In the poem “rifle,” Rudy Fransisco utilizes a unifying metaphor and juxtaposition to shed light on how weapons can be recast from harmful to harmonious. This poem also emphasizes the theme of masculinity, and how men are afraid to be vulnerable, so they attempt to be masculine by becoming weapons themselves. Throughout this poem, juxtaposition is continuously used to compare how weapons are being converted into musical instruments (5-6). This displays to the reader that something that was once used to take many lives is changing into something that is used to bring joy to both people and communities. The conversion of the weapons exposes a hopeful tone by showing what they will become.
Come into factor mostly in the old west and lawless land theme of the book guns can be used to kill someone if needed. Another convenient use for guns is killing animals for a nourishment source or because they are varmints. Guns can also be used too scare off thieves, rustlers, and sometimes
We might find this issue to be small, but think about the millions of people who have their family killed by gun violence. The author want us to know by including descriptions on the setting of places such as the freeway “People get killed on freeways all the time” (159) The many moments that involve a gun actually have two meanings in the book. On one hand it signifies violence and destruction, in the story we see that Lauren’s journey up north witnesses countless acts with many guns: “One group chasing the other, both firing their guns as though they and their enemies were the only people in the world”(223). This not only shows us the brutal nature of people but also how people will use the guns to get what they want, knowing that it might kill someone.
A Child Called “It” by Dave Pelzer is the tragic story of Dave Pelzer’s childhood from ages four to twelve (Pelzer, xi). By defying all odds Dave survived his highly abusive alcoholic mother who referred to him not as a child but as an “it” (Pelzer, 30, 140). From being punched, forced to eat ammonia, and even stabbed, Dave’s story is regarded as one of the worst child abuse cases ever in California history (Pelzer, 3, 74, 87, book blurb). Dave’s mom was not always an abusive witch. According to Dave, “In the years before I was abused, my family was the “Brady Bunch” of the 1960’s”
The book starts with Paulsen retelling a story in which he watched wolves kill and devour a deer in the woods. This event showed Paulsen that nature was gruesome. He then reflects back on how he was once a beaver
The Gun” the book from the Blueford series about a young man named tyray who thought of himself as the kingpin of the high school who met his match one day when someone he was bullying him got payback on him and broke his arm. Tyray thought he needed a way to get payback. It was a school day when tyray Hobbs came to the same as usual beating on kids taking there money when one boy had enough named Darrel Mercer said he wasn't taking it anymore and Tyray confront him. At that point Darrel had slammed Tyray and he broke his arm. After all this happen Tyray had been thinking of a way to get revenge on Darrel ever since then.
In his novel Long Way Down, author Jason Reynolds explores a community of "the broken" where bloodshed is essentially normalized, where all live by a set of rules that must never be disobeyed: no crying, no snitching, and always take revenge. Reynolds's purpose is to emphasize the significance of gun violence and its effect on the victims who must suffer its consequences because it provokes internal conflicts such as guilt, depression, and revenge. He uses hyperbole, imagery, and symbolism to adopt a mournful, enraging, and devastating tone to convince readers in similar circumstances to Will always to persevere because revenge will only produce another bitter and anguished individual. Reynolds uses hyperbole in his novel to highlight the
Shooter Reading Response By: Mandy As a person, you have many different personality traits. For example, a pessimistic, lazy, mean, selfish, and messy/unorganized person is how I would describe myself. In the book “Shooter”, there are many different characters who possess and show some very different traits throughout the book.
The Addiction That Differentiated Both Wes Moores When we reflect on our life, we create a metaphorical puzzle. These puzzle pieces represent all of the small decisions we made. Inside of those decisions, also consists of other people and how they influenced our upbringings. When this puzzle is put together, all of these decisions create one big picture.
By the time I was four, I was pretty good with Dad's pistol, a big black sixshot revolver, and could hit five out of six beer bottles at thirty paces. I'd hold the gun with both hands, sight down the barrel, and squeeze the trigger slowly and smoothly until, with a loud clap, the gun kicked and the bottle exploded. It was fun. Dad said my sharpshooting would come in handy if the feds ever surrounded us.” This indicates that the father cared about their safety by teaching them at a tender age how to survive or defend themselves if there were ever on there own.
The example also helps the readers know the full extent of Staples’ hardships. One example that is effective in aiding the readers to understand Staples point of view of the world; would have to be when Staple hears the “thunk, thunk, thunk of the driver… hammering down the door locks” (Staples 28). This helps the readers understand that even when Staples crosses the street in front of cars, it causes people to become afraid for their safety and lock their doors. Even if Staples doesn’t make a threatening gesture to them, people still feared for their safety. Therefore, Staples has to be careful with how he acts around people, or they might think he is trying to harm them in some way, shape, or form.
When I read Holes I realized that Stanley Yanlnets is similar to Jess Aarons from Bridge to teribithea! I will compare and contrast Jesse Aarons from the book Bridge to Teribithea (author Katherine Paterson) and Stanley Yalnets from Holes ( author Louis Sachar.) Jesse Aarons and Stanley Yalnets while different in many ways share some similarities in their personalities. Firstly, Jesse and Stanley's family lives are extremely different.
In modern society, guns are seen as a form of control. Those who have guns are able to overpower those who do not. This trend was set when guns were first invented and has stayed the same throughout history. The one place where guns are not a symbol of power and control is in literature, specifically “The Old Gun” and Hamilton. In Mo Yan’s short story “The Old Gun”, the protagonist is a hungry boy who does not even know how to use the titular firearm.
Kill Bill Vol.1 - Close Viewing The Film “Kill Bill: Vol. 1” is directed by Quentin Tarantino, his fourth major film. In a brief genre classification of the film, it can be defined as a female lead samurai film. However it combines many aspects which bind it together in to a Grindhouse esque, female driven, revenge martial arts epic. In this essay I will look at the themes of revenge and the trope of the female action hero. More specifically I will be analysing and critiquing these themes within the scene named ‘Showdown at the house of the blue leaves’ and its importance as a whole.
“Honor,” one of the qualities that guns represent, is a socially constructed factor that can be used to differentiate class. “Human triumph over nature” is a literal presentation of humans supposed ability to dominate nature, and “individual protection” is a means of maintaining one’s socioeconomic status. All of these three qualifications suggest an idea that guns are used to demonstrate or maintain one’s social class (or domination over lower social classes and
