Many things start the same, and end drastically different. The main character, of Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman, Caden, follows the path of two contrary hero's journeys; with the same call to adventure and conflicting mentors and threshold guardians. As Caden embarks on his journeys of healing and illness, he has foil mentors and threshold guardians. In Caden’s journey to the bottom of the trench the captain helps Caden in every possible way, in addition the captain strongly opposes Caden’s “partaking in [the crows nest’s] odious liberations” (Shusterman 55), and even “order[s Caden] to kill the parrot” (Shusterman 250). The captain plays the role of the mentor in Caden’s journey to the trench due to the extensive help and guidance the Captain gives Caden, likewise the
In Challenger Deep and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner , many of the scenes in the book take place in a ship , a ship symbolizes how the characters will be going through a journey and will end up at a different place than where they started . The parrot that Caden talks about relates to the albatross and the connection with the sailors, they battle with the characters in which side to choose . In Challenger Deep , Caden is fighting with his mental illness and his doctor and doesn’t know which one to trust , the parrot tells him to kill the captain as the captain tells him to kill the parrot . Although he needs help with his illness , this creates a bigger problem with him . In The Rime of the Ancient Mariner , the sailors are fighting with the sailor at first that he’d killed the albatross because it was helping them with the breeze that was moving the ship .
In this story “The Most Dangerous Game,” by Richard Connell, Rainsford falls off a yacht and swims to Ship Trap Island. He then meets General Zarroff, only shortly after that he finds out that General Zarroff is hunting him. This story is full of suspence, suspence is a feeling of expectation, anxiousness, or curiosity that is created by a readers questions. Connell builds suspence from the beginning to the end of “The Most Dangerous Game”. One way Connell builds suspence is by the description of Ship-Trap Island.
Caden Bosch is a teenager that experienced a lot of things and he had many lows and highs throughout his journey with schizophrenia. Throughout the book we find out that Caden is an artist, a patient and a schizophrenic. At first nobody realized that Caden was sick but he knew that this was “just the dark tip of a much larger, much deeper, much blacker pyramid” (Shusterman.35). Caden is an artist that loves to draw, his drawings are very creative and they show how he is feeling. His art is full of details and he draws what he feels in his head, the drawings were originally created by Neal Shusterman’s son.
The novel follows him when he experiences the problems that his fatal flaw,
The motif of darkness that fully consumes Tom reveals his current emotional state as the bleakness of the situation leaves Tom feeling unable to deal with the situation, highlighting how the confronting nature of the transition has left Tom with a depressed perspective of the situation. However, Tom gains a new perspective of his situation which is evident through the motif of running, which gives him time to talk about dealing with his problems with his uncle, Brendan. The motif of running is therapeutic for Tom as he learns to overcome his fear of facing the past and allowing himself to let go of burdens that come with it. “I’d zone out, the weight of my thoughts shredding with each kilometre, like layers of skin falling onto the track, leaving an empty shell”, the imagery of Tom’s skin leaving a shell on the ground highlights that through his relationship with Brendan and their therapeutic sessions running, he has been able to put the past behind him and grow to develop a new perspective. Furthermore, Tom’s relationship with Chrissy is the final stage of Tom’s emotional recovery, allowing him to become himself again.
Shusterman’s Challenger Deep is a fascinating novel that guides readers through a teenage boy’s mental health journey as his insecurities and paranoia obscure the lines between fantasy and reality. Shusterman's beguiling use of figurative language throughout the novel immerses readers until the end. The story is narrated in an unusual but effective format, alternating short chapters between a manipulated sense of reality and reveries, which occurs on a ship set sail for Challenger Deep. However, the format and content resulted in a particularly challenging read, hence the rating of 4.5/5 stars. Caden Bosch is a 15-year-old boy who struggles with schizophrenia.
The book also explores the inner thoughts and feelings of a paranoid, depressed individual
The science fiction novel, Ship Breaker, by Paolo Bocigolupi, is about a boy named Nailer, who works in the shipyard where he has to survive in order to live. Nailer thinks there is more to his life and believes fate will set him free. Nita, a girl who Nailer saves, can be his hope to escape the shipyard because her father is in charge of the ship yard. In order for Nailer to better his future, he has to overcome difficult challenges along his way. In an assertion, by science fiction writer Ursula Le Guin speaks of an occurring problem in the world that people aren’t noticing, but science fiction allows us to observe what is happening without actually having to experience the problem.
Since Titanic radioed to some ships, one didn 't have its radio on, so it made them aware that ships must have their radio on all times. Ships must always have their radios on, because if they don 't a ship could sink. Then they would not be able to help. It will help ships be detected at all times. This will help, because the ocean is very large.
Pridefully, the makers of the Titanic had the audacity to deem the Titanic as unsinkable with high hopes. Because of such arrogance and anticipation built around the Titanic, the passengers focused on irrelevant lavish novelties such as their “jewels in joy designed”, and disregarded the eventual strength of nature. Now the opulents’ luxuries “lie lightless… sparkles bleared and black and blind” at the bottom of the sea. By illustrating the jewels’ transition from being ravishing to dull in appearance, the speaker provides a reflection of how the passengers’ misguided values had caused them to die and become worthless in the end. The speaker also portrays nature’s apathetic viewpoint towards the sunken jewels such as “the sea-worm crawls - grotesque, slimed, dumb, indifferent” to further emphasize how pointless human superficiality
Thomas learns mysteries about his past and the maze's ultimate purpose along the journey. Not only does Thomas utilize these memories to help the gladers escape, but he endangers them in the end. The recurrent major theme of this
When faced traumatic events, from the loss of loved ones to the cruelty of man, both the novel’s titular scientist and his superhuman aberration find solace secluding themselves from humanity and embracing the
Challenger Deep: When two realities collide into the perception of one The thrilling and inspiring story of Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman explains the perception of reality through the story of a young teenage boy named Caden Bosch. Shusterman suggests that Caden suffers from a severely growing anxiety that combines with visual hallucinations, illustrating his perceptions of reality and how they strongly connect to his fantasy. Throughout the story, Shusterman provides a variety of symbols and motifs, including the ship, the abyssal serpent, and Skye’s puzzle piece, to allegorize and suggest Caden's perception of reality, which alters from how we view these experiences as “standard” functioning humans. Shusterman begins
As the characters navigate the maze, they confront the presence of an unseen power manipulating their lives. Simultaneously, the maze acts as a catalyst, forcing them to confront their inner struggles and delve deep within themselves to uncover their true identities. Through this dual representation, the novel combines the themes of authority, control, and self-discovery, showcasing the intricate relationship between external forces and internal growth. The ever-shifting nature of the maze, coupled with the numerous trials the characters endure, serves as a powerful symbol of their profound lack of control over their circumstances and the pervasive authority that WICKED exerts over their lives. The boys find themselves captured by the WICKED in an enigmatic realm they struggle to comprehend.
