Survival: Short Story and Homeward Bound

Margaret Atwood, Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature. McLelland and Stewart, Toronto, 1972. “Canadian Nationalism in Arts and Science.” The Royal Society of Canada, Ottawa: 1975.

- Characters: The main character is developed by what type of book the author is writing. My main character Sugar Mae Cole was developed because of the way she acts toward different characters in the book. And by her personality and sugars personality is sweet kinda like her name and she is polite. She is always trying to brighten the other characters up especially her mom Reba. She has a different personality that any of the other characters and connects with them in a different way that is what makes her the main character. she is cautious and also believes in people and things like her mom. Her mom Reba is about to give up but Sugar still believes in her and she believes she and her Mom will get a home and things will

Canada like Laurence, was forced to face the hardships involved with growing up. However, the black marks in history does not define Canada , it is how Canada learns from their mistakes and moves forward. Laurence explains through her microcosm of a prairie town that along with growth comes the formation of perspective that will forever affect one's future decisions .

Amir’s mother, Sofia, dies in childbirth; Amir inherits her love of literature and probably her looks to some extent, but, her being dead, never receives any motherly love or guidance, which could have helped him out of the cowardly hole he later digs himself into. Amir’s father’s best friend and business partner, Rahim Khan, tries to give Amir the motherly love he clearly needs, fostering Amir’s love of writing and steadfastly standing up for him when Amir’s father, Baba, criticizes him, but Rahim Khan does not do enough to instill honesty, courage, and strength of conviction in young Amir. Amir’s best friend, Hassan, a servant a year younger than Amir, is everything Amir is not: athletic, brave, loyal, honest, and kind, inciting jealousy in Amir. Assef, a local bully, poses a real threat to Amir, hating Amir for the crime of befriending a Hazara (oppressed ethnic minority), but Amir is protected by Hassan, allowing young Amir to freeze and not stand up for himself in Assef’s presence. Last, but most importantly, is Amir’s father, Baba, and his views on Amir: he blames Amir for Sofia’s death,

She had already lost her father and brother, and she nearly had lost her life when a bomb exploded near her and tore her leg off. However, when they reached the gate to Pakistan, they found that the border guards had closed the gate and was not letting anyone through. The only people getting through were bribing the guards, but they had no extra money to do this. "I felt desperate to get through, because the sun was setting, and if we got stuck here, what were we going to do? Where would we stay? There was nothing here, no town, no hotel, no buildings, just the desert." "Night was falling, and we were stranded out there in the open." At the end of the second day, Ahmedi and her mother were camped near a friendly family. After striking up a conversation with them, the woman told Ahmedi that her husband, Ghulam Ali, had gone to look for another way across the border. "He was checking out a goat path that supposedly went over the mountains several miles northeast of the border station." "You can go with us," the woman said. The woman's husband agreed to take them, but wanted them to rest one more day and build up their strength since it was going to be quite a climb. "Long after dark---or early the next morning, to be exact, before the sun came up---that man shook us awake." "It's time," he said. The climb was not long, but it was steep. It should have taken us little more than an hour except

Survival is living on the hope that better things are yet to come in your life. Right now in our country people survive because of hope and the belief that people are good and they will help them out. People survive when they are homeless on the streets only because of the people who are good at heart and give them food or money to buy clothing for the winter. Gerta survived because of her family and friends. Anne Frank survived because she believed that “Despite all the evil going on in the world I still believe that all people are good at heart.”

Have you ever had to survive on your own? Because in this book “ A Long Walk To Water ” by Linda Sue Park two kids named Salva and Nya had to survive on their own. According to Webster survival means the continuation of life or existence problems of survival in arctic conditions. My definition of survival is to succeed in staying alive against others.

Throughout generations, fathers have played an important role in their children’s life; specifically their son’s. A son may learn many life lessons from their father figures, such as morals and how to confront difficult situations. In the novel, The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, the main character Amir, does not seem to inherit the same morals and common sense as his father, Baba. Both Baba and Amir have sinned a plethora of times, but their individual sins and how they dealt with the guilt, differs greatly. This perspective proves that although a father and son may share the same DNA, they do not always think or react in the same manner.

The first journal depicts Moodie as she first arrives in Canada. Beatrice Mendez-Egle et al. (1987) analyzes Moodie’s journey to Canada as a form of psychologist Carl Jung’s “individuation” where the journey “is a metaphor for an immigration into the unconscious” (p. 139). England was a civilized land with society that is close together physically whereas Canada is a vast frontier where neighbors may be very far apart from one another because there is so much land. Mendez-Egle et al. recognizes England as the conscious because it is known and structured, which leaves Canada to represent the unconscious because of how vast, open, and unindustrialized the way of life is. From the beginning, one of the most noticeable themes in Atwood’s book is loneliness — a sense of alienation, isolation, and disconnection. I think if one were to really explore the unconscious, one would feel lonely and alienated because of how drastically different it is from the conscious. Atwood’s particular word choice in the poem “Disembarking At Quebec” shows the reader how Moodie feels about the land laying before her. The scene is described as “vistas of desolation,” “long,” “barren,” and “bone-white” (2017, p. 11). The land does not appear to be welcoming or lively in the eyes of Moodie. The barren lands make her feel alone which is more apparent from the last stanza of the poem that reads, “I am a word/in a foreign language.” Atwood describes the

“Dictionary.com” defines survival as an aspect of “remaining alive, especially under adverse or unusual circumstances” . This quote specifies that when one’s under significant circumstances, survival will become a priority. This is a theme that is very important in both novels studied this year, “Life of Pi” by Yann Martel, and “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding. This means that staying alive will become a task. People can depend on survival and become desperate to do anything for life.

Survival is being able to endure and live through challenges that may wear you down (mentally or physically), and there are several ways of showing survival. “The Story of Keesh,” by Jack London, depicts survival through a harsh setting. “The Five People You Meet In Heaven,” by Mitch Albom, depicts survival through character development. In sum, the idea of survival is shown in literature through these two different ways.

Susanna Moodie’s Roughing it in the Bush is considered to be a canonical work of Canadian literature. It is a memoir based on Moodie’s pioneering experiences in the backwoods where she recounts her ambivalent relationship in immigrating to Canada. The memoir chronicles her seven years of hardships amidst the wild uncultivated land and the trials faced by her family in acclimatizing to the new society. As the narration progresses, Moodie’s interpretations of Canada discloses her complications in adapting, ideology implication on social order and identity struggle. In general, Moodie illustrates through her interpretation that life in the backwoods is advantageous for the industrious workingman whereas it can be proven difficult for the middle class to adapt in a different social customs and endure a laborious life. Nevertheless, Moodie manages to overcome these challenges in a long process ultimately leading her to become a self-reliant woman at the end of her seven years in the backwoods.

Rukmani, the heroine of Kamala Markandaya’s Nectar in a sieve is a poor peasant woman and the whole novel depicts the common dilemmas of misfortunes faced by ordinary peasants particularly the tenant farmers. Rukmani has to face a lot of hardships; but she remains spiritually stoic and strong as in the case of Rosie, because of the traditional attitudes and beliefs.

He feels comfortable and secure in this home (i.e. orphanage) far away from his real home. He does not want anymore upheavels in his life. When Mr. Ras Mohan announced one morning that, “the war is coming in a big way. Dadar may be bombed,the school may have to be moved.” They all felt frightened. When Mr. Ras Mohan told Vedi particularly that he had written to his father to take Vedi away, Vedi replied “I am not going, I want to stay with Deo ji, Abdul & Paran”. The desolation of the child Vedi can be felt When Mr. & Mrs. Ras Mohan are about to leave Vedi`s home, he cried out “I don`t want to be left

Imagine, twenty five years without knowing if your family is still alive. Twenty five years you have lived away from home. Spending a majority of your life not being able to kiss your mother, nor your siblings. A Long Way Home is an autobiography based on the story of five-year-old Sheru Munshi Khan, who finds himself lost in Calcutta, the capital of India (his country of origin). Sheru had intended that he would just tag along with his brother, Guddu, as he ventured to Khandwa for his work on the trolley but Sheru felt tired and collapsed onto a bench at the station. Guddu told his little brother to wait and promised to be back shortly. Waking up with his brother out of sight, he boards a stopped train and like he was overtaken by a jolt