"Love" and "Journey to Petropolis" are to some extent very similar. ... "Journey to Petropolis" suggests alienation of "Missy" to such an extent that she is completely oblivious of her surroundings. ... Analogous to Anna is Missy from the "Journey to Petropolis". ... This is extended in the "Journey to Petropolis" where Missy keeps seeing herself as a wife and a mother. ... The three stories, "Love", "Journey to Petropolis" and the story of Clarice herself seemed to have something in common in them. ...

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Halfway through his journey, a storm passes which marks a turning point in Neddy's life. ... His journey even sees him turn into a "pitiful," (387) figure by the side of the highway. ... Cheever uses the changes in the weather and seasons to show that Neddy's journey home is representative of a journey through a period of time much longer than one afternoon. ... Alcohol makes repeated appearances throughout Neddy's journey home. ... As Neddy's journey grows more difficult, he wishes deeply for a drink. ...

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Phoenix is very determined to complete her journey, though many obstacles exist. The reason for her journey, to receive medicine for her sick grandson, has a chronic throat condition caused by drinking lye. ... Through her love for her grandson, she is devoted to complete her journey. ... Even with being overwhelmed by an aging body throughout the journey, Phoenix never put offs from the path she has taken, and even becomes brave in completing the journey. ... Every time she completes this journey she is refueled and becomes ready for the next journey. ...

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A journey is a common way for numerous authors to explain metaphors. ... Among Agnon's short stories, common themes of the traditions of Judaism are found to be described through journeys. ... In doing so he boards a train to journey to his father's home town. ... Agnon's, "To Father's House" and "A Whole Loaf", have a reason behind their journeys. ... The use of a journey is a metaphor for fulfillment of the Jewish tradition....

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After passing through the different periods of time, the empty house is the end of the journey. ... The empty house symbolizes the end of Neddy's life and journey through time. ... Throughout the journey Neddy loses his liveliness as well. ... Later in his journey, Neddy does not have the strength to do this showing his loss of youthfulness. ... Cheever uses the journey through the suburb along with symbolism to show the inevitability of aging. ...

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At the beginning of the story, Goodman Brown leaves on a journey without Faith, his new wife. The same way, the Puritans left their faith "at home" and set out on a journey apart from their bride, Jesus Christ. Goodman Brown's desire to journey without Faith leads to her sacrifice. ...

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The story itself represents a journey that every man must face, the journey through life and the temptation of evil. ... He is newly married and just beginning his journey through life. ... Goodman's trip through the forest is a journey into uncharted and dangerous territory. ...

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Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a short story about a young husband and wife and the journey that the husband (Goodman Brown) takes one night. ... He makes a journey through the woods with an elderly man who is the antagonist. The journey is symbolic to the path that everyone must choose in life. ... The conclusion is ironic because Goodman set out on his journey to make his life better for him and his wife, but the journey changed his life forever in the fact that he could never trust anyone again and truthfully he was all alone. ...

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As an "old Negro woman" (Welty 275), Phoenix strives to overcome numerous obstacles on her arduous journey to get medicine for her ailing grandson. ... She has a unique way that she deals with disrespect from those she meets along her journey, which has brought on criticisms from contemporary authors. From the description that Welty gives of Phoenix in the beginning of "A Worn Path," it is easy to comprehend how difficult a long, hard, cold journey will be for Phoenix. ... The Journey that Phoenix takes is burdened with many obstacles. ... Next she comes across a patch of thorns that seem li...

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It is a story of a young man named Sammy's journey from being an adolescent with no real grasp of the real world to a young man preparing for the lifelong journey. ... He seems to mature and understand that the world will be a hard place for him for the rest of his journey through life. ...

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On his journey home Neddy experiences a symbolic journey through his life from the happiness of youth to the loneliness of old age. He goes through a journey of realization from the ignorance and innocence of being young. ... As he begins on his journey his life starts to take a downward turn. ... "He had an inexplicable contempt for men who did not hurl themselves into pools" Then by the end of the journey he becomes tired, "he found the strength in his arms and shoulders had gone, and he paddled to the ladder and climbed out.... " The final part of the story is when Nedd...

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And every time he ran out of his medication, she would walk a long journey to the nearest town to the clinic to get it for him. ... Another form of phoenix bird symbolism is when she speaks to all of the animals in the forest telling them not to interrupt her journey and not get underneath her feet while she is walking. ...

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Young Goodman Brown has decided much to the angst of his wife, to go into the forest to carry out an evil journey. ... Young Goodman Brown knew that there was an evil purpose to his journey but decides to go because he is curious. ... The fact that this man, who is most likely; the devil, reveals this key fact about his journey is enough to confirm he is some sort of supernatural being, Salem is over 15 miles away from Boston, there is no way this man could of made it to this tree as quickly as he did. ... Following his journey into the forest, Goodman Brown lives out the rest of his life as &...

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According to mythology, every five hundred years, the bird would cross the desert on a journey to restore its youth. In the story, Phoenix is the character that makes a treacherous journey through the Natchez Trail. ...

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Symbolism expresses a figurative depiction of something. The imagery in many pieces of literature is conspicuous. An excellent depiction of imagery is the short story "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The story is bursting with figurative meaning. It also contributes the perfect illustra...

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Eudora Welty, the author of "A Worn Path", used most of her symbolism when hinting that it was Christmas time and using phrases that compare her long and grueling journey to life itself. ... When she passed the old cabins that were rotting and boarded shut, it symbolized her age and how long she has been around because she probably was making that journey before that cabin was ever boarded up. ...

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The story is basically about rabbits going on a journey and the obstacles they encounter along their way. ... He leads the groups and many of the other rabbits look to him when something goes wrong during the journey. ... It sounds crazy, but in order to understand this concept, you must read the book and go on the journey for yourself. ...

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Welty's story is about the journey of an old African American woman named Phoenix Jackson, who endures many obstacles walking through the woods to the town of Natchez to get her grandson medication. ... Her journey is long and strife with obstacles, which could represent the path of life. ... She makes this journey with confidence and when she has to walk over a log to get across the creek, she "[put] her right foot out, she mounted the log and shut her eyes. ...

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There are several themes present in this novel, the two most prominent I feel being Jody's journey to manhood, and the theme of life and death, and how interrelated they are. ... The novel begins at daybreak, which symbolizes Jody's beginning journey towards manhood. ...

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Along Alain's spiritual journey, Father Mulligan insists they go to the mountain for a couple of months to find clarity in themselves and in their religion, almost like some sort of soul searching retreat. ...

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The forest that Brown's journey takes place in is also highly figurative in this story. ... Walsh asserts that this acts as an illustration of Brown's journey down the road of hopelessness from which there seems to be no escape from the evil that lurks within (239). ...

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In this story the author displays the mans" arrogance when he ignored the advice of the old man back at Sulphur Creek when he began his journey through the wilderness. ... In "How to Build a Fire", the protagonist experiences many hardships along the second half of his journey. ...

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Within the contents of this tale, a young lad named Robin sets off from his home in the country, on a journey to the little metropolis of a New England colony in search of his uncle Major Molineux. ... The narrator already knows that Robin has the potential to bring down his ego, and serves as a guide to help him along in his journey of self-discovery. ...

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Phoenix sacrifices herself and her health to get the soothing medicine for her grandson, who knows how long Phoenix will be able to continue making the journey? ... Phoenix Jackson encounters many adversities along her journey, but somehow manages to get through them. ...

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The Desire of Knowledge The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall. The desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall, Francis Bacon. The two short stories Rappaccini's Daughter, by Nathaniel Hawthorn and By the Waters of Babylon, by Stephen Vincent Bena ©t each possess this comm...

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