Moment of silence

and the slang used by the grandmother. The grandmother and the speaker are snapping beans. His or her grandmother seems to know that there has been a change in her life. “She asked ‘How’s school a-goin’?’”. (Parker 14) There seems to be a moment of silence while the grandmother still waits for the speaker to respond. A lot of things must have been going through the speaker’s mind. “She reached the leather of her hand over the bowl and cupped my quivering chin…” (Parker 20-22). Her grandmother…

Hunger of Memory People overcome obstacles in their everyday life, it is not a new thing. Some people face obstacles far worse than others could ever begin to imagine. Hunger of Memory is a biography written by Richard Rodriguez, it highlights the many obstacles he faced in his life. Richard Rodriguez is a man who moved to America knowing less than 50 words of English. He tells his story in the book Hunger of Memory where he highlights the obstacles he went through. Rodriguez does not simply…

unfold” (Turkle). During the first seven-minutes of a conversation, according to the rule, you are not allowed to look at your phone. Since they are used to the fast pace of their cellphones, these seven minutes can feel like forever; especially if silence…

Fiction Choice Book Mattie Seals The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is the book I chose to read this summer. An American classic filled with history, one of my favorite topics, a valid reason to make my decision on this book. Tom Sawyer is a young boy that is an unknown age creating a more relatable aspect to the story. Tom has a personality consisting of being mischievous, adventuresome, imaginative, and enterprising, all of which causes him trouble making them weaknesses. As…

The reviews from Michael Wood and Peter Kemp are completely accurate about Craver’s writing techniques in his short stories. In “Stories Full of Edges and Silences” by Michael Wood, what I’ve found relatable in the article was when Wood’s stated “The point is not that words are inadequate, or that actions speck louder. It is that the desire to talk can be perceived a need, and that need has its fluency, makes use of any language that come to hand. This is troublesome fact for writers, but Mr.…

Autobiography and Tehmina Durrani Ayesha Anwar Warsi Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Awadh University Faizabad One of the most important and ultimately most controversial is the autobiographical writing which has established itself against the dominant patriarchal grain, allowing for, if not insisting on, alternative interpretations, most specifically the Feminist Reading. In some ways, however, the furious intellectual labor necessitated by a history of exclusion and neglect made the new field of…

was not Kambili own formed opinion or judgement but one that was passed down by her father. Kambili searched for Godlessness when she spent time with Papa-Nnukwa and grows to love him despite him being a traditionalist. When Eugene discovers their silence of Papa-Nnukwa stay, He is furious for they have committed a sin in his eyes. A deliberate sin.…

beautiful, but its beauty possesses no purpose. When listening to Hope, Faith, Life, Love there seems to be an underlying purpose that serves the human soul, since this cannot be explained it holds purposiveness but not purpose. The fourth Kantian moment is it exemplifies a necessary satisfaction. In other words, this song exemplifies beauty through use of common sense. There is an innate sense that the listeners will have when witnessing this choral performance that the song is beautiful.…

silently pulled the rugged canoe up onto a welcoming sand bar for the night. The camping guide I read had vivid instructions about pitching tents, I did not hesitate to eagerly build the contraption in order to impress my companion. After a few awkward silences, a warm fire, and inevitable bouts of laughter, we decided to continue the odyssey after a meager breakfast and settled down in the miraculously pitched tent. “Gggrrrrruuiiisshhh!!!! Ggrrrrruuuuiiiiissshhh!!!” Yes, a sound just as…

Silence impacted the story severely from beginning to end. From the silent nights spent in the concentration camps to the silent decision he made that probably saved his life. Silence help him at the beginning when he arrived at the concentration camp because he had a minor rebellious attitude that was fired up by the anger he had. During this time he could have probably spoken out and reacted upon what he thought but he could have easily been killed right then and there. His silence in that…