When a corpse is found at the end, the reader now understands what happened with Barron. This ending is…
On the story “so I ain’t no good girl” by Sharon Flake, the main character is a young black female that attends high school. She is one of the main protagonists of the story. This character is either hated or loved by certain audiences due to her actions or background information. I will discuss about this character later in the story and our thesis is “did the author, Sharon, explain the characteristics of the protagonist?”…
The homicide of John Hossack will always be a mysterious cold case. The person who truly killed John will never be known from the very little evidence left in the bedroom. Though with very little evidence all fingers pointed to Margaret Hossack and Mrs. Wright for the killings of their husbands. Therefore, Margaret and Mrs. Wright story didn’t add up to how their husbands were killed and were incarcerated for life. There are two sides to every story, but only John, Margaret and Mrs. Wright knew what happened that very night.…
Lyddie’s actions toward the trespassing bear revealed that she was independent, strong, and smart. Her position in the family is basically the mother because she takes care of the kids and her mother since she is not very mentally stable. The bear became the family’s “undoing” by sending her mother, Rachel, and Agnes away to her Aunt Clarissa’s because Lyddie’s mother thought the bear was a sign of the devil. Aunt Clarissa told Lyddie’s mother that when the end drew near, the devil would walk the earth so she went to Aunt Clarissa’s to be with her sister when the end comes.…
In the poem, “Nikki-Rosa,” Nikki Giovanni uses diction and imagery to prove that her childhood was happy in spite of her hardships. She incorporates universal concepts of childhood memories within her poem in an attempt to convey the anecdote of her youth. Through the utilization of diction such as “happy birthdays and Christmases”(20), Giovanni effectively illustrates a nostalgic image of a childhood which others of opposite descent or race such as caucasians couldn’t relate to or understand due to her apparent difficulties. In addition, as the poem progresses, she states,”Black love is black wealth”,(22) and “quite happy. ”(24).…
As the audience grows an attachment to the characters in any piece of literature they tend to make predictions. Stranger than Fiction taught me that the conclusion to anything can be as open or close ended as you wish to make…
The books starts off with a murder mystery with a man named Laurana who is an amateur investigator, trying to surmise what caused the murder and why there was a murder. After Laurana bargains his first clue, he cannot comprehend why the police is not following up with the case and why nobody is doing anything about the murder. As Laurana seeks the answer as to why there was a murder, his answer is right in front of him but he does not answer so he keeps searching. It is stated in the book “ a waste of time to go looking for a needle in the haystack when you know it is a needle without an eye, a needle through which you cannot thread a way into the next stage of the investigation” ( Sciascia 41). A needle is classified as a very small instrument and it is very formidable to find in a haystack.…
We knew the conclusion from the beginning. The writer also used sentences like, “We remembered all the young men her father had driven away, and we knew that with nothing left” to foreshadow a new love in her life. Whenever it said something about something being gone, something else would always appear. Time order is very essential to each and every novel. Sometimes novelist prefer to enhance their story by not playing it safe with the novel being in chronological order like this one that wrote “A Rose for Emily.”…
Even after everything is revealed, the viewers are still in a state of confusion as they try to piece everything together. These elements of foreshadowing not only provide proof affirming that the whole family is dead, but also reveals the cause of it. In a way the all the differnt clues build to paint the pictureof the twist. Nevetheless, this feature of the film does not make the twist any less unexpected, but just makes the film full of tension without giving anything away. The fact that the whole film supports the ending makes it worth it to watch the film multiple times to catch all the indicators.…
The story unfolds soon after the introduction of characters in a humble southern setting. Not long after is it obvious that the characters are segregated blacks with white masters; in a time where shadows of slavery loomed all about the area. The author uses vernacular to bring across the messages of black elderly characters. Gaines uses humor and brings out each their personality in the book titled” A gathering of old men”. The men were further distinguished into different classes “mullato, negroes” that determined their social status based on the shade of their color.…
A crucial turning point in A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) is that when Su-mi argues with the father, the father tells her the truth that Su-yeon is dead. All previous plots are based on the foundation that Su-yeon is alive and audiences from the beginning easily accept the existence of Su-yeon without strain. Once the established concept is broken, the whole movie changes into another side. Some strange details in the previous scenes can get explanation. For instance, the father never talks to Su-yeon directly, which foreshadows the inexistence of Su-yeon.…
How Diction Creates Pity in The Odyssey In “The Odyssey” an epic poem Homer uses diction to create a pitiful mood within book 17 as a description of Argos, Odysseus’ dog is given. While a comparison of Argos’ past and present is given he is described to be “Treated as rubbish now…”(319.383). The word rubbish means a “waste material”, for one to “reject as worthless”, and being useless. All of which carry a negative connotation; by stating that Argos is now treated as rubbish it is shown that Argos is seen as a waste and worthless.…
This proves the character to be very cautious and attentive. One example in particular that stands out is when the narrator accidently wakes the old man, and says, “For a whole hour I did not move a muscle, and I did not hear him lay down. He was still sitting-up; listening” (Poe105). This quote proves the killer to be very attentive.…
Briony interprets them incorrectly and concludes that Robbie is a dangerous maniac. Her suspicions grow stronger when it turns out that someone raped Lola. Briony gives testimony that it was Robbie and he is sent to prison. A distinct tension is o felt in the novel because the author clearly hints that that Briony Tallis will have to commit some kind of crime. Ian McEwan even gives clues for the understanding the essence of this crime.…
Social environment influences every action done and every word spoken or written no matter how obviously. From birth, the world surrounding a person sends them small messages of how to act and how to speak. This concept is usually apparent in the written works produced by man. As I Lay Dying reflects the society that surrounded the author and points out several factors from that time in history. The novel reflects the social issues and concerns of the time such as female rights and poverty.…