As Time Goes By

about time and how it takes time for change to be noticeable. Nye wants the reader to thinks about what changes in their life and what does not change. The imagery in Naomi Shiha Nye's poem "Trying to Name What Doesn't Change" shows that the only thing in life that is constant is change. Stanza 1 gives a detail of an image from a child perspective who has watched the same train track for 3 years, and it reflects how change is the only thing in life that is constant and how it takes time for…

tough times in live, or just when the reader needs someone to talk to. Relationships can be a friendly, more of a chemistry relationship, or a hate relationship. In Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt, Doug experiences all kinds of relationships throughout the book, with teachers, friends, coaches, and family members. Doug’s biggest relationships are with Mr. Powell, Lil, and Doug’s dad. Doug meets Mr. Powell at the Marysville free Public library one day. Doug goes to the library and goes…

story begins with a sketch of Emily’s funeral and then goes back into the past. At the end of the story, we realize that her funeral is a flashback as well, prior the opening of the bedroom door. We see Emily as a developing young girl, captivating admirers in which her father runs off, and as an old woman, when she dies at seventy-four. As Emily’s grasp on the real world expands more delicate over the years. By moving back and forth in time, Faulkner illustrates the present and the past as…

The word welfare brings a lot of things to mind. For some it has a negative connotation. A certain amount of money is automatically taken from each person’s paycheck and put towards welfare. Many people are unable to see whether that money is detrimental or beneficial those who receive it. For others, it may be a sweet relief to be getting help from the government each month. Welfare is certainly a controversial topic. No one can argue that the purpose of welfare was in any way to harm people.…

life of Billy Pilgrim who has become “unstuck in time” and his experiences such as: his time as a hapless soldier to the firebombing of Dresden; his time on the planet Tralfamadore where he was displayed naked in a zoo; and even his own death. These events, rejecting a conventional narrative, are presented in a fragmentary fashion. It is within this novel that many deaths occur; very few deaths are similar but all are followed by the phrase “So it goes.” This fatalistic refrain is not remembered…

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A Literary Analysis “Slaughterhouse-Five” is an intriguing and mystifying story about everything from war to time travel. Kurt Vonnegut, the author, uses powerful imagery and repetition to create a beautiful and powerful theme that is seamlessly intertwined into his story line. More importantly than his imagery and repetition is his effortless use of symbolism. In the novel, Vonnegut uses many varying symbols that contain many sublevels to help the reader understand the underlying meaning of…

Kurt Vonnegut uses the expression ?So it goes?. It usually follows a death no matter how it happened whether it be accidental, natural causes or the result of combat. ?So it goes? is the philosophy of Vonnegut regarding death, meaning that death is inevitable and that there is nothing anyone can do about it. Because of the time period of the novel, it also represents that war is part of life and once it occurs, it is violent and people will die. ?So it goes?. Moreover, the volume of repetition…

that is how it may appear, however, being a clearly satirical piece the real aim is at making fun of these people’s lifestyles and the sheer pointlessness of the lifestyles. The diarist goes through almost an entire week of his life with such precision, giving off the facade of importance when it really just goes to show the lack thereof. The author’s use of detail and repetitiveness, along with an overarching theme of satire creates a piece as a whole which has no point,…

which we live in today, compared to the time that The Iliad is set in, there are clearly themes and areas that are more glorified than others. In The Iliad there are areas such as war, military glory, and religion that are far more glorified than they are today. Today money, status, and crime stand above all others. It may have been different times in the world, but they share two strong similarities which are the glorification of power and pride. It goes to show that now matter the…