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How do Mr. Antolini’s words apply to the novel? “The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.” Mr. Antolini’s words apply to the novel because it addresses one of the central points of both the novel and the central character parts of Holden. These words show the flaw in a lot of Holden’s thinking even if his intentions are good. He sees himself as having the responsibility of saving others from losing their innocence even as he struggles with the transition from being an innocent child into the life of an adult.
The narrator doesn’t view his chimney, his home, and himself as exhausted and freezing, but rather quite the opposite. He is content in front of the fire, no fear, frustration, or discomfort is ever mentioned within the stanzas of this poem. The narrator, and therefore Whittier, is beyond satisfied with being bound within the walls of his home. The reader can imagine a single, illuminated house standing against the falling snow. As the chimney laughs, the smoke rises against the endless white, with a cheerfulness the narrator considers
The idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be-will be utterly submerged. It’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved” (pg 12-13). Tom is not only looking at white as in racial color, but the deeper meaning would be that he is using white to represent the better and pure race. In “The Great Gatsby” the color white has been used to describe characters.
The main thing we see in these poems is income inequality. These children are “poor” (Blake 127). The narrator in the poem in “Songs of Experience” calls England a “...land of poverty!” (Blake 127). But, earlier, he calls England a “...rich and fruitful land…”
Perhaps animals were in a better place, thus indicating the cruel color conflicts that existed in the segregated South. The first scenario at the smoke was of the white
The poem takes place on a “midnight dreary” while the narrator feels “weak and weary” (Poe 1). The setting adds to the overall mood of poem by creating a somber atmosphere. The “dying embers” of the fire add to the depressing aura and represent the narrator’s dying spirit (Poe 8). He has lost his passion in life and does not know how to continue living without Lenore.
The next couple lines tell of how they will not get rituals, prayers, or a “voice of mourning” because of their deaths. Instead, they get the sounds and rattles of rifles, the wailing of falling shells, and the sad bugles wailing from their homes. The rest of the poem transitions into grieving over the “doomed youth”. For example, he seems consolatory towards the fact that they will have no candles lit for them; instead the glow will be in their eyes. They will not have coffins covers or flowers.
In ‘Sons’ there are several words used throughout the text but also specifically within one stanza with similar connotations. These connotations are negative and create a serious and sad mood. To underline this statement, I will look into two different stanzas and analyse the connotation of particular words within them and look into their semantic relation. On page one the words cemetery, graveyard and bury are mentioned in the same stanza.
In the short story, “The Black Cat,” written by the great Edgar Allan Poe, the setting being in a house full of wealth that burns down leaving one wall, really helps out and makes it a great piece of Gothic Literature. The first example is that of which explaining the first, high class house when it had began to burn down, as the narrator exclaims, “On the night of the day on which this cruel deed was done, I was aroused from sleep by the cry of fire. The curtains of my bed were in flames. The whole house was blazing,” (Poe 2). With this example, the narrator is explaining how he was awoken by a fire that had destroyed his house and his wealth.
Even the dirt kept breathing a small breath This last part of the poem explains how the bulbs in the cellar were left behind to die but they are still breathing. They were not going to give up. Imagining something you read and taking yourself to where the author is describing or doing what they’re doing really helps the reader understand what is going on. It makes you put yourself in the reader’s shoes for a moment.
The word ‘but’ reflects the child’s uncertainty, finally bringing him to the conclusion that he is in fact powerless. Another technique that the poet uses to emphasise the child’s powerlessness, is the personification of the landscape. The child describes the ‘darkening’ garden to be ‘watching’ him, creating a sinister tone. The word ‘watch’ builds up tension as he is meant to be alone; however he senses someone or something else’s presence. This metaphor is used to compare the garden to a predator waiting to attack him, showing his powerlessness.
The poem expresses the childish excitement the two young boys face whilst picking the blackberries and later, the disappointment faced when their harvest fails. However, a larger issue is explored; the loss of
For instance in “We grow accustomed to the Dark”, darkness is portrayed as an obstacle that only brave people can face without fear: “The Bravest - grope a little -/ And sometimes hit a Tree”. (13-14) From these lines, the reader can then gain a sense of confidence that they are not alone in their anxiety riddled fears. Because the darkness is given a negative persona by being a representation of the challenges and uncertainties humans face, the reader is given insight on how confidence and sight can still be obtained even in darkness. Similarly, in the poem “Before I got my eye put out” the sun and the vision-loss represent an obstacle the reader faces on a daily basis much like the darkness in the other poem.
The word ‘grave’ here has two meaning, seriousness and death. These men realize that even though they are weak and losing their sight, they can still use their strength to fight against death. The ‘blinding sight’ here signifies of poet`s father who had lost his sight. They believed that instead of getting near of death, but still they can ‘blaze like meteors.’
This poem expresses the resistance in the face of death and justifies that unusual attitude by describing the anger towards death of four kinds of men, all of whom can summon up the image of a complete and satisfying life that is denied to them by death. “Rage, rage against the dying of that light” In this repeated phrase the narrator is expressing the idea that moving toward death should not be something we do in a submissive way, but instead we should go out in a blaze of glory. It becomes clear that the “dying light” is darkness, an extended metaphor used to describe death and that in old age, we should “burn” with life, which connotes images of brightness, light, and life. ‘Night’ is a metaphor for death and the first line asks the reader to resist death as easily or quickly as it comes. It is paired with “good” proposing Thomas is promising his father death is painless, creating emotional tension.
