Family has an unparalleled influence on a person. Literary pieces express the theme of family in varying ways. One of these ways is trauma, negative events that damage one’s mind. Family trauma can include death, abuse, and neglect. Childhood and family trauma effect a person throughout their life.…
All four of these stories I found very interesting and entertaining and over the next few pages I talk about each one and what I thought about them. The Thoughts of…
Two boys with the same name, but through circumstances and choices they will face two different fates. Throughout the first few chapters of The Other Wes Moore the reader is able to see the diverse circumstances that will shape the lives of the two Wes Moore’s, such as their families, friends, and their enviorment. At the beginning of the book we meet two young boys one is the author who has both a mother and a father who love and protect him, while the other Wes Moore was given the immense responsibility of being the man of the house at a young age. At the beginning of the book we meet the first Wes Moore he has just hit his sister as a game, which causes his mother chases him around the room and shout words at him he has never heard before.…
All the Pretty Horses is an adventurous story about two men named John Grady Cole and Lacey Rawlins, who flees Texas to Mexico on their horse. After John and Lacey reached Mexico they landed a job as cowboys. John was abandoned by his mother when he was just a child to Mexican woman. John loved horses and was taught about horses by his grand father. Rawlings comes from a less fortunate family and wanted to run away.…
Greed and Wealth: Connections between A Doll’s House and “The Rocking-Horse Winner” Most people have this fascination for money. Sometimes it gets so bad that it consumes a person. Nora and Hester, in the works A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen and “The Rocking-Horse Winner” by D. H. Lawrence respectively, both struggle with greed. Nora’s fascination with money sheds light on Hester’s lust for wealth. While both characters are avarice, Nora becomes less greedy as the plot progresses, whereas Hester’s craving for riches only intensifies; this is seen through the characters’ attitude toward money, abuse of it, and how their perspectives change with regards to wealth.…
The narrative voice of Junot Diaz "Drown" depicts on how the protagonist has a collective amount of strained relationships who are physically and mentally drowning him. Having no father, to selling illegal substances in order to help his mother pay the phone and cable bill to address his engagement of homosexual activities with his former best friend Beto. The argument the protagonist illustrates indicates how it's preventing him from achieving success. The antagonist (Beto) distinguished everything he hated about the neighborhood to put everything in perspective for the narrator in which he "needed to learn how to walk the world he told me. There's a lot more out there."…
Many of the horses in this year’s Kentucky Derby were never sure things to make the field and so the focus of their three year old campaigns has been on qualifying for the run for the roses. But a few horses came off of well regarded two year old campaigns and their confident trainers took their time, picked their spots, and now hope to have a fresh horse rounding into form at just the right time. The third race after a horse gets a few months of rest is often seen as their best effort. This isn’t always the case, as some horses run great fresh, but generally speaking the first race back is not the best, and the third race back is the sweet spot after a horse has dusted off the cobwebs, but before it starts to wear down.…
In order to train a horse to race barrels, there are several different parts which have to happen in order to get the horse prepared to do this activity: be physically fit, understand the queues or commands, have a basic understanding of the pattern to be ran and have a reward system in place to allow the horse to succeed and win the race. By accomplishing these tasks, it will allow the rider to win the contest and give the horse a since of accomplishment. Racing barrels is a physically demanding sport. It requires the horse to be in good physical shape and be able to withstand running at it's fastest speed for several minutes. This requires the rider/trainer to condition the horse for running.…
The award-winning novel, The Road, written by Cormac McCarthy, portrays the man’s unconditional love for his son in the post-apocalyptic world. At first glance, the novel portrays a hopeless, desolate ambience and elements of despair seem to greatly outweigh elements of hope throughout the novel. Upon further analysis of the text, it is evident that McCarthy uses symbols to portray unconditional love and hope, thus making The Road a novel of hope. Throughout the novel, there is a constant battle between good and bad.…
“Araby” and “the Rocking Horse Winner” are modernist short stories. “Araby” is a story that uses the first person narrator, written by James Joyce. It was published in 1914. The story is about a young boy’s first love in Ireland. The teenage love between a young boy who lives amongst blindness and darkness all along and a young girl, Mangan 's sister, is his neighbor.…
John Cheever in his short story “Reunion” shows the re-encounter between father and son in New York City after three years. On the other hand, Tobias Wolff in his short story “Powder” illustrate a father and son having a day together after skiing. While both stories “Reunion” and “Powder” reflect a common point of view and similar characters, the stories show a different father and son relationship. On the story “Reunion”, the central characters are the son, Charlie, and the father, not named on the story.…
To many a mother’s love is an unconditional and an irreplaceable act of kindness. This love is seen to be a guide to growth and a love that helps to shape young children into well rounded adults. Throughout Jamaica Kincaid’s memoir, My Brother, her mom tends to show affection only in times of need when someone is down and does not really provide the leadership most mothers give. Most of the memoir is about intimacy, but a lot it deals with the relationships between mother and her children. Kincaid claims that the love her mother would give would not always be the best for them…
Throughout the poem “A Story,” Li-Young Lee uses carefully selected language and punctuation, as well as a variety of line and stanza structure, to provide insight into the way that a father views the complex relationship shared by him and his son. The poem opens up with a short, two-line stanza that conveys a solemn feeling through one impactful sentence. The very placement of the word “man” towards the center of the first line establishes a focal point, or emphasis, on this one character, who is presumably the father, and sets the poem up to be a reflection of the way he feels. This man is apparently saddened that he “can’t come up with” a “new” story for his “five-year-old son,” who is introduced in the next short stanza.…
Pablo Picasso: The Tragedy In Picasso’s “The Tragedy,” he used several different techniques to create the visual elements in the painting. The three figures, carefully drawn, and the use of contour lines help shape their bodies and show the deep thought in their faces. The color used in the painting was mainly shades of blue. The beach is a greenish blue, set against the pale blue sea, the sky is a darkened dusky blue, bringing a cold, emptiness to the piece. It is as if you were looking at the painting wearing spectacles with blue colored lenses.…
The two short stories I chose to compare are “The Rocking Horse Winner” and “Young Goodman Brown”. “The Rocking Horse Winner” was written by D.H. Lawrence and “Young Goodman Brown” was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. In “The Rocking Horse Winner” the main conflict of the story is that Paul’s and his parents are struggling mightily with their economic situation. The story is about a family that consists of a father and mother, a son named Paul and his two sisters. Paul is always curious about his family’s financial situation.…