“Prelude to a Revolution,” by Traci Brimhall is a short poem about a group of men currently in prison. They pass around items that will ease their nerves. They talk about rumors of a revolution, and other rumors of the city. They have spent a lot of time in prison and some of them are starting to lose their minds. Parts of the poem, I believe, give details of the prisoners past lives.
What incentives reinforce the act of murdering one's ex-wife/ex-lover? Is it for personal gain or simply out of boredom? Is it for wealth or power? Or maybe for revenge or pleasure? Ann Rule, a well-known crime novelist, in her novel, Dead by Sunset: Perfect husband, Perfect Killer?, explicitly discusses the motivation for this horrendous act.
In the words of Steve Lopez, “You're only as good or bad as your latest attempt to make some connection with the world.” The novel, The Soloist, by Steve Lopez is an insight to Lopez’s time helping and connecting with Nathaniel Ayers, a homeless schizophrenic. When Lopez meets Nathaniel he is awed by his musical talent and soon discovers he once attended Julliard, a prestigious school of performing arts. Lopez’s story was transformed into a film produced in 2008. Lopez’s character in the book and film share similarities and differences in his personal life, attitude towards Nathaniel, and struggles that contribute to the overall theme of the novel.
Affairs affect people in different ways, but no one could imagine an affair destroying their ability to psychologically function. The “killings” by Andre Dubus is a shocking story about a killer named Richard who murders frank the man having an affair with his wife, who is his pride and joy. Riveted with murder and passion the author revels the characteristics of Richard Strout’s in the “killings” as a psychological obsessive and controlling person; these traits effect his emotions and behaviors throughout the story. Richards’s anger which evolves throughout the story, is what leads to his obsessive and controlling behaviors. The author explains Richards’s background as a young, striving man, who is overcome by failure, and this contributes
Creating the Innocent killer Creating the innocent killer by John Kessel is a narrative essay stating his opinion about the book Ender 's Game By Orson Scott Card. Every book has a general theme that the author intends for the reader to learn. This theme can be interpreted in many ways, sometimes bringing controversy to the subject. Ender’s Game, written by Orson Scott Card, is claimed to be a work of moral fiction. Card believes he is teching through his book that the morality of an act is based solely on the intentions of the person acting.
For hundreds of years, people have used art as a way of portraying strong emotions such as passion, lust and joy. One of the more powerful of these emotions is that of loss, which is often portrayed as a overwhelming and devastating feeling. Various forms of art have different ways of conveying emotions, whether it be through the use of melody in music, with colors in paintings or through the thoughts and actions of characters in literature. Several characters in Andre Dubus’ “Killings” clearly display their feelings of loss in the story through the way they are characterized and this highlights the devastating power that loss has on those who are forced to experience it. The protagonist of the story, the grieving father of Matt,
Our book was Just Mercy and our book shows that one person can make a difference. One example of Bryan Stevenson making making a difference is when he goes out to Atlanta and makes an organization calls EJI for short. This organization that he makes helps people who are imprisoned. Along the way he finds other lawyers wanting to help the imprisoned people as well so it grows his organization making it so they can help more people. Stevenson uses in saddening imagery, dialogue, and secondary sources to make the reader connect with the stories of the victims he helps.
A tragic hero must be fundamentally good but have a fatal flaw that ultimately leads to their downfall. McMurphy truly was a fundamentally good person.. Throughout the course of the novel, he grew to really care about the other patients on the ward. In the beginning he annoyed Nurse Ratched solely for his own benefit and entertainment.
Churchill and/or Orwell once said that “[w]e sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm. ”(89 Junger). The quote appears in the book, WAR. This quote from the book, WAR, of the beginning of “Book Two: Killing”. The author, Sebastian Junger, reminds the reader that for citizens of any country to live safely, there will always be service members who stand like brick walls forming the outer layer to protect against invaders.
Imagine being a 17 year old African American kid always being judged just because of his skin color. Everywhere you go you feel like all eyes are on you, especially when you go to a school that only has eight black kids. That's exactly how Justyce McAllister felt in Dear Martin by Nic Stone. In the book, the main character Justyce goes through a lot of conflict involving his skin color. Even though he has a full scholarship at Braselton Preparatory Academy, and is a very smart student, he still gets judged.
Dialogue is used by the author: Carole Wilkinson to craft Ned Kelly as a villain; an author can inform the reader about how the character reacts in situation put before them. Showing off their personality, this is called characterisation which plays a large role in dialogue. Carole Wilkinson used characteristion in the dialogue “If you touch my sister again There’ll be a bullet in your head” to show the reader Ned Kelly had the personality of a villain and the intentions of a hero. Because the author displayed Ned’s personality as both a villain and a hero the story was able to move forward to show how a villain lives on to be a hero. This particular dialogue presents Ned’s personality as a protective and caring brother and shows how much he
The author of this book, George R.R. Martin, is extraordinary, but is devious and insane at the same time. The amount of creativity needed to create this story is off the charts. And, his ability to write in the language style of the medieval century is amazing. He additionally found a way to enable us to picture the scenes and background in the story. On page 176, George R. R. Martin illustrates, “ West of the road were flint hills, grey and rugged, with tall watchtowers on their stony summits.
“Killings” written by Andre Dubus is focused on the main character and protagonist Matt Fowler. Matt is the father of three known children in the story, Cathleen, Steve, and his youngest, Frank. Matt had his children with his wife and business partner Ruth Fowler. In the beginning of the story Matt is laying his youngest son, Frank, to rest in the cemetery after he was brutally murdered by the story’s main antagonist, Richard Strout. At the time of his death, Frank was in school and majoring in economics (63) and had a very bright future ahead of him, after all, he was only twenty eight years old.
Lamb to the Slaughter is an action packed short story about a wife who is let down by her husband and proceeds to kill him as an act of revenge. Obviously much more happens in this story consisting of humour, action, mystery and irony. Roald Dahl is a master of writing short stories in ways that attract readers, draw them into what is happening through using literary elements and universal themes to make the story relatable to the readers. In this story the main literary elements were foreshadowing, situation and dramatic irony, imagery and symbolism which really drew me in and kept me attached to the story. Literary elements are what make a story powerful and attracts readers to continue reading in the story and in this story they highlight the universal theme of Revenge and Betrayal.
Stuck by Oliver Jeffers was published 2011 it is one of many wonderful story books for children that is both written and illustrated by the author alone it is a pure fantasy children’s book and written in a prose format. The story begins to talk about a young boy named Floyd whose kite gets stuck onto a tree then it leads the readers into a humor field journey and shares through Floyd’s point of view his determination and struggle to solve a dilemma before he is caught by an adult. The book is an enjoyable story to read to any children in the age group of 4-6 years old because although the story is filled with quirky humor and colorful illustrations it also contains certain vocabulary and complex sentences that might cause a child that is age 0-3 to lose interest in the story quickly since they are not yet able to focus specifically on certain ideas or may be frustrated by the length of the story.
