The author of Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie uses chapter titles to lighten the mood, foreshadows the chapter, and shows how important Jeffrey is to Steven. One use of the chapter titles is that they help add a humorous tone to the novel. For example, one of the chapter names is “A Man’s Journey” (Sonnenblick). The chapter title sounds silly and goofy. You most likely wouldn’t guess that the chapter says, “There were sick kids everywhere一walking with IV poles, playing games, lying in beds, watching TV, sleeping.”
Further into the chapter, Alison talks about the deer camp her family went to called the Bullpen. Bruce’s new friend Bill showed the children how to shoot his .22. The kids see a large snake, “probably a black rat snake…can grow to seven feet long” (114) in the spring
This is another word from the novel that is very symbolic. It is supposed to represent a path to a new life, or a new beginning. The whole section in the river is when Montag starts to imagine his new life and the possibilities that are instore for him. It is meant to show how the river cleanses and provides an opportunity to start over. This is similar to how the ancient Egyptians saw the Nial River as life giving and as a way for new life to grow just like it does for
In this chapter the main characters of this novel was introduced. What was so intriguing to me is how the writer introduced Clara with a little mystery to keep me interested to unravel why Clara would glare up the road and sea. Another case would be the way she would fix her home the same way. Then the writer unraveled how her husband left her for another woman. I somehow started to gain an understanding as to why she was obsessed with the road and the sea.
The passage begins by alerting the reader of the she-wolf’s death, witnessed by a man referred to by “he”. In the second paragraph of the passage, the man makes a fire, which is supposed to get him through the night. Contrary to the darkness, the light of
The speaker employs harsh imagery involving the five senses to demonstrate the iniquitous nature of humanity and the unpleasantness in life. The speaker imagines that the “[c]oldest of winds” (4) will
It shows how the whites purposely antagonize the blacks and how the bus purposely spats gas at the Logans. Another example of this craft move and goal on page 91. " Visions of night men and fire mixed in a caldron of fear awakened me long before dawn.” This quote shows the problem of the night men and how dangerous they are.
Throughout this novel, sin is shown numerous times each with a unique connection to the other, that derives a deeper meaning of the theme. An example of sin first occurs in chapter four, when the Big Ghost reconnects with a spirit named
To begin, the beast is used throughout the novel presenting the theme of fear. At first, the existence of this beast was questioned upon as the beast is perceived as nothing more than a product of the boys' imaginations. This introduces an active source of fear and most importantly existing evil within the island. However, the beast is symbolic of natural evil within each child, ultimately leading to the downfall of civilization.
The dust bowl was a period in the 1930’s of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies. The Dust Bowl was in southeastern Colorado, southwest Kansas, and the panhandles of Oklahoma and Texas. Eventually, the entire country was affected. In 1931 a severe drought hit the Midwestern and Southern Plains.
“This is the journal of a priest who died in Purgatory in the late 1880’s, probably of some now-curable disease, but the journal he kept is all about spirituality, and not like, believing in a higher power. He talks about the spiritual history of Purgatory- being one of what he calls, ‘an old gate to Hell,’ leftover from when God cast out the devil. Father Virgil talks about how this makes Purgatory, and the Ghost River Triangle, susceptible to the musings of the devil, blah blah, I think he means demons, or at least like. Bad vibes.” Shrugging, Waverly took a breath before continuing, “But later on, he talks about having dreams- like, visions, I think- of the Key, who follows the Lead to the Gate, where… well, I’m not sure where the Gate is, or why the Key follows the Lead there, but… I think depending on what happens at the where…”
The Sea of Flames acts as a symbol of hope throughout the novel as it gave the reader the confidence that Marie will survive the war occurring right outside
In “Every Tongue Shall Confess”, “Doris Is Coming”, “Geese” and “Ant of the Self” of ZZ Packer’s Drinking Coffee Elsewhere, men symbolize destruction.
Yet, in a moment, he somehow knew from the sound of that storm which rose so painfully in him now, which laid waste -forever?- the strange, yet comforting landscape of his mind, that the hand of God would surely lead him into this staring, waiting mouth, these distended jaws, this hot breath as of fire. He would be led into darkness, and in darkness would remain; until in some incalculable time to come the
The chapters are separated by different locations throughout the storm and how some city’s had gotten it worse than other places. The intended audience probably sways more to the actual
