Daniel Faulkner

I chose to write about “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”. This story caught my attention because it shows how fast a lifetime can go through the mind. Thoughts are like the speed of light. In reality, things only last for a few short seconds, but lasts for days in the mind of Peyton Farquhar. It is interesting to me how time is so much shorter in real life than it is in the mind. “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” is a very suspenseful short story written by Ambrose Bierce that takes…

The novel One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest tells the story of a mental institution and the people and events inside of it. More specifically, it tells the story of a man and his journey to sanity, as well as of the people who help him progress. It is only when a new patient, McMurphy, arrives in the ward that the main character, Chief Bromden, truly begins to progress toward sanity. In the novel One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey, Chief Bromden goes through several stages while…

destroy his father’s tissue sample. Cassia realizes that Xander bent the rules in the same way to help Em. All situations where someone bent the rules for a person that they love. However, throughout the date Cassia could not keep her mind off of Ky; Cassia’s mind continues to drift back to Ky, then she wonders if as falling in love with him and falling in love with his story are the same thing. When Cassia and Xander return home the officials are confiscating everyone’s artifacts; Cassia…

The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg by Mark Twain - Literature Assessment Instructions: In response to your reading of The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, respond to FOUR of the following questions here. 1.) What is the "ancient glory" of the town? What are some of the many ways Twain elaborates on this glory? The ancient glory of Hadleyburg is plainly the pure honesty of the people, and the town’s inability to become corrupted or plotted against itself. This glory is described as ancient…

over the course of many years. In A Rose for Emily, William Faulkner uses a lot of symbolism to depict how life was in the Old South and how a post-civil war community is dragged through the arrival of progress. Faulkner uses tools of description and familiarity to address change in the South in a mature manner, while weaving his personal opinions into the actions of his characters. Miss Emily represents the decay of the Old South. Faulkner uses description Emily and her possessions to reflect…

Equality and freedom have been given to everyone. In the novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor, 21st century reader takes away the feeling of family, being free, and equality. Mildred D. Taylor’s novel sends a message about “ family”, “freedom”, and “ equality” and how different they were in the 1930s from today. Family is really important in both 21st century and the 1930s but, family was thought differently. People of the 21st century take family for granted. People don't…

Emily’s house was left” (Faulkner 91). This first description of Emily’s home is our first look at the world she loves in. Throughout “A Rose for Emily” Faulkner uses many facets of the happenings in Emily’s life and history to reveal more about her. Faulkner uses intricate forms of symbolism to quietly tell us about his main character. The title itself gives us an idea that the story could be about expressive romanticism. “We remembered…

Texaco is a book written by Patrick Chamoiseau. This book offers a historical and personal perspective of individuals living in Texaco, a village on the country side of Fort-de-France, the capital of Martinique. There are three narratives in this story, Ti-Cirique, Oiseau de Shem, and Marie Sophie Laborieux, but the main one is from Marie-Sophie, the daughter of a free slave. In Marie-Sophie narrative, she tells the story of her family history which begins from 1820s and ends in late 20th…

A well known author William Faulkner, wrote “A Rose For Emily” in this story a rose never physically appears. The rose is however a symbol that lays over the whole story like a blanket. I want to signify the three different symbols that the rose symbolizes throughout the story. Those three symbols that the rose represents would be love, the dream of being loved, and the third one is just me describing what the rose symbolizes to the author. Everyone in the town knew that Emily had never been…

(particularly those of his children) for his benefit. Anse is characterized by his passivity. His shirts are never stained with sweat like his children’s, because while they are toiling in the fields, he does little to contribute to the household (Faulkner 17). Though…