Salvage The Bones Analysis

Heroes are people who are determined to do what’s right for their comrades or community. They are determined to follow their dreams; they are determined to reach a goal that they set for themselves, and they do. The hero of “The Four Feathers” is Harry Feversham, the descendant of a long line of military heroes, who is expected to carry on the tradition of his overbearing authoritarian father. He was a true figure for the Victorian fantasy of war as a manly endeavor. In the book Salvage the Bones, Esch had surpassed her security stage of life for survival. She is brave, courageous and extremely devoted to her family which makes her a true heroine. All stories consist of common structural elements or stages found universally in myths, fairy tales, dreams, and movies. These stages compose the Hero 's Journey. The Hero’s journey consists of five stages that he/she must overcome in order to achieve the ultimate goal. The first stage, the security stage, involves the hero being in a state or place that is safely structured. In this stage, he/she must break the cultural encapsulation in order to enter the next stage which is shock. In …show more content…
Her relationship with Manny was so strong that she could devote her whole life for him. Ethne’s inside illusion makes her believe that Manny and her have a strong bond that no one could separate them. However, this notion is torn down as she witnesses Manny with a girl named Shaliyah. Soon her alpha mentality is so torn apart that she feels isolated. Her relationship with Manny deteriorates so much that if she wishes she never met him. Esch blames herself for this, and hates herself for believing for even a moment that she could be with Manny. As a mother, she realizes that she has no one with whom she can share her feelings. This puts her to the next stage which is disorientation where she experiences the chaos in