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Fosters novel and going on to reading No Country for Old men by Cormac McCarthy the main literary devices and themes conveyed were, geography, Christ figures, and violence. McCarthy uses these devices and themes to attract the reader to think about the book on a deeper level. In the novel No Country for Old Men the geography sets the tone for many scenes. The novel shows the West as a lawless place were evil and demise are superior rather than the stereotypical intrepid, second…

Struggling to be true to oneself and to be comfortable with who you are has always been a difficult thing for the individuals of humankind to accomplish. Many novels have been written around the relatable theme of finding one’s own identity for centuries. Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon is no exception. In this novel, the main character Macon (Milkman) Dead III had always subconsciously thought that he has no future. Morrison makes it seem that he is doomed to follow in his father’s footsteps of…

Stafford’s Traveling through the Dark and Snodgrass ' Driving Late at Night are the same poem in terms of their overall content, but drastically different in their effect and form. Stafford’s poem, titled Traveling through the Dark, is both dark and ominous. It creates an eerie feeling in the reader. While Snodgrass’, titled Driving Late at Night, attempts to convey the same message, it does not achieve the same feelings due to the lack of detail throughout. The poems both present the story…

show the stories of Holocaust survivors, however, the protagonist in MAUS becomes a Nazi prisoner earlier during World War Two than the protagonist in Night. Both of these books can be used to teach students about the Holocaust, however, they are different books in a variety of ways. Night, by Elie Wiesel is a more effective book for a teaching Grade 10 class about the Holocaust than MAUS by Art Spiegelman because of the uses of timelines, details, and emotional…

Orleanna’s House of Guilt In Barbara Kingsolver’s novel The Poisonwood Bible, Nathan Price, the father to four daughters and husband to Orleanna Price, brings his family on a missionary trip to the Congo. Their daily routines of residing in the Congo require hard work for survival, whereas in Georgia, life necessities like water and food are easily given. Although the Price family has left their home in Georgia, it is Orleanna who believes that as long as she is able to care for her family, she…

Elie Wiesel put into your head while reading the book. Night was such a detailed and well written book that I felt the actual event going through my head. Night gave detailed evnts that happened and not only how he felt but how all the jews in camps felt. I felt a stronger connection with the book, i felt that wiesel had placed me in the book. I could feel more of the events small or big that happend while reading then i did watcjing the speech. The book gave a connection to its authours that…

marriage when Ma says, “This is where we make mistakes, she said. ‘All hearts are stone until we melt, and then they turn back to stone again’ (170).” In other words, Danticat talks about a loss of hope, Edwidge is able use this and apply it to the book as a whole, it shows Haitian constantly being given hope, just to have it taken away. Even more, in the story “Children of the Sea.” One of the first stories displayed in the novel, Edwidge suggest the endless struggle people go through, this…

Living in a world of yesterday leaves no room for a life of tomorrow. In order to live life to its fullest, one must put the past behind them. At times society fails to realize that living in a former moment in life continues to allow the hauntings from that occasion to thrive, when in reality that date is erstwhile. In the novel Beloved, Toni Morrison uniquely portrays a twisted Hero’s Journey through the character of Beloved in order to present to the reader the horrors of living in the past.…

Edward Said once wrote “Exile is strangely compelling to think about but terrible to experience. It is the unhealable rift between a human being and a native place, between the self and it’s true home: its essential sadness cannot be surmounted,” however Said also stated exile can be “a potent, even enriching” experience. The Poisonwood Bible, a novel written by author, Barbara Kingsolver, features a young girl, Leah Price, who experiences exile in both of these manners and is completely changed…

Palestinian American literary theorist and cultural critic Edward Said has written that “ Exile is strangely compelling to think about but terrible to experience. It is the unhealable rift forced between a human being and a native place, between the self and its true home: its essential sadness can never be surmounted.” In “The Poisonwood Bible” Nathan Price the father of the price family has exiled himself from his family which creates a rift in this family which eventually separates the whole…