The book that I chose to read was all about the hidden secrets that the southern people keep. These secrets helped their southern town stay alive while also preserving the history. This book made me think of the south in a different way and it also made me realize that there is more than what meets the eye, especially in a small town. The book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, by John Berendt, sparked my interest because of my deep love for the south, the mystery of the murder, and the description of the unique people found in Savannah Georgia.
It is all downhill from there. Following, he is separated from his mother and sister, which is the last time he saw them. Then he is tortured, literally. Beat, starved, deprived of sleep and water. To top it off, his father passes away due to being in horrible conditions while being held prisoner.
He decides to go back to the tent and make of a list of what he remembers last. He enters his tent and he starts
THE MONTHLY Nowra’s leap “Into that Forest”: Representing Indigenous Perspectives in Australian Literature Do non-Indigenous authours have the authority to write from Indigenous perspectives? Joshua D’Souza evaluates Nowra’s empowering tale ‘Into that Forest’ and his courageous leap into the world of realism. What is it like to witness your culture, your heritage, your native identity misrepresented for Australia to see? Ask Aboriginal Australians, and they will tell you a thing, or two about being ignored.
The chapter of Herland I decided to do the discussion question on is Chapter 3 “A Peculiar Imprisonment”. The basic reading of the chapter demonstrates a group of three men waking up in a room from a deep sleep. The issue that the group of men struggles with is they cannot find any of their possessions (clothes), the women took away all of the men’s possessions and the men do not know if they will ever get them back. The men find a large bathroom full of the property necessities to take care of oneself, but the men also find a huge closet full of clothes, that were not theirs. The chapter continues to discuss the group of three men arguing about the treatment they are receiving from the women.
Just as he gets there he hears gunshots and sees lots of smoke in the air. He hears the screams of the village people. He learns that his family is dead. Not only did he lose them once when he did not know what had happened to them but he lost them again when he had to watch and listen to them die. Yet once again he preserves and pushes on despite the amount of pain he was in.
I feel that both Hawthorne and Byatt used a lot of the same symbols in their very different stories. In The Birth Mark Aylmer is disgusted by Georgiana’s mark on her face and even cringes at the site of it. Some symbols that I see in this story are: Love, fear, control, change and death. In the story The Thing in the Forest two girls Penny and Primrose are sent away from their home on a train. They meet a young girl names Alys
“Howl’s Moving Castle”, is an outstanding fiction novel written by Diana Wynne Jones that unfolds a non-existent time where witches and wizards existed. At first, when I began reading I instantly became immersed with the characters and dialogue. Thus, I continued and began to read until the very end of the novel, page 111. Initially, I started reading on June 27 and finished on July 3rd. It was full of emotions and shared many great lessons and themes, it was enjoyable.
Antonia Susan Byatt, the author of “The Thing In The Forest”, was born in Sheffield, England. In 2009 she won the Man Booker Prize for her collection of fiction, short stories. The short story “The Thing In The Forest”, discusses and demonstrates how big events have the capability of affecting our lives without us realizing it. Some people who have lived during wartime or have been involved in a war, may react differently to certain situations. Occasionally we may over exaggerate our fears and create creatures or objects that are not real.
Mark Twain was an American author who wrote several books including one in which he was banned and endured a lot of literary criticism, good and bad. Mark Twain was an American author who wrote several books including one in which he was banned and endured a lot of literary criticism, good and bad. Mark Twain was born on November 30, 1835 in Florida, MO. His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He was the sixth child to John and Jane Clemens.
Max Sharawy English IV Mrs. Schroder 7 December 2016 Ambition Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a tale of ambition of all forms. Whether it is the narration of Robert Walton, the tales of Dr. Frankenstein, or the point of view of the Creature, ambition drives the characters within the novel. In Walton’s case, he strives to discover new things and expand his scientific knowledge.
Throughout the short stories “The Executioner’s Beautiful Daughter” and “Penetrating to the Heart of the Forest”, Angela Carter communicates the dangerous possibilities that can arise when living in an isolated society. One could imply Carter’s main goal was to make two very similar stories seem drastically different. In “Penetrating to the Heart of the Forest” Carter displays how something so innocent and harmless, nature, can be so cruel and evil. She conveys this message by showing the drastic transformation amongst different character, along with detailed imagery. The story sounds like a prequel to “The Executioner’s Beautiful Daughter” because of the diverse resemblances the two share.
Into The Woods The musical “Into the Woods” by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine is a metaphor for life in many ways, but the most prominent one is the woods symbolizing life itself. The prologue song “Into The Woods” is about each of the character’s dreams and wishes. Cinderella wishes to go to the festival, Little Red Riding Hood wants to deliver bread to Granny, and the Baker and his wife want to have a child, even though the witch cursed their lineage.
“Hunters in the Snow” by Tobias Wolff is a tale that depicts the complexity of human relationships and the struggle for power amidst the burdens of sin and deception. The three main characters, Tub, Kenny, and Frank have a hierarchy within their friendship, and the reader sees this balance of authority shift throughout the story. The two men almost end up leaving Tub behind when the trip begins, and Tub’s inability to catch up to them is a struggle that follows him throughout the story. The external conflict of the character’s physical altercation, and the internal conflict, which is Tub’s selfish struggle for recognition and power within the group, begin to resolve themselves when Kenny is seen as the dead weight. Through the author’s development
Dreams are wild, magical, and mysterious. The majority of Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream is spent in a heavily wooded forest full of fairies and irrational young lovers, creating a night only fallible as a dream. The story contains a royal wedding about to take place and the young lovers Hermia and Lysander provoked to eloping because Hermia’s father will only let her marry Demetrius. Hermia’s best friend Helena, who loves Demetrius, tells Demetrius Hermia and Lysander’s plot to escape to the forest nearby so that she may follow him. Local townsmen also decide to meet in the forest to rehearse for a play to be performed at the royal wedding.
