In the short story, Marigolds, Eugenia Collier wrote in the eyes of a 14 year old girl that’s transitioning to adulthood during the Great depression. Lizabeth and the other children feel like their world is falling apart. They try to pretend that their world is fine, until it starts to affect their families. In Marigolds, Collier constructs a theme of self struggle through the eyes of the innocent. The theme is shown throughout the story.…
The main idea of the story Shacks by Edward P. Jones is he is trying to reach out to his dream girl but in reality it would never work between them. The author said that the pages he wrote to Sandra were between five and fifteen pages every time he sent a letter to her. I think him writing to Sandra was a story in his mind almost like it was a novel to him being that he wrote so many pages to her a few times during the week. The author wrote the essay to entertain readers about a time in his life obsessing over a girl that turned out to be productive. This is because if he had not continued to write Sandra over and over again for a long time then perhaps he would of never found his career calling.…
To Kill a Mockingbird and The Help compare and contrast The Jim Crow Laws were statutes enacted by Southern states, beginning in the 1880s, that legalized segregation between African Americans and whites. To Kill a Mockingbird is a book by Harper Lee that follows the life of a young girl named Jean Louise “Scout” Finch, Who lives in the segregated south and the obstacles she has to go through when her father Atticus Finch is chosen to represent an African American named Tom Robinson, who is convicted for rapeing a white woman. The Help, directed by Tate Taylor, is a movie that shows the obstacles African American maids have to go through in the segregated south, and how a young woman named Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan stood up against the crowd and decided to write about the work experiences of…
As children, short stories told the tales of malevolent beasts guarding mountains of gold or of a damsel locked away from society only to be freed by her one true love, however, as the clock turns hours to days and days to years, details begin to protrude, warping the facade of childhood stories to their true state, presenting anything but a happy ending. Such stories are presented as Popular Mechanics by Raymond Carver, The Cold Equations by Tom Godwin, and This Year’s Class Picture by Dan Simmons, these three tales strive to entertain and warn about the choices and consequences of life and how it is not always what is desired. These three authors all portray characters as archetypal creations, both good and bad, and leave much up to the mind after the final line of their stories, allowing those who are willing to dive deep within the meanings within the words and find the truth behind the conflicts and decisions each character makes.…
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.…
Have you ever felt like a total outsider? Have you ever been judged by appearance? The skin I'm in is a realistic fiction novel written by Sharon g flake it was published by Hyperion books on January 3,2000. The author gives the reader a glimpse inside of a girl name Maleeka Madison, who has low self esteem because of her skin color.people judged her by the way she dresses her good grades her skin color and her hair. This story reflects the stereotypes and judgement put on African Americans and how these judgements affect them negatively.…
Women are some of earth’s most unique and underrated creatures. They are not weak, they are not emotional, and they are not the negative stereotypes that the world describes them as. “Trifles,” “Story of an Hour,” and “My Wicked Wicked Ways,” presents us with three women who are strong, mentally and emotionally. These three women: Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Mallard, and the speaker’s mother stories all relate in a way. The three ladies all relate in the way of being emotionally and physically tied to someone they either loved or not, who does not make them happy.…
Sonny’s Blue and Girl. Based on my options and opinions I decide to select these two topics: (“Sonny’s Blues” By James Baldwin’s and “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid’s). I’m going to do a compare and contrast about these two fabulous stories that are based in teens daily struggle life. Both stories could be real situations of all of us in today’s days.…
Karen Hesse wrote a poetic story by weaving 11 different characters together to share this tale, based on real events. By having 11 different distinct voices, Hesse is able to represent America in the 1920’s as well as modern-day life. By representing in both time periods, Hesse’s story resonates with the young, modern reader. Every reader can find a character they can relate to. Whether it is Leanora, who is struggling to find her way.…
When triggered, Walter transforms into being aggressive and defensive. Often, he doesn’t listen or attempt to see the other person’s perspective, causing him to have difficulties controlling his temper, inevitably resulting in a tirade. As Walter begins to describe his plan to own a liquor shop with Bobo and Willy Harris, Ruth corrects a mistake he has made and Walter makes a rude comment about how little women know about businesses. As Walter imitates Ruth’s behavior, he becomes impatient and interrupts her; “(Not listening at all or even looking at her) This morning, I was lookin’ in the mirror and thinking about it……
Walter Lee Younger, one of the main characters from A Raisin in the Sun is a desperate dreamer that strives to be able to take care of his family. Walter experiences the most change out of all the characters throughout the the play. The play tells the story of Walter and his family as they struggle to survive the abounding hardships that a black family faces in the 1950s in Chicago. Throughout the play, he makes countless decisions that hurt the members of his family and himself, but by the end of the play, he is able to regain their respect and change his ways. Walter has a great deal of self-hatred which is also changed by the end of the play.…
“Eleven” is a similar story, yet it contrasts in major details. This short-story is about…
The hate and bitterness of his “snarl” is the final implication as to how the Misfit feels about religion (O’Connor 645). Bellamy insists that the reason for the devilish message in the Misfit’s speech is due to his mission to play to role of the Anti-Christ. Bellamy asserts that, “The central message of the Misfit’s sermon, for a sermon is what his remarks amount to, is a familiar one in Flannery O’Connor’s fiction; there is no middle ground between absolute belief in Christ’s messianic fiction and a belief that like is nasty, brutish, and short,” (200). Katherine Feeley notes that the Misfit “embodies all reason and no faith,” which is the opposite of the faith-based personality of the grandmother (202). As Madison Jones remarks, the Misfit “may be haunted, at times tormented, by vision of Christ raising the dead, but he cannot believe it: he was not there.…
The study of literature is very complex and multifaceted. While writing can and does often speak for itself, a great deal of works can be understood more thoroughly by understanding the historical and social influences that may have impacted the author. The most affecting stylistic influences often take the form of literary movements. Studying these various movements can help offer insight into the mind of the author and the story they are telling. One of the more interesting and lesser known literary movements is naturalism (Newlin 24).…
Annotated Bibliography Alexie, Sherman. “A Good Story.” The St. Martin’s Guide to Writing. Eds. Rise B. Alexrod, Charles R. Cooper.…