Micah Bustamante. Ms. Buzzeo. Eng 4U1-04 . January 18,

Every individual has times in their life where they feel isolated and alone. When this occurrs a person will search for ways to connect or feel important.. The person will do anything they can to be noticed and appreciated. In the novel, Famous All Over Town, by Danny Santiago the main character, Chato, has many reasons to feel lonely. In almost every aspect of his life he is being let down in one way or another. He has to try to deal with a family on the brink of falling apart, he has to go to a school which doesn't teach anything "fun," and he has friends that are a bad influence on him. The novel reveals how he has to endure hardships, most of us do not have, to get through a day. By the end of the novel the reader begins to understand

Both Shakespeare’s King Lear and Dante’s Inferno explore the reasons for, and results of, human suffering. Each work postulates that human suffering comes as a result of choices that are made: A statement that is not only applicable to the characters in each of the works, but also to the readers. The Inferno and King Lear speak universal truths about the human condition: that suffering is inevitable and unavoidable. While both King Lear and the Inferno concentrate on admonitions and lamentations of human suffering, one of the key differences between the works is that Inferno conveys an aspect of hope that is not nearly as prevalent in King Lear.

When looking at Hamlet, one could say that William Shakespeare put the play together as a very cathartic tragedy. The emotional result of dealing with so many deaths brings on a plethora of emotions which are not usually felt in a typical play. Hamlet begins not with the normal prosperity and good fortune as do most tragedies, but with a more stifling and depressing sort of mood (Tekany 115). However, something else could be said about this play as well. The play centers on Hamlet and his existential characteristics, such as angst, isolation and his confrontations with nothingness. The exhibition of these characteristics proves Hamlet to be an existential character.

from the society can cause loneliness in ones life. In “A Rose For Emily”, William

This novel is a classic example of many people's lives, which includes fear, jealousy, pride and their insecurities to name a few. The transformation of the narrator from before his reincarnation until afterwards is filled with tragedy and grief, but it is through the sacrifice of his own life that he is permanently freed from his jealousy and egotism. His "punishment" or his purgatory seemed to prove how good of a person he was all

Not only that but her questioning of gender role was a concern for her. After her parents were separated, her father’s expectations of her were no longer there and did not speak to one another. After a while, blaming one-self after a separation of the parents is always expected from young children and so Roberta’s feeling that the separation of her mother and father was due to her misbehavior at home allowed her to be not happy. The separation of her parents did not only cause Roberta to feel not happy but also her thinking was shaped in ways that blamed all men to be the exact same way and that on one could be the same. This can be related to what each child feels and thinks if that were to happen to their own family, and unfortunately in our current society there are people that still the same way as Roberta’s father and

“I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart.” These eternal words spoken in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather reflect the importance and prevalence of family allegiances. These allegiances transcend many different cultures, societies and environments. Every society has its own “Fredo”: the social outcast whose decisions make him or her the center of attention in society, and whose family allegiances complicate everything. We can see such a prototype for a character in Countess Olenska, the main character in Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence. Countess Olenska is the black sheep of her family because she is considered foreign, and the complicated decisions she faces often

   King Lear meets all the requirements of a tragedy as defined by Andrew Cecil Bradley.  Bradley states that a Shakespearean tragedy has to be the story of the hero and there is exceptional suffering and calamity slowly being worn in.  Also, the current time must be contrasted to happier times.  The play also depicts the troubled parts in the hero’s life and eventually he dies instantaneously because of the suffering and calamity.  There is the feeling of fear in the play as well, that makes men see how blind they are not knowing when fortune or something else would be on them.  The hero must be of a high status on the chain and the hero must also possess a tragic flaw that initiates the tragedy.

Young but driven, Olive becomes open to reality that their is so much more for her to see and be apart outside of her guarded father’s embrace, this comes to light when she falls in love with a man of different views than her father. Olive’s relationship with Father grew to a different level when Mother died. Olive “used to be very proud of being the lady of the house” (Rich 201) playing the role as mother of the house. Being the oldest of the sister 's it was Olive’s role to step up. Father would look at Olive across the table and say “every day you remind me more of your mother” (Rich 201). Olive has never had trouble making friends. Olive is more social, especially with men. When summer came “Olive began walking out with young men” (Rich 202). Olive allowed other men into her life, though she knew after awhile that they were all “silly and shallow” (Rich 202) after she brought them home to meet Father.

In the movie Gattaca, Vincent is very reliant on other people. He reaches his end goal by being self-reliant, but self-reliance is only a part of succeeding in life. Vincent depended on many other people like Jerome, Anton and Irene to shape him and push him into the type of person he is. Inter-relationships are a very important part of succeeding in life. He could have never got to where he was in life if it wasn’t for the help of primarily those three people. This essay will examine the Inter-relationships of Jerome, Anton, and Irene’s relationship with Vincent along with self-reliance and how they differ and relate.

There is no denying that Shakespeare is a definitive playwright. He has presented us with classic works that have set the precedent for drama and the theatre. Among Shakespeare’s more notable plays are his tragedies. In the tragedy his protagonists are often given flaws in their character and hence, are suitably named tragic heroes. The downfall of these protagonists is often a result of their own character flaws and unfortunately, they suffer a doomed and unhappy ending. While the tragic hero is flawed they must also be honorable and worthy of the audience’s understanding and sympathy. On a quest for righteousness the tragic hero often goes through immense suffering which is why the audience can feel bad for him. For the most

Sure Flavio had seen him before, but never like this, never with as much interest. Ever since his brother’s intense infatuation with his other, Flavio thoughts were plagued with what his own other self could be like. Luciano said at their last meeting, interacting with these other people could be good for their rag tag group of misfits. That when the bleakest of darkness meet the most intense light, its something wonderful, not exactly in those words however. Here before Flavio he saw it; he was walking down a small country road that must have been a town in southern Italy, on the other side. He was ravishing, dark hair, sharp green eyes, a peaceful gaze that looked foreign on his face. He was small and lean and beautiful, intoxicatingly so. Flavio couldn’t find the words to speak only managing a quick, ‘wait’. The other stopped and looked his way a scowl now in place and a look of shock in his eyes. Flavio wanted to speak, tell him how radiant he was but as his mouth opened to utter these words, a tan hand was held up and the other shook his head, before continuing on his way, taking his beauty with him and even as he rejected any sort of contact with Flavio, we was still something to behold.

In the novel Me And You by Niccolò Ammaniti, Lorenzo, the fourteen years old boy is unable to care for people except his parents. From Lorenzo 's point of view, he camouflages among his peers to get through his life. Even though he claims that he is superior and unique than the others, deep down it is a lie that he tells himself to protect his self-esteem from the fact that he can not make friends as an outcast. After spending time with the unexpected visitor, who is his half-sister Olivia, Lorenzo experiences sympathy and love for the others for the first time. Lorenzo transformed from a boy who runs away from his problems to a teenager who is able to take care for the others and brave enough to step out for his own life all due to his time together with Olivia. On the whole, Lorenzo is trapped by his narcissistic personality disorder that he can not understand his needs for friends and community until his half sister taught him how to love and be loved outside of his circle over an accidental encounter in the basement.

In King Lear by William Shakespeare, King Lear wrestles with morality, mortality, and the ultimate meaning of life itself. King Lear attempts to finds meaning in loyalty, but when those who he perceived as loyal betray him, He is forced to face the total meaninglessness of the world. In the end King Lear is unable to embrace one of the three solutions to the absurd, and is killed by the grief he feels over his dead daughter cordelia.

Vasco Pratolini was born on Via de’ Magazzini in Florence, Italy in 1913. Growing up poor between the two world wars, he grew to understand Florence and its inhabitants in a way that would later shine in nearly all of his novels and stories. Pratolini relies on making himself seen through his stories as well. A self taught writer, Pratolini grew up in a poor family. In his short story “The Removal”, Vasco describes the plight of he and his grandmother as they are forced out of their apartment when a wealthier couple decides to move in. This is just one example of how Pratolini’s stories sway towards the autobiographical. Two of Pratolini’s most famous works, Metello and Family Chronicle are representations of Pratolini’s morals and personal beliefs in Matello, and life experiences in Family Chronicle.