Although rationalized by the fact that "she was only going to be there a certain amount of time" and that this "kept up the distance between [them], a nice distance, just the right-sized distance [ which] seemed to take away any danger, any wildness," Joe's determination is shown to waver when he consistently must remind himself that he "did not want to grow too close to her" (194, 196)
Clearly, he is only attempting to justify his fears and mask the fact that he is running from himself. As expected, his emotions finally catch up with him in one last climactic struggle. Alone with his love and surrounded by the flames of the spreading grass fire, Joe "thought about [his] fears, all the different ones, and the things that could make a person run" and was left with a sorrowful emptiness when Glenda left the next day and never returned (199). Although running from emotions provides temporary security and comfort, ignorance can never be eternal bliss as facing the truth in circumstances out of our control is unavoidable and very painful.
Bass begins his short story with a detailed account of snowshoe hares and their vulnerability during spring as a result of their soon-to-be-brown white fur. The rabbits, though naturally nervous little creatures, would "move down out of the snow, [ despite being seen] coming a mile away [ ] as white and pure as Persian cats, hopping over brown logs [ and] trails of black earth," to eat your berries (189). They could also be seen "standing around the greenhouse [ ] just aching to get in" to attain the forbidden yet desired fruit (189). Bass uses these rodents as an analogy for Joe and Glenda, who desire that which must be denied to them both. The logger also believes his relationships with women are an imprisonment of their spirit, much the same way the greenhouse entraps the rabbits with its mesmerizing lure. Joe makes a direct connection between the.
Ella's Eve She had fled from the house seeking somewhere calm; somewhere she could think. ... She knew how hopeless the wick felt against the flickering flame. ... The now-cool evening air swept by her, pushing her and the flame forward. ... That she would not be like that candle wick and let the flames get to her. ... She would hold on until that flame blew out. ...
Once they fell in love, Medea fled her family and home country to be with Jason. While fleeing across the Mediterranean Medea killed her own brother and threw him overboard in an attempt to slow their pursuers. ... She also exclaimed "Come, flame in the sky, pierce through my head! ... Medea gave up everything to be Jason's wife; she fled her home country and disgraced her family to please him. ...
Dresden a civilian city became an increasing refuge to fleeing people, housing 650 thousand plus people. ... The bombing created a firestorm of super heated air rising rapidly, sucking in the cool surrounding air, creating extreme winds underneath the flame. This made escaping the flame exceedingly impossible[ CITATION The142 l 1033 ]. ...
Although Chris and Billy fled immediately after pulling their stunt at prom, Carrie eventually finds them driving in Billy's car. ... Part of one straight pipe fell into it, and the gas bloomed into flame." (220) Christine Hargensen makes Carrie's life miserable at school, but she is not the one causing despair at home. ... Those who ever felt true compassion for her lived on and only suffered the pain of seeing an entire town burn down in flames. ...
When Ahmed and his men were attacked by the bear men in the small hut, they fought for a while and the bear men fled back into the night to their cave. ... Grendel fled back into the night, down to his cave under the hellish waters of the lake. ... In Beowulf, Beowulf fights the dragon, though he was not the one to kill the beast, he fought, was burned terribly from the flames of the dragon and, like the leader of the Norsemen, he dies shortly afterwards. ...
That night, I fled Colchis with Jason on the Argo. ... After they have done so, Jason and I fled Thessaly to go on another adventure. ... The messenger from the royal palace came and told me the wonderful news of Glauce and Creon killed together in a burst of flames. ...
When Islamic Arabs invaded Persia in 650 AD, a small number of Zoroastrians fled to India where most are concentrated today. ... All sacred rituals of the Zoroastrianism religion are practiced around fire because the followers believe that the flame is the embodiment of God. ...
