The Story Of Life

Beyond them the tribe and the twins were a loud and writhing heap. Piggy crouched again. Then the twins lay, astonished, and the tribe stood round them. Jack turned to Ralph and spoke between his teeth. "See? They do what I want."

They were apparently friends one minute then then something would come up and one would get slashed up with a knife (pg.8)

In 1983 Aharon Appelfeld published a work of fiction titled Tzili that closely resembled his own personal Holocaust experiences. This work of fiction revolves around a maturing teen who is alone and on the run during the Holocaust. In Tzili, Appelfeld brings to life his characters, which include Tzili, Katrina, Mark, and Linda. Throughout this literary analysis Appelfelds’ memoir Story of a Life will be used to access the parallels that exist between Appelfeld’s own personal experience and his fictional work Tzili.

So, within a month, they became far more than the "so called friends". They did realise that. But, they remained under the label of friendship. They didn’t acknowledge their feelings for each other. However, they had everything which did not happen between friends.

This Sunday we will wrap up a sermon series called “Storyline” in which we have explored how the narrative of our lives intersects with God’s story and helps to move the plot along. You can get caught up on the entire series here.

In The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao the narrator, Yunior, has a couple of symbolic dreams after the death of Oscar. One of his dreams involves a masked man holding a book with blank pages. The images that appear in the dream give the reader insight to Yunior’s hope for the de Leon family, who experience many tragedies as a result of the reign of Trujillo in the Dominican Republic. Although much of their history is lost or destroyed due to this bad luck, or fukú, Yunior seems to believe that he can bring the family zafa. It is through his dream that he is able to realize that there is still hope for the future through remembrance of the past, as opposed to avoidance or silence.

You also have to consider the fact that it was in the winter so it was really cold, way to be walking around fighting (mom’s words). As said in the speech “it is cold and we have no blankets”, so if he didn’t stop his tribe would

If they never found the confidence to show each other nonverbally they probably would of never found out and /or talked to each

of hunting, Ralph still realizes that the tribe still needs food, “Something deep in Ralph spoke for

Now they had their friendship,

There is a lot of love involved but they don’t really get to talk to each other, but they do kiss.

I don't know much about the biological reason for life. I know that the heart needs to beat, but aside from that my years of public education have been somewhat wasted on me. I'm no expert, but I know what it means to be alive. You don't really think of yourself as alive until someone close to you isn't anymore.

Jeffrey hesitated a moment, staring at his lifelong friend. The friend who trusted him more than anyone, the friend who had been there immediately when those boys pushed him. No one else had stayed to help. He pushed away his pride and fell into Damien's arms exhausted. 'Why are they so mean?'

My few years on this planet have been a bit confusing. I have learned of many aspects of life from which one can draw meaning, if indeed such meaning can be drawn. I have also learned that there can be no singular meaning of life to stand for us all, or even any one of us. What I have learned above all is that trying to put words to the meaning of life is a task of absolute absurdity. This is not to be confused with the idea that life has no meaning, for life certainly has meaning. However, there is no single meaning of life to be defined - life is different for us all. Therefore, rather than define life for an entire planet, I shall try to explain what life means as I perceive it, and why it means so.

Life as we know it could vanish within seconds. The next day is not promised to anyone that walks on this earth. As we live our everyday lives peacefully, we tend not to think what our mission or purpose in life is. Instead, we think what we must do for that to be a “successful” person. Despite this way of thinking, just think for a second. What makes life meaningful? What is life anyway? These questions dive right into the heart of the philosophical, psychological, and the biological aspects of life and what the true meaning of life is. This is a very arguable topic due to every person’s different perspective on life and what it means to them. In summary, I personally think that life is simply what you make of it and each person’s accomplishments has its own merit