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    The passage “The Interrogators” is a short extract from “Our Flowers & Nice Bones”, written by Christopher Middleton. It describes a cold, isolated village, apparent suffering from the aftermath of conflict. The village is likely in a Northern, Eastern-European country, due to its weather and inhabitants. The passage follows two interrogators and their search for a secret thought to be kept by the town. Their goal is met with resistance from the residents. This resistance is due to obvious…

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    The Bluest Eye Metaphors

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    “The Bluest Eyes”, written by Toni Morrison, is a novel about young African American girls as they struggle with self identification and self love. This story talks about their constant battles with society's standards, and how they must overcome different forms of adversity. Throughout the novel there is the constant theme of beauty, and how beauty plays a major role on the lives of those young girls. Beauty, and its many different effects on people's’ lives can be seen through literary…

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    The Industrial Revolution was not a very easy time period for workers in England. They did not get paid very much, and they were not able to go outside very much either. All they did was stand up and do whatever they were told to do by their overseer. Whether it was making shoes or making coats, these children were forced into labor, and suffered greatly from it. The poem “The Cry of the Children” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning tells the reader how hard children have it when working at a factory.…

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    In, “Grandfather,” by Gary Soto, the author uses imagery of the tree over the years, symbolism of the avocado tree, and negative connotation to convey a theme of growing up and the passage of time. This passage follows the journey of the speaker’s grandfather’s avocado tree relating to his own life. The first literary device used to show passage of time is imagery and symbolism. In the passage, Soto says, “His favorite tree, the avocado, which had started in a jam jar from a seed and three…

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    Analysis of Ground Zero In Ground Zero, Suzanne Berne is able to effectively convey her impression of reverence and remorse for the victims and first-responders of the attack on the World Trade Center through her continual use of vivid imagery, symbolism, and figurative language. Berne imparts to her audience that she is one of many viewing the site of ground zero to demonstrate that a copious amount of people, not only herself, came together to witness the devastation and pay their respects.…

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    Robert Frost is known for his poetry with underlying themes that seem very complex but, are in fact very simple to understand if you just put in a little work. In 1916 the poet wrote the poem The Road Not Taken. When you first look at the work it seems very short and very unintresting it just seems like your average ABAAB poem. What truly sets his works apart is how he uses an underlying metaphor which is hidden within his poetry to tell the reader the true meaning of the poem so that for those…

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    Vladimir Nabokov’s Speak, Memory is a novel written with symbolism, imagery, and metaphoric language. He writes his novel in a detail orientated structure with each chapter separated into sections. This shows us that Nabokov is a detail orientated person and wants his reader to understand his thought process throughout the novel. An example of Nabokov using such imagery and symbolism is when he writes about his bedtime ritual. Nabokov starts off by saying, “I next see my mother leading…

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    Mama Mia Gcse

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    Accents of the group ABBA are seen throughout Mama Mia. The songs which exhibit pop rock, glam rock and Euro pop disco texture are mainly derived from the groups previous albums. The use of both prose and poetry were used in Mamma Mia. Chiquitita is one of the songs that is almost entirely poetry. Tanya and Rosie are consoling Donna while singing to her and trying to get her to buck up. There was spoken dialogue throughout the show. The text during the show was understandable for the most…

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    Toni Onley uses his 1988 “China diary” in various ways to construct himself as a kind of adventurer, artist and worldly figure. Jennifer Douglas in her text, “The Archiving “I”: A Closer Look in the Archives of Writers” argues that the real or historical versions of authors like Onley, are “unknown and unknowable” to the researcher (54). Rather Onley acts “the narrating I”, and decides what is included in his text, and construct the “narrated I” (54-55). The “narrated I” is the representation of…

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    are easily understood, to build the structure of his speech. He is frank in most of the things he said, while being very insightful. When he mentions the “devastating” feeling of being terminated from apple, and the blunt style in which he approaches death, Jobs speaks in a style that everyone who is at the graduation can easily understand, and for that matter, relate to. His word choice is simple and helps him portray honesty. Using…

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