They All Just Went Away Essay

When a young author from New York City decides to take a trip to the southern city of Savannah, he finds himself falling in love with the town and ends up renting an apartment. He encounters many different characters, including Danny Hansford and Jim Williams, that gives the reader a good look into the aura of Savannah. The main conflict in the book occurs when a murder happens in an old mansion located in the town. The book follows the progression of the trial and the outcome following the court’s decision.

A main theme of this book, is the importance of living in the present, instead of dwelling on the past. Many of the characters in this novel carried a nostalgic perspective on life, and it influenced their attitude towards the present. It was very common for the characters to tell stories from their past. Jim often relates incidents in the present, to things that happened to him in the past. Jim is not the only one focusing on the past, however. For example, Peter, one of the Russian immigrants, has a very romanticized idea of the past, which causes him to have a depressed attitude towards the present. Jim observed this on one particular meeting, “Once, while [Peter] was looking at Ántonia, he sighed and told us that if he had stayed at home in Russia perhaps by this time he would have had a pretty daughter of his own to cook and keep house for him.” Peter allowed the idea of ‘what if I had...’ to interfere with his future. Because of the adults "what if" attitude, the teens of this novel have a sense of urgency in their lives. They witness how nostalgic the adults, and they themselves, are becoming, and come to a realization. The good days are the first to pass, and the most fleeting. Jim takes this as an excuse to be nostalgic on the past, a past he was not even there to witness. He looked at the wilderness of his new home, and fantasized about how wonderful it’s past was, “Beyond the pond, on the slope that climbed to the cornfield, there was, faintly marked in the grass, a great circle where the Indians used to ride. Jake and Otto were sure that when they galloped round that ring the Indians tortured prisoners, bound to a stake in the centre; but grandfather thought they merely ran races or trained horses there. […] The old figure stirred me as it had never done before.” Jim looks at the past with wonderment - it is a place that was much more ideal than his present. Unlike him,

young David picks up a book called “An Outline of History” by H. G. Wells. After he read Wells

by William Faulkner takes place in three different time periods as different people tell the story of Thomas Sutpen and his children, Henry and Judith. Henry meets a student named Charles Bon and brings him home. Charles meets Judith and they soon are engaged but Sutpen realizes that Bon is actually his own son. Henry murders Bon only after he finds out that he is a black man. “I saw Judith's marriage forbidden. . .

As he begins to understand the people in his life and their actions, Jack learns that one can rarely make sense of an event until that event has become a part of the past, to be

The book starts of by showing the reading with a small scene of children running along the train tacks one summer night, in this chapter we meet our two main characters nine year old Pharoah and Lafayette, as they experience one of the few peaceful days in their lives. In the next chapter we meet the children’s mother LaJoe who is described to be a beautiful, gentle woman who has been though too much. We also learn about the children home, an apartment complex known as Hery Horner Homes named after the Governor. In this chapter we also learn a bit more about LaJoe and her past life, and how she was

David has grown threw the novel and is becoming an adult independently and using his knowledge in difficult situations. He sacrifices his own life to protect himself and other around him. His discovery about truth of all the things his father had said about deviations and the fringes. He maturated and had more knowledge of the world and others around him. All of his action contributed to the major theme of the novel. He grew throughout the novel with discoveries, mistakes and sacrifices and with his growth and maturity he had a better understanding of the world around him.

Picture losing your memory after an incident that would change your life forever. That’s what Henry Turner, the main character in this book, went through. He’s a lawyer who undergoes change throughout his life when he survives being shot in the head and has to learn how to speak and do certain tasks again. In the beginning of the movie, Henry is a cold hearted person, but then transitions to being self-critical after the incident. Henrys natural state is Superego, because of his personality being so defiant.

The “shadow” of Jakob’s tragedy when he was little is somewhat “Covered” by the love of Alex, his first married women, notwithstanding, the actual fact that Jakob failed to apprehend what actually happened to Bella had left a terrible scar in his heart. He was always hurting from knowing whether or not if she was alive. His lost sister’s image always remained in his heart where it was always holding him to never forget about the murders that destroyed his childhood and life. Jakob’s traumas during the war had become his significant burden and damaged his mind and soul. He became an unfortunate person of his own memory that kept him recalling the lost and therefore the pain he had to go through previously was still lingering. His second married woman Michaela seemed to be Jakob’s soul mate, failed to utterly settle for the peculiarities of Jakob’s heart. Life tutored Jakob a way to love and to forgive, however not to be frightened of the long run, in spite of the pain that stayed forever. He lived a good life and never forgot and sorrowed of the Holocaust that had taken all his cherished individuals away. The first part of the book is devoted to Jakob it then switches to the other protagonist –Ben.

Imagine losing your memory. The people you’ve met, the places you’ve been, everything you know about the world, are gone. Would you ever return to how you were before the memory wipe, or would you become a whole new person, with a new perspective on everything as you experience all the firsts in life a second time. Henry Turner, the protagonist of the movie Regarding Henry experiences this catastrophe. Henry is a successful lawyer who is (on the surface) having a wonderful life.

Joe saw Malakai run towards him. He quickly ducked under a patch of tall grass. Malakai just passed him as he went outside the park. Joe slowly moved towards Nelson in the tall grass. Just then, Joe heard someone yelling again. “Nelson! I've been looking for you all over George Hampton town! Where have you been?! Why are you here?!” Joe almost had a heart attack. He knew who that voice was. It was Mr. Kriegstein. However, Joe had been really confused. Mr. Kriegstein is Nelson’s father!? Mr. Kriegstein came to the Great Oak Tree just as Nelson raced pass. “Stop!” Yelled Mr. Kriegstein. But it was too late. Nelson decided to run away probably home. He raced past the principal as he made his way through the exit.

Though David represents a seemingly common boy at the time, he has several qualities that make him stand out. However, these character traits are never simply told to us. Instead, the implied author uses David’s actions, decisions, and beliefs to

     And Then There Were None, written by Agatha Christie is a thrilling tale of ten people invited to a remote island by an unseen figure who never appears throughout the story. All those who were invited have pasts that they are hiding and many things to fear. The guests are cast upon Indian Island, an island off the coast of England around the 1930s. Strangers to each other, slowly they reveal their shameful pasts. Coincidently, the name which they were invited by, Mr. U. N. Owen sounds similar to that of the word “unknown.” Among the characters is a Mr. Wargrave, a recently retired judge, who is intelligent, cold, and commanding. He takes leadership on the island after the killings begin. Wargrave is the first

This novel follows the adventures of a young boy named Huckleberry Finn who fakes his death in order to escape an abusive father. As Finn finds his freedom, he helps the escaped slave Jim find his freedom in the free state of Illinois. The two battle the wild Mississippi river along with con-artists, bandits, and internal moral dilemmas.

Between the three main characters, they’re all telling you their past in their own unique ways. Though, the more each of their stories unravel, the more everything perfectly ties together. Like a puzzle, you never know what piece will go where. In the book, you never know how things can