Jab

telling this story, he sends a subliminal jab to Jake about his own love life and his faked relationship with the hired prostitute. This shows how a simple scene in Hemingway’s work can show hidden meaning and symbolism (Amidon 331-332; Sheets-Nesbitt 242). Hemingway was known for his themes of pain, self-worth, masochism, death, and animal connections but no theme is more prevalent than what Hemingway is known for, masculinity, otherwise known as the “Hemingway Hero”. The stoic man is the…

Ignorance is the worst form of blindness. In the short story, “Cathedral,” Raymond Carver creates a dynamic character who is judgmental and lacks insight, but ironically, a blind man soon helps him see. This character, never actually given a name, is also the narrator. Carver’s decision to withhold his name is intriguing since he gives the blind man a name, Robert. The narrator in “Cathedral” himself produces an antisocial, prejudiced personality for others to interact with, but shows the…

wearing a “Coolest monkey in the jungle” hoodie and white boy wearing “Mangrove Jungle Survival Expert” on their online website. It was offensive that the colored boy was compared to a monkey because of his skin tone and it was seen as prejudiced jab. Eventually, this H&M online ad got removed. For example, Kendall Jenner Pepsi commercial got a lot of backlash. The video showed Kendall handing one of the officers a can of Pepsi. Once she handed it to the officer the crowd got happy & all the…

Dear journal, I had another horrifying experience the day of today. It was the most dangerous and deadly thing we have encountered on this trip so far. ( and I thought yesterday was bad enough). The trail we have been taking all this time has a part where we have to cross the Columbia River. It had fast rapids, huge rocks, and high cliff walls. In fact, I have not the slightest clue of how I am alive and breathing right now. I thought I would surely drown and die in that river. Anyways, to…

matches in history. In 1965, Ali was set to fight another famous heavyweight by the name of Sonny Liston II but as soon as the fight began the audience was stunned at what had occurred. Ali had managed to catch Liston in the chin with a solid right hand jab causing Liston to collapse to ground and thus leading Ali to a surprising victory. Though years later there still are various claims and theories stating that Liston had either thrown the match or it was rigged from the beginning. During…

Joe wondered then if this was how Rocky Balboa felt, getting his face and body plummeted in the fight of his life against world heavy-weight champion Apollo Creed. Rocky was just a working-class Italian-American small-town club fighter, an unknown. The odds were stacked up against him. With a will of steel, hard work and determination, and a coach that cared enough not to let him give up, his shot of a lifetime changed his life when he went the distance. It earned him respect. Not only from…

Jennifer Price in her recent essay “The Plastic Pink Flamingo: A Natural History” alludes her view of the United States culture which is that in the 1950’s the American culture was ignorant. The author’s purpose is to illustrate her point of view so that the reader gets to see another perspective of culture in the U.S. Price appeals to her audience by giving facts about the flamingo and how it has and still is seen through eyes across the world. When starting her essay, Price exclaims that…

Stevie Wonder is one of the most critically- acclaimed musicians of today who expertly manages to keep the Motown spirit alive in today’s ever changing pop culture generation. His feats include using his obvious impairments to better his music and stage presence, his ability to master the piano, drums and harmonica at a young age, and the legacy he leaves behind that makes him one of the most prominent artists still known today. His music is a fusion of soul and R&B with pop accents and jazz…

Another jab is taken at life’s value when it is compared to “a walking shadow” (27). Though a shadow at times may seem to be lifelike, this metaphor uses the side of shadows that is dark, empty, and without substance or value. To make Macbeth’s attitude of life’s…

bites them and then comes and bites the human than the human has that same disease and could die. “A mosquito bites someone infected with malaria. A few days later, when the mosquito is read for its next meal, it bites someone else. And the mosquito jabs the new victim's flesh, malaria germs known as Plasmodium enter that person’s blood. In this way, bite by itchy bite, 212 million people are infected with malaria every year. Many live in crowded areas where mosquitoes easily spread the disease…