Jim Morrison

dynamics of their novels. However, they would not have the ability to harness this power if it was not for the ways that Toni Morrison and Nathaniel Hawthorne used them. They both used Beloved and Pearl for symbolism. Just like how the letter is the consequence of a crime like adultery in Puritanical times, a child can be a consequence, which would be Pearl. Toni Morrison and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s insightful use of symbolism allows the characters to be more tangible to the reader, further making…

Once again, Salinger wasn’t oblivious to the meanings behind each character’s name. In fact, symbolism plays a part in the character Sybil Carpenter. “Sybil, bright with innocence but already tarnishing, symbolizes for Seymour the human condition: like the sibyls of old, she is the unconscious oracle through whom the prophecy is revealed, the instrument of truth” (Lane). A sibyl is defined as “a woman in ancient times supposed to utter the oracles and prophecies of a god” (“sibyl”). It is…

taken his privileged status for granted, and always thought that he deserved nothing less than absolute love and affection. “Now it seemed to him that he was always thinking that he didn’t deserve some bad luck, or some bad treatment from others.” (Morrison 276). The fact that Milkman can even recognize the kind of attitude that he had about life shows a huge progression from his past self. He also reflects on the way that he treated Hagar, which he further proves his remorse for later, when he…

Staying Alive and Surviving the Khmer Rouge: The Important Emotion of Determination in First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung This study will define the important role of determination in the survival skills of a young Cambodian girl in the book First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung. This book defines the horrific experiences of a girl named Loung Ung in Cambodia when the Khmer Rouge took control of the government in the mid-1970s. Ung (2006) describes the determination that was needed to…

Toni Morrison is a black African-American novelist of 20th C whose novels show and record a brief history of African-Americans of the early times of the 19thC. She became the first African-American to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993. Toni Morrison shows us the troublesome circumstances within which the slaves were forced to live, the dark aspects of humanity, and the destructions that are delivered to their lives through her novels. She has attempted to show the past of slavery,…

Toni Morrison is known for using vastly descriptive details throughout her writing, she does this to make descriptive comparisons in order for the reader to connect with her work. In The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison uses description to make comparisons about beauty. In Recitatif Morrison uses details to describe Twyla and Roberta’s life. She uses detail to portray to her readers the hardship and struggles each and everyone of her characters face throughout the story. This use of description draws…

The past haunts, the future taunts. Unwilling to let go of the horrors of then, former slave, Seth has dragged the weight of her past with her all through her life, experiencing things unimaginable to us. In her attempts to let go and love we see things inside characters that have not yet been discovered. A tin tobacco box, rusted shut, enclosing something precious, something sacred. Rested deep within, it traps the feelings and memories from long ago back to a time of slavery. This rusted…

In the novel Beloved by Toni Morrison, a former slave, Sethe is pushed to her limits and she uncovers the true identity of being a mother. Sethe decides on killing one of her daughter's, Beloved, to show a sign of protection and not wanting her child to live in a world where slavery occurs. Beloved’s reappearance affects Denver, Sethe, and Paul D both in a positive and negative way. Denver had always known she had a sister and she wanted to protect her from any harm coming her way. Sethe on the…

Bluest Eye Does being ugly refer to the physical aspects of a person, the way they think, the color of their skin, or the way in which one is raised? Toni Morrison, an African American novelist, originally named Chloe Anthony Wofford, interprets and examines the “black experience” throughout her many novels (http://www.britannica.com/Toni-Morrison). The Bluest Eye, being one of them, is a remarkable novel written to justify the experience African American’s had during World War II and post-war.…

as the narrator, tells the story with her own bias, making it difficult to discern the authenticity of each thought or event. Her thoughts, however, are influenced by present events, which can be considered to recognize the reality of a situation. Morrison employs Twyla’s memories to uncover how other characters and events shape a person’s…