Franz Kafka Essay

The Rabbits Written by John Marsden and illustrated by Shaun Tan, 'The Rabbits' is an allegorical tale of colonisation. First published in 2000 by Lothian Books, the book parallels the real life happenings of the British invasion and colonisation of Australia and the effects on the Indigenous Australians. Tan's illustrations open his audience's eyes with his peculiar, bold, semi-abstract style that conveys the anxiety and bewilderment of the possums as they bear witness to the mass destruction…

“Keep your face towards the sunshine and the shadows will fall behind you.” In the book Tangerine, by Edward Bloor, shadows are an important symbol which shows the relationships between people and the tone of a time period. As Paul struggles with living in the shadow of his brother, he feels invisible, but soon he learns that he is as good as Erik, and he begins to regain his self confidence and becomes a new person. At the beginning of the novel, Paul Fisher was a quiet and polite boy with…

“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” said Theodore Roosevelt. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi a mongoose, had put himself to the task of protecting the garden and his human family from the evil cobras Nag and Nagaina. A mongoose looks and is very similar to weasel, however, mongoose comes from cat family. Mongooses are predators in other words they are meat eaters, that are prone to hunting one of most deadly animals on the planet, cobra. The mongoose is immune to the venom of…

Olivia Jackson Mrs. Westerfield ENG 1113 7 March 2017 Elephant Man Joseph Merrick, also known as “Elephant Man,” had a rare medical condition that caused extreme deformities on his face, arms, and legs. He can be compared to the creature in the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Just like the creature, Joseph Merrick was subject to cruel judgment and a hard way of life from a very young age. The creature and “Elephant Man” were both outcasts to society due to their appearance. Although the…

Beginning with the unnatural occurrence of how the protagonist “found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin,” (pg. 1), Kafka is able to capture how such a character can undergo change without really changing in his novel The Metamorphosis. Gregor Samsa, the protagonist character in this novel, transforms on the surface into an insect upon waking from an uneasy dream one morning. Gregor however fails to question this transformation and quickly accepts that he has become an insect,…

The Victorianism era for literature was characterized by the struggle of employed individuals and the success of right instead of wrong. The Modernism era for literature broke the traditional styles of literature and experimented with expression and form. However, many authors of both eras had an occurring theme in their literature which is isolation and what it does to one mentally. Modernism rejected predictable truths and figures of authority, and also moved away from writing about religion.…

In life you learn many valuable things. You learn what to do and what not to do. It's what you do with that knowledge that sets you apart from every single person on the planet. Your parents are basic examples of teachers, they are your teachers for life. You learn from their mistakes and you try to surpass them in all that they do. What I have learned from my parents is that life is unfair. Early in my life I never noticed the little things happening around me. My parents would fight,…

moment, Art recalls that he hated helping his father around the house, as Vladek would believe that whatever Art did was wrong: “He made me completely neurotic about fixing stuff (Spiegelman 97). Further, he says that he became an artist, as his father could not compete with him in that area (97). For these reasons, Art not only resents Vladek’s attitude, but he also suffers from depression due to the responsibility he feels towards Vladek. In Lost, Treichel deals with identity issues, as a…

Janek’ s family is from Poland, back in the day when Janek lived in Poland, it was a developing country, the school had to be paid for, the chances of getting a job were slim to none, and the money earned was less than 3 dollars. Moving to America was very expensive on that type of pay, Janek’s father had traveled by himself to start up a job and find a house. When his father had enough money saved up he brought part of his family. Janek’s father had the enough money to have his grandma, his…

Creators’ Life Depicted in Death Imagery The imagery used in the films of Wolf Children, Grave of the Fireflies, and Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind to visually engage the themes of life and death within the constructs of their respective stories. The creators of these worlds of art, whether it be the; writer, director, animator, or another member of the team, shape the final product through their skill and their personal experiences. The artists’ personal experiences that help motivate…