Mary Welsh Hemingway

Taking care of a goldfish is really simple. Be that as it may, if you are busy without any time management, then taking care of a goldfish is not for you. Not only do you have to buy the goldfish, but you have to get necessities such a fish bowl, or a tank, and a special brand of fish food. When I was about six years old I had a goldfish that jumped out of his bowl when no one was home. At first, I thought someone stole him, until I found him on the floor. I tried to put him back into the water,…

The poem, I Carry Your Heart by E.E. Cummings and the short story, A Cat In the Rain, were both written during the lost generation. In the poem, I Carry Your Heart, the theme is nothing can stand in the way of true love is shown throughout the poem. In the short story, A Cat In the Rain, the theme of dissatisfaction and isolation is revealed throughout the story. However, both show the theme of powerlessness. In this poem, I Carry Your Heart, by E.E. Cummings,the theme of “nothing can stand…

In “Hills Like White Elephants”, Ernest Hemingway expresses unique practices of modernism by letting the reader interpret parts of the story, conveying the story through images with meaning rather than explanations and words, and by shifting the power structure towards the female. Modernism inspired writers, such as Hemingway, to search for new perspectives and styles of writing literature. “Hills Like White Elephants” is a noteworthy short story that features a young lady nicknamed Jig and an…

loss, and despair seems to derive from the fishing trip that Hemingway went on years before *. However, the plot is not the only aspect of the book. One could draw connections between the story of The Old Man and the Sea and an usual fishing trip that Hemingway went on, however I will explore how the meaningful events in the author’s life influenced the symbolic aspects of the novel as well as the themes. As a child, Ernest Hemingway spent his summers on the lakes of northern Michigan. As John…

The Poor Richard’s Almanack 67. “A traveller should have a hog’s nose, deer’s legs, and an ass’s back.” Simple claim: This quote means that men are travelers that face challenging circumstances in life. Men must have sense, ability, and strength to carry the weight of any situation in their journey. In the first drawing, the man drawn in the middle represent the traveler. He depicts the common man that daily encounter diversities. The path under him is the road that the traveler is walking.…

In the article “Swimming Through Garbage” written by Lewis Pugh which was published in the New York Times in 2014 we learn of Pugh’s journey in swimming through the seven seas, Pugh’s is an advocate for the preservation of our oceans around the world. Pugh’s purpose of this article is to describe and persuade readers about larger issue at hand while informing readers to the health concerns of the oceans around the world. What he finds later is that he seriously underestimated the true severity…

Throughout the novel Piscine shares his thoughts and feelings, allowing the reader to grasp how he feels at all times. After Pi realizes Richard Parker is on board his lifeboat, an overwhelming number of thoughts and feelings were produced. After first discovering the tiger is on board, he quickly devises several plots in an attempt to kill Richard Parker. Yet soon changes his mind, realizing that he desperately needs a companion. The movie alters this part of the book, leaving out this key…

Creating a bond between a fish and the reader is a hard feat to do, but Elizabeth Bishop has done just that. Elizabeth Bishop creates a deeper layer of the story "The Fish" by her intentional word choice and colorful descriptions. She uses her way with words to describe in detail what the fish looks like and what it does when captured. She has used a large variety of literary devices and word choice to bring forth a deeper meaning of what is actually going on, and this is how she creates a…

Identity is commonly referred to as who a person is. Lots of times the identity that people are given are not what the actual identity of somebody is. Since a person’s identity can never truly be defined by anybody but one’s own beliefs, identity should be defined as a way one’s self sees themselves according to their situation and place in life. An individual’s identity is molded during their childhood by the experiences they have, influences from other people or ideas, and the environment…

heard. There is nothing worse than manifesting your heart and feelings only to feel dismissed and disappointed each and every time; it takes two for communication to be insightful and have purpose. In his story, “Hills Like White Elephants,” Ernest Hemingway demonstrates a woman named Jig’s conflict of choice: whether or not she should have an operation that is insinuated as an abortion in order to keep her lover, referred to as “the American,” happy and maintain the relationship as it was…