Patrick Brontë

“Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway uses the Modernist elements of dialect while focusing on the concrete parts of it's story and setting, along with the strong sense of alienation that comes from the characters. Hemingway uses the Modernist style of only focusing on concrete details and using dialect to keep things to the point, even if it's in a bit of an elusive way. He doesn't mention it directly in the story, but it becomes apparent the “The American and the girl with him”,…

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…

In December 1922, Jean Toomer sent a letter to novelist, Waldo Frank describing his intentions with writing Cane. He said, “From three angles, Cane’s design is a circle. Aesthetically from simple forms to complex ones, and back to simple forms...Or, from the North down into the south, and then a return North” (Davis 10). In Cane, Jean Toomer aesthetically creates a “circle” which is a continuity of ideas by interconnecting two forms of writing: lyrical poetry and narrative prose. By using two…

Southern Gothic literature is a writing style unique to American literature in that it uses supernatural, ironic, and unusual events to reveal and examine the values and character of the South. Sothern Gothic authors use certain elements as tools to explore social issues and reveal the cultural character of the south. An example of this work is A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor. It is a deeply disturbing tale about a family trip to Florida gone wrong. O 'Connor 's work in A Good…

Professor Fredrick Suppe, of Ball State University, gave a forty-five-minute speech on the history of St. Patrick. He gave this informative speech at Bracken Library in room 104. The general purpose of his speech was to inform. We know this because he wanted to inform us on the history of St. Patrick and St. Patrick’s Day. During the speech, he spent the first thirty minutes discussing the life of St. Patrick and his journeys. Some of these include, when he was taken to Ireland at the age of…

“Soldier’s Home” tells the story of Harold Krebs, a Marine who returns home from World War I. While Krebs does not struggle from physical damages, he does suffer mentally. Harold Krebs struggles with post traumatic stress disorder and trying to figure out what he wants in life. The characters and incidents in “A Soldier’s Home” are factual to Ernest Hemingway’s own experiences because like the main character, Harold Krebs, Ernest Hemingway also struggles after returning home from the war. First…

Relationships and experiences shape an individual’s sense of belonging. To what extent is this view represented in your prescribed text and ONE text of your own choosing? Introduction An individual's sense of belonging is fundamentally shaped by two key factors - relationships and experiences. Belonging is an inherent human need in which we strive for acceptance and security through others. A sense of belonging is vital for our survival and existence, as it reinforces our…

Patrick Manson had been born to a family of high class, and his childhood was filled with higher wealth activities such as natural history, fishing, shooting, carpentry, mechanics, and cricket. His mother was a descendant of David Livingstone, a Christian-missionary explorer. His father was the manager of a British Linen Bank. Manson was the second son of seven children, three boys and two girls. At the age of five he was well known for memorizing lengthy Bible verses during the sermon that was…

It is fascinating to watch what happens when people can become convinced they are right, even when they are wrong. The video documentary, Right Between Your Ears, explores how people from different walks of life came to the extraordinary belief that the world would end on a given date, took a public stand for it, and how they coped when nothing happened. Those included were a stock trader with a young family, a philosophy student about to graduate, and a retail manager. This documentary is not…

In Hills Like White Elephants Ernest Hemingway describes a couple’s decision on whether or not they should have an abortion. The man wants the abortion while the woman is being pressured and going back and forth on whether or not she wants the abortion. Ernest Hemingway uses symbolism, introduces modernism, and uses the setting as a means to compare the life or death decision and the topic of abortion as a whole. Hemingway starts off by describing the setting. The couple is sitting at the bar…