Have you ever felt like nothing good ever lasts for too long? “Nothing gold can stay” By Robert Frost .The theme is shown in a S. E. Hinton’s The Outsiders through the demise of the young people. The Outsiders is a coming-of-age novel by S. E. Hinton, first published in 1967 by Viking Press.…
People’s need and desired of gold showed how wealthy the people are in a society or a region. According to Document 1, it states, “which stand ten horses with gold embroidered trapping…stand ten pages holding shields and swords decorated with gold…all wearing splendid garments and with their hair mixed with gold…at the door of the pavilion are dogs… [wearing] collars of gold.” This shows how much gold…
The Outsiders Essay Beyulah Anderson intro: theme- nothing gold can stay or appearance: Do you think something good and perfect can last forever? This question refers to the poem by Robert Frost, Nothing Gold Can Stay. which is a poem about how everything beautiful and perfect is precious and can't stay forever. This is a prominent theme to think about as you read this essay. The Outsiders, by S.E Hinton tells a story about a 14 year old boy trying to understand the harsh world in which he grows up in.…
There are many intriguing things about how the earth was made. One of the marvels of the earth is its gold deposits. Gold appeared to be both uncommon and normal on the off chance that one is to genuinely take a gander at it. In spite of the fact that there is a decent lot of gold on the planet, it is progressively elusive, therefore why it is somewhat uncommon. In California, the gold was pushed through the stones and encased into quartz.…
Quote 1: “To Chinese people, fourteen carats isn’t real gold. Feel my bracelets. They must be twenty-four carats, pure inside and out” (49). Commentary: -In the Chinese culture gold symbolizes high status and good fortunes therefore Lindo’s pure gold symbolizes her pure intentions of wanting to pass this on to Waverly. However, this gold only provides high status in the Chinese culture and Lindo cannot pass it onto her daughter since it doesn't convey the same connotation in America.…
It is also precious in the sense that you must handle your life with care, place as much value on your life as you would with your greatest treasure and let it not be wasted on religion. I interpreted this poem as a collection of thoughts being read aloud to a friend. The image I imagined was Mary Oliver having a deep conversation about her thoughts about life. As I read the poem aloud and instantly thought the author was being very inquisitive and asking a round of questions whose only answer was by asking another question. The author uses anaphora in the first three lines when she repeats “who made the...”…
Once they reached their destination they starting to mine and early into their search they came across what they were all dreaming of, gold.…
The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, is about the story of a boy named Ponyboy, who lives with his brothers and is apart of a gang called the Greasers, and they are rivals with another gang called the Socs. The novel is the story of how they relate to one another, and the story of growth in Ponyboy’s life. The poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” is included in the story, as recited by Ponyboy to Johnny, to make a statement about gold. The poem discusses an unfortunate aspect of life, that being that the young cannot stay young, just as the leaves cannot stay green. At the end of the novel, Johnny tells Ponyboy to stay golden, which means to hold on to the good aspects of his life.…
Have you ever wanted something but it was just too difficult to get to? Well when the gold rush was around the people or stampeders were all trying to get rich quick by finding gold. In the article “Klondike Gold Rush” and the passage from A Woman Who Went to Alaska and in the video “City Of Gold,” all talk about the gold rush and how people dropped everything just to try and get rich quickly. The passage, article, and the video all talk about how people dropped their normal life just to try and get rich quick, but most people didn't realize that they would have a harsh journey to get too where they were allowed to mine.…
Prior to beginning the masters of occupational therapy program it was as if I was an ancient wanderer in the dark ages, eager to learn new ideas and discover new places not sure what the world would throw at me next. Over the next eight years I found myself at a series of personal crossroads one encounters during life’s journey. Not the crossroad where one sells their soul to the devil for some magical power. It was more of one of those forks in the road, a kin to the Robert Frost Poem, where one path leads to life A and the other leads to life B. Crossroads that impacted my future, shaped who I am and my character, influenced life changes, which led to a transition that will influence me and my family for generations to come. I come from…
Gold is the physical thing in this context, showing that the servants feel rich and that makes the Monseigneur sense his true…
The first speck of gold was spotted in the American River near Coloma, California, on the morning of January 24, 1848, by James Wilson Marshall who was building a water powered sawmill for John Sutter at the time. Wilson noticed several bits of yellow mineral near the unfinished mill. “ It made my heart thump, for I was certain it was gold. “, ( www.history.com/topics/gold-rush-of-1849 ), Sutter stated when he spotted the gold. Marshall was a carpenter and a handyman, so to test if the gold was “ fool’s gold “, which shatters when struck by something hard, he “ tried it between two rocks and found that it could be beaten into a different shape but not broken “ (www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=3270).…
Earl tries to restart his life, again and again, but continues his cycle of stealing and lying. The gold mine is a quixotic dream, tempting him with a way to get rich, quickly too. Gold connotes wealth, and the mine is the source of said wealth. Earl is fascinated, and excitedly declares, “That’s it right there. It may mean we’re getting closer.…
Although both “The Road not taken” (756) and “Nothing Gold can stay” (654) have different meanings they are also similar in many ways. Robert Frost tends to use a lot of nature imagery in most of his poems including both of these. Usually the nature imagery he uses has nothing to do with the true meanings of his poems. He is well known for using nature to describe a situation or place.…
Robert Frost’s poem, “The Road Not Taken,” is a descriptive poem about life and the struggles of choosing the path in life that will be best for the narrator. There are many times in life where decisions that are made will affect the rest of a person’s life. However, the narrator of this poem has reached a point in his life where he cannot go any farther without making a decision that will change the rest of his life. Throughout the poem Frost uses symbolism.…