1st Body Paragraph on the theme of "The Great Stone Face"

Amita Bose

May 12, 2009

TS In the story “The Great Stone Face”, the reader discovers the message that you need not look far to find what you seek. SD Ernest, the protagonist, spent years searching for the likeness of the Great Stone Face, but he never realized that it was actually himself. CM Ernest searched all around for the likeness but was rewarded with nothing but “failure [for his] hopes”. CM He never took the time to look at and in himself, so he did not realize that he was the likeness of the stone face, until a poet remarked that he was, in fact, “the likeness of the Great Stone Face”. SD Just as Ernest never realized that he was the likeness, the townspeople never realized this either. CM The townsfolk looked for and expected the likeness to be a young, healthy, wealthy man with a “majestic image”. CM They never looked at the men around them, so they never realized that Ernest embodied the characteristics of the Great Stone Face. CS This story tells you that you whatever you seek will be closer than you expect.