Theme of Madness Essay

The general theme in Langston Hughes poem “Mother to Son” is even though life can kick you down and beat you up, you always need to get up and keep climbing. Langston Hughes supports this theme with many different lines and phrases. For example, the mother in the poem says, “Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.” (Stanza 1, Line 2) The crystal stair in this poem represents an easy path in life and when the mother says that she hasn’t had a crystal stair, she means she hasn’t had an easy,…

differences in their themes. Some about the way the characters feel and others about the general mood of the story. Either way, both stories, create a great message given to the reader. The story "Boy's Life" differs from "Emancipation: A Life Fable" by the character’s thoughts and actions. This story has the character knowing he will be "free" and leaving the school. In the other story it is an accident that he had the option to leave or not. This would make the theme of "Boy's Life" more…

Themes are what make a story interesting. In “”By the Waters of Babylon” by Stephen Vincent Benet, the themes are what make this story interesting. There are many interesting storylines and themes throughout this book. But three important themes are overcoming fear, when a place becomes a wasteland people rebuild, and advancement of through exploration are all central themes throughout this story. John is a very scared child. Throughout the book John is constantly expressing his fears. His…

Ray Lewis once said, "No matter the circumstances that you may be going through, just push through it." In society, people sometimes give up when faced with tough times. When people use their determination and courage, they could do more. In Catherine, Called Birdy, Catherine uses her determination and courage to make the best of her marriage, her lady tasks, and her life. First, Catherine cannot escape marriage. She thinks about her own marriage and used to dream of a nice marriage, but instead…

importance of foregoing one’s prejudices and accepting others based off their true self’s. The two scenes I chose are Hiccups discovery of the wounded dragon and Hiccup’s first light. I chose these scenes because their soundtracks illuminate the movie’s theme through the reflection of internal conflicts acoustically in orchestral arrangements, cues that highlight each character’s origins, and the humanization of non-human characters by sound…

marriage begins to deteriorate, an overhanging object in the sky slowly starts to descend onto the their town. In Kevin Brockmeier’s The Ceiling, this black ceiling in the sky is symbolic of the protagonist’s failing marriage with his wife. A prevalent theme that surrounds the text is the idea of love, or lack of it, which leads to separation or feelings of detachment. This struggle evokes the feeling of loneliness and a total neglect towards the narrator’s surrounding world. The conflict arises…

Bernard experiences a psychological shift due to his reaction, advantages, and failure with fame; it illuminates the theme fame changes people. The psyche of Bernard Marx is shifted when he experiences his first taste of fame. When Bernard first introduces Linda and John to civilization, his feelings of inferiority are dashed almost immediately and he feels accomplished: “A veneer of jaunty self-confidence thinly concealed his nervousness.” -pg. 46. This taste of fame and acceptance marks the…

message in the novel ”End of days” analyzes the theme that humans thrive no matter what the situation is. Character development leads to theme by how we feel for Dr. Sheppard, Parker and Joshua Fitchett. We are also lead to them by the examination of the conflict and its resolution. Finally, Eric Walters’s choices of figurative and descriptive language leave the reader feeling biased, which also leads to the theme. Character development leads to theme by how we feel for the characters. In…

Simultaneously, the camera zooms in on one of his eyes and the picture turns black. At this point, the theme song concludes with the phrase, “life is unfair.” Further dissecting the introduction of how the visual and word play impersonate in what way Malcolm truly endures the amount of obstacles, not only is he pushed to overcome, but his family as well.…

It is very clear in my book, Stung by Bethany Wiggins, a constant theme is about character change. This book is about how Fiona wakes up years later from a drug induced sleep, and the world is in ruins. There had been a vaccine for a bee flu, but what people didn’t know was that the vaccine turned people into beasts. At first I thought that this book was just about bravery and how situations can cause you to act differently, but now I realize that this book is much deeper than that. As the main…