Woman In The Dunes

The life as a coast guard living in a lighthouse on a desolate coast, seems simple and easy, maybe even taskless, but for a man with a troubled mind, and an incurable fixation, existence seems like an unavoidable entropy. He gazed into the divided scene in front of him, the horizon splitting the

The Sahara symbolizes the pain and struggle one must face for having a loved one in jail. For example, after Tish is done talking to Fonny in the prison, as she walks out through the prison corridors, she compares it to the Sahara, “I walked out, to cross these big, wide corridors I’ve come to hate, corridors wider than all the Sahara desert. The Sahara is never empty; these corridors are never empty,” (6). The prison is described to be wide like the Sahara, which is one of the largest deserts on Earth. The prison is also described to always being full or people, just like how the sahara is not empty of it’s wildlife.

Also, ‘the sun threw a bright dust-laden bar through one of the side windows’, this represents that the little hope in the bunk house only helps to further illuminate the darkness and harshness of society. In a setting, such as the ranch, where dreams are suppressed and suffocated, they take on a greater importance and significance to the mens lives, they rely on the dreams to get by.

Despite this knowledge he knows that the outcome is worth the risk. After taking this journey he soon reaches the oasis. After traveling through the desert for many days and nights, this place is a paradise for Santiago. He fits in well with the society at the oasis and begins to create a life for himself there. He meets a girl, gets a job interpreting omens, and becomes a wealthy man. When it comes time to leave he experiences a new kind of fear. Not a fear of danger or death, but a fear of loss. He fears that if he leaves he may not return to his life that he loves so much and holds so dearly. When he gets the option to leave he confronts the difficult decision with something his tour guide told him. The guide said, “Because I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man” (88). This allowed Santiago to continue with his journey knowing that he is responsible for fulfilling his personal legend and not staying out of fear of loss. The Arab tribal camp is Santiago’s next stop in his journey. He is captured along with the alchemist, who promises them that in three days Santiago will become the wind and destroy the camp. This causes him to panic out of fear for another time, even with all he has learned. He is now experiencing the most crippling fear yet, the fear of failure. This type of fear is so bad because it causes people to not

In addition to this, belonging to a family is a key concept in this novel. The novel opens with an alluring introduction to the family; a blissful atmosphere is created through the picturesque icons of their family life. The composer uses small photograph like icons to allude towards the widely acknowledged contentment that is readily associated with the memories in a picture album. Tan introduces the motif of the paper crane which he carries through the length of his novel as a symbol of affection and belonging between the family members. The next pages signify the break in contentment as the man begins his journey and a salient image of the couple with their hands grasping the other’s parallels the anxiety and despair in their downcast facial expressions. Although the gloomy atmosphere, the light sepia tones in the picture allow an insight into the tender and loving relationship that the family members share. Upon the man’s departure the paper crane motif returns and he hands it to his daughter as a token of his undying love for her. His migratory experience is studded by the comfort and ease that he obtains from a picture of his family. In paralleled scenes on the boat and the new apartment, the

Nathaniel is the main character of the short story “The Sandman” by E.T.A. Victimized ata young age with stories about a sandman; he later comes to believe that his father’s work friendCoppelius is the Sandman. After the death of his father, Nathaniel blames Coppelius and tries toseek him out for revenge. His significance to the story is shown through his behavior, words, andinteractions with other characters. This character’s importance is also in his insanity, whichmanifests itself throughout the story. The story opens up with a letter from him to his lover’s brother, Lothaire.

While Rod is traveling he is surrounded by water. The imagery of the water given represents how he views the world. The way he describes the water shows his negative additude toward life and what is to come. Water represents Purity.

Into this atmosphere of spiritual paralysis the boy bears, with blind hopes and romantic dreams, his encounter with first love. In the face of ugly, drab reality-"amid the curses of laborers," "jostled by drunken men and bargaining women"-he carries his aunt's parcels as she shops in the market place, imagining that he bears, not parcels, but a "chalice through a throng of foes." The "noises converged in a single sensation of life" and in a blending of Romantic and Christian symbols he transforms in his mind a perfectly ordinary girl into an enchanted princess: untouchable, promising, saintly. Setting in this scene depicts the harsh, dirty reality of life which the boy blindly ignores. The contrast between the real and the boy's dreams is ironically drawn and clearly foreshadows the boy's inability to keep the dream, to remain blind.

Ideas, thoughts, and past experiences that bring images are dreams. Edgar Allan Poe wrote, “They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream by night.” When Poe says this he is trying to tell you that some who day dream might be living in a whimsical fantasy where they are stronger than in reality. They live better in their dreams because that’s what they want in reality. Most of the people who day dream are often faced with grim characters in nightmares. Poe portrays these elements in both of these literary pieces. In their “day dreaming” lives, the prosperous characters act as if they do not know what is going on because they feel a false sense of strength . The other characters that go about life day dreaming are psychologically traumatized. It is evident in Poe’s stories “The Masque of the Red Death” and “The Black Cat” that day dreaming masks the true evils and causes one to horrifyingly unwise in reality.

“Part of me felt I was stronger, more reasonable and more reliable than my Enishte, and part of me was dwelling on the cost of the caftan that I’d purchased on the way here to meet with this man who'd denied me his daughter’s hand and on the silver bridle and hand-worked saddle of the horse which, soon after going downstairs, I’d take out of the stable and ride away” (Pamuk 33).

Both Man’s Fate and Woman in the Dunes exemplify the ideas of existentialism. Existentialism as existence being absurd with no meaning. In order to deal with life’s absurdity, you must invent your own purpose and individual system of value. In Man’s Fate, existentialism is expressed by the decisions the characters make and the way the characters fulfill their decisions no matter the consequence.

Near the end of the poem, Decaul makes a dejected image as he speaks of “life” being similar to “dew” and the “disappearing dew” (26,27,28). By saying this, Decaul shows us how fast a life comes and ends. The many different unfortunate and unhappy images the soldier witnesses, help the reader to connect and understand the overall meaning of what life is like during the war. It displays how the soldier would describe his life. By relating life to dew, the reader sees how melancholic a person can potentially become due to war. These images guide the reader to connect with the author and detect the unhappy emotions specified in the poem.

The use of symbolism is seen when the author discusses, “wintery seas” (line 4) which symbolizes the wanderer’s loneliness and isolation, because the sea is at a standstill much like the wanderer is stuck in his own exile. This is also expressed in the line, “a heart that is frozen” which not only symbolizes the wanderer’s isolation but also his inability to find a place that feels like home. Because of this the wanderer then comes to the conclusion that he feels most alone when he reflects over his life, but manages to outweigh that with his dreams of one day finding a home. When people long for the things they can no longer have it results in them falling into a deep depression, just like how the wanderer longs for a life he can no longer have which has resulted in his

Even though, jerry wants to be accepted and in control of his life, the harsh reality is Jerry’s identity wants to be with his mother. Further throughout the story the tunnel is shown as the symbol of the story; letting the reader know that Jerry senses that it is the door to his identity. Additionally, the chronological structure is effective throughout the story in showing the process of growing up and an insight into Jerry’s transformation. Moreover, the 3rd person omniscient narrator and formal register presents the character of Jerry and his mother in a distanced way and without a biased perspective. This suggests the sense of detachment and alienation that Jerry is starting to feel from his mother as he is growing up and wanting to make his own choices. The story is firstly introduced with a description of the mother carrying a bright striped purse. It was this and other uses of describing Jerry’s surroundings with the use of bright colours symbolising jerry’s childish world and thoughts. In addition, the thought of jerry’s childish thoughts shows his struggle to establish his own identity. The author writes that Jerry goes swimming “over a region where rocks lay like discoloured monsters under the surface”. The simile shows that even though Jerry wants to be independent and swim alone in the bay, he’s terrified of being alone in the water and not seeing his mother again. Briefly, Jerry learns that you cannot

Science - An endeavor dedicated to the accumulation and classification of observable facts in order to formulate general laws about the natural world. “Science” comes from the Latin word “scientia” which means “to have knowledge.” The purpose of science is make general laws that explains the world around us. Practicing science involves experimentation and observation. The history of science started a long time ago. It is said that the first inklings of science were from 600 B.C. The ancient Egyptians are said to have pretty sophisticated medical practices 3,000 years before Christ. Most historians agree that the heart of the Egyptian medicine was trial and error. Egyptian doctors would try one remedy, and if they saw it worked, would continue