Miranda Hill’s book Sleeping Funny is a collection of short stories that are brought together through wit of her writing and an unexpected series of events. Specifically, the stories “Apple”, “Petitions to St. Chronic”, “6:19”, and “Digging for Thomas” are relatable for readers and cover harder topics in a light and humours way. Each story is quite different from the next but can be linked together through motifs or character driven hardships. Although the stories are not directly related, “Apple” and “6:19” have a strong connection between themes.
“The Undercurrent” by Kellie Young is a story of a mother and daughter’s relationship that takes place in Hawaii throughout Young’s childhood. It describes to readers how her mother has influenced her life by becoming an admonitory voice inside her head. The impact Young’s mother has on her is widely due to the amount of admiration Young has for her. A crucial element to “The Undercurrent” is the short stories found throughout her narrative that exemplifies the greater concept of how her mother has shaped her life.
In Night, the setting that Ellie Wiesel describes portrayed the Nazis cruel treatment to the Jews. The Nazis think that the Jews are animals. (11) “The barbed wire that encircled us like a wall.” They encircled the town with barbed wire, like they would do with animals. The Nazis named the street Serpent Street, because they thought that the Jews were the devil.
All three of these quotes connect to the night Melinda was raped. On page 72 when she says "that night" she 's referring to the night of the party her and her old friends went to. A party she was not really supposed to be at. The night that she was raped in the woods. The night she called the cops and got slapped for it.
In Playing God on No Sleep, Anna Quindlen argues that motherhood can be difficult and overwhelming, because of the belief that God made mothers because He could not be everywhere. Quindlen is able to empathize and articulate why many mothers feel the need to be relived of the duties of motherhood. Quindlen believes “…[mothers are] meant to be all things to small people… (2001). However, she continues to insist that it is difficult to “be al things”, because of factors of being overwhelmed, stressed; and not having the opportunity to vent to friends, because more than likely they are experiencing the same stressors. She suggests that weight of motherhood was spread around families and towns, possibly reducing some of the added stressors of
Lucille Parkinson McCarthy, author of the article, “A Stranger in Strange Lands: A College Student Writing Across the Curriculum”, conducted an experiment that followed one student over a twenty-one month period, through three separate college classes to record his behavioral changes in response to each of the class’s differences in their writing expectations. The purpose was to provide both student and professor a better understanding of the difficulties a student faces while adjusting to the different social and academic settings of each class. McCarthy chose to enter her study without any sort of hypothesis, therefore allowing herself an opportunity to better understand how each writing assignment related to the class specifically and “what
Kim Edwards uses Caroline’s past to explain her future and her acceptance of her life now just as she does with David. This story contains a lot of flashbacks in an effort to try to explain the character’s motives. Her writing style is very simple. She puts everything in a way that anyone could read and understand the point that is trying to be put across. She also uses a technique where the reader can create their own opinions on the characters.
Identity is one person's beliefs and morals formed by their personality, community, and associates. In the memoir, Brown Girl Dreaming, by Jaqueline Woodson is about a young girl who was born in Ohio during the 1960’s. While she was a baby, her mother left her father which made them move down south to live with her grandparents. In the south during this time, colored people are treated poorly. Jaqueline grows up with a different lifestyle since being in the south which is heavily segregated rather than the North.
Is there an event either major or minor that made you the person you are today? Maybe someone hurt you and that event caused you to not trust people easily. I’m saying this because the events around us affect us, they make us who we are. Every character has something in their life that is the reason they are who they are.
The highlights of The novel boldly interweave the past and present, of storytelling without hiding the universal truth and unravel the cruel beauty of and reality which is told in a brilliant but modern retelling that undoubtedly has its roots firmly based in the dark secrets of the Holocaust. This story is told in a beautiful, haunting and tragic way and manage to be able to weave a unique web of symbolism that offers a direct beginning-to-end storytelling technique. Yolen uses the fairy tales. As a point of reference to demonstrate the mysteries of the holocaust as well as the flashbacks to be able to describe what the underpinning as well as how transitional the material can be. Yolen managed to use the story of Sleeping Beauty to express how the story develops into two parallel stories.
Literature plays the role of solutions in the examination of recurring societal issues. Once I read this book named awaken written by Katie Kacvinsky it was a book based on a dystopian society where everyone would communicate and do daily activities with technology. The world was like this because of terrorist attacks. They were happening more and more often and they were targeting schools, workplaces, social events, and etc.
In Sleeping Beauty (Cookson, Sally, December 2015, Bristol Old Vic Production), the acting is clearly not Naturalistic and it is known for being most appropriate for children. This play was directed by Sally Cookson, who decided to change the story slightly and have a prince instead of a princess, also by adding another story called ‘The leaves that never grow’. From this, I can see how changing just one or two factors can affect the reaction of the audience. They used various light to symbolize different affairs, overdone acting, Live singing and music. What did sleeping beauty make me feel regarding to its staging?
In Kate Chopin 's novel The Awakening and the short story “The Story of An Hour” feminist beliefs overshadow the value in moral and societal expectations during the turn of the century. Due to Louise Mallard and Edna Pontellier Victorian life style they both see separating from their husband as the beginning of their freedom. Being free from that culture allows them to invest in their personal interest instead of being limited to what 's expected of them. Chopin 's sacrifices her own dignity for the ideal of society’s expectations. Chopin 's sad, mysterious tone seems to support how in their era, there was a significant lack of women 's rights and freedom of expression.
The house of night series are written by P.C cast and Kristen Cast. The book offers a very engaging story of Zoey Redbird, who is an average teenager until she gets “marked” and embarks on a journey to win over all social evils and get to the position of a “high Priestess” , which she always deserved and was destined to reach. Another amazing fact is that throughout the story, the authors used a lot of Greek terminology along with names of Greek Gods and Goddesses including ‘Nyx’ ‘Aphrodite’, ‘Erebus’ etc.
Portrayals of Women in The Big Sleep In The Big Sleep, women are treated more as objects than human beings. When they are treated like human beings, they are still being viewed as unintelligent, inferior troublemakers who are incapable of doing things for themselves. Often, they are smacked and thrown around like ragdolls and talked down to in a degrading manner. The character of Carmen Sternwood is one of the main female characters portrayed this way.
