Journey into Self in Nicola Griffith’s Ammonite and Nancy Springer’s L

journeying into Self in Nicola Griffiths Ammonite and Nancy Springers Larque on the Wing Let your soul roam free. Discover your true self. spiel with your inner child. Shargon the memories of your ancestors. Understand your parents. Have total self control. break yourself up and peer inside. These are accomplishments most valet de chambres will neer achieve, but Nicola Griffiths Marghe from her myth Ammonite and Nancy Springers Larque from her novel Larque on the Wing are able to do all of these things and more. They are accomplished not simply through careful, quiet reflection, but from action, gage and danger which drive them to the point at which they must adapt and make or lose themselves forever. Both women are fully grown at the time of their respective adventures, both have struggled through puberty and schoolboyish adulthood, and have already come of age in so umteen words, and both are strong individuals who seem relatively happy with their tempt and their live s. However, because of the conflicts they are thrown into, they receive the chance to understand themselves more fully. Marghe and Larques adventures and misadventures open up possibilities for them to look deep within themselves and die who they sincerely are-to remember their pasts, gain insights into their personalities, and to fully realize their potential as clement beings. All of these things combine to paint exciting stories which give the reader great insight into the human mind and a chance to explore sex activity roles in ways unavailable to us in our daytime to day life. For Marghe, her stay on Jeep was supposed to be short, a falter to study the people and their society, but once she realized that she would be disbursement the rest of her life there, sh... ...natural and healthy. Both authors have presented a view of gender in which having specific male, or female qualities is unimportant, and what matters is exploring all of your potentially human qualities. Marghe and Larque unexpectedly embark on quests to learn more about themselves, and what they discover is more than they had ever thought possible. They connect with their pasts, discover hidden desires, and gain insights and abilities which cause them to grow exponentially. They discover who they truly are. Truth with a big(p) T. As Lark proclaims near the end of the novel as she battles her find in a battle of the wills heightened by their psychokinetic powers, I am ME (Springer, 1994) Works CitedGriffith, Nicola. Ammonite. Toronto Ballantine Books, 1992. Springer, Nancy. Larque on the Wing. New York Avon Book, 1994.