A Critical Analysis and Analogy between Amy’s and Jim’s Journey Abroad Crucial to Little Women and Treasure Island is Amy March’s and Jim Hawkins’ journey abroad which also shows the characters trajectory from innocence to maturity. Certainly, both novels belong to the sub-genre of bildungsroman which is by definition, a story that depicts a journey from childhood to maturity. In spite of their different goals and outcomes, it is possible to trace some sort of parallelism between both journeys as they were indirectly intended to shape their characters in line with the social norms of that time. First and foremost, in Little Women, Amy’s castle in the air was “to be an artist, and go to Rome, and do fine pictures, and be the best artist in the whole world” …show more content…
To demonstrate, as she understood that she is only talented, she turned to her subliminal alternative plan and married the wealthy Laurie. Nevertheless, she sat her relationship with art as patroness while devoting her own art to the service of the family. According to Holly Blackford (2011), Amy’s journey abroad eliminated Amy’s artistic demon that possessed her for a long time and was depriving her from being a little woman. Furthermore, she also argues that Amy’s voyage has smoothened her nature and made her more agreeable and this is particularly evident in her remark that “Whenever I see girls struggling along, as we used to do, I want to put out my hand and help them”(Alcott, 2008). Indeed, by contrasting Amy’s earlier selfishness with her selflessness at the end of the novel, it is obvious that this journey was instrumental in Amy’s conversion into a little woman. Nonetheless, it has also indulged and emphasized her conventionality as evident in her attack on Laurie in Lazy Laurence. However, in spite of the different goals and outcomes, it is possible to see a kind of parallel between Amy’s and Jim’s Journey
The contemporary texts, See you at Harry’s by Jo Knowles (2012) and Wonder by R.J. Palacio (2012) explore the common concerns that young people may face whilst growing up. The universal theme of the Human Condition involves the stages of life and the issues everyone must go through to develop a sense of self and purpose that define us from being social beings. These novels explore the Human Condition through discovering self-identity, relationships and loss. These novels are examples of bildungsroman as they are relevant to today's society and the children living in it. Young readers can relate to the struggles and feelings expressed by the characters, based off the composer's perspective of youth.
The transition from childhood to adolescence is a difficult process with many obstacles. In Doris Lessing’s short story, “Through the Tunnel”, this idea is expressed when Jerry decides to leave the safe beach and play in the rocky bay. He strives to be like the older boys, but he can only do that when he matures enough. In Doris Lessing’s “Through the Tunnel,” the author demonstrates the many obstacles present in going from childhood to adolescence using symbolism and imagery.
Book Theme: In the arduous journey from childhood to adulthood, a young woman is faced with two things that need great attention and balance - the progress of her individual social standing, and the welfare of her immediate family.
In literature an archetype is used as a character, image or theme that exemplifies a universal meaning or a simple human experience. For this occasion the archetype is referring to a journey. The conventional stages of the archetypal journey are departure, initiation, testing one’s ability, descending into the underworld, and then returning and reintegrating with society. One example of the archetypal journey is in the novel As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner. In the novel the Bundren family undertakes a quest from their home in Yoknapatawpha County to Jefferson in pursuance of burying their mother/ wife, Addie. Along the way this family endures numerous hurdles that they must overcome. Their journey resembles that of an archetypal journey with a departure, journey and arrival. Along with the novel As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner, the film Little Miss Sunshine shares the same archetypal pattern. The film Little Miss Sunshine is an effective contemporary interpretation of an archetypal journey because of its events, characters and symbols that are similar to those in the novel As I Lay Dying.
She was a reigning elite and a star actress, which shows that she is comfortable in her own self. She is in the center of all the conversation and is never afraid to be herself. When she enters the classroom her behavior changes. She becomes a self-conscious and inaudible. She shrinks into her desk and becomes invisible. When she tries to be a part of the classroom she answers the question incorrectly. The incorrectly answered question makes Amy less confident than she was before. She said, “ That’s abut the only time I ever talked in there. I’ll never do that again.” Because she answered one question incorrectly made her self-esteem lower than
“I had a very difficult childhood I was surrounded by people who had both parents, which made me feel different because I had to do all the work myself in order to succeed.” In the stories, Behind the Beautiful Forevers and Rabbit- Proof Fence the authors used different techniques and good strategies.Katherine Boo did a better job at explaining the challenges faced by the characters by using good dialogue, descriptions and details
Many times adults will look back on their childhood to remember the great adventures they had or even the adventures they wished they had as a child. When looking back on those adventures one can see where at the time they were great and wonderful, often recalling in vivid detail the winning of a battle, finding a treasure or climbing an impossibly large mountain. These adventures can shape who and what adults become. In the story “A White Heron” the author Sarah Orne Jewett the perspective of the child is used to give the reader an insight once again into the world of adventure that children have. Once again the adult can relive an adventure and see the shaping of a girl into a young woman takes place.
The Bildungsroman method is defined as a type of novel concerned with the education, development, and maturing of a young protagonist. Speak, written by Laurie Halse Anderson, is a novel in which we observe as Melinda Sordino progresses through her life in her junior year of high school. However, Melinda Sordino is a rape victim, and has not come to terms with it. Due to this, we witness Melinda progress through the stages of Bildungsroman in her freshman year. Innocence, challenge, and eventual maturity. By looking at Melinda Sordino's innocence and childish behaviors at the beginning of the novel, her struggles and challenges, and her eventual maturity towards the end of the novel, it is evident that Speak is a coming-of-age novel.
The main character in the story is Jim Hawkins. He is a young boy who looks for adventure. He and a few experienced men search for Ben Gunn, and want to have him enlist in their cause. They steal the Hispanolia (a ship) and return it to the captain to which it rightfully belongs.
While Of Mice and Men may be an incredibly crappy novel, there is one thing that isn´t so bad, being that the reader can somewhat relate to the characters, or at least understand them. In the story, two friends, Lennie and George, decide to work on a ranch for some quick money. However, Lennie, being slow on the draw, accidently kills one of the people on the ranch. George decides to kill his friend before the others do. Lennie, George, and Crooks are the three characters come to mind in terms of affinity.
Lewis Carroll’s Alice and Frank Baum’s Dorothy are two of the most well-known and well-loved heroines of all time. At first glance, both Alice and Dorothy appear to be rather accurate renditions of actual little girls who embark on their own adventures in strange and fantastical lands. However, closer scrutiny reveals that only one of these characters is a true portrayal of what a little girl is really like, while the other is but a fulfillment of what most girls would only dream of being like.
Annie Dillard’s effective use of language and style reflect and further the opinions she voices within “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek”. She knows how to reel the audience in and then strengthens her points with such detailed descriptions of every little thing. A common theme throughout this classic is about seeing and gaining the ability to be able to see things for their beauty and what they really are. Dillard also wants her audience to see the things that are usually not noticeable or sometimes even taken for granted. Things such as objects, events and creatures, Dillard does a great job at making the words on the pages jump out and come to life. She first points out the tomcat. She vividly describes how this big bloody-pawed tomcat would lay
The set of available narrative conventions that allows a Western novelist to constitute her character’s subjectivity does not serve as a model for the life-history of a girl growing up in a primarily female-centered world in Antigua before independence. Kincaid reconstructs the bildungsroman by transforming its narrative values. Lucy does not conform to the structural model for the genre that Susan Suleiman identifies: she does not seem to evolve from ignorance (of self) into knowledge (of self). She does not move from passivity to action. (Lima 859)
In a quote by Joseph Kestner he said, “In Treasure Island, Hawkins is forced to achieve an identity, but this process is riddled with ambiguity, including the fact that Jim commits murder and remains haunted by the experience as a nightmare,”(______). He specializes in masculinity theory from novels written in the late nineteenth century. Kestner is able to relate Jim because he is forced to become a new person, kill a man to save his own life, and questions why situations happen. Wyeth suggests that Jim is about take on a courageous mysterious journey by using Jim’s poses, gender roles, darkness, and specific details to portray his maturation throughout the novel, thereby suggesting that we are all subject to transitions that are
In “A Small Place” by Jamaica Kincaid, Kincaid explicitly describes the effects and consequences that imperialism had on Antigua, while implicitly condemning imperialism for the effects and consequences indigenous people endured through allegory. Examining the results of imperialism in a cultural aspect provides a deeper connection for the audience to fathom the struggle people of Antigua experienced. Kincaid illustrates herself as the main protagonist who directly speaks to the audience as if they are the ignorant tourist. Through the utilization of the second person perspective, she immerses the reader emotionally, which through the experience proves to be more captivating.