Lotus

An underlying theme of the book is the idea of internal versus external beauty, and which one is more valuable based on the different characters. O-lan represents people with internal beauty, whereas Lotus represents people with external beauty. The way Wang Lung views O-lan and his love for Lotus furthers this theme. Throughout the book, O-lan faced many challenges due to her lack of external beauty. O-lan’s feet had never been bound when…

creativity. The chakra corresponds to the sexual organs, and produces the sexual hormones that guide our lives. This Chakra also governs the production of sex hormones and plays a role in producing mood swings. This Chakra is symbolized by a six petal lotus. Manipura The Manipura is the navel. It is considered to be the solar plexus chakra. This chakra deals with the transitions that are found between base emotions and complex emotions. The chakra itself is in charge of base emotions and…

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to keep. Wang Lung acquiesced, but he did not understand why she asked for them. Later, Wang snatched the pearls away from O-lan and gave them to his concubine, Lotus. The pearls held some meaning to all three of these characters, but it held the most importance to O-lan and affected her the most. First of all, Wang Lung, O-lan, and Lotus all regarded the pearls differently. Wang Lung only considered jewelry such as pearls for the purchasing of more land, as he says, “It must be sold and put…

Hi, I am one of the men that Odysseus, my captain picked. Picked for what? Well, he picked me to go see what the land of the Lotus- eaters would be like and who would live there. I am feeling proud of that since I was one of the only three men who got to go. We are setting off to see who lived on this Lotus- eaters island. Whoa, look, there are some men like us here. They don't seem harmful. Oh, thanks for the offering for the fruit, but I'll pass. Wait, no. Food! I felt like I haven't eaten…

trying to sail through the tough waves that life brings. Life will have struggles just like Odysseus had his own troubles on his journey back to his wife, I too will have more to go through. As the story regails, Odysseus has encountered the lotus eater. Theses lotus eater try to keep Odysseus and his crew to stray away from their goal of getting back to their families in Ithaca. In my life my friends and I were out walking home. As we continued on our way there was a group of girls that came…

The 20 year journey and all of the obstacles he faced while at sea is the main help that developed the character Odysseus. I mean over a 20 year time period he faced a cyclopes, lotus eaters, Calypso and many more.Some people may say that the goal of getting home is what creates him as a character, I say that all he went through and how he dealt with it is what makes him a great character.When he went to the cyclopes cave and got half his crew stuck with a man eating beast, he used his head and…

adventure back home. During his expedition Odysseus meets a variety of monsters and gods, some of which are helpful while the others create obstacles. Throughout his journey he dauntlessly battles the Cyclops, pushes him and his men through the tempting Lotus-Eaters, and strategically kept his mouth shut as they confronted the Scylla and Charybdis. The many conflicts Odysseus encounters, whether internal or external, help unveil a variety of personality traits by showing how he deals…

Odysseus’ men fall into the curiosity trap of the Lotus plant the Lotus-Eaters have to offer when beached on the coastline of the Lotus-Eaters. As Odysseus sends two picked men and a runner, “They fell in, soon enough, with Lotus-Eaters, who showed no will to do us harm, only offering the sweet Lotus to our friends”(p. 761 ll. 94-96). Once offered this foreign honeyed plant, the men’s curiosity gets the best of them, as they want to know the unknown of the Lotus plant. Which in result, leads to…

plants, animals and gods are splashed and slapped on the walls, red lentil paste splattered over top of them in thick layers. The largest painting is of Shiva and Parvati together, both holding their palms out while standing on a giant pink-tipped lotus, a small ganesh lies at their feet. While many of the classic religious pieces are sacred, they are not considered to be so holy that they cannot be touched, or that the people can’t interact with the idolized paintings and sculptures. The…