The Metamorphosis Essay

“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…

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…

During the Great Depression, hardships rose in a time which control is not in the hands of the citizen, similarly to the lives of George and Lennie where everywhere they turned there was always an obstacles. We see them endure difficulties because of Lennie lack of self-control when they had to run from Weed and their last job location. However, Lennie chooses to overlook his lack of self-control and his continuous actions of doing “another bad thing” to prove that it's just fate which plays a…

In this chapter you will learn about Edgar's emotions and how he handles them. Girls emotions change throughout the text it went from happy to sad to hate and then neutral and charming. That's what I am going to teach you. Edgars emotions changed throughout the text. It went from happy to sad to hate to neutral and to charming. For example, he said “You're a really mean guy I hate you.” (Page 113) because Sir Phineas took Edgar's book so he had a lot of hate towards him. Another emotion that…

Lennie Smalls is a character in John Steinbeck's novella, Of Mice and Men, who is just like any other person on the ranch, searching for his American Dream. Although, for Lennie and many others, achieving this dream will be impossible. Lennie is a mentally handicapped outcast that is constantly dehumanized by being compared to that of an animal. The author describes him as a man with a “shapeless face” who “drags his feet like a bear drags his paws” . Throughout the entire novella he is…