From Potter's Field

Joyce Carol Oates wrote This I Believe: Five Motives of Writing explaining the five different motives of writing commemoration, bearing witness, self-expression, propaganda, and aesthetic object. “Commemoration” (Oates 1) is the remembrance method, where it can be ancestory, legends, myths, or family. "Where a story or a novel is set is at least as significant as what the story—the plot—“is.”" (Oates 1). “Bearing witness” (Oates 1) structure is what is going on in the world, what happens in…

In a forested woodland area, a being sat alone. Shrouded by darkness it appeared as if the creature was part of the night that surrounded it. A boy stumbled forewords upon noting the creature’s presence. It appeared as if the boy had no control of his limbs as he was forced towards the creature. His heart pounded against his ribcage as he was directed towards the hulking being made of the endless ebony void. “What are you?” The boy stammered helplessly. The creature forced the boy to sit on…

injustices were taking place in Birmingham, Alabama. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail is a letter that illustrates oppression being a large battle fought in this generation and location. In different ways, Dr. King describes how to dismantle the walls of segregation portrayed with literary devices such as words with strong diction, parallelism, and juxtaposition. Throughout the text of “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” strong diction is implemented to emphasize the…

Michael King Jr. is also known as Martin Luther King Jr. is the ( Maraniza 1 ) author of “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, who is also one of many Civil Rights movement leaders. Furthermore, King and many other protesters were held in jail for initiating a protest in order to “bring attention to the brutal, racist treatment suffered by blacks in one of the most-segregated cities in America-Birmingham, Alabama” ( Maraniza 1). Consequently King was imprisoned for his 13th time, not allowed to…

Once upon a time, the idea that a people could self-govern and prosper for years to come was one that many scoffed at. The founding fathers understood the importance of a government "Of the People, by the People and for the People". But sometimes that government is not for all people. It imposes unconstitutional and immoral laws that limit the rights of it's citizens, preventing the growth of the nation as a whole. At these times, civil disobedience is a necessity and the duty of those who…

The red stag howled its last as it dropped to the ground. The green glow from its body began to faint and vanished. Kairzo eyed the surrounding trees, vigilant of movements—another Remnant like the stag, might appear. Standing in the center of the trees, he pointed his sword forward and spun steadily, prepared to make a quick slash if something jumped at him. Mr. Enders told him that the forest became strange—small animals became rarely seen and injured lumberjacks came out of the forest—but he…

In Martin Luther King’s “Letter From Birmingham”, he is writing to his fellow clergymen. The letter is in response to a newspaper article about his actions of breaking a law while taking part in a nonviolent campaign against segregation as being called “unwise and untimely”. King did not typically write responses, but he did feel that the clergymen deserved an explanation for his actions. King answers the statement made that his actions were untimely and should have waited. He says that blacks…

letter into the elite Parsons The New School for Design. Despite the onslaught of tragedy the attack triggered, Monica Singh’s symbolic beauty alters society’s definition of perfection (Balson). Similar to the pain Monica endures from her facial scars, Georgiana, a character from “The Birthmark” a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne, suffers because of her ghastly birthmark.…

revealed in their works. In his short story Young Goodman Brown, Hawthorne describes how human nature is erroneous or flawed. He tells us through all types of symbolism that humans are ultimately evil in nature. One example of this comes directly from Goodman Brown’s name. He ironically names him Goodman to reflect how he is the opposite of someone who is virtuous. Another example of this is shown through Goodman Brown’s guilt. Although Goodman…

love for science has caused him the desire to change the appearance of his wife; to his definition of beautiful by removing a birthmark on her face. For instance, when Aylmer responds to Georgiana “No, dearest Georgiana, you came nearly so perfect from the hand of nature, that the slightest possible…