This Boy's Life

“Why nobody told me about this? I mean although it sounds ridiculous but I have my rights to know about it,” I said after we got back home. “Like you said, it is ridiculous so, we did not tell you until this happened,” grandma said. “I still think it is utter nonsense. He died out of old age and he must be depressed that is why he talked to himself. Besides, dead old…

forever chimes and drastic seasons eternally change, someone’s everything can potentially become everyone’s nothing. Furthermore, the idea of being obsolete in the concise mind of one’s peers can be difficult to grasp in the cold hands of the universe. This realization, in fact, is necessary in contrary to the relevance of humans compared to their entire surroundings. The works “Out-Out” by Robert Frost and “A Man Said to the Universe” by Stephen Crane continually illustrate intricate themes to…

characters the writer adds to the theme of a mysterious world, knowing nothing of the future only what is happening to them currently. The unknown is a terrifying thing. It cannot be heard smelt, or touched but can still manage to impact the man and the boy’s life in tremendous ways as well as the plot. The underlying symbolism also creates a intriguing plot as well and keeps the reader thinking and pushes the plot on without directly saying what it means opening a broad spectrum of…

Discovering Your Self-Identity Who am I? Although this is a question that almost everyone asks themselves at some point in their life, many tend to never truly understand the importance of discovering the answer. In the story The Visit by Lisa Bird-Wilson and the novel Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese, not knowing the answer to this question forces both the protagonists to endure immense pain and suffering. Thus, proving that it is necessary for individuals to recognize their true identity in…

in his yard. While he is doing this he accidentally cuts his hand off. This poem shows us how life can change in an instant. Tomorrow is never promised and a person can quickly forget about enjoying life and its greatest treasures, and without even expecting it everything can be taken away. In addition to the poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” narrates the story of a man; perhaps the poet, who was traveling on a late snowy evening by horse in the woods, this man loved to appreciate…

All living beings on this planet revolve around the idea of thinking. There are endless possiblities to what we can think. It is only plausible that one day, we will ask ourselves- "what is a personal legend?," as well as "What is my personal legend?" In the captivating novel, "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho,a shepher boy named Santiago, succeeds in taking his journey to self- discovery by pursuing and living his prsonal legend. When attaining his personal legend, he meets moments of doubt,…

that a boy is remembering from his child hood. Levis vividly depicts the boy’s father “breaking a man’s hand” (Levis) on a piece of farming equipment because the man named “Rubén Vásquez” (Levis) attempted to kill him with a well described knife. His father then proceeds, with no empathy, to grab some lunch and listen to some music. The boy then contemplated the meaning of life and wondered “why anybody would risk there life” (Levis). Levis then illustrates the boy gazing into the night sky…

of this idea. They show love and kindness to each other and the people they meet. It must take tons of efforts for the father to take care of the boy in the post-apocalyptic world, and it is the love to his son that gives him strength to overcome all the difficulties encountered. When passing through a city, “he kept the pistol to hand on the folded…

in the yard…” (1), Frost gives the inanimate saw the ability to make sounds. By giving the saw this ability, the author is giving it more character traits and allowing it to be viewed as an object of power and significance. By consistently mentioning the two sounds “snarled” and “rattled,” Frost is able to associate a saw with lifelike noises. In addition, Frost is able to bring an inanimate saw to life by personifying it and…

God never really actually presented himself in Papa’s and the young boy’s life. During the travel of papa and the boy, God the symbol of hope and faith was exactly what papa and the boy didn't feel… Many times did they almost die with the luck and smart thinking of papa but that is all.. There were no miracles from God... all but pure luck… God can be used as a symbol of having faith in something, such as achieving the goal that you want to accomplish or in other words to have the hope of…