Self Realization

             Self-realization, or the fulfillment of oneself, and a feeling of well-being after having accomplished something great, after finally achieving that which you set out to do.
             Countless numbers of books have been written on trying to help a person achieve self-realization, but that numbers no where near the amount of novels written with a main or supporting character, and that characters journey to finally find themselves, to realize what there true values are, and who they end up as, versus who the facade they started the story with.
             I have read some of these novels, and also seen movies that incorporate this same basic concept of slow character development, leading up to the final stage of the unrefined being that we started out with.
             In just the past year or so, I've read The Grapes of Wrath, Bless Me, Ultima, and viewed the movie "El Norte". All of these works use the same basic premise of a characters journey and eventual achievement of one goal, self-realization. This eventuality was not always the main focal point of the story, but was always incorporated into the plot, themes, and even view in some way or another.
             In Bless Me, the main character, Tony, starts out as a young child with no real view on life but that which was given to him by his parents. However, as the book progresses, he finds that he's not always going to be able to believe his parents, and be right doing it. Tony finds that he has to find some truths on life out by himself, and has to realize what kind of person he comes off as now, and compare it to what he wants to achieve in life, and what kind of person he wants to grow up to be, and if it's the same person his parents had hoped, then so be it.
             The Grapes of Wrath, on the other hand, offers a much different approach to self-realization, but ends up with the almost exact changes applied to the character
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