Jamsheed: A Short Story

This research project is focused on understanding a book, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. In addition, the project objective is to understand choices, actions, and processes of characters and what factors led them to arrive to such consequences.

James Joyce’s short fiction, “Araby”, speaks of the loss of innocence when one enters adulthood. The narrator of “Araby” reflects back to his childhood and the defining moment when he reached clarity on the world he stood before. The young boy, living in a world lifeless and religious influence, becomes consumed with the lust of a neighbouring girl. The girl, Mangan, is symbolically the narrator’s childhood obsession with growing up. As she resembles the desire to become an adult, the Araby is the enchanted vision of adulthood. By the end of the short story, he realizes the bareness of everyday life. In fact, the disappointment that is Araby awakens the boy to the fact that his immature dreams have blinded him to the cold and stagnant

questioning who the fish thinks he is.This text evidence shows that the Rainbow fish is greedy

The main point of the story of Rahab is that God rewards people, regardless of their station or past sins, who put their faith in Him.

Araby is a short story by James Joyce about a young boy who is infatuated a young woman who is the older sister of one of his friends. He watches her from afar and believes that his feelings are true love. He lacks the confidence to speak to her or confide in anyone else. The narrator speaks of her as if she were the most beautiful and wondrous human on earth, however, he does not realize that he is in love with the thought of her and not necessarily her.

In his short story "Araby", James Joyce portrays a character who strives to achieve a goal and who comes to an epiphany through his failure to accomplish that goal. Written in the first person, "Araby" is about a man recalling an event from his childhood. The narrator's desire to be with the sister of his friend Mangan, leads him on a quest to bring back a gift from the carnival for the girl. It is the quest, the desire to be a knight in shining armor, that sends the narrator to the carnival and it's what he experienced and sees at the carnival that brings him to the realization that some dreams are just not attainable.

The hero’s journey takes the character through a life changing experience and results in a rebirth of himself. On occasion, the hero fails to complete his ambitious journey when he finds he is way over his head. The heroes of both “Araby” and the “Swimmer” have high expectations in their quest, but find themselves regretting their journey. The short story, “Araby”, by James Joyce, is one instance of this in literature.

This fish was different from all the other colored fish in the lake, it was so clear, that you could see through it. When the fisherman looked around the lake, he saw no other colored fish swimming around like he saw earlier that day. “This must be a bad sign for the King,” said the fisherman to himself. The fisherman walked to and arrived at the throne of the King. There sat the King in a gleaming golden robe, he was surrounded with massive piles of golden coins and laughing with his viziers. “Oh fisherman, you’re back, where is my new gifts of fish?” happily said the King. “Here O King, I have brought you a fish, different from what you have seen before, but I must warn you, it may be more of a curse instead of a blessing to you.”, replied the fisherman. “Nonsense fisherman, give this fish to me,”, replied the King. “Yes King, but heed this warning first, it is said that troubles don’t come as expected but rather comes when one is relaxed and is at peace.” The fisherman reluctantly gives the King the clear fish and then the King suddenly begins to shrink. “No, what is happening to me?!”, shrieked the King. The King shrunk to the size of a small stone, the clear fish opened its mouth and a jar and cap came forth from it. The King was sucked in a whirlwind into the jar and the cap was sealed onto the jar, then the jar slowly rolled out of the palace, until it rested at the bottom of the

From a young age, I drew images of flowers, rainbows, birds and bees. I felt connection with the Earth. Slowly the story world began to crumble my innermost being. It felt like being ripped from my earthly knowing and innermost self. To compensate I succumb to parts of the mainstream story at various junctures in my life and the internal conflict was enormous. (Insert Images)

In his novel Ishmael, Daniel Quinn discusses the destruction and salvation of the world. By way of a newspaper ad, an unnamed narrator meets a telepathic gorilla, named Ishmael, who had put up the ad to find a pupil with a desire to save the world. Spurred by his benefactor’s obsession with Nazi Germany, Ishmael imparts on the narrator what he knows best: captivity (Quinn 24). Ishmael claims humans of what are considered civilized cultures are captives of a story that in turn keeps the world captive. Ishmael calls this large group “Takers,” while he calls everyone else—usually hunter-gatherers of “primitive” cultures—“Leavers” (Quinn 39). In order to save the world, Ishmael believes Takers need to be freed from the story they are

If she did not favor the card she had been dealt by the often cruel hands of life she would run. This could be taken in a metaphorical sense.

The kite tournament in the winter of 1978 represents an important climax in the boys’ relationship. After defeating the opposing kite, Amir asks Hassan to retrieve his prize to which Hassan responds “for you a thousand times over” (67). Arguably the most important declaration, Hassan’s verbal promise in combination with his faithfulness ultimately changes the course of their friendship. Upon seeing Assef violating his friend, Amir arrives at a crossroads: to either choose his father’s love or his best friend’s safety. Ultimately he abandons Hassan “because [he] was a coward” (77), demonstrating the lesser value Amir places on loyalty. While Hassan is willing to sacrifice himself to please a friend, Amir places other people and material possessions

As time passes, people become less interested in Sohrab and stop talking about the “poor mute boy” whenever they are in gatherings. In March of 2002, Soraya and Amir are at a gathering of Afghan people at Lake Elizabeth Park in Freemont. By now, the General has returned to Afghanistan to hold a ministry position and Soraya’s mother, Khala Jamila, is staying with Amir and Soraya in his absence. It’s a rainy day early but the rain slacks off by mid-day and Amir spots a man selling a kite. He buys one and asks Sohrab to join him in flying it. Sohrab is silent. Amir says that Sohrab’s father had been the best kite runner in all of Afghanistan when they were children. Amir says it appears he’ll have to fly this particular kite alone and he gets

A first crush holds an infinite amount of significance. The memory of that person is burned into the brain forever. The way they walk and the sound of their voice becomes orchestrated into a melody that plays itself constantly in one’s head until they are seen again. Then, it’s replaced with sweaty palms and a nervous stomach followed by stuttering and confusion. In“Araby” by James Joyce, this feeling is perfectly illustrated while being used as the foundation for significant themes, truths and lessons that create an impact on the reader.

Namid moved with purpose, she had no intention of sticking around even if she had no idea where to go either. The Mao clearly owned the planet, but there were always those that skated along the under belly of it all. And with any luck she could find them and get some way off the slavers planet. The small group moved through the brush and made quick work of putting distance between themselves and the Mao. Namid working with Doc to help Vixen along as the young asain woman tried to fight through the drug induced struggle. Namid felt guilty about what pain they may have caused her, but in the end it was better than the alternative.