Gorilla, My Love Essay

Trustworthiness is an important element in a relationship. It is the groundwork for dependability between two people, and from it, relationships grow and mature. When that trust is shattered, it creates a barrier between the two people. What defines a legal agreement with a business partner from a silly promise made to a child? In a child’s eyes, there is no distinction. A promise is a promise. In Toni Cade Bambara’s “Gorilla, My Love,” the evolving perspective of the distinction between an act of betrayal and the breaking of a juvenile pact is scrutinized through an incident between a child, Hazel, and her uncle, Hunca Bubba.

She witnesses her son Harrison’s bold attempt to claim his role as Emperor and sees him get shot as well. After that she apparently forgets what she witnesses. In the movie 2081 however, Chandler Tuttle struggled to understand why Hazel watched the incident and could not remember. Since he could not figure it out, He set up a scene where Hazel leaves to wash the dishes and leaves George alone to watch alone in the living room. She says “urgh i think i will get started with the dishes.”The real reason Hazel forgot about her son’s death is because she got desensitized

As hopeful and notable Hazels advancements in the warren are, Hazel has companions to assist him to become a better leader. All the previous chief rabbits in Watership Down were unfriendly and unfair, but with the navigation of his comrades, Hazel does his best to provide a more inclusive environment for the other rabbits in the warren. Hazel realizes that Holly possesses knowledge, experience and instincts that will be valuable on the rabbits’ long journey to Efrafra and he admits this by saying, “’I’m not the right fellow anyway -- Holly is’” (Adams 195). Hazel shows a considerable amount of faith in Holly by allowing him to lead the group on the adventure to Efrafra. His act of handing over the reins and letting Holly have so much control, shows that Hazel wants the best for the group and displays his forward-looking ideals. Hazel knows and trusts Fiver more than anyone

To begin with, this story takes place mainly in Indianapolis in the 21st century. The story also takes place in hospitals, support groups in churches, as well as each other’s homes. From this, I can understand when Hazel describes

Hazel grace is a dynamic character because she changes throughout the story. In the beginning, Hazel doesn’t want to get close to Augustus, because she was afraid he is going to be shattered when she dies. But towards the ending, hazel finds out it doesn’t matter if you die in the middle of a relationship, it’s about the moments you spend together. A quote in the book, on page 214, “Only now that I loved a grenade did I understand the foolishness of trying to save others from my own impending fragmentation: I couldn’t unlove Augustus Waters. And I didn’t want to.”

Hazel is the protagonist of the movie and is the leader of his group. He is not hasty with judgement, he risks his own life before others, he is brave, and his decisions are based for the good and benefit of the group. He is a leader a who listens to all other rabbits in his groups and uses their strengths in ways that benefit the group. He listens to Fiver because he can deeply sense things that others cannot and listens to Blackberry because of his intelligence and advice. His best strength is that he instills faith into the group and believes in the other rabbits. Fiver is Hazel’s brother and can sense things beyond what the other rabbits can. He helps guide the group through Hazel’s leadership. The other rabbits rarely ignore him when

Both Hazel and General Woundwort have contrasting ways of taking on their role as a leader. Part way through the book, Hazel and his companions are going on a long journey from their old warren. They are trying to get to open fields that they can rest and settle into for a little while. Most of the rabbits have become tired and discouraged, including Hazel. Hazel is trying to keep his friends going, including one named Hlao-roo that they call Pipkin. Hazel begins to lose hope as the journey seems to go endlessly. Hazel’s exhaustion is shown in the book when the author explains, “‘Not far now, Hlao-roo, not far now,’ he kept muttering, until he realized that what he said had become meaningless, a mere refrain”(56). However, something none of them expected happens; they came upon the fields they were searching for. From this discovering, Blackberry says,

The first trait of Hazel shown in the early stages of the plot is his cluelessness. In the very opening scene, Fiver alerts Hazel in a panic that a great danger is to come over the Sandleford Warren. Without any evidence or proof, except for the minor fact that Fiver’s past predictions have been found truthful, Hazel goes to The Threarah with Fiver to inform him of this impending threat. “ ‘Well, sir,’ said Hazel rather hesitantly, ‘it’s because of my brother-Fiver here. He can often tell when there’s

        This moral tone is reinforced by the behavior of his parents during the episode. Whilst inside the tent, Hazel hears his father remark appreciatively about the nude body: "Had one of themther built into ever' casket, be a heap ready to go sooner." After returning home, Hazel's mother realizes that her son has experienced something that he should not have, and confronts him about it. Though he does not admit what he has done, he proceeds to punish himself. It is inferred that Hazel respects his mother's attitude toward the matter. O'Connor seems to propose that Hazel must do penance for what he has done, or, on a larger scale, for witnessing vulgar displays of sexuality.

Watching her husband struggle, Hazel suggests he remove the birdshot, at which he declines. He insists "if [he] tried to get away with it, then other people 'd get away with it - and pretty soon [they 'd] be right back to the dark ages" of competing for a better quality of life and happiness. Hazel decides she hates the very idea of returning to a world where she could hardly compete in anything concerning intelligence and physical labor. Unlike her husband, Hazel wears no handicaps which makes her mediocrity evident. She is wholly content and happy with her current circumstance. George, being severely handicapped, is seemingly happy as well.

On the other hand, Hazel Grace is an independent character who struggles with cancer, trying her best to isolate herself from others in fear that the disease will kill her and she will leave her loved ones behind. Her opinion on having close, loving relationships changes once she falls in love with Augustus. Hazel becomes a

And that's how come I’m in the navigator seat most times and get to be called scout” (Cade 64). She also demonstrates how outspoken she is when she confronts the cinema manager and demands a refund because the movie Gorilla, My Love wasn't really about gorillas, “I march myself up the aisle to deal with the manager who is a crook in the first place for lying out there saying Gorilla, My Love playin” (Cade 66). These events tie in with the story's theme because, Hazel experiences being lied too by an adult, “I’m really furious cause I get so tired grownups messin’ over kids cause they litte” (Cade 66). The reader can tell, Hazel has a fierce sense of integrity, because she despises people who don't keep their word, “Cause if you say Gorilla, My Love, you suppose to mean it. Just like when you say you gonna give me and birthday party on my birthday, you supposed to mean it” (Cade

The author begins the story by informing the reader just how much Hazel was detached from her high school experience and affected not only by her grieving family over the deceased of her father, but as well as the thought of living in the shadows of her three older sisters. As stated in the story, “ She wanted the feeling that her life was a small thread in the huge tangle of the world and that nothing she did one way or another mattered all that much” (Ausubel 52). Additionally, Hazel is presented as more of a static character rather than dynamic. Throughout the story the reader is able to realize how little Hazel is unaffected by others.

Cancer affects Hazel in every little aspect of her entire life. Everything that happened, not only in this book, but also in her past has been tainted by cancer. Hazel’s greatest loves and fears come from her cancer. One of Hazel’s most explicitly shown fears, is the fear of hurting the world around her: “I’m a grenade, and at some point i’m going to blow up and I would like to minimize the casualties.” (99). Here Hazel blatantly states how scared she is of hurting others through this metaphor for death. When a grenade goes off it does two things, it destroys itself, and hurts others. Hazel is afraid of both parts of the grenade. Her fear stretches far beyond her own pain and suffering, it extends

At first, Hazel and Gus were merely acquaintances. In the first chapter, where they meet, Hazel is only mildly interested in Augustus’ “metaphoric resonances”. When he puts a cigarette into his mouth, Hazel is thoroughly disgusted and she feels that “there is always a harmatia”, which shows that she is repulsed by his behaviour upon their first meeting. As the plot develops, they become much closer friends, as seen from Augustus regularly inviting her to his house and finding common interests in her book, talking about the book and often quoting from the book in their conversations, for instance: ‘Augustus nodded at