In the book “Stardust” by Neil Gaiman, it is about Tristan Thorn’s journey to find the star and to bring it back to his love, Victoria Forester. The main message that the author has brought to the readers is to jump out of our comfort zone because it can enhance readers’ experiences and knowledge. The author showed this theme through the glass snowdrop, a village shop called Monday and Brown’s stocking system, and Tristan’s character development. In my opinion, this theme is still relevant in today’s society.
Firstly, the author uses the symbol to prove the theme by having the stallholder telling Tristan about the glass flower. One day on a market day, a glass flower caught Tristan’s eyes and he went forward to ask the origin of this glass flower. The stallholder responded with, “On the side of mount Calamon a grove of glass flowers grows. The journey there is perilous, and the journey back is more so” (Gaiman 8). This is significant because this glass flower symbolizes and foreshadows Tristan’s journey. The author used this concrete object to illustrate the idea of Tristan jumping out of his comfort zone which was for him to leave his village. This quote also provides a clue to a situation that occurs later in the plot, which is how getting to the star will be hard but the journey back will be even harder. For this reason, the glass flower symbolizes: for one to accomplish …show more content…
It is still important to apply this theme into today’s society because if one does not try something for the first time, one will never learn or experience life properly. I would totally recommend this wonderful book to people who do not like to read because this story is very interesting and even for a person like me, who does not like to read, will get into
Firstly, the author uses the symbol to prove the theme by having the stallholder telling Tristan about the glass flower. One day on a market day, a glass flower caught Tristan’s eyes and he went forward to ask the origin of this glass flower. The stallholder responded with, “On the side of mount Calamon a grove of glass flowers grows. The journey there is perilous, and the journey back is more so” (Gaiman 8). This is significant because this glass flower symbolizes and foreshadows Tristan’s journey. The author used this concrete object to illustrate the idea of Tristan jumping out of his comfort zone which was for him to leave his village. This quote also provides a clue to a situation that occurs later in the plot, which is how getting to the star will be hard but the journey back will be even harder. For this reason, the glass flower symbolizes: for one to accomplish …show more content…
It is still important to apply this theme into today’s society because if one does not try something for the first time, one will never learn or experience life properly. I would totally recommend this wonderful book to people who do not like to read because this story is very interesting and even for a person like me, who does not like to read, will get into