Grandfather's Journey

Close, Jonathan Safran Foer emphasizes this through elements in his writing such as characterization, graphic images, a detailed setting, and the use of multiple narrative strands. These effectively create the story of nine year old Oskar and his journey to healing after the loss of his father in the 9/11 attack. Foer’s strategic use of these devices gives this story depth and shows how the tragedy and loss caused by 9/11 can be complicated by guilt, anger, fear, and resentment,…

Erika. These two names are respectively my grandmother’s and my mother’s names. My middle name is also one of my grandmother’s names and the name she goes by; Jean. My brother’s name, Johandré, is also a mixture of two family names; André, my grandfather’s name, and Johan, my uncle’s name. The reason I got family names might be the continuance of this tradition. Another theory I have for the family names I got, is that my mother was the only child out of three children who didn’t get a…

city was pre-industrial; and most people lived without basic amenities like electricity and a municipal water supply. Therefore it was not to be expected that doctor from such a backward area would say that a lab result could be wrong. Given my grandfather’s young age and contradictory symptoms he urged a repeat of the test. The doctor from Umerkot was right! The results came back negative this time. Not only was my grandfather able to live longer, but he lived without ever having any surgery.…

Brown” the long-term effects of temptation and the dark effects growing up under Puritan faith can have on an individual. Nathaniel Hawthorne reveals Young Goodman Brown’s (YGB’s) immaturity and stubbornness using religious temptations during Brown’s journey through the forest. Hawthorne uses strong literary devices to expose to the reader brown’s inability to grow up since Brown clings to his faith and life comforts, which causes the reader to question the value of dogmatic religious training…

Without my grandmother’s determination, my life would’ve been extremely different including my nationalities and native languages. Her stubborn and persistent attitude towards life helped her achieve many different goals. Some of those goals included a journey for happiness, her family, and grandchildren. In spite of leaving Guatemala, she still considers her home to be where her loved ones are located,…

In the novel The Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison, the narrator is on a journey towards finding his identity as a black man in America at a time where black people were oppressed by whites, during the civil rights movement. This journey in the novel is one of education and development, we see how the narrator develops while trying to find his identity and how he deals with his experiences that affect him in different ways. The notion of invisibility and furthermore the motifs of blindness and…

Molly, an 11 year old female weighing 102 pounds and height 4 feet 9 inches was admitted to Adams Children’s Hospital January 14, 2010. Molly came from Indiana to visit her grandfather Billy in Georgia for summer vacation. Her grandfather was a farmer who produced a variety of foods, he also raised livestock. Billy would most often prepare his sheep’s wool with the help of his granddaughter. Molly enjoyed helping him but, most of all she enjoyed playing with the animals on the farm, she also…

In Herman Hesse’s 1951 novel Siddhartha, the main character, Siddhartha, goes on a journey to discover and achieve the ultimate goal of the Hindu religion, enlightenment. He departs from his luscious life as a Brahmin, the highest stage in Hinduism, and goes off into the world to achieve this desired spiritual state. Along his way he apprehends that he needs to leave his past behind in order to achieve who he wants to be in the future, he stumbles upon the acknowledgment that one does not need…

and mecca was doing poorly and they barely had enough food to eat “The Prophet began to speak secretly of Allah's message to those Who were close to him and whom he could trust. Abu Talib, the Prophet's uncle, who had taken care of him after his grandfather's death, was finding it very difficult to feed his large family”. This excerpt from the passage and Muhammad can be seen as an analogy to a candle’s flame. No matter how dim and wispy the flame is, it can still produce light and enlightenment…

grandparents in the life of both Ashima and Ashoke, leaving an undeniable impression throughout their journey around the globe—from Calcutta to America. Ashoke Ganguli, the father of Gogol, develop his voracious reading habit since his childhood from his parental grandfather who was once a professor of European Literature at Calcutta University. The naming of his son Gogol is also the result of Ashoke’s grandfather’s influence on him. Ashoke had special interest on Russian Literature which he…