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Melivia Mujica February 22, 2018 Prof. Ms. Haight English 1302 The comparison of the Raven and Ode to Nightingale “The Raven” and “Ode to a Nightingale” both use birds as central symbols/images. To give the reader a better picture of the what is happening and giving a central ADD MORE ..... In the poem “ The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe the character goes through this emotional ride of missing and not knowing if his deceased lover was in a heaven. The raven is a symbol of his depression haunting…

Ethan Frome is a story written by Edith Wharton. The story revolves around the main character Ethan and his battle between moral and love. The story is told by a narrator who is an engineer and from the first glance of Ethan gets interested in his life. The engineer starts asking other residents about Ethan and gets different stories about him.In the story, Ethan lives in a farmhouse located in Starkfield, Massachusetts. In the farmhouse, there is Mattie, who recently arrived and is the…

This is a novel about the consequences of taking risks and following your dreams when they are not thought through. People often take risks, not planning properly, which can possibly lead to the death of an individual. Jon Krakauer illustrates the consequences of not being prepared, taking a risk, and ultimately dying for a dream. In the novel, Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer depicts Chris McCandless as an unprepared, vulnerable individual, who shuts himself off from the outside world, eventually…

When discussing his popular work the Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens explains the main theme that “Death may beget life, but oppression can beget nothing other than itself” (Dickens). Death and oppression often go together, with oppression resulting in death or death resulting in oppression. However, they differ in that death can result in something positive, such as the life of another person being saved while oppression only results in more oppression. Specifically, in The Tale of Two…

Value 1: Hardworking, Dedicated Text 1: “Of Plymouth Plantation” by William Bradford “In sundry of these storms the winds were so fierce and the seas so high, as they could not bear a knot of sail, but were forced to hull for divers days together.” “Would they do what could be done for their wages’ sake and on the other hand they were loath to hazard their lives too desperately.” In “of Plymouth plantation”, William Bradford acknowledges their determination and hard work for what they wanted…

amount of pain within someone, driving them into the worst imaginable fate: a life of violence. In Shaka Senghor's memoir, Writing My Wrongs (2016), Jay’s life tumbles down into darkness. From when his mom disconnected herself from his life to murdering an innocent man, Jay felt a sense of loneliness throughout many periods of his life. Although his father had always been by his side, Jay felt detached from his father’s new life with his new wife and children. His parents absence in Jay’s future…

In Paul Kalanithi’s memoir When Breath Becomes Air, he teaches the reader that although time is limited and death is inevitable, life can still be meaningful and have a purpose, even if it is as simple as helping an individual find the strength to overcome whatever hardships they may be forced to face. The beginning of the book starts off with Paul reflecting on what death is and what it means. In one event at the beginning of his book, years before being diagnosed with lung cancer, he was…

In Judith Guest's Ordinary People, the family of Jordan “Buck” Jarret copes with the tragic event in which took his life. A family trip turned into a boating accident, stealing the life of Beth and Calvin’s oldest son, and Conrad’s older brother. Throughout the book, this happy family gets turned upside down and faces unthinkable challenges. Even though deaths are thought to bring families closer together through grieving, this was not the case for the Jarrett family. Although the family in…

Life is full of things that occupy our time on a daily basis and most days’ life can hit and be awfully hard to overcome. However, life is not meant to be that way. Everyone should not always be occupied with things to do because it can overlap and cause huge burdens. In the story, “Bumping Into Mr. Ravioli” by Adam Gopnik, it shows how his three-year-old daughter Olivia has an imaginary friend named Charlie Ravioli. It turns out that Olivia never gets to play or see her imaginary friend because…

Aldo Leopold was a professor at the University of Wisconsin who published A Sand County Almanac in 1949. He wrote about nature in different ways throughout his book. The writing varies from the landscape to the animals. He describes different areas he has been to; these range from near his home in Wisconsin down to the New Mexico and Arizona area. Leopold uses a unique style of writing for this time period. Very little is known about nature at the time he published his book compared to today.…