Jeannette’s family never had enough money to buy themselves a decent house, so they lived out of rugged shacks, old abandoned buildings, and even out in the desert without any form of shelter. The author would describe each new house that her family moved into in such a way that it would persuade the reader to have such strong feelings of hatred towards Jeannette’s mother and father. Neither Mr. Walls, nor Mrs. Walls could keep a job for any decent amount of time, so after living in a house for a little, the family would get behind on the payments and have to pack their things and move on to a new place. The most memorable example of these terrible houses is the house that the family bought in Welch West Virginia. On page 153, “We called the kitchen the loose-juice room, because on the rare occasion that we had paid the electricity bill and had power, we’d get a wicked electric shock if we touched any damp or metallic surface in the room.”
The Burden’s household itself is described as having been composed of “rough logs” with long ago missing “chinking. The description of the house directs the reader to believe it is hand built and very small, containing a solitary window and taking mere four strides to cross the floor. On the porch of the household lays a cedar bucket holding the family 's water supply. A
5) The narrator’s descriptions of his co-workers in the custom house reveal that he thought they were lazy and undeserving of the job. This is shown on page 5, “Oftentimes they were asleep, but occasionally might be heard talking together, in voices between speech and a snore.” 6) The conflict the narrator faces because he is tied to a desk job is that it is preventing him from beginning the story, which gets resolve once he gets fired.
Rostand uses many vivid words to intensify scenes. For example, when describing the leaves, Rostand says that they are “magnificent” (201). Also, he describes the lawns as “bright” (Rostand 201) and goes as far as to tell that the scene has “chestnut” (Rostand 201) trees. Rostand even describes the turf as a “still living green” (201) color. He also describes the “red, yellow, and brown” (201) leaves.
“The Man Into Whose Yard You Should Not Hit Your Ball,” Serves as a powerful representation of the nature and impacts of addiction on those close to and even peripheral to the addict. Lux uses the characters states and actions to show this. The narrative of this poem tells how a man mows his yard despite the season, the events happening, or what’s in his yard. The tone that overwhelms this poem compares the mans need to cut his grass is to addiction and the consequences that are a cause of it.
In James Baldwin’s short story “Sonny’s Blues”, after the death of the narrator’s daughter; he decides to contact his estrange younger brother Sonny; a recovering heroin addict and musician who is in jail. After his release, the brothers reunite and readers learn the family history and experiences from the narrator’s perspective. Together, the brothers experience flow, a positive sensation developed by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentimihalyi, he described it as being immersed in an activity that results in other’s actions becoming irrelevant (Howell). Throughout the story, flow is continually encountered by Sonny and the narrator. There are many scenes in the text that Sonny did experience flow, some had started in his earlier lifetime.
When a Southern Town Broke a Heart In the short story When a Southern Town Broke a Heart by Jacqueline Woodson, the reader learns about Woodson’s memories of being a young black girl in the early 70’s who travels to the south every summer and she feels that even though she lives in Brooklyn, her real home is there in the southern town of Greenville, South Carolina where her grandmother lives. A central theme of the short story is that the innocence of youth protects us from reality. One way Woodson starts to convey the theme is when early in the story she brings up what “home” was to her when she was young. How Woodson thinks about what her home is to her changes when the reality that has been hidden from her while being a little kid is revealed at age 9.
Howard is a well off actor who is dressed elegantly while his boyhood home is farm is much less elegant with many chores and tasks. After ten years he decides to visit his boyhood house and his family. In the beginning he is excited and feels good to be home. “He walked slowly to absorb the coolness and fragrance and color of the hour,” this quote from paragraph twenty five shows that Howard is feeling pleasant to be home. Further along his journey, he begins to see the house of his brother and new feelings swell up, “A sickening chill struck into Howard’s soul as he looked at it all.”
“Liberty Needs Glasses” In Tupac Shakur’s “Liberty Needs Glasses,” The use of organization and concrete details reveals both a literal and metaphorical meaning, both which provide insight into the title. The poem is organized into 2 stanzas with 17 lines in total. The first stanza consist of * lines. The speaker is The author, Tupac, and his views are on how the system of the united states are corrupt and racist.
Charlotte Plehn Dance Analysis Paper Singing in the Rain Upon viewing the performance here at UWL titled, “Singing in the Rain,” I was shown a variety of different styles of dance that were discussed during class. This production consisted of many different performers and movements. These movements ranged from tap dancing to line dancing. While there was a variety of different dancing styles, they all had the same common elements of dance.
The words ¨old garden¨ generate the picture of an abandoned or unattended garden. The words ¨moonlit evening¨ evokes the impression of a peaceful night. The first paragraph
Carrying on, I needed a cool glass of water. I slowly walked out of my tiny bedroom, and it felt amazing to get a little bit of fresh air. I am just going to say it is very bothersome staying in a tiny room while coughing up hairballs, or what it felt like. I took one turn out of my doorway and I was about to go down the hallway to the kitchen when my parents’ whom were bickering intrigued me.
Mexican Americans/Chicanx people in the United States throughout the 20th century have always had disadvantages in the United States. They been fighting oppression, discrimination and equal rights in this country. From establishing a colonial labor system, enforced immigration laws, LAPD police brutality, El Plan de Aztlán, El Plan de Santa Bárbara, and the 1968 walkouts. The history of Chicanx people in this country is huge but is still not really well known by many but thanks to all of the fighting for equal rights that Chicanx people fought for we now have ethnic classes that teaches us about our own history and empower us to keep on fighting for our rights. All the way back to the industrialization era in the United States, the economy grew and new opportunities of labor became available.
What is a childhood? A childhood is When a child is in the state being a child and have no responsibility. Some people may say that they miss their childhood about I don’t because as a child, you have no future golds are anythings all you do is play around. One of the things that make me not miss my childhood is the defendant that a child have all the time. As a child grows up the less dependent he/she get to be until the kid grows up to the point where the kid is no longer independent like holden was in the books.
Tension and suspense are used in any type of literature to make the readers want to keep reading on and to not get bored while reading a text. The short story “Departure”, describes a character leaving home, and the excerpt Up the Coolly, describes a character returning home. The narrators relate the events about the journeys in a manner that builds tension. To begin both authors use the setting to build up tension. In the excerpt from Up the Coolly the setting is contrasted in a more creepy and spooky.
