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What ideas about Survival are represented in ‘Lion’? By isaac Molloy Survival is the ability to live or exist and face new challenges. Lion represents survival by trusting your instincts, adapting to surroundings and considering all options and think of innovative ideas.The author of Lion is Saroo Brierley written in 2013.The story is about a young boy who gets’s lost in Calcutta, then he is adopted by an Australian family then when he is an adult he finds his way home to meet his birth…

Joseph Crespino argues that Atticus Finch felt the need to take the case and help Tom Robinson who was "naïve" because, of his paternalistic side. (Crespino The Strange Career of Atticus Finch, JSTOR.com) To justify this idea of paternalism he says, " Tom Robinson is sweetly innocent and naïve; Atticus feels a moral responsibility to defend him, as the novel's tide attests, because a black man accused in the Jim Crow South was as helpless as a mockingbird." In chapter ten of To Kill a…

Life of Pie is a novel written by Yann Martel who was born on June 25, 1963, in Salamanca, Spain. It is basically a fictional story about a boy struggling through the difficulties after a shipwreck in which his whole family died along with the crewmembers. He learns new ways to survive at the sea. It teaches a person to stay patient and not to lose hope in any circumstance. The first part of the novel is narrated as in the first person by Pi himself. Pi recounts his story from the background…

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to crash land in the ocean well I have. This is the story of how me and my friends survived a plane crash a killer shark and a deserted island. All we wanted to do was help build houses. It all started out like any other day I woke up got dressed and got my coffee and went to school. When I got to home room I sat down and that is wen mrs.alexander announced that we were go to north africa to help build houses she said that there had been a tsunami.…

The theme of power is very evident in many works of literature, especially regarding culture, gender, and sex. When interpreting any works of literature, the role of power is usually held by a male character. In our society, more so the past, power is usually associated with masculinity rather than femininity. In these two works of literature, “Disgrace” by J.M. Coetzee and “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor, the theme of gender related power can be well interpreted amongst the…

Character Analysis of David Lurie My character Analysis will be about David Lurie from Disgrace by J.M Coetzee. He was chosen for this topic because he is of course the center of the book, mainly because he has a lot going on in his life that can be elaborated on. David Lurie, in my opinion is in fact an interesting character who made some bad choices in his life, especially for his age. I disfavor David’s actions and choices he made. For a man in his fifties, he should not be flirting…

In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the author uses the main character John Proctor to portray courage in times of adversity while others cower. Miller uses Proctor's character shows that standing for what you believe in is the right thing to do, even if personal sacrifices have to be made. With all the different trials that the characters have to overcome with many of the towns people in jail and the trial of Salem, Miller shows how to be courageous during hard times and how there will…

Mockingbirds- the title of the book is known as To Kill A Mockingbird. Mockingbirds are used throughout the story as a symbol of innocence and peace. To kill a mockingbird is considered a sin. Throughout the story, a majority of the characters symbolized mockingbirds such as Boo Radley and Tom Robinson. Tom was innocent and was accused of rape. He was later killed by prison guards when he tried to escape. In the end, Scout believed exposing or hurting Boo to the public is like shooting a…

Literature is all around us. It is prominent and used in all studies to gain connections. One connection is to compare Literature to Real World situations or world problems. Authors always have a source of inspiration from some other work of literature and or situations occurring in the past, present, or future. In some cases, fiction or drama literature sometimes has underlying themes or realities that are current to today’s societies. The author could take a real-world situation into a…

To Kill or Not to Kill In To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee writes about a family, and their hardships throughout the time of the Great Depression. The narrator, Scout Finch tells the story through her perspective. Scout is a young, innocent little girl, but through other people's eyes reality is completely different than what it seems to her. Jem, Scout's slightly older brother lives in Maycomb, Alabama; with her, Calpurnia (the help), and their father Atticus. Maycomb is a town where racism…