James Moloney's coming-of-age novel, A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove, illustrates the life of an adolescent boy called Carl Matt. Using the experiences that Carl and other characters, Moloney demonstrates that every human being needs love and acceptance to feel a sense of belonging and worth in this world. Carl and his brother Harley throughout most of do not receive the correct guidance or love and worth and have lived in a corrupt family, until they meet Joy and Skip Duncan and Justine and later on Maddy Duncan as well. Due to this lack of love Carl has lost confidence, trust for other people, self-esteem and any sense of feeling. Like Carl, Harley has also been affected, he has turned to robbery, vandalism and as a result of this has become rebellious and a juvenile delinquent.…
“A Bridge to Wiseman’s Cove” written by James Moloney explores the sensitive but relevant topics such as love, family and belonging. Throughout the novel the main character Carl Matt is forced to deal with the issues of trying to feel a sense of belonging after his mother, father and sister’s absence as well as trying to feel love when he refuses to love himself. He experiences misfortune and abandonment by his family which causes Carl to struggle to find his sense of belonging. Secondly, Carl struggles to accept any form of compassion or love shown to him as he is constantly self-conscious of his weight and looks which is shown through the many lines throughout the book that have the ability to pull the heartstrings of any reader, “What are…
The short story of Owl Creek Bridge In the short story of Owl Creek Bridge Peyton Farquhar was a big War & Military man, but he wasn’t in the military. He got caught trying to burn the Owl Creek Bridge by the other side. The soldiers put a rope around his neck and were about to push him to his death. Farquhar saw a piece of drift wood that was in the fast moving stream but moving really slow, which is being used as symbolism.…
Have you ever faced a problem that was with your friends, but you thought you couldn’t fix it because it would hurt your friends feelings and you would feel bad? In the story, “On the Bridge” Seth Dawson had experienced with his friend Adam Lockwood when they were hanging out on the bridge smoking cigarettes. Adam flicked a cigarette butt off the side of the bridge and Seth crushed his on the ground so nothing would happen. The cigarette butt ended up landing on someone’s car and Seth got punished even though it was Adam who flicked the cigarette butt off of the side of the bridge. To begin, conflict is a very important part of “On the Bridge” because there were a lot of problems that were faced.…
Have you ever had the feeling or thought that nobody understands you, you cannot talk to anyone or everything that happens is your fault? What would you do if you found yourself taking more care of your mother more than she is taking care of you? The author, Cea Sunrise Person, struggles with her life and accepting whom she. In the memoir North of Normal, Person depicts the hardships in life she experienced as a young child all the way until she left to be on her own at age thirteen. Between her mother’s constant heartbreaks, smoking pot and having a child at age thirteen herself, Person never had the guidance and support she needed at a young age.…
Everyone has problems and obstacles that they must go through during their lives. However, they may have different ways of dealing with their pains and emotions. In the two stories, “Swimming Upstream” by Beth Brant and “Traplines” by Eden Robinson, the victims are exposed to two different problems that both create a trapped environment. Whether it’s internal conflict or against a community, they are forced to resort to ways to help cope with their struggling. Thus, through close examination of “Swimming Upstream” and “Traplines”, it will become evident how both stories are related through the character’s emotions, conflict with society, and their ways of dimming pain.…
The book is an indication of how similar tragic events can handled. The challenges will look similar. The victims are too traumatized to fight for their rights but Stern does it for them. The book is more of a legal thriller with a bold, young, heroic attorney taking on a big coal company to fight for the victims of a horrific disaster, the Buffalo Creek Flood.…
An Analysis of Postman’s View on Education In Building a Bridge to the 18th Century, Neil Postman explains his views on how we can improve the future by looking to the past for inspiration. One of the topics he spends a great deal of time discussing is education. and how the education of the young should change. Postman believes that people should be educated to be skeptical as philosophes of the 18th century believed. He has five suggestions on how this should be carried out.…
Cody was swinging in a baby swing on the playground. He was holding on with both hands in a firm closed grip on the chains. His mother was pushing him and the swing. When the swing was pushed, his feet was bent under the seat. When the adults where talking, Cody would look to the adult that was speaking at that time.…
In the play “The Crucible” written by Arthur Miller we see many themes and lessons in the story. The main theme is focussed on deceit and lying and how lies can lead down a dark road which results in the ruin of many. The Crucible is a fictional play based on the Salem Witch Trials which occurred between February 1692 and May 1693 and resulted in over 150 people being accused of witchcraft and 20 executed. The story focusses on the story of John Proctor and Abigail Williams, his niece, and how lies, jealousy, revenge, and deep seated feuds caused a community to turn on each other in a vicious circle of accusations and misunderstandings. The characters in the play who lie significantly are Abigail, John Proctor, and Mary Warren…
Type of settings in: An occurrence at Owl creek bridge by Ambrose Bierce The fictional story written by Ambrose Bierce: An occurrence at Owl Creek bridge is a supernatural story which means that it is beyond natural. In a supernatural tale or any kind of literature text, the text needs a certain kind of setting that are unique to their text or author. The most important in the setting is the time the story took place, the social environment around the story and where the story took place.…
An Accident Waiting to Happen In life, an innocent bystander, parent, or friend could receive news that would change their life forever. A death of a loved one is something that can drop someone to their knees in agony. Karl Shapiro’s “Auto Wreck” faces the hard truth that is a car accident. To summarize, “Auto Wreck” is a gut-wrenching retelling of a brutal accident in which two cars collide in a fatal accident. The poem concludes on a more philosophical note explaining the certainty that is faced in true death and how unseen and sudden a car accident can be on a family.…
The short story, The Yellow Wallpaper, is a first person gothic narrative that explores a woman’s mental experience on her own mental illness and how she is treated based on her demographics by the people around her. The story was placed in the late 19th century, in a time period when mental illness and mutual respect for women wasn’t entirely acknowledged as a whole. The narrator was brought into a new house with her husband, and senses an odd feeling in the home from the start. Her treatment for depression is based on her barely being active. She is placed into a room with no means of interest other than the non-definite patterned wallpaper in which she slowly begins to see patterns of other woman being trapped.…
THE CONTROLLING FORCE OF FATE Romeo and Juliet is one of William Shakespeare’s most notable works. Through Elizabethan theatre and elegant love poetry, Romeo and Juliet is a renowned fan favourite. The tragic tale talks about a pair of star-cross’d lovers who endure a tragedy of love-against-all-odds. The love of the couple must attempt to withstand the turmoil of fate. The main concept theme of Romeo and Juliet is the role of fate.…
Empty-Handed This is a story of how one can try so hard for something, yet come up short. It takes place on a coast shortly after a hurricane has hit. This wonderful story filled with irony. There is a flooded town, wrecked ships, dead people and birds floating around.…