He wants to be able to taste, see, smell and touch things, he wants to have literal proof of things and ideas, and thus he has a much harder time with the ideas of religion and God and has no certainties or rules to guide him. ... He loses his guiding principle in life. ... It's this ambiguity that makes this the amazing piece of modern literature that it is. ...
It is also a source of food, that source of food, which our Shepherd guided us to for our sake alone. ... He does not make us drink, He does not make us walk in the water for we do not need to walk in water, He simply guides us, leading our way, facing any danger before us for our protection. ... He guides us and makes it possible to follow the ways of the ones that we should trust most, those that have morals, those whom live without sin. ... He will guide us to live the life most holy. ... The Norton Introduction to Literature. 8th ed. ...
The battle between the forces of good and those of evil is a popular topic for all manner of literature. ... Through the entirety of the story Ashella practices the dark arts, from the tutelage of her mother through her time at the ball, demons are her guide and magic her evil weapon of choice. ... A struggle that undoubtedly will be at the forefront of children and adult literature for a long time to come....
People such as the Thenardiers "have only one guide: want, and their only form of satisfaction is appetite- (246). ... He felt the same identity crisis as Jean Valjean realizing he was not a hard-hearted criminal that hated society: "[Marius] heard talk of philosophy, of literature, of art, of history, of religion, in a style he had not looked for. ...
