of his fate and also hesitant to take part in his death. “‘I cannot understand why you refused to come with us to kill that boy,’ he

“Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice”, focuses on the relationship between the protagonist, who is referred to as ‘Child’, and his father, referred to as ‘Ba’. The opening story follows the protagonist as he is struggling to overcome writers block, whilst dealing with his estranged Vietnamese father who is visiting. A number of flashbacks are used as a literary device to divulge into the protagonists past with his father as well as the fathers past. This reveals, not only an abusive past with his father, but also his father’s memories of the Vietnam war. It becomes clear that the son makes excuses for his father, with his girlfriend Linda also noting this, “I think you’re making excuses for him…You’re romanticising his past to make sense of the things you said he did to you” (pp.20). The protagonist reflects this himself, making the excuse that “he was a soldier” (pp.13), and that is why his father treated him as he did. The protagonist, despite once being able to admit to Linda that his father abused him, can no longer admit this, as his relationship with his father grows, and it can be argued that he is willing to overlook his past in an attempt to reconcile with his father. “It was too much these words, and what connected to them” (pp.13).

To satisfy his thirst, Tom started searching for beautiful girls in the nearby town. In the next town, he found a gorgeous young lady named Isobel who had blond curly hair, hazel eyes, and curvy figure. Isobel was flattered by Tom’s look and body. They both first met at the mall in the coffee shop and they liked each other so much that they started dating on the same day. There was only one big problem with their relationship that Isobel was married and Tom knew it, but he still continued dating because he badly wanted to have pleasure with Isobel. Tom and Isobel usually met after midnight at the Lover’s Lane and make out in Isobel’s car. One night, the lovers decided to meet little early than usual because of some family emergency. They met at the same place and did the same thing, but this time there was a couple who saw them together. Alex, Isobel’s husband, was the richest and powerful person in the whole town. He had many connections throughout the town. Tom and Isobel tried to hide their affair, but the truth always overcomes lie. After few days, Alex heard people talking in the office about Isobel’s affair and how she makes out with her lover in the car every night. Alex went crazy with anger, hatred, and jealousy. He got angry and vowed to take revenge on them.

In her novel When the Emperor Was Divine, author Julie Otsuka presents the long-lasting effects that isolation and alienation have on a person’s self- image and identity. During WWII, Japanese-Americans living in the United States were forced to move to isolated and horrific internment camps. The US government ensured they were separated from the rest of the country. This even included their own families. When the Japanese-Americans were allowed to return home after the war, the result of the isolation they experienced created irreversible damage. They continued to experience alienation, often making it impossible for them to recover emotionally, mentally and financially. Otsuka uses characterization to bring to life the traumas of the war and the effects it had on her characters, the girl, her mother and her father.

To start with, love is a necessity amongst the characters in the novel. Henry and Catherine find one another amidst the First World War. Both of them longly desire to find something that will pull them away from the war and into something greater. Henry is in search of love, there is a deep void in his heart that Hemingway implanted in him, although it might not seem as if it is prevalent at the start of the novel, it protrudes itself periodically. When Henry and his good friend Rinaldi frequently attend brothels, it is to attempt to fill the emptiness that war has drawn from them. When Henry and Catherine are apart they share a feeling of being aloof and gloomy. "Why darling, I don 't live at all when I 'm not with you." (Hemingway Pg 38). Henry and Catherine begin to have an affair out of wedlock due to the amount of frequent visits amongst each other, during this time having pre-marital sex was looked down upon

Although they have different origins, Separate Ways and Sealed Off both highlight the prominent role of human relationships during change and chaos. Separate Ways was written by Higuchi Ichiyo during the Meiji period of Japan while Sealed Off was written by Zhang Ailing in China during World War II. During this time both Japan and China experienced a change in their societies that would later be reflected in both stories. Despite the failure of overcoming damages done by antagonistic social forces, the characters in Separate Ways use friendship attempting to overcome capitalism while Sealed Off’’s characters create a fantasy trying to escape their depressing lives caused by war.

When the term “isolation” is used, most people think of it as an action performed in solitude. It brings to mind an empty space in which one person resides, far from all others. However, isolation does not always occur in a singular sense. In “The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe, isolation is used by a large population as a means of safety. In “The Thing Around Your Neck” by Chimananda Ngozi Adichie, isolation occurs among crowds of people and even in the company of someone close to one’s heart. In both aspects, isolation serves to exemplify the broken portions of life. Isolation is a destructive force and as a theme, isolation serves to exemplify a particular viewpoint and worldview while serving as both a cause and effect.

In the story the author portrays the protagonist differently from the other characters because she talks about the physical appearance of other characters and when it comes to the narrator we have no idea what she looks like but she is developed partially through her relationship with other characters, although we the readers do come the find out that the narrator is around the age of 15-17 years old and we can assume that she has a bad relationship with her parents because first of all she talks about them maybe once or twice in the whole story and second of all we know that they sent her to boarding school so that alone proves that her relationship with them is lacking. As readers we also know that she has trouble opening up in the story she say “To open your heart. You open your legs but can’t, or don’t dare anyone, to open your heart” (237). This is a prime example of how author characterizes the protagonist as broken and emotionally damaged. And as the story progress the author becomes more honest with us the readers and herself, she starts the reveal the pain she is in and how lonely she feels. The narrator gives us an example of how she feels after sex by saying “After sex, you curl up like a shrimp, something deep inside you ruined, slammed in a place that sickness at

Many families and individuals find themselves at some point questioning the advantages of city living versus country living. It is nearly impossible to find a good answer to this question. What is good for one person might not be good for another. Some people enjoy the busy, hyper active metropolitan city where they can use all amenities and have unlimited opportunities for work and leisure. At the same time, other people feel the urge to be closer to Mother Nature, relaxation, beauty, and peace. They take pleasure in living in the calm and peaceful environment of the countryside and spending their free time fishing, hiking, picking berries in the woods, or playing in the creek. In my opinion, the nature

Structurally speaking, Book III appears between two climaxes. Book II promises a marriage for the two lovers but ends up damping their expectations as well as that of the audience all of a sudden when Madam Cui takes back her word. Book IV begins with the long-awaited climactic scene in which Zhang Sheng and Yingying consummate their love. Put in between these two episodes of dramatic tension and emotional intensity, Book III may at the surface merely serve as a buffer, that is, a temporary relief from the breath-taking conflicts on the part of the audience. Actually, the dramatic rhythm at this stage does slow down. As the central character, Hongniang frequently evokes laughter from the audience with her quick repartee and satirical comments on the pretentious lovers. Apart from all this, however, by making Hongniang sing all the time and keeping the lovers relatively reticent—they are only heard in dialogues—Book III complicates the interrelationships between the three characters and significantly contributes to the psychological depth of this play. In other words, while foregrounding Hongniang and exploring the complexity in her motivation, the play also employs her as a vehicle for the off-stage conflicts between Zhang Sheng and Yingying and their inner conflicts, which are much less spectacular than they are psychological.

In “Separate Ways,” the form of friendship compensates Kichizō’s need for kinship. Kichizō’s so-called friends usually “tease him was left underneath a bridge when he was born.” (909) Without parents and siblings, he had nowhere to express his deep emotions until he meets Okyō. Okyō likes sunshine that illuminates Kichizō’s life because Okyōalways waits for him and listens to his words, which brings Kichizō a sense of being cared. In Kichizō’s mind, Okyō “seems almost

The use of character, style, and point of view that Atwood uses to write this story gives you a real feeling of pity for these characters, only having horrible lows or average highs in their relationships. It appears that there is no great place to be in her story. Reading this story for the first time, the reader could assume Atwood has an obsession with bad relationships, boring average marriages, and death. The key to understanding what the author is trying to convey is realizing how the stories all link together and how they all lack the essence of excitement and desire. The author brings the idea that without focusing on the “how and why” of life and only focusing on the “what, what, what” will leave you with an average

People have their own priorities without caring of others, even if the live of other is in danger. It shows for sure a society with shallow relations between each other, where the only true and deep relationship is theirs. Last sequence is the image of a men and a woman alone but united in a road, the road of hope and

Urban society is highly structured society. People are aware in urban society. Rules and responsibilities are defined. Urban society is a fast pace of life. People know their rights, needs and their problems. It is a developed society. People are social. They do not have time to sit together and have a chit chat with each other. People even do not have time for their families. All members of the family live in separate rooms and they do not have time for each other.