Another Holiday for the Prince Essay -- Literary Analysis, Elizabeth

In Another Holiday for the Prince by Elizabeth Jolley the author draws upon many themes, one in particular(a) that Jolley illustrates is how poverty influences changes in the individual lives within one family. To begin with the head of the family a father is never mentioned in the story, not even once. But by not having a father figure in the story the reader can understand a lot. In society the man is the one who earns the funds and provides all the essentials for his family, however this story is presented in a society were the mother has to be the man of the family. Ones egoism can be diminished as a result of poverty, alienation destructive effects of a week personality or society on the individual. The author effectively conveys this theme through the habit of characterization, symbolism and contrast. Jolley uses characterization to individualize each character in a poverty stricken family. The son is referred to as a prince by his mother some(prenominal) times through kay oed the story even though he is a high school muster outout. Mother always called him Prince she worried about him all the time. I couldnt think why. He was only my brother and a drop out at that (117). The author portrays the son to be someone with low self-esteem because he is worthless and a drop out he lives a miserable life. His mother tries to provide him with as much, but is unable to do this because of her accessible status is society. Sleeps the best thing he can have. I wish hed eat She watched me as I took bread and spread the butter thick, she was never mean about butter, when we didnt have other things we always had plenty of butter (117). Through this passage the author convincingly demonstrates that they are poor and cannot afford an assortment of thing... ...eral topic of school. The sister strives to graduate and go to school even though she is poor spell her brother blames the school for him dropping out and not graduating. I got out my social studies. Hot leg s has this idea of a test every Wednesday (118). This demonstrates that she is driven to study for class and get good grades while her brother tries to convince her that school is worth nothing and that there is no point in attending. Why dont you get out onwards they chuck you out. Thats all crap, he said, knocking the books across the floor. Youll only fail your exam and they dont want failures, spoils their bloody numbers. Theyll ask you to leave, keep in line if they dont (118). The brother tries to convince his sister that school is not a necessity and that living the way he does, being a drop out living in a poverty stricken family is the best thing.