Barn Burning

Illinois, John Wilkes Booth and David Herold were finally caught in a barn owned to the Garretts of Maryland for the murder of the President Abraham Lincoln on April 26, 1865. At first Herold surrendered and was taken into custody. Later on as the police tried to capture Booth and make him come out and surrender, he declined and so the only safe option the police had was to burn the barn down. Still, Booth chose to stay in the barn…

In Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman illustrates that all humans are fallible to temptation and that true maturity comes not from age, but from mental strength. In Ocean at the End of the Lane, Gaiman uses Ursula Monkton (the housekeeper/evil spirit) to symbolize human greed. She gives the sister half a crown and seduces the father, creating an idyllic scene with “[his] father with [his] sister holding on to his neck, and ……[Ursula Monkton’s] arms filled with yellow and white flowers.”…

Sam and Life in the book of My Brother Sam is Dead argue a lot , but I think it is because they are so much alike. Whenever Sam comes home from Yale he tells his family about an attack which makes his father mad. Later that day Sam told Tim that he was going to have to take their family gun the Brown Bess. Sam and his father had a argument about the Brown Bess and after the fight that was the first time Tim had seen his dad cry. Later Sam took the gun and went to the war. Tim and Life went on a…

Ambrose Bierce was a well-known writer during the late 1800s. Bierce was famous for his incredible uses of symbolism, perception, and thematic elements within his stories. Written in 1890, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” is one of Bierce’s most popular works of literature. This short story is set in Alabama during the time of the Civil War. Peyton Farquhar, a young farmer, is anxiously awaiting execution atop the Owl Creek Bridge. Accused of attempting to burn the bridge, Peyton now stands…

My final reason is in a scene where Tucker and Anvil are in the barn playing a game. Anvil in it, he has to stand in a Big White Circle. Tucker is felt, “my muscles tensing, but I wasn’t particularly excited. I didn’t trust myself to look up toward the roof where the big mechanical hayfork hung.”(page 7). This quote is cruel, It makes people wonder if the hayfork is hanging high enough for it not to be noticed when entering the barn. Tucker was bullied by Anvil but Tucker does not have the…

The mostly true adventures of Homer P. Figg is an entertaining adolescent novel that follows the adventures of Homer P. Figg as he tries to find his brother, who has joined with the Union forces in the Civil War. Homer travels from Maine all the way to Pennsylvania, and he ends up on the battlefield during the Battle of Gettysburg. He has amazing adventures along the way: he meets Quakers, members of the Underground Railroad, money scammers, Confederate army spies, carnival workers, and…

Page 15-16 “My mom told me that my birth mom was sold when I was four years old because Waller wanted the money.” Said Sarny. I infer from the book that the young girl named Sarny was only four years old when her mother was sold to a man named Waller. Once she was sold, she will never be able to see her daughter again because their master. Their master believed that if they let her stay, she will most likely spend time raising her daughter than working in the plantations. I am highly…

Kylin Munger Intro to Literature Poetry Analysis Due: 2-23-18 Poetry Analysis: “Daddy” and “How Do I Love Thee” Sylvia Plath was an author in the Modern Era in which she wrote her poem entitled “Daddy” (Plath). In her poem, Plath reflects the Modern Era in which her attitude and words convey the relationship she had with her father. The second author, Elizabeth Barrett Browning with her poem, “How Do I Love Thee” (Barrett Browning) was a poet in the Victorian Era. Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s…

Righteousness and Responsibility What does being a father really mean? The complex role of fatherhood is explored in “Those Winter Sundays” and “My Papa's Waltz.” The two fathers in the poems have extremely different ideas about what being a father truly entails. The distinct differences in the father’s level of responsibility is evident in the time of day in which the poem occurs, the atmosphere they create within their home, their morals, and the appearance of their hands and tasks they…

sufficient (192); Michael Milton “uses [his horse] like a motorbike” (67); and Sam’s father relinquishes care of his police horse to Sam because he does not understand how to take care of a horse (12). Even in instances where male characters do display acts of care, it is often placed in the context of their employment as a form of justification. For example, in the first book, The Shadow Brumby, Sam’s father saves a toddler, playing on the train track, from coming to further harm because it is…