Theme Analysis Essay

decided to take a look at Maile Meloy’s Half in Love: “Garrison Junction” and Jean Thompson’s Who do you Love: “Ice Angels”. I choose these two stories because even though they are by two different authors, I instantly noticed several strikingly similar themes and concepts. In this explication I will compare and contrast the overall plot, occurrences, ambiguity, and the different endings of each story. In “Garrison Junction”, we follow a young pregnant woman by the name of Gina and her…

"All men hate the wretched; how then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things! Yet you my created detest and spurn me, thy creature, to whom thou art bond by ties only dissoluble by the annihilation of one of us." The monster explained to Frankenstein that he has no friends and was lonely and his quest in life was companionship and understanding. He said, "It is my loneliness that made me savage." Frankenstein heard his voice and it scared him; he saw his reflection and…

I chose this theme because while Nick was growing up, he constantly questioned whether there was a purpose to his life, and he wondered why he was not “normal,” like everyone else. From the ages of eight until twelve he thought about killing himself because he felt like he was such an outcast from all of his peers, and he also felt like a burden to his parents because they practically had to do everything for him. He even attempted to commit suicide by drowning himself in the bathtub. However…

stanza, a new important piece of information is expressed to the readers to contribute to both the theme and tone of the poem. Piercy is able to cultivate the idea that inward beauty is not valued in today’s society, and that artificial perfection can only be achieved through following the standards the world sets for little girls. By using a variety of diction, transforming the tone, expressing the theme throughout the story and employing a plethora of other approaches, Piercy captures the…

William Golding uses a third person omniscient point of view to help develop his theme. It 's written from the perspective of a little boy probably the same age as the ones trapped on the island. Not a boy on the island either but one detached from above. This helps show us how the boys are feeling about each other and how they are perceiving…

When a simple job of babysitting turns into getting stolen and finding a way to escape. Therefore, it is critical that the book Stolen Children is captivating because it contains a meaningful theme, many action filled characters, and…

Every story has a theme. It may not be very prevalent, but it is still there. Themes help characters and the reader learn lessons in clever ways. Most themes can be applied to any time period and to any person. Take the famous story “The Tortoise and the Hare”. The theme of this short story is slow and steady wins the race. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare has many themes scattered throughout the play in very interesting ways. The most prominent universal theme in Romeo and Juliet…

In the poem, Mother to Son, there is a mother telling her son that life isn’t always easy. She tells her son about her life, and the pain she had to go through. She compares her life to stairs, and the stairs can either be easy to climb on or hard. She lived a hard life, and she kept going through the challenges. She wants her son to keep going like she did. Hughes reveals that you must overcome challenges in life and keep going by using a extended metaphor, and imagery. Hughes used a extended…

intelligent readers would predict that the story would have a feminist theme. And they would be right. However, the way that the story’s author, Susan Glaspell, establishes this theme is far more unexpected. On its surface, the story itself is a rather disturbing murder-mystery about a woman who is believed to have murdered her husband. However, observant readers will take note of the subtleties of the story that establish the theme. So, yes, “A Jury of Her Peers” is, at its heart, a story…

Squealer Speech Analysis The book Animal Farm is an allegory novel written by George Orwell on August 17th, 1945. The book depicts the events leading up to the Russian Revolution and the era of the Stalinist Soviet Union. The characters in this novel try to form a sustainable democracy/society in which animals can live a peaceful life without the threat of human beings. The main leaders who take action in this book are Napoleon and Snowball who are both pigs. Another character Squealer (who…