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- 2331: Everyday Use
- Dee’s Idea of Heritage/Culture The short story "Everyday Use" is central in Alice Walker’s writing, particularly as it represents her response to the concept of heritage as expressed by the Black political movements of the 60s. "Everyday Use" is found in Alice Walker’s collection of short stories, In Love ... name of her great-grandmother, a woman who had kept her family together against all odds. Wangero might have sounded authentically African but it had no relationship to a person she knew, nor to the personal history that sustained her. (p 14). In addition to the skillful use of point of view, "Everyday Use" is enriched by Alice Walker's development of symbols. In particular, the contested quilts become symbolic of ...
- 2332: Ernest Hemmingway
- ... been alienated, but the method used to present the character varies. The most obvious similarity between the two books is the author. This similarity leads to several others since Hemingway seems to have a certain writing style that can be found in all of his works. For instance, both stories are written in a very concise manner. The sentences are short and to the point, and he doesn’t add any unnecessary words. After a first reading, the sentences even seem drab and emotionless. Another similarity between the books that could be due to the author’s writing style is the lack of physical description for the characters. In most books, a mental image can be formed of the characters, but in Hemingway’s novels, the physical portion of the image is hard ... was feeling and thinking, so the alienation was presented through the thought and actions of the other characters (mainly Jake). Overall, the presentation of the alienated characters proved to be effective. Ernest Hemingway has a writing style that creates numerous similarities between his books. However, each book is unique in its plot and setting, and each book presents alienation in a different way.
- 2333: Elizabeth Bishop
- Why Elizabeth Bishop was Considered to be Dickonsonian in Her Writing Style Poet Elizabeth Bishop was as simple as she was complex. The lucid and uncomplicated images she created with her seemingly elementary style were anything but; in fact, the complexity that resides within her characteristically ... were published in her lifetime, each changed by editors to suit the day's standards of rhyme, punctuation and meter. The many similarities between Bishop and Dickonson are clearly evident in their lives and their writing styles. Both women were from the New England area; both never married; both wrote about their pain, suffering and anguish; both were minimally published before their deaths; both used a simple. easy to read, writing style; and both wrote or incorporated nature into their themes. The only differences were Emily Dickonson's religion and isolation, whereas Elizabeth Bishop was well travelled and considered to be an agnostic. Elizabeth Bishop ...
- 2334: Educating Rita
- ... next line by saying that she had talked to a wide variety of people, read other books and consulted a wide variety of opinions and came up with an answer, an answer which contains no personal thought. Instead of being subjective, innocent and unique she is now standardised in her judgement. This is what Frank feared, Rita losing her individuality and uniqueness. Rita changed her job because she thought that she could talk in the bistro about more important things than the hairdresser job, she also begins to drift away from Frank by being less personal. This can be seen as seen in Act Two Scene Four. "I can look after myself...I wanna read and understand without havin' to come running to you every five minutes." This proves that she ... had Franks tutorial to look forward to. Also she become less public about her life to Frank, such as the fact that she had changed jobs and didn't tell Frank. She doesn't discuss personal matters anymore. At one point near the beginning she used to tell Frank everything, "It struck me that there was a time when you (Rita) told me everything." One of the first changes that ...
- 2335: Dulce Et Decorum Est
- ... the pace of the narrative is increased. Owen describes the flurry of activity that takes place when it dawns on the platoon that they have the hazard of gas to deal with. He begins by writing "Gas, GAS!"(9), which instantly grabs the attention of the reader, and by writing it first in lower case and then again in capitals, he gives an impression of the rising alarm in the solders. Owen uses the expression "an ecstasy of fumbling"(9) to describe the soldiers trying ... absolutely horrid and revolting, just as the author wanted it to. Bibliography Works Cited Lane, Arthur E. An Adequate Response. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1972. Owen, Wilfred. "Dulce et Decorum Est". Literature and the Writing Process. Fifth ed. Ed. Elizabeth McMahhan, et al. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1999. 582-583. "Owen, Wilfred," Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2000. http://encarta.msn.com "Wilfred Owen." Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia 2000. ...
- 2336: Death Of A Salesman
- ... could not reach his longed for dream and as his reality starts to sink, he starts to use his very vivid memory to escape his present problems. The ways in which people deal with there personal conflicts can differ as much as the people themselves. Some insist on ignoring the problem at hand for as long as possible, while others attack the problem to get it out of the way. Willy ... he is indeed a tragic hero in Arthur Miller's eyes. To Arthur Miller, a tragic hero can be a common person who is ready to lay down his life to secure their sense of personal dignity. Tragedy is also the consequence of a person's total compulsion to evaluate himself "justly". "Pop! I'm a dime a dozen, and so are you! I am not a leader of men, Willy ... blame off Willy's shoulders, it wasn't out of spite that Biff didn't succeed, it was just the way Biff's personality worked. Throughout the play, Willy tries to secure his sense of personal dignity by laying down his life in committing suicide. Although he tries to take his life by getting into a "car accident" and inhaling carbon monoxide, he doesn't succeed until his last attempt. ...
- 2337: Darkness Be My Friend
- ... I'd left the door open at Tozer's. And because the fuel tank had been padlocked. And because I'd sneezed." Throughout the book, Marsden keeps an excellent mix of adventure, excitement and of personal 'experience'. He looks deeper and deeper into the mind of Ellie and exactly how she feels. He writes this well and in a style that I would imagine Ellie would use. Marsden's excellent writing ability makes the story even more believable and more moving. He is able to portray the feelings and emotions that I would imagine a person in that situation to have and does so so well ...
- 2338: Blue Hotel
- It is not surprising for an author’s background and surroundings to profoundly affect his writing. Having come from a Methodist lineage and living at a time when the church was still an influential facet in people’s daily lives, Stephen Crane was deeply instilled with religious dogmas. However, fear of ... end, it is the environment itself -- comprised of the Blue Hotel, Sculley, Johnnie, Cowboy Bill, the Easterner, and the saloon gambler -- that traps him (Stallman 488). To further illustrate how religion permeated into Crane’s writing, many scenes from The Blue Hotel can be cited. Similar to the biblical Three Wise Men (Stallman 487), three individuals out of the East came traveling to Palace Hotel at Fort Romper. The issue explored ... in contrast to the safe haven of the hotel, the reality is that "hell" turns out to be the red-lighted town saloon where the Swede is eventually murdered. Another recurring topic in Crane’s writing is the responsibility for a man’s death. For not acting upon his knowledge of Johnnie’s sin (his lying and cheating at the card game), the Easterner is portrayed as a betrayer, with ...
- 2339: Birches
- ... or at least visiting the fantasy world he/she has created. This fantasy world is one which children in every day life create, and in which the speaker cane remember creating several years ago. The personal aspect of the poem starts in line forty-one. The speaker takes the reader back with him in his/her flashback to childhood and the years of being "a swinger of birches." The speaker lets ... of reality/elderly versus fantasy/youth. The speaker realizes in his stressful state that fantasy offers an escape from reality, but Frost, as a poet, used this controversy in a different way. He illustrates that writing is much the same as a world of fantasy; free and stressless. Nevertheless, this poem illustrates that for most people the world of fantasy is a much more favorable environment than that of reality.
- 2340: Beowulf Society
- ... bravery, for example, "had been despised for a long while, for the Geats saw no spark of bravery in him" (75). The true hero of the middle ages managed to maintain a balance between his personal glory and maintaining the good of his people. As we see in later stories of this period, like the Arthur stories, this is a very delicate balance. Beowulf became a folklore hero because he maintained this balance well. He displayed personal heroism while at the same time keeping his priorities towards the safety of his people. Beowulf’s first attack on the monster Grendel displayed many qualities that were significant in a hero of that time ... none. The individualistic society did not require that an person remain part of the tribe, but rather encouraged them to seek adventure while doing good. Beowulf recognized his physical strengths and he utilized them for personal gain and glory and the good of the nation. Beowulf’s second battle with Grendel’s mother is quite similar to the first. However, because Beowulf brought along a sword as protection he is ...
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