Bridges

Ambrose Bierce, in his short story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” uses the literary technique of foreshadowing in a variety of ways; that may or may not be easily noticed by the reader. Upon the first reading of “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” the death of the main character may come as an abrupt shock to readers. This is normal because attention to some finer elements of foreshadowing may have been overlooked in the reading of the selection. Multiple creative means are used to…

many times are not just a random act. Instead, they are often a response to something that goes against their moral convictions, or in this case, being deprived. I will talk about two quotes and how they relate to certain themes of A View from The Bridge, a short story by Arthur Miller. The quote “Love cannot stifle nor can it dictate. Either of those circumstances will turn a tender feeling into something ugly”, by…

The play ‘A View From The Bridge’ by Author Miller is set in 1950’s in America, They live in an Italian American neighborhood near the Brooklyn Bridge “the gullet of New York”. Eddie Carbone is the main character who has been shown as a very caring, loving and strong person, But on the other hand he is a short tempered and a frustated person too. He has different relationships with different characters, Catherine is his neice, Beatrice is Eddie’s wife and Marco is Beatrice’s cousines. He…

The Bridge called my Back is an anthology that focuses on the lives of feminist women of color from different racial groups: Blacks, Chicana, Native Americans, Asians, and etc. In this anthology, Moraga brings up the term “theory in the flesh” when she talks about entering the lives others. According to Cherrie Moraga, a theory in the flesh is the physical realities of a person’s live such as skin color, place of birth, sexual desires, and etc (19). The theory is developed using the female…

pioneering course called “Mujer Chicana”. After this, she went to California and tutor student from there talking about different things such as people’s sexual orientation and how to survive in a foreign country. In an essay that she wrote, “The Bridge called my Back”, she talked how she was the outcast of the outcast. She always felt like she could never fit anywhere because of her color skin,…

In a View From the Bridge, Miller tries to create a modern age greek tragedy. A greek tragedy is defined as a play in which the protagonist, usually a man of importance and outstanding personal qualities, falls to disaster through the combination of a personal failing and circumstances which he cannot deal. Miller portrays this through the character of Eddie who is understandably the ‘man of importance’ at least within his household. The character of Eddie also ’falls to disaster’ at the end of…

At the age of 6 I can remember very vividly, my first fight. My oldest and favorite foster brother whose name was Eddie, took me and Lajon, my foster brother, downstairs to the basement of our house for a very important “life lesson”. The teaching on that day was, “How to defend yourself”. I don’t remember any physical altercations before this day. I also will never forget this day. Lajon and I were the closest in age. He was seven and I was six. We were also close in size in a house of ten…

Sweet “You’re not pathetic. Who cares! So what if you suck at driving?! So what if you knocked over a couple cones?! It doesn’t matter because the things you don’t suck at trump everything else.” p. 23 Commentary Context Wendy’s failing on her test makes Eddie act as the big guy, helping her gain confidence. Eddie cheers her up by being sweet, comforting and encouraging. Eddie looks at Wendy as a non- patheic achiever who’s able to do anything. This shows that Eddie is a gentlemen who’s able…

What is the meaning of the last line of the story? The story went through all of Eddie’s birthdays. The Mitch Albom went through all of Eddie's birthdays was because he died on his birthday. So he could save that little girl. From the falling cart from a ride named Freddie's Free Fall. That was the sad part of the book. That Eddie risked his life for that little girl, at Ruby Pier. After that sad part of the book Eddie goes up to heaven. And meets this little girl that he had killed in the war…

This book has taught me so much about how true love never fails no matter what happens. The little things in life matter more than the big things. Also that you should never judge someone by their appearance because they are different inside the things you can’t see with a human naked eye, you have to get to know that person to find the truly special, ideal things inside with the loving warm caring hearts. “People die, but love doesn’t,” I learned that even if people pass away there is still…