... to Hana. He says, "I know you love the man, but he's not an Englishman. In the early part of the war I was working in Cairo "the Tripoli Axis. Rommel's Rebecca spy "" (Ondaatje 164). Kip and Hana are both detached people whom although seem unattached to one another. The reader learns through their stories that they have the same passion ... ...
... novel is full of characters that show Scott Monk's concern with the individual's response to institutionalisation. Characters such as Josh, Robbie (Frog), Tyson and his followers, and Brett's ex girlfriend Rebecca, provide more perspectives into the concept of the individual's reaction to the institution. Each character is affected differently by the pressure to comply with The Farm's institutional structures. Josh has ... ...
... a more customary life (marriage, etc.), I suppose Alcott is making the point that while the individualistic model of womanhood is more desirable, the customary one is more realistic. As the critic Rebecca Lukens points out, Alcott's idealistic writing reflects her father's efforts "to form the perfect social community- (291). In other words, she is teaching her young readers the lessons about growing ... ...
