As I Lay Dying

Two Leaves, One Gone You know, I tried. I really did. As I sit here, a hole in my heart, (literally and figuratively) I wonder what I did any of this for, why this came to be. Sorry, my name’s King. I get distracted easily. I am your average but not average high schooler. Not to brag, but I’m kind of a genius. I’m a senior at 16, and had a fairly nice life. I had my loving mother, but my father had died two months ago to cancer, and it was hard carrying on. My little sister in particular, had…

first left Canada to fight in the war? When I first left Canada, I felt that I was doing something that helped protect the honor of Canada and Britain. I had also wanted to be seen as a hero back at home and never expected the war to last this long. What were the conditions like in the battle field? We fought in trenches that were cold, dirty, muddy, and smelled terrible. I was one of the few lucky ones who didn’t catch trench foot, but then again I lost an entire leg. Out in the battlefield,…

shell and he drank, watching Piggy and Ralph over the jagged rim. Power lay in the brown swell of his forearms: authority sat on his shoulder and chattered in his ear like an ape” . This extract shows the reign of Jack Merridew. In fact, under their new ruler, the boys are treated as mere slaves. Whereas he as a chief is feared and almost reverenced, he treats his subjects as being beneath him. The use of the word ‘power’ lays emphasis on the stratification their environment suddenly adopts.…

Susan Gingell- Beckmann reported “Our attention is drawn to the pivotal symbols of this novel by the title and as with all symbols, the calm at the centre is open to many levels of interpretation. The eye of the storm can be understood as an allusion to the bed ridden Elizabeth Hunter, who is the still centre in the tempest of emotions she rouses in those around her: her nurses, children lawyer and friends. On a more obvious level, reference is being made to the calm at the centre of a typhoon.…

all the righteous and the wicked, all the joyous, all the sorrowing, all the living, all the dying, pioneers O pioneers!” also Cather’s work tries to be as realistic and true to old life as possible. This is based mostly on Cather's descriptions of her own work. But we also pick up on this while reading O Pioneers! Think about the cold, factual manner in which the murder of Emil and Marie is described, that i would assume to be one of the better examples. This is the scene in which Emil and…

question, by the way.” “Sometimes, I wonder who made you king,” muttered Taran. “Fine. You, Asla and I will go together.” Taran turned wandered over to the tree where Lutren rested in the wagon, tended to by Veerah. Though the day was warm, the boy had a thick blanket wrapped around him. Lutren sat upright as Taran approached. “Can we please get out of here?” wheezed Lutren, casting Veerah a sour look. “I want to be out in the sun. I feel cold all the time and I like the sun on me.” Taran…

Ivan Ilyich’s Downward Spiral into Redemption The way Ivan gains redemption in the story is through a divine process that is able to save his soul. Through this redemption he comes to the understanding that he unwisely devoted his life to a value system that is devoid of actually accepting death as a possibility. He has lived a very simple, ordinary, and terrible life because he lives exactly as the value system of propriety and decorum wanted him to live and did not really live for himself.…

underlined plot, or setting is employed by Gothic writers to explore the difference between appearance and reality. For example Carter analyses this in The Bloody Chamber, “I was not so much afraid of him, of his monstrous presence, heavy as if he had been gifted with more specific gravity than the rest of us, the presence that, even when I thought myself most in love with him, always subtly oppressed me… No.” Furthermore, the elevation of emotional intensity is expressed predominately in The…

Our Town, written by Thornton Wilder, has much to say on the subject of life and the thought we put into our living. The play is packed with characters making you see a more three dimensional town. Seeing a vast assortment of characters throughout time makes the production feel real to the audience. The main character Emily who we constantly see throughout the production grow and develop not only as a charter but as a person. Emily goes through her teenage years along with George her lifelong…

the blink of an eye, before you’re even able to say goodbye? Well, on September 26th, 2016, I got to experience this feeling first hand. I remember every single detail from that day like it just happened yesterday; details that I wish I could wipe from my memory completely. While although my aunt Pam’s sudden passing was a horrific time for me and my family, it has definitely helped shape me into the person I am today. Walking out of Ms. Roberts’ 5th period class and reading the text message…