Cross That Line

A lifetime of trying to master the frustrations enabled it to be his default mood. When he has lived with its presence always present, he gave up trying to change it and used the constant emotion as an advantage in controlling the Other Guy. It was what he was doing then, feeding natural-born enmity to his guilt. It was how he made sure never to cross that line, the line Loki blurred gray with his presence… With his words… A rough laugh answered his first response. The irony of it amusing Bruce to no end. “Like your opinions?” he joked in disbelief that Loki said what he did without realizing its unique analogy. What had the prince (ex-prince?) expected if his world domination came to fruition? A fair democracy between him and the willing participants of Earth? If that’s what he predicted than Bruce suspected the guy had a lot more to learn about humans. “If I remembered correctly, that’s how you planned to rule us, right? Your opinions being the laws of the…

An important aspect of life is being able to forget something and moving on. Sometimes people cross the line though, and if they cross the line then its hard to forget whatever they did and move on. The line is a very fine one and is different for each person, but everyone can agree that kidnapping and raping someone is far beyond the line. Psychopaths cannot rehabilitate. Once a person is into kidnapping their mind isn’t the same anymore. The author explains that no amount of cash can buy back…

The movies 8 Mile and Step Up suggest people cross racial lines by the use of characters Jimmy “B Rabbit” Smith Jr. in 8 Mile and Tyler Gage in Step Up. Tyler is portrayed by Channing Tatum, and Jimmy “B Rabbit” Smith Jr. is portrayed by Eminem. Tyler Gage is good at dancing and B Rabbit is good at rapping. These are both white characters that possess a talent in something that only African American are stereotypically considered to be good at. I believe both of these movies cross racial lines…

accurate depiction of her expectation of death and her journey to afterlife. The death can be frightening topic for many, but not for Emily Dickinson. Emily’s tone and attitude in this poem is notwithstanding and carefree as she dares to challenge the death. In this poem, Emily completes her thought of her perspective of time, immortality, life, negative, aseity, and death itself. This poem contains six stanzas and each stanza contains 4 lines. The first stanza, the first line in the poem…

In “Morning in the Burned House,” Margaret Atwood suggests that when recalling the past there is a tendency for a person to desire dwelling in the past instead of living in the present, therefore there must be a destructive force in order to reinforce reality and continue progress. The author of the poem carefully chose the title as it reveals a lot about the entire meaning of the poem. Atwood used words such as morning, burned, and house in the title. Morning might be a connotation of a new…

interest that probably rooted from her father’s occupation as a linguistic professor. Chin humorously uses a hyperbole in order to lightly brag about the brain of Chloe in Stanza 2, “However, even though Chin spoke so highly of Nguyen’s intellect, as the poem begins to shift it makes the reader question if Chloe wanted to be seen as the stereotype of a “Smart Asian.” As Chloe grows up in Marilyn’s poem, the reader starts to notice that Chloe has experienced dissatisfaction going on in her life.…

Rhetorical Analysis of Truman Capote’s “Nancy’s Bedroom” In the passage, “Nancy’s Bedroom” from the novel, In Cold Blood, the author, Truman Capote, creates a vivid description of Nancy’s bedroom to help the reader connect with Nancy. Capote portrays a descriptive view of her bedroom to convey her personality. He uses many rhetorical strategies to create a feeling of sorrow and reveals the femininity and innocence of young Nancy Clutter. He uses figurative language throughout the passage to…

The poem moves forward again as the line 3 starts with “Everything moved.” You break out of the surreal moment when the author creates the setting and admiring the area then all of a sudden you break out of your reverie when the poem continues with the words “Everything moved.” The natural order of plants moving and flowing to the wind. The feeling of things being normal with everything moving and no sooner does everything start, there is stillness again as the poem continues with “a bell hung…

actually were going to change once I got on that plane. My first real awakening was in line for a routine security check when the man in front of me spoke on…

Moment (Page #) 2 Quotations (Pages #s) Literary Device Connection/Significance Chapter 6 – Pages 85-97 – (34-38%) This chapter basically goes into detail about the forbidden daughter of Hester whose name is Pearl. The first quotation is not from a scene, but rather just the author introducing you a bit more to Pearl. The author uses a metaphor in this first quotation on page 87 by comparing Pearl to a flower. The second quote is from an actual scene. During this time from on…