.... “I will work harder”. The story then flashbacks to how the two first met. Jurgis met Ona at a horse fair, and they fell in love. They were too poor to have a wedding because Ona’s father had died. In hopes of finding freedom and fortune, they left for America, bringing several members of Ona’s family with them. As soon as Jurgis and his family arrive in America they are faced with a problem. They do not speak English and get lost. Finally, they get a cab. They are let off at the yards and bump into Jonas’s friend. He finds them a place to stay in Packingtown. It is a section o .....

.... Carrie’s discovery of her menstrual period- the initial event associated with the emergence into womanhood- brings her only fear and loathing ( Magistrale 336 ). One of Carrie White’s biggest and greatest downfalls in her misinformation to life is her misunderstanding of the pre-adolescent menstrual cycle. Carrie White experiences some sort of dysmenorrhea which functions as a portent of her personal destruction and the destruction of her community ( Burns and Kannee 369 ). Carrie White’s mother never explained this important event in a young woman’s life to Carri .....

.... Marek, is mentally and physically disabled and her sister, Yulka, is still a youngster. With the help of their neighbors, the Burdens, 'Antonia is able to establish a meager living for her family. She does this by working on her farm as well as the other farms in the area. While this work is very beneficial for the family, 'Antonia is turned into a rough and wild creature. When she is old enough, 'Antonia leaves the prairies and goes in to town to find work. She becomes what we would call today, a live-in housekeeper. She works hard and sends all of her wages home to help her mother and .....

.... was brainwashed into conforming to the normal society by loving Big Brother. The brainwashing in the book might be a little exaggerated but it is still the same concept. Yet another example is how people are tagged with numbers. People today are identified by a social security number same as in 1984. Many of Orwells predictions became true but many didn't. Despite the truths, there were many untruths prevalent in 1984. Many concepts expressed in the book such as banned sex, thought police, food shortages from the past were all predictions that never became tru .....

.... possible source of assistance in his journey to find his inner self. After their meeting, however, Siddhartha becomes more convinced that the Buddha's methods satisfy his logical and tangible needs, but will not bring him any closer to realizing his spiritual and metaphysical needs. The theme of maturity presents itself in Siddhartha's conclusion that if he is to achieve an immaterial balance, it must be on his own. He understands that the Buddha had a remarkable experience, but it is a personal one. Siddhartha sees that his development process relies on his forging his own experiences, .....

.... uses the interaction of the main character and the Coma Baby as proof that the main character will not realize the fallacies of his ways until he has hit rock-bottom. The Coma Baby is shown to be the symbolic representation of the main character through his actions and philosophy toward life, a philosophy wholly irresponsible and unmotivated. As the main character approaches he asks the Baby if he's going to come out. The Baby responds with "No way José. I like it in here. Everything I need is pumped in."(line 11) This remark illustrates the main character's attitude toward life. .....

.... a place like that?” [Candy, p. 59] George immediately grows suspicious of the man, defending the deal. Candy explains that he hasn’t much time left before he’s ‘canned’ and he has no place to go. Candy offers a large sum of money to the two, and asks only to live there until he dies. George accepts and Candy is grateful. “Went out to the Riverside Dance Palace his this guy. He said he worked for the pitchers, he said I was a natural, he was gonna put me in a movie” [Curly’s wife, p. 89] Curly’s wife, the symbol of temptation in the novel, has dreams of her own. She wanted .....

.... dress and along with the dress she gets a radiant necklace from Mrs. Forrestier. The incident in which Mathlide loses the necklace plays an active role in Mathlide’s pride. Mathlide refuses to endure embarrassment by telling Mrs. Forrestier that she lost her necklace, so she goes and replaces the necklace. Her pride will not let her stoop so low into apologizing, pleading for forgiveness for nothing, instead her pride tells her that she is capable of replacing the necklace, and so she does. Her pride dreadfully leads her into destitution lifestyle, something she is not most proud of. .....

.... leaving the smell of land behind him, he set his lines. Two of his baits were fresh tunas which the boy had given him, as well as sardines to cover his hooks. The lines went straight down into the deep sea. As the sun rose, he saw the bird circled and circled. This time Santiago saw tuna leaping in the sunlight. A small one took the hook on his stern line. Hauling the quivering fish aboard, the old man thought it a good omen. Toward noon, a marlin started nibbling at the bait, which was one hundred fathoms down. Gently the old man played the fish, a big one as he knew from the weight .....

.... is indeed an overall message that the book conveys, a universal theme. The theme being the unit cohesion, teamwork, and the sense of family that develops within a squad and platoon; which are the qualities most World War II combat veterans point to when asked how they survived and won. Each incident given by a person represents in its own way the personal levels of war, how it affected the individual and their units of soldiers. The book summarizes the personal and individual aspects of war, rather than military intelligence and strategy. It is not a book about the generals or high r .....