Реферат: The Struggles Of Life Essay Research Paper

move to Australia lead to her journey of self-discovery. She realizes how important life

becomes in the midst of death.

I know why she wanted her ashes scattered there at

Ku-Ring-Gai. It was the joy and the liveliness ? the

sense of endless celebration that clung to all figures

in the rock. (Stones 25)

Minna realizes and wants others to realize that everyone, no matter of what the individual looks

like, should be able to enjoy happiness in life. Robert wantes the horses to have the freedom as

he does in life. Minna wants her daughter to have the freedom that she has in life. Minna wants

her daughter to also experience the joy of love and the sense of endless celebration. The figure

cut in the stones at Ku-Ring-Gai was a child.

The child of the two stick figures rejoicing by its

side beneath the moon. And the child had long,

albino hair and one six-fingered hand stretched out

for all the world to see forever…. (Stones 26)

Minna concludes her life with the discovery with herself. The importance of life to Minna is

apparent here, as she wants her daughter, who has six fingers on each hand, to be exposed to

society. Hiding her from people would show how she does not respect what she created. Instead

she wants to display her miracle which was created inside her, for everyone to behold.

Throughout Minna?s time in Toronto on Queens Street, she had witnessed first-hand the

destruction of life. These horror lead to her psychological change which inevitably leads to her

journey of self-discovery. Minna, like Robert, comes to the conclusion of the importance of

life, and how it should be set free to live with others.

In many ways, the war of life affects individuals, leading to physical and mental change.

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Through facing hardships in life, one can assess his/her experience and discover more about

themselves and the world around them. War does exist in Robert?s and Minna?s physical

accounts of the horror of life. Robert?s experience is in World War One. Minna?s experience is

life on the streets of Toronto with the homeless. The psychological change in Robert and