True Love In John Cher's The Burgs

The ending of the novel portrays the closing stages of Gemma’s fairytale and also ends Becca’s story as well. It is titles “Home Again”. Becca has finally learnt the full truth of Gemma’s life.

Marriage, a broad theme in this book, can be broken down throughout. Emma’s sister has gone off after getting married and left her alone. After her sister’s marriage, Emma proclaimed that she was not destined for love and made herself the town’s unofficial matchmaker. The entire novel is built around relationships and matchmaking, with Emma and Mr. Knightly, Harriet and Robert Martin/ Elton, and Jane Fairfax and Frank Churchill.

“To know that nothing hurts the godly, is a matter of comfort; but to be assured that all things which fall out shall cooperate for their good, that their crosses shall be turned into blessings, that showers of affliction water the withering root of their grace and make it flourish more; this may fill their hearts with joy till they run over.” In this quote, Thomas Watson explains to the people that everything happens for a reason and that a person should be satisfied with that reason. “Upon the Burning of Our House” by Anne Bradstreet, expresses a woman’s emotional state of mind during the burning of her house and the fate she has in God. The story “Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving, is about an unhappy married man that makes a pact with the devil that he eventually regrets. In Ben Franklin’s autobiography, it states Franklin’s list of the thirteen virtues and his weekly plan he had to accomplish them.

‘How could I be expected to know? I was only a child when I left this

The theme of grief, especially in the context of losing a loved one is always a deep and emotional topic to write about. Many writers have attempted to find the words to express how the family of a lost loved one feels in the aftermath of such a terrible tragedy, but often they fail to fully grasp the emotion in their writing. Lin Manuel Miranda is not one of these writers. In his song, “It’s Quiet Uptown,” from Hamilton, he beautifully portrays what its like trying to continue after losing someone one has never imagined having to let go. The song describes the life of Alexander Hamilton and his wife Eliza attempting to cope with the death of their eldest son, Philip. The beautiful language of the song and the vivid imagery in the lyrics clearly convey the emotions one feels after the sudden loss of a loved one and what it’s like to watch people go through such a terrible time. The beautiful music and the emotion with which it is preformed provide an excellent medium through which to convey this message.

Then, we have Robin Stokes, who is a young, beautiful woman but is simultaneously insecure and anxious and looks for her self-confidence through men who abuse her financially, sexually, and emotionally. Her relationship with her family creates another burden her, as her father has Alzheimer’s and her mother is the only one who wants to take care of him. Eventually, they have no choice but to admit him to a nursing home, but it is a decision that is hard for the both of them. Her relationship with men is also a tumultuous one, in which she has an affair with a man named Russell, and even though she finds out he is married to another man, her good sense is pushed away by her attraction for him.

“That’s why they were only taking a few things at a time; they weren 't really coming for ivory and paintings. They wanted me!” Even when she wasn’t in her room she was always afraid of something. “I always dreaded that my parents would divorce. It was my third biggest fear, right next to the fear that one of them would get abducted by heartmen on the road to Sugar Beach, or my first fear, that I would get sucked into the lagoon by neegee.” Out of all three fears only one seemed to happen. Her parents relationship finally came to an end after a lot of fighting, disagreement, and cheating. “Daddy, I hold your foot, don’t leave us. Daddy, please, I beg you” she cried that day. From then on, except the servants and cook, “it was only women at Sugar Beach.” Even after dealing with something so hard in her life that wasn’t even what affected her the most.

People are searching for love throughout their lives reflecting that everything they do must reach a happy ending and that they can find what they are looking for in order to continue their lives with a fulfilled desire and power. At this point some of these individuals start a new life with a new partner or better half, who loves and gives everything that they have to the other partner who is missing. Unfortunately, some people fail to find their partners or when they do find them, the relationship is not successful thus causing psychological pain. There is Power that can make two individuals meld into one, to be looked upon as one both by themselves as well as by others.

In today’s day and age, the concept of love is distorted to fit the media’s popularized idea of love. The Road is essentially a love story, as it focuses on the familial love shared between the man and the boy. As expressed in the novel, the man unconditionally loves the boy, and regards him as his source of hope and light in the colorless world. In dangerous situations, the man gives the boy the pistol that they carry with them on the road. He does this presumably to protect the boy in the event that they cross paths with the bad guys. McCarthy reveals to the audience that the man “took the boy’s hand and pushed the revolver in it. Take it, he whispered. Take it. The boy was terrified. He put his arm around him and held him. His body so thin. Dont be afraid, he said. If they find you you are going to have to do it. Do you understand? Shh, No crying. Do you hear me? You know how to do it. You put it in your mouth and point it up. Do it quick and hard. Do you understand? Stop crying” (pg. 112-113). In this scene, McCarthy makes known of the fact that the man puts the boy before himself. He tells the boy to commit suicide if the bad guys were ever to discover their current whereabouts. This indicates love in its true and raw form. And not the type of love that is commonly romanticized in the media.

The story’s protagonist, Aidan O’Neill, is cocky, confident, self-righteous, bitter and lonely and yet the reader will be able to identify with him. The supporting cast is well-rounded and easy to empathize with, in regard to their personalities and stories. The underlying romance adds to the redemptive flow and healing process as Julianne and Aidan wrestle with personal issues that affect their individual lives and their work

It was worth reading because it kept me interested on what was going to happen next throughout the whole story. Teresa Toten is an author who not many people know of but this book defiantly helped her become better known and even won awards. This book is recommended to others due to how thrilling and relatable it is. People never imagine how the book would end because there is many plot twists throughout. One of the most unexpected scenes was when Olivia and Kate decided to kill and confront Mark Redkin. An unfortunate moment was when Olivia allowed Mark to maltreat her and abuse her all because she loved him so much she accepted anything that he did to her. It was undoubtley surprising when Olivia finally realized that what he was doing to her was not correct and would scare her for the rest of her life so she decided to finally make him pay for all the damage he has done too young adults girls through the world. There are a few unanswered questions like: what would’ve happen if they hadn’t killed Mark but only hurt him? Or: Did Kate and Olivia make it through the whole dramatic ending alive without going to jail?

The beginning it was all sweet and nice, but towards the middle and the end things start to go down for Kichizo. Okyo is going to leave the village and get married off to some wealthy man. I was devastated when I read “This is the last you’’ ever see of me. Ever. Thanks for your

Generally, authors compose books that go along with the morals of the audience. So many stories are written today with the typical love story, girl falls in love with guy or vice versa. Others are action packed with a climax and a predictable ending. Victor Hugo took a different stance while writing his book Les Miserables. Hugo's idea of action is presented through Jean Valjean who is held in prison for four years because he stole a loaf of bread. He includes unique love stories unlike the typical ones that we read about. Hugo's main purpose is to challenge people to consider their morals on forgiveness and love.

He came across as a bitter, cold-hearted person but in actuality was probably the character that felt the most in the

In the poem, The Love song, written by T.S. Elliot, J Alfred Prufrock is a man who is very lonely and insecure. He goes throughout his life wishing for a change, but never stepping up to the plate and actually making a change. The title of the poem portrays to the reader that the poem is going to be full of love and romance. The reader soon found out later that the poem is just the opposite from the title, a sad, lonesome man who is not only lacking love, but also lacking self confidence and self esteem.