Literary notes about obstacles (AI summary)
In literature, “obstacles” often serve as a multifaceted symbol representing both tangible and intangible challenges that must be overcome. In historical and political narratives, for instance, barriers are portrayed as forces that time and policy eventually surmount, highlighting the resilience of progress [1, 2]. In adventure and exploration tales, natural impediments not only test physical endurance but also serve as metaphors for the unpredictable journey of life [3, 4]. Meanwhile, in personal and philosophical writings, obstacles frequently embody internal struggles or societal constraints that inspire themes of perseverance and self-transformation [5, 6]. Across these varied contexts, the recurring motif of obstacles underscores the universal human endeavor to overcome difficulties and achieve growth.
- Yet all these obstacles were surmounted by time and policy.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - But these slight obstacles were instantly swept away by the inundation of the Huns.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - The natural obstacles, however, were not the chief.
— from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll - It looks beyond all boundaries, transcends all limitations, penetrates all obstacles and sees the goal.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden - But the most terrible obstacles are such as nobody can see except oneself.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot - Will not the pupil be roused to anger by the obstacles opposed to the only kind of happiness of which he has any notion?
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
