Sanctuary Hills: A Short Story

Samael's eyes too filled with tears, but they weren't tears of sadness or even pain, but of joy. He smiled widely, a trembling hand lifting to gently caress Amaimon's cheek, brushing away his own tears. He knew it must have surprised his brother, especially considering the way he cried so suddenly. He could see an immeasurable amount of guilt in his mate's gaze and he knew it tore him asunder. It hurt, it did, but it didn't matter, being with Amaimon like this mattered. Over The last few months together Samael had learned once again how to read his brother's emotions easily and he knew just by looking up at him and that guilt that just as he had the earth King had imagined this. He'd thought of this too, but slower, gently, just like the time

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

Over the train tracks, there's an alcohol store on the left side and a low-price store on the right. At the red light, there're a gasoline station and a bank next to it on the right, and a tax helper building on the left with the post office next to it. These are a few of the buildings in the village, but they're not important.

This unexpected shift in Okonkwo’s behavior and leads the reader and to question what Okonkwo will do with this conflict. Will Okonkwo demonstrate his strengths and slay his adopted son or will he save Ikemefuna from getting killed? This relates to what Biblical style brings according to Erich Auerbach, as we see suspense on what Okonkwo will do with the situation of choosing either tradition or family.

“It gave us a chance to become children again,” said Arcand, fighting back tears. “We shared our tears, we shared our laughs, but we dug deep inside and we dug out the demons and we (could not) have done it without each other.”

In Harold Bell Wright’s novel “The Shepherd of the Hills,” setting plays a tremendous role in creating an effective story line and contribute multiple aspects to enhance the accountability of the story. Setting is one of the most valuable aspects of a successful novel and plays a part in creating a sense of realness to the reader. Winifred Madison, an author of multiple novels, says that “One of the joys of reading is that it takes you somewhere else or, by comparison, makes the place where you live more understandable” (1). “The Shepherd of the Hills” has a setting that the author personally connects to the real-world location. Just as Daniel Howitt was an outsider, Harold Bell Wright visited the Ozarks as a stranger and experienced the

Okonkwo’s fear of unmanliness is kindled by his father, who was a lazy, unaccomplished man. Okonkwo strives to have a high status from a young age and eventually achieves it. He has a large family, many yams and is well known throughout the village for his valor. He

In the loosely allied kingdom of Leodia, the fragile peace is threatened by a scheme from the shadows, where an immortal lord obsesses over curing the curse that afflicts his people, the akhkharu. Alaric Aelfvaldar pursues his agenda across ages of time, but his chase is finally at an end. The artifact he seeks is within reach, but its taking will disrupt a world ignorant of his people's existence and threaten to destroy all he has worked to protect.

We sense that the death of Ikemefuna has been a turning point in the story. The sense of foreboding grows. We know the inevitability of disaster now; the crisis is developing. Okonkwo has ignored the advice of Ezeudu, the wise man inserted in the tale in traditional Greek form. Although he was warned, Okonkwo kills the boy to show his strength, his bravery,

Okonkwo’s participation in the slaying of his adopted son, Ikemefuna is a pivotal moment in Things Fall Apart. It is a moment of horror that cannot please Ani, the great earth goddess, the center of community, the ultimate judge of morality for the clan. It is a moment that changes the course of events, a moment eerily paralleled in the death of Ezeudu’s son. It is a moment that ultimately causes Okonkwo’s son, Nwoye’s to abandon his ancestors and become a Christian. It is a moment when the center of community life, the need to honor blood ties and the need to respect the earth goddess, can no longer hold. It is a moment when things fall apart.

“It’ll be fine, I know it will.” He said, leaving the rest of his favorite meal uneaten at the table and returning to his room. His mother nodded, forcing a smile as she proceeded to clean up. Maelina let out a long sigh and stood up, returning to her room as well. After all, she needed to pack for school, as did her brother.

Hearing the news of his brother's death gave him nothing but a brief feeling of devastation. The only thing he could regret was not putting an end to his life himself. "If my brother is truly dead then that will change absolutely nothing. My only concern is to kill Orochimaru and the only way I can do that is to go to him, not to join some silly organization."

Ilios can’t do anything but watch when they fight. He just goes and takes a nap to relieve stress. Keravno and Vronti eventually got married and had twins, their names were Pagos and Nero. Pagos is a scrawny boy with white hair and green eyes. Nero was a slightly plump boy that had brown hair and blue eyes.

“Shh, it’s all okay now.” Kellin whispered in Vic’s ear, kissing it softly after. A relieved sigh escaped Vic’s lips as his fingers clutched onto the back of Kellin’s shirt.

The world can be viewed as an intricate and complex place, which contains different groups of people who have distinct views and behaviors. The pressure that is exerted on these individuals due to contrasting views and behaviors leads an individual to either dissociate or split. Martha Stout, the author of “When I Woke Up Tuesday Morning, It Was Friday” discusses how her patients, Seth and Julia, were affected by trauma and dissociation. Dissociation and splitting, whether conscious or unconscious, influences an individual to a large extent by enabling them to detach from reality and change his or her worldview. Through her discussions and interviews with Julia and Seth, Stout depicts how much dissociation can affect an individual, which ultimately could result in the creation of a new identity. Similar to Stout, Leslie Bell also discovers the topic of psychological mechanisms in her Selection from Hard to Get: Twenty-Something Women and the Paradox of Sexual Freedom when women are given a paradox of sexual freedom by explaining how women split to create histories and identities for themselves. Bell’s patients, Jayanthi and Alicia, want to define themselves, but simultaneously face pressures from their family and society as to how they should act. Susan Faludi’s, “The Naked Citadel” explains the experience of the cadets, while they were at The Citadel, where they were guided into following The Citadel’s standards, which