While all of these writings are different in style, theme, and plot, they do contain a very similar aspect of failure and destiny. “The Beast in the Jungle” is a story of a missed opportunity on the part of Marcher. Marcher seems to suffer from feelings of inadequacy. He lacks passion, the ability to live life fully. His life is routine, rather dull, offering him no surprises. He is more of a spectator of life, including his own. This makes him almost entirely passive. He does not shape his own life through his own drive, imagination, and ambition. Instead, he sits back and waits for it to happen to him. Unlike most people, he does not act in the present to secure the future he envisions for himself.
The thoughtful and introspective prince
The thoughtful and introspective prince