Literary notes about reached (AI summary)
The term “reached” in literature functions as both a marker of physical arrival and a metaphor for attaining new states or milestones. In many works it signals the conclusion of a journey or the climax of a character’s progression—as in the literal arrival at designated places or turning points ([1], [2], [3], [4]). In other instances it denotes the attainment or completion of an abstract condition, such as maturity or a particular stage in life ([5], [6], [7]). At times the word emphasizes movement towards a goal or threshold, whether that goal is a distant land ([8], [9], [10]) or a moment of personal transformation ([11], [12]). This dual usage underscores its versatility in storytelling, uniting the physical with the symbolic, and enriching the narrative by highlighting both external movement and internal change ([13], [14]).
- He was the most deliberate person in the world, yet always reached his destination at the exact moment.
— from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne - All night long they walked, and it was morning before they reached the mill.
— from Grimms' Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm - But now I had reached a turning point in my existence—reached the threshold of unutterable wrong, and sorrow, and despair.
— from Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup - I have now reached a period of my life when I can give dates.
— from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass - There is nothing strange in that, maturity is not always reached at the same age.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau - This friendship had, however, scarcely reached the stage at which confidences are made.
— from Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac - He has reached the stage of framing general notions, and in this respect is in advance of Cephalus and Polemarchus.
— from The Republic by Plato - I walked aft until I reached the main-mast.
— from Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson - We left Pinhalú at eleven, and by evening had reached the great bazaar of Cambodia, the distance being about eighteen miles.
— from Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos (Vol. 1 of 2) by Henri Mouhot - So the Soldier and the boy reached the palace before the news had spread that the City was conquered.
— from The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum - Yes, he had reached the end.
— from Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse - So Elizabeth-Jane walked and read, or looked over the edge of the book to think, and thus reached the churchyard.
— from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy - It will be remembered that on this occasion the voice reached me, but I was so entirely overcome by violent agitation as to be incapable of reply.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition by Edgar Allan Poe - Reached Sydney.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain
