The quote “Character is what you are in the dark” by Dwight Lyman Moody can be interpreted as you are yourself when no one is watching or dark and troubled times can bring out the real you. I support this quote and interpretation because, people often hide themselves from others in fear that they will either be judged or misunderstood. This quote also infers when someone is going through a rough time period in their life and you see them at a point in their life which people now call “someone at their worst”. The worst is the dark part of it and they are stuck in the middle. Also, the quote can infer that someone is more smart at night time.…
In the story “August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains” the role of nature is to take back what once belonged to nature. In the story the author writes “a failing tree bough crashed through the kitchen,” and “the room was ablaze” shows the beginning of the house fire. The author uses short sentences to emphasize how fast the fire started. Nature does this because once humans are gone, nature tries to remake the land that it used to be before there was humans living there. Also, “sent flames outside the house” and “up through the attic” shows that nature was not going to stop until it had fully swallowed the house.…
The John Brown Papers belong to Dr. John Brown, Tita’s other love interest in Like Water for Chocolate, whose love was never returned. These papers serve as his journal, and they catalogue his feelings and struggles throughout the novel, and his eternal love for Tita de la Garza. Many entries were written during the time he and Tita were together, but a few take place during the twenty two year timeskip between the last two chapters of the novel. John Brown’s character is hardly ever explored in the novel, which is regrettable because his love for Tita was very strong and he was very interesting and garnered much interest from me when I read the story. I could relate well to him because we had many similar characteristics, and I had hoped to…
The dust bowl was a huge epidemic that happened during the 1930’s. During this period the dust bowl caused severe dust storms that damaged the agriculture and ecology of the United States Great Plains. This was due to the extreme drought only made life more difficult. It affected many ranchers and farmers in the South like Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas. This lead people to either staying with their farm and sticking it out or leaving everything behind to find a new job.…
Homes attain a certain value by the people who occupy them, but as seen in both of these texts and that value in a home can easily be taken away from…
What if it was a world that was declining towards extinction already? A post-apocalyptic world? Bradbury was able to give readers a glimpse of the kind of future the family lived in and, most importantly, gave away the type of person the mother was, so to speak. Mrs. McClellan’s favorite poem, according to the house: “Sarah Teasdale.…
They All Just Went Away is an essay by Joyce Carol Oates, in the essay she talks about her personal experiences with a neighboring family in her childhood town. Oates begins by telling us about her fascination with abandoned houses, hinting to us that her neighbor’s house will eventually become abandoned. She then introduces us to the Weidel family, a family with a mother, father, and their six children. One day, the father, who was a drunk and abusive man who beats his wife and two daughters, then sets the house on fire. Oates and her family, along with most of the townspeople saw this a murder attempt.…
Magnus means “Great” in Latin Life can change in the matter of seconds. In the book, “Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, The Sword of Summer”, by Rick Riordan , the protagonist, Magnus Chase was living a somewhat normal life on the streets when all of a sudden his life turned upside down when his Uncle Randolph shows up and tells him that he is the son of a norse god named Frey and he must find the sword of summer or the world is going to end. Personally, if my Uncle told me this, I’d send him to a mental hospital instantly but Magnus was intrigued so he followed him to a river in Boston, where the sword of summer lies and only Magnus the son of frey can “feel” where the sword is in the river. So, Magnus feels the sword and grabs it and then a fire giant named Surt came out of who knows where, and asks for the sword of summer but being all heroic,…
When the Apple iPhone was first released on June 29, 2007 it swept the nation off of their feet. With features such as the touch screen, scrolling and zooming, and the accelerometer that allowed the screen to rotate as you turned your phone. Since the release of the first iPhone features such as the App Store, touch ID, multitasking, and Siri have been added to make the iPhone more modern and more high tech. Technology is rapidly consuming America and the rest of the world, how long until we have created things that will destroy humanity and thrive without us? In the short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury the setting is in a ‘smart’ house that stands alone in the bombed town of Allendale, California, this house represents the dangers of technology and how it can be created to outlive and outsmart nature and mankind.…
The narrator disappears only too soon but witness’s the house 's destruction when lightning bolts split the structure in two. When the story comes to an end the family name of the last two heirs of the Usher line is destroyed at the end as well. With many of Edgar Allan Poe’s works he speaks to the nature and the root causes of evil. The workings of the scenarios that happened in that house were considered by Poe to be evil—we cannot be sure though whether it was for the existence of evil itself or because of unnatural…
In Ray Bradbury’s short science-fiction story, Dark They Were and Golden Eyed, Mr. Bittering and his family move to Mars in order to escape a war-torn Earth. At first, Mars is simply scary, but slowly Mr. Bittering, his family and all the Earth product they brought with them are changed. Over the course of a few months the empty martian villa is filled with a fresh, new generation of Martians, with no recollection of their past life. Ray Bradbury paints an eerie picture in this short story through his description of Mars and how his main character, Mr. Bittering, feels about it. He creates images of frightening far away places and elevates the stakes with sweat inducing descriptions of Mr. Bitterings thoughts and feelings.…
On September 9th, 2016 I was a passenger in rear-end car accident. At the young age of seventeen, I was ignorant, rebellious and negligent. At this time, I honestly believed that I knew it all and was always in the right; I would ignore anyone trying to guide me towards the right path or give me advice. As in the short story “Rain of Fire” by Evan Thomas, I would have never expected that a regular day could end up in such catastrophe. I learned not to trust those whom I have not gotten to know well enough.…
Would you rather be the only person outside in the world while everyone else is “locked” in, or be a living house that can function by yourself with no one living with you? No matter which one you choose their fates at the end both resemble dystopias. In both “There Will Come Soft Rains “ and “The Pedestrian”, the two stories go hand in hand by being alone by themselves, isolated from the “new world, and unfortunate ending fate’s, with how they're living in a dystopian world In the “Pedestrian” it gives us a glance into the future of 2053, as a man Leonard Mead is taking his nightly walk. He lives alone by himself, no wife or anything.…
Superior writers use a vast number of well-used elements. It is key to use exceptional elements if you thrive to be a great writer. An example of a writer with higher-level elements is Ray Bradbury. Bradbury has a famous short story called "The Pedestrian. "…
Of Mice and Men is all about the pursuit of happiness. Lenny and George are paired as friends traveling together. Each represents a different view of the same situation. They are both workers during a time period called “The Dust Bowl”. Each of them is looking for comfort in this time.…