In Sara Gruen’s “Water for Elephants”, due to his single-minded desire for Marlena, Jacob achieves beyond what might have seemed possible for him. He committed adultery, attempted to kill August in an act to protect Marlena and even bought back the animals and went back to veterinary school, to make her happy. Upon meeting Marlena, Jacob’s core morals such as integrity remained the same, although he developed traits such as bravery, compassion and ambition. Jacob committed an act that most would describe unthinkable. He himself might have thought the same if not for the circumstances.…
Throughout life, one is influenced by relationships, whether it be from close friends, strangers or even house pets. The intrinsic nature of oneself is developed through interpersonal interactions and one’s character continues to evolve through life. Likewise, in Sara Gruen's Water for Elephants, the different types of relationships Jacob Jankowski experiences in his youth lead to his development into a caring, compassionate and understanding man. Yet, Jacob’s strong sexual desire for women leads him to disregard love and forgo empathy.…
Jack is fired from his position as a teacher after professing his love for Tracy, and when he gets home, he tells his wife Sherry that he wants to divorce her, ending their…
I chose the quote from when the narrator had finally met up with Sonny, “I was remembering, and it made it hard to catch my breath, that I had been there when he was born; and I had heard the first words he had ever spoken.” f I’ll begin with the narrator and what I understood from his thought. to the narrator he was well exactly describing what he’d witness in his brother’s childhood. He’s making it know that he was there for Sonny as a child and had seen him grow up. Very much in a similar way as a parent does with their own child.…
In Water For Elephants, Sara Gruen examines circus life in the 1930s through the eyes of the main character, Jacob. Jacob is a college student who, after the death of his parents, leaves home to join a circus. During his time with the circus, Jacob experiences and witnesses violence. As Jacob sees animals and humans being abused, he, unlike most characters, takes a different perspective and does not commit or join the cycle of violence. Contrastingly, August, the main antagonist, is a main contributor to the cycle.…
A family is one of the most important parts in our lives. They help you through the adverse times by finding ways to make you happy through these difficult and tough times. A family does everything they can to help lead them through bad times and this theme of family relations is prevalent in “Sonny’s Blues” and Kafka’s The Metamorphosis. In both works, the authors develop situations in which families had to help one another through very tough times in their life.…
In the movie The Truman Show, the main character, Truman Burbank, is unknowingly the star of a 30 year long reality show about his own life. It all takes place under a giant dome and Truman’s boundaries are hidden from him. Truman has no clue he is living inside a television studio, surrounded by actors and cameras. 5,000 cameras are placed around the town of Seahaven, and are recording his life for a TV audience, 24 hours a day. As the movie progresses, Truman begins to suspect that his entire life is part of something bigger.…
Because of Lenny's problem keeping a job, the brothers are forced to move frequently. Lenny likes to touch things that appear to be soft or comforting to touch: hair for example. Lenny loves animals. George, played Gary Sinise, tries his hardest to be a good friend.…
The Fault In Our Stars- Parental Relationship Development The article “Parent and Child” states “The relationship between parent and child is of fundamental importance to U.S. society, because it preserves the safety and provides for the nurture of dependent individuals.” Parents are an important part of a child’s life and growth, and often a child’s relationship with their parents changes as they grow and change. The book The Fault In Our Stars, written by John Green, is a perfect example of this.…
The movie “50 First Dates” characters Lucy, Henry, Tom and Doug provide examples of psychological aspects within the film. Lucy and Tom experience a brain injury with a memory deficit, Henry has commitment phobia and Doug has a addiction problem. Henry Roth, a marine veterinarian at an aquarium, decides to pursue this girl named Lucy who got into a serious car accident even though he is not really looking for a long term relationship at the time. In result of the car accident, Lucy suffers from anterograde amnesia but in the movie it is called Goldfield Syndrome. Lucy is unable to make new memories, but the long term memories before her car accident remains intact.…
In the movie “The Blind Side”, is a Black African American teenager who was homeless and came from a rough childhood growing up. Michael “ Big Mike” was taken in by this wonderful family, “The Tuohy’s”. While staying with the Tuohy’s family, Big Mike had a different aspect in this life. During the whole movie Big Mike becomes successful, and a professional football player with the help of the Tuohy’s. Until this day Michael is playing for the Carolina Panthers.…
Karen Horney, a medical professional from Germany, had an early interest in psychoanalysis. Horney studied with Karl Abraham, a protégé of Sigmund Freud, however Horney came to disagree with a handful of Sigmund Freud’s theory, including his interpretation on the psychology of women. Horney believed that Freud had a “male bias in psychoanalytic thought”, Horney then introduced the concept of womb envy or the envy in which males feel due to the their lack of the ability to get pregnant, nurse, or be a mother (Biography.com). Through focusing on feminist psychology and psychiatric treatment of women, Horney is commonly considered the founder of feminine psychology. Horney is most known for her conflicting view of aggression, power, and sex…
In the play A Doll’s House many characters play many different roles for different purposes. One very important character- Christine Linde, plays the role of a confidante, role model, and a lover. A confidante is a person with whom someone shares a secret or private matter, trusting they will not tell anyone.…
Throughout history, the definition of “family” has grown and evolved to fit the needs of the time. Whether this include aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, or simply spouses, each arrangements produces its own benefits as well as challenges. In the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, the Loman family fits the mold of a “nuclear family,” defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as “a family group that consists only of father, mother, and children” (“Nuclear Family”). However, certain connotations and images follow this title, such as a white picket fence, the father as a breadwinner, football-star children, submissive wife, solid income, etc. Lomans wished and ultimately failed to create all of these notions, leading to the inefficiencies…
In the chilling narrative, The Fall of the House of Usher, Edgar Allan Poe describes the gradual emergence of insanity within both the narrator and his companion, Roderick. However, beneath the surface of the relationship that is exhibited between the duo lies a more complex parallel: Roderick and Madeline. Roderick and Madeline are not only described as twins, but also are strongly alluded to be symbolically connected together to the house. Poe symbolically portrays the deterioration of the mind by describing the relationship between the conscious versus unconscious, Roderick versus Madeline within the House of Usher.…