By setting this as his most significant goal in life, he begins to ignore more important things such as the lives of his crewmen, and eventually his own life. Although the novel isn't trying to say that if you over obsess with a matter or issue in your life that you will die, it's simply trying to say that if you put minor self-centered goals before what's most important, you will more than likely regret it. This lesson is very true, and can be related to real life instances. On a much more common scale, some relationships can symbolize this lesson. ... This is the lesson that...

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Setting The book takes place in a small town called Sawmill Landing in northern Minnesota. ... The setting of the lake is used symbolically, because water is a sign of life and when he went back into the lake he was infused with a life essence he did not have before. ... Also, the setting was definitely used as an antagonist. The setting represented the major opposition to Paul in the novel. ... This symbol stood for Harvey's love for his father and his internal fight for the resolution of the grief he had about him dieing....

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They also: challenge our views; let us know we are not alone; and edify us, teaching a moral lesson. ... Before the war, Hans painted Jewish homes and refused to join the Nazi party, even though his actions alone could have little impact on the deportation of Jews or the war itself. When he feeds the starving Jew, it could be argued he made a foolish decision as he endangered the life of a younger, healthier man (Max) to offer comfort to a frail elderly man, almost certain to die. ... Or on the man himself, who gets to die 'with the thought that he was a human.' ... Although the s...

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Crane's objective when writing this book was not to give a history lesson on the civil war actually the reader must know that he is talking of the civil war because he never actually states that in the novel. ... But the most obvious is the quote in 16 stating "All quiet of the Rappahannock- when we are given a specific setting. 9. ... Henry leaves him to die and throughout the entire novel Henry is haunted by this guilt. ...

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