Nora Roberts’ The Reef, a romance and suspense novel, is my favourite text. First released in 1999 and set on the Caribbean Sea, it tells the story of a lad, Matthew Lassiter, who alongside his uncle, witnesses his father’s murder aboard a ship. Though the death seems like an accident, Matthew suspects that Silas, a rich businessman who had quarreled with Matthew’s dad over an amulet they had both been searching for undersea, was behind it. Eight years afterwards, Matthew and his uncle set out to avenge his dad’s death and find the amulet he died searching for. On their expedition, they ran into the Beaumonts, a wealthy family likewise hunting for this amulet undersea, and the two groups team up. The Beaumonts have got the resources whilst …show more content…
His decision is what Mrs. Beaumont and Tate go always along with, regardless of their opinions. For instance, his desire to go hunting for the treasured amulet is what leads the entire family to the Caribbean, causing the females to leave behind all their commitments, including Tate’s education, due to their inability to protest. Likewise, in Tate and Matthew’s relationship, there is clear evidence of male dominance because whatever Matthew desires is what Tate does, especially in terms of their sexual relationship. “Ray (Mr. Beaumont) waved a hand as Tate started to protest”. The aforementioned statement from the novel is also proof of Mr. Beaumont’s patriarchal authority over his daughter. In this scene, Tate tries to convince her dad to not partner up with the Lassiters in hunting for the amulet since they only want to “use” the Beaumonts; but he would not even hear a word of it because he believes that as a father, his decision is final and must not be countered. In the same vein, male dominance in Matthew and Tate’s relationship is seen in this excerpt (which is one of many) where Matthew cuts Tate’s statement short and imposes his decision on her instead: ““Matthew—” said Tate. “We’ll talk later.” Matthew cut in”. Additionally, in accordance with societal perceptions, Nora Roberts portrays the males as very unemotional and almost cold-hearted characters. Not even the death of Matthew’s dad can cause the
The play Away by Michael Gow shoes the character of Coral to be in need of change in her distinctive world. Discuss how this applies to the play.
Shells By Cynthia Rylant is a realistic fiction about an aunt named Aunt Esther, and a 14 year old kid named Michael. Michael’s parents are dead and his aunt chose to take care of him. Things are not working out so well for them. They constantly fight or talk about each other in bad ways. In the end they learn something about each other.
"Remember, remember, the 5th of November. The Gunpowder Treason and plot; I know of no reason why Gunpowder Treason. Should ever be forgot."
A particularly strong theme that runs through the entire novel is the unusual power that women play over the men in their lives. Rather than simply being passive to the impulses of men, Mildred takes charge of her life and decides which men she will be with and leaves those that she no longer has an affection for. Cain dives into more controversial territory by having Mildred use men for her own sexual satisfaction. Cain also moves women into the role of successful ‘breadwinners’ during a time where men generally held financial power further blurring traditional roles of gender.
Through the honest recollection of his childhood and unsympathetic characterisation of the adult “father figures” in his life, Wolff demonstrates the impacts of negative and unreliable adult role models. Throughout the text, Wolff positions the reader to understand the impacts of the neglectful or abusive role models in his life, and how they leave him being “subject to fits of feeling unworthy, somehow deeply at fault”. Whilst the first “father figure” introduced in the text is Roy, someone who is obsessive and abusive towards Rosemary, it is not until Wolff begins to recount his relationship with Dwight that the audience is exposed to the significant and long-lasting effects of negative adult role models on Jack. More than just physically abusing him, Dwight makes Jack feel isolated and lonely, “[living] in perpetual dusk”, and ‘[experiencing] it as more bad weather to get
Each time Nora finds herself unable to help herself the problem is easily directly traced back to her husband, her father, and to the overbearing dominance of the male society. She tries to save the life of the man she thinks she loves and in doing so sees how she has become a victim of her own ignorance which has been brought upon her by the men in her life.
ow does Roald Dahl create suspense in “The Landlady?” In Dahl’s stories he gives descriptive words and he give clues to the reader on what might happen next makes the story more eerie. The use of these techniques leaves the reader hanging onto the edge. To begin with, Dahl uses incredible word choice to allow the reader to be part of the plot.
Is it still considered egregious to be born out of your father’s head? In the epic The Odyssey, Athena is the daughter of Zeus and she is also known as the goddess of wisdom and war (Athena). Athena is also known by her epithet “grey-eyed goddess” (Homer.1.63). Athena makes an impact on the epic by aiding Odysseus with help throughout his journey and supporting Telemachus finding his father. First Athena aids Odysseus with help in diminutive ways that end up impacting the epic’s storyline.
This interesting turn of events shows the novels overall restatement of the standard paradigm of sexual relations, with men dominating the women. In her final attempt to make the calls, Vivian offers Marlowe the option of being set free in exchange for not prying any longer. Marlowe, however, exerts his own power and rejects her proposal completely. After kissing, he begins to exert complete dominance of Vivian, reinforcing male superiority. Yet even as this power shift takes place, Marlow shows full dependence on Vivian.
The Battle of Coral Sea was the first major sea battle between allied fleet forces, including those of the United States and Australian Navies, and the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. Pivotal in terms of allied naval fleet operations during the war, the Battle of Coral Sea was also the first naval battle that featured opposing air craft carriers in close proximity to each other, resulting in air battles initiated by sea, rather than from traditional land bases. The following provides relevant details.
“Jane Eyre” is a book centred around female duality. In a time when females were still expected to fulfill their “womanly duties,” Charlotte Bronte wrote a novel dealing with a woman’s view on morality & sexuality, passion & sensibility, and conformity & insanity, among other themes. This motif of duality plays a strong part in the dynamism that makes up the book, and is not limited to the themes, but is also used to relate many of the characters to the titular Jane. In “The Mystery at Thornfield,” Valerie Beattie makes claims that the character Bertha Mason’s insanity is a representation of rebellion toward the limitations of Victorian women. Not only is
Throughout the Victorian Age, male dominance deprived women from freedom of choice. In Charlotte Brontë’s novel, Jane Eyre, Jane Eyre repeatedly struggles to become an independent young lady due to the troublesome men in the story. There are several male characters who control, humiliate, and abuse their power over Jane. The author manages to depict patriarchal dominance through the characterization of John Reed, Mr. Brocklehurst, and Mr. Rochester.
It instead shows Jane’s inner struggle to do what is “right” versus what she desires. The separation between the voice of herself and her thoughts exhibits her helplessness to change her path from what her mind has already decided. This displays the heavy influence society has on Jane, which is further proven by the personification of Jane’s two strongest rivaling emotions. The heavy influence of a patriarchal dominated society is evident in her “Conscience” being a strong male figure, whereas her “Passion” is a weaker, feminine figure. Similarly, the strongest reasoning for Jane to leave Thornfield is driven by the patriarchal demand for a female to remain “pure” until holy marriage, rather than Jane’s own desire to leave, further solidifying the idea that the voice given to her mind is not just her own internal thoughts, but also the demands and expectations of
“Allegories have one mission to accomplish convey a certain message” (Foster 105). So what is the mission and message that Jane Austen has so kindly given her readers is, that simple sentence outline the inter novels theme of wealth and marriage. However the certain message that is given is wealth over powers true lover, Jane Bennet I believe truly loves Mr.Bingley but Janes mother is only happy she is marrying Mr.Bingley because he can take care of Jane and bring her as well as her family’s social status up. Mrs.Bennet does not describe Mr.Bingley character at the being of the novel but his status and wealth, from her the reader can soon concluded early on that Mrs.Bennet does not care if her daughters truly love the man that they are marrying but the man’s money and states can benefit the
However, many fisherman are unable to catch as many fish as they used to, so they are increasingly using cyanide and dynamite in fishing, which further degrades the coral reef ecosystem.[6] This perpetuation of bad habits simply leads to the further decline of coral reefs and therefore perpetuating the problem. One solution to stopping this cycle is to educate the local community about why conservation of marine spaces that include coral reefs is important.[7] Once the local communities understand the personal stakes at risk then they will actually fight to preserve the reefs. Conserving coral reefs has many economic, social, and ecological benefits, not only for the people who live on these islands, but for people throughout the world as well.