Patrick Brontë

Conflict Cluster At first, Ralph refused to believe in the beast. In Lord of the Flies the beast was an imaginary figure that several littluns on the island feared. Nonetheless, fear mutated to reality in chapter six. The boys mistook a dead parachutist for the formidable beast; the petrifying dread that gripped each boy slowly tore the configuration of their society. Ralph’s rationality did little to calm the distressed children. When Sam and Eric restated their terrifying experience, the boys…

Ernest Hemingway uses symbolism in “Hills Like White Elephants’’ to illustrate the difficulties a couple is facing in making an important decison about their lives. Jig, the girl, is pregnant and her boyfriend, called the American, wants her to have an abortion. Each symbol represents the two ways the couple can go and their struggle to make a decision with which both parties will be happy. The most obvious symbol in this story are the white hills which, according to Jig, look like white…

Two American lovers embark on a journey together to a foreign nation to cross many boundaries. Full of lust, passion, and desire, the pair enjoy themselves in the country of Spain while experiencing more with each other than the formulated travel guide’s intent suggested. At a train station, or a crossroads, their lustful escapade ends and the two go separate ways. Hemingway in the “Hills Like White Elephants” accurately displays the masculinity found in his own life as well as the difficulty…

"Discuss the apparent simplicity of Hemingway's style. Is it as simple as it first appears? How does Hemingway convey subtle and complex feelings? What role does imagery play in multiplying implications?" Ernest Hemingway is simplistic in the way that his books read, yet the content is a little more complex. Hemingway writes as if the words and thoughts are coming directly from the characters; so this makes it easy for his readers to follow along with the story. Both Norton and Cain…

Feelings of anxiety, tension and overwhelming fear seized the nation in July of 2013. Countless confidential files had been leaked, exposing the NSA’s undercover surveillance programs to the public. The National Security Agency had monitored individuals’ browsing habits and gathered a bulk of their personal information. Former CIA employer and NSA contractor Edward Snowden, responsible for stealing these government files, is currently “wanted” for espionage. His efforts to inform America of the…

There are many things in this world worth waiting for. Love, surprises, and rare occasions are among these cherished things that we as humans wait for. Even though I believe Edie made the wrong decision in waiting for Mr. Watters’s letter, somehow by a twist of fate she found her true love while waiting for a false one. The list of things in this world that are worth waiting for is quite a lengthly one, but I have three main things that I feel are at the top of the list. Love is something…

An author flinches as a memory begins to resurface. Recalling the painful experience as if it were happening again, he transcribes it onto paper with each agonizing keystroke. When examining Ernest Hemingway’s works compared to his life experiences, the correlation between them is obvious. Hemingway found his inspiration in the most unlikely of places: from a lake in Michigan where he spent his summers as a boy to the medical wards during World War I. However, his experiences brought him to the…

characters? Emily Bronte was an extremely talented woman without even a formal college degree who didn’t let even the biggest challenges in life bring her down. She would be the one to set an example for women authors to come (“Brontes”). Emily Bronte was born to wonderful parents who encouraged her education greatly for the rest of her life (not her mother who will shortly die in a few years). The Brontes lived in a quiet life separated from society which may have influenced the Bronte children…

Rebellious Romanticism During the romantic era in 1816 Charlotte Bronte was born. The romantic era does not have an exact date for its initiation or conclusion, but generally agreed to be around 1800s to 1830s. Therefore, Bronte, the author of Jane Eyre, she had romantic views even though her critically acclaimed book was published in 1847. Somewhere along the mid nineteenth to early twentieth centuries the Victorian era took place. This era contrasted sharply to the Romantic period. The main…

An Analysis of the Fiery Depths of Pearl Prynne “There was fire in [Pearl] and throughout [Pearl]”(84). Pearl, the daughter of Hester Prynne and Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, is young in The Scarlet Letter; however, she proves to have a large personality. Hester and Dimmesdale were not married when they conceived Pearl and Pearl has grown up in a single-parent home, knowing not of her father’s identity. eaders of The Scarlet Letter will notice that in the novel, Nathaniel Hawthorne, presents…