"Crossing the Swamp," a poem by Mary Oliver, confesses a struggle through "pathless, seamless, peerless mud" to a triumphant solitary victory in a "breathing palace of leaves. " Oliver's affair with the "black, slack earthsoup" is demonstrated as she faces her long coming combat against herself. Throughout this free verse poem, the wild spirit of the author is sensed in this flexible writing style. While Oliver's indecisiveness is obvious throughout the text, it is physically obvious in the shape of the poem itself.
As I look around the room, I’ve noticed there’s different type of readings and writing. There’s a man skimming through a magazine, writing down as he goes through it. He uses a pen and paper to write down, reading thoroughly until he finds what inclines his interest Probably a natural geography magazine. I question him what he is writing about, he responds that he is history professor and he finds enjoyment looking through new books and magazines about world war 2. As he goes through them he likes to make notes of what he finds is either interest or important so he can share with his students.
In the poetry of the three authors, Anne Bradstreet, Michael Wigglesworth and Samuel Danforth, there are numerous expressions of conventional Christian sentiment throughout. One convention that is similar among all of the puritan poets is the quality of righteousness. Their preoccupation with interpreting god word and living by these standard can be seen in the writing of all three poets. Their reasons for living clean, moral life is because they believed that they would not only be judged for what they did in their mortal life, but also in the afterlife. Although they believed that god had predetermined who was going to heaven and who was going to hell, they thought that if you did not follow the word of god, it would lead to ultimate damnation.
Family is the most powerful weapon for people to live a delighted life. In the book, “Before we were free” and “In the Time of the Butterflies” by Julia Alvarez spoke about the brave families who struggled to bring freedom to the entire country. All the Mirable sister supported each other when they need each other help. “In the Time of the Butterflies” by Alvarez mentioned about Minerva, the main character of the book who fight against the dictator, Trujillo. Similarly, “Before we were free” Alvarez talked about Anita’s father and his fellow who fought against the ruler and bring freedom to the country.
Everyone has depression, but did you know on October 29, 1929 the whole US went into depression. People lost their jobs, people lost their homes and lot’s of other things. Every bits and piece was super valuable at that time. Some effects the Great Depression had on people at that time was people lost their money. In an article called Digging In by Robert Hastings a girl explains how importants every minute of light is.
River Runs Through It Keelan Bartlett In the book River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean It is about a guy named Norman who has a lot of different people around him, especially his brother who needs help. Norman finds it very hard throughout the book to give help to others because either the person doesn’t want help, or he doesn’t like the person enough to put energy into helping that person. Throughout the book, Paul, the younger brother, needs help. He has a bad drinking problem, he gambles, he fights, he is broke, and just needs help, but the problem is that he doesn’t want help from anyone but his brother because he respects his brother Norman.
Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson is an Indigenous mythology-based story that follows sixteen-year-old Jared as he struggles with his powers, relationships and overall life. The theme of family, specifically the decisions and roles of Jared's family, significantly affects his personal growth. More particularly from the actions of Maggie Moody, Phil Martin and Nana Sophia. Maggie Moody, Jared's mother, affects Jared's morals and how he feels about violence, Phil Martin, Jared's father, affects Jared’s emotional maturity, and Nana Sophia embodies the feelings resulting from the abandonment of a family member. Maggie's violent approach to life has desensitized Jared to violence, making him less emotionally vulnerable since violence requires a lack of empathy.
Have you ever wanted to create your own path, but no one understands what you're trying to do? The book Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler, is about a young girl named Lauren, who wants to start her own community and share her ideas. Then there's her younger brother Keith who is the total opposite person, but also wants to live a different lifestyle. Lauren and Keith both show agency by leaving their families behind and starting new lives, to create their own paths in two different ways.
Jared Martin struck me as an interesting and relatable protagonist. I enjoyed his portrayal's complexity and authenticity as I read the pages. I identified strongly with Jared's life's journey, struggles, and exploration of his own identity. He was an interesting and compelling character because of how he handled the difficulties that came his way, which drew me into his story. The novel's insightful and accurate portrayal of Indigenous characters and their experiences was what really caught my attention.
"Giles is dead" (Mill operator 125). Giles was one of the various blameless individuals that were executed because of Abigail Williams' witchcraft allegations. It starts amid 1692 in Arthur Mill operators "The Pot" when Abigail, reverend Parris' niece and numerous different young ladies were found by Mr. Parris in the forested areas honing witchcraft, after this they began acting peculiarly. At the point when the law descends on Abigail, she begins blaming individuals for honing witchcraft. This prompts the Salem Witch Trials, which are the consequence of Abigail Williams' accusing of honest individuals.
Capitalism allows the American economy to exhibit competition, which is fundamental to the economy despite it being harmful to the functioning society throughout America. American capitalism often leads individuals extremely successful or in tough financial and emotional situations. In the American classics Black Boy by Richard Wright and The Bean Trees by Barbra Kingsolver, it is evident that these characters use capitalism to climb the ladder from a poor background to financial or emotional success. Competition motivates people and allows them the chance to succeed at something, it also gives people an opportunity to improve themselves. As seen in The Bean Trees by Barbra Kingsolver, where Taylor is exhausted by her hometown options, she
Moreover, it also shows that it was within her reach for her to change (Nester). It is extremely hard to change the way the human mind thinks, but it is possible. The grandmother had to be threatened with her life to finally come to the realization that she is
Mina Grace Professor Paison Assignment #3 July 03, 2015 Parable Of the Sower, Octavia E. Butler Octavia E. Butler, a very skilled and intelligent writer, wrote a futuristic dystopian novel about the future and what it holds for us. The book was written in the 1980’s till the 1990’s. Octavia E. Butler took actual negative acts that occurred in those years such as drug use, prostitution, and many others and predicted the severeness of what will occur in the future. In this novel, we are introduced to the main character named Lauren.
Discrimination and isolation are major problems, and “Lusus Naturae” shows that. These are key factors in Margaret Atwood's short story “Lusus Naturae. ” There is no denying that it is evident in the story. This can be seen throughout the whole story, which makes that her theme.
Summary: “The Flowers” by Alice Walker ‘The flowers’ is a story of losing innocence and a discovery of a lynched man lying dead in the bush by a girl, Myop. Myop, a little girl who cannot see beyond the beauty of her carefree childhood, is quite excited about the nature’s glory and she loves the world. Her golden surprise is referring to each innovation that she is finding along with the colors that flourish the landscape, from the flowers to create ready to be picked. Mayop continues her walk and collect pretty flowers sustaining her innocence state but when she picks the pink flowers, she steps into a human skull that is shattered along with her innocence. She literally examines the death face and as a respect gesture, she lays her flowers
