In My Antonia by Willa Cather there are many life lessons that are portrayed throughout the book for every character Throughout Jims life he learns many lessons as well Some of the lessons he learned on his own while other lessons he learned from other people who helped him through life One of the main lessons that Jim learns throughout this book and his life is friendship outlasts all things including the prejudice of people Jim is a man who does not care about what others think throughout his
In the novel A Lesson Before Dying By Ernest Gaines the main character Grant Wiggins gives a man meaning in his last days alive Wiggins gives him a book to write his thoughts in and helps him to realize that he is not a hog He shows him that he is truly a good person and that he should die with his head up knowing that he led a worthy and honest life Mr Wiggins changed greatly through the story from a cold school teacher to an open hearted and caring man This helped his relationship with others
A Christmas Carol Topic Charles Dickens famous Novella A Christmas Carol although occurring at a different time period than today still holds values and lessons that are important in society today The main character Ebeneezer Scrooge starts off having no feelings for others or any Christmas spirit but changes from his gloomy dark appearance to a carefree child like persona at the end Dickens shows in A Christmas Carol that personal greed will get you nowhere while kindness and generosity lead t
A Battle Within In life we encounter many life changing experiences that if we allow them can change and build our character The Lesson by Toni Bambara is a perfect illustration that focuses on the emotional struggle of a young poverty stricken girl named Sylvia Although in the story Sylvias attitude and behavior expresses her to be a very stubborn character we are able to see with evidence the unexpected emotional change she secretly encounters after her visit to F A O Schwarz Some of the many
Toni Cade Bambaras story The Lesson is a coming of age story for an inner city girl The story is told in the first person point of view by Sylvia Sylvia is a very angry girl She begins her account by professing her hate for her self appointed teacher Miss Moore 1107 Miss Moores lesson for the day is about the unequal distribution of wealth To relate the lesson to Sylvia and the other neighborhood children Miss Moore conducts a field trip to F A O Schwartz an expensive toy store Opposed to the i
ANTIGONE LESSONS IN FOLLOWING THE HEART Antigone is a play written in 441 B C by the Greek playwright Sophocles who is probably one of the most well known interpretations of a tragic drama The two main characters are Antigone and Creon There is a conflict between Antigone and Creon throughout the play both of them having their own ideas and opinions regarding divine law represented by Creon versus human law obeyed by Antigone This conflict controls the whole play It is an issue of which law is
Cathedral Raymond Carvers story Cathedral is a story full of moral lessons based on one mans prejudice toward another Set in the New York home of a nameless narrator and his wife the story is about a blind man Robert who comes to visit the couple and the conflict that each character faces in the midst of his visit His wife had died So he was visiting the dead wifes relatives in Connecticut the narrator states 19 The narrators obvious bitterness toward Robert is clearly conveyed in this statemen
The value of money and material things in life is a moral concept that is seen in many short stories Having money in your life does not necessarily mean that you have everything or your life is happy but living a good life and appreciating what you have is the most important lesson In two particular stories The Lesson by Toni Cade Bambara and The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant the main characters are subjected to how living a life based on having money and material items is not actually living i