Out of my love for you is conceived only pain However that gives me some pleasure Your face reflects the night of a full moon And your love blossoms and blesses my life Each day of the year they know, they know All know of unbounded and devoted vow And absolute obedience to your love You ar...

Many of the images and events in "Boys and Girls" have to do with freedom or the lack of it. The narrator defines freedom in a number of situations. In this story, the male world represents freedom while the female world represents confinement. In the narrator's perspective, her mother was confin...

Desires & Dreams In the story, Demian, desires play an important role. When Sinclaire follows his desires something good almost always comes out of it. When Sinclaire does not follow his desires and dreams something bad occurs. For example, when Sinclaire first became friends with Franz Kr...