There are many ways to identify a seeker There is a hunger in their eyes a look of inquisitiveness and often skepticism They are looking for the answer and that search is rarely interrupted Every experience and every moment is analyzed and scrutinized for its application to their lives In Jack Kerouacs Dharma Bums Viking Press1959 we have a story chock full of seekers From the narrator Ray and his fellow bums to the poets and people he meets along his journeys across the country and back again
Hamlet is fundamentally a play about seeking the truth The opening scene is a miniature play which introduces the questions that will have to be answered throughout the rest of the work Barnardo asks Whos there and is answered by Fransisco with Nay answer me Stand and unfold yourself 1 1 1 2 The entire plot is encapsulated in these words with Hamlet struggling to know who is really standing across from him and with his own unfolding of himself to the audience Thus Hamlet will seek to know the t
The Little Prince Published in 1943 The Little Prince is a fantasy about a pilot stranded in the Sahara who meets a small boy from another planet The boy who refers to himself as a prince is on a quest for knowledge The little prince asks questions of the pilot and tells the pilot of life on his own very small planet This story is told in a simple fashion as childrens stories typically are but it is not really a childrens story It is a story of a grown up who has almost forgotten what is import
Maestro by Peter Goldsworthy Maestro by Peter Goldsworthy This is a novel about love in all its forms What does Paul learn from his various relationships in the novel In the novel Maestro by Peter Goldsworthy the protagonist Paul is educated about love in all its forms from the various relationships he encounters During his time with Eduard Keller Paul learns how important honesty and harsh criticism is for achieving or not achieving his goals From his parents love Paul learns that opposites do
The theme I will be focusing on is faith in Zeitoun by Dave Eggers is a book that illustrates one mans faith when faced with a disaster The book is set in New Orleans and the surrounding United States during August September and October 2005 when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast Zeitoun the main character of the story is a devout Muslim who strongly believes in a God He was brought up in Syria a country with a reputation of stubborn people He believes that everything happens for a reason an
T he year is 1775 and social ills plague both France and England Jerry Cruncher an odd job man who works for Tellsons Bank stops the Dover mail coach with an urgent message for Jarvis Lorry The message instructs Lorry to wait at Dover for a young woman and Lorry responds with the cryptic words Recalled to Life At Dover Lorry is met by Lucie Manette a young orphan whose father a once eminent doctor whom she supposed dead has been discovered in France Lorry escorts Lucie to Paris where they meet