Sarah Elmira Royster

that a writer needs, and this is how the geography and history of America have made an impact on American literature. When beginning to read From the Private Journal of a Journey by Sarah Kemble Knight I learned that it was a private note she had wrote in her journal which was later on published. I learned that Sarah is a very direct woman that wants to get to the point with no fooling around. To me she seamed like a real tomboy. What I also liked about her was that her note was very easy to…

A White Heron Essay Sylvia, the wanderer and adventure seeking young girl who goes on an adventure to find a white heron that was spoken about. Jewett dramatizes Sylvia’s adventure by the use of natural imagery, third person point of view, and a simile. The author does these things to make the story flow better and make it more dramatic. The Author does this to connect the story and show that Sylvia was one with nature. Each literary device helps support what is going on in the story. The…

Ben Franklin written by Edmund S. Morgan, provides highly detailed information on Benjamin Frankin’s life. Each chapter talks about different times and accomplishments throughout his life. In Chapter one, Morgan provides us with what Franklin did as a kid growing up, and what he was like. Morgan writes, “[...][A] muscular young man, about five feet nine or ten, full of the energies-physical, intellectual, and sexual-of youth...he enjoys a form of exercise that few people of his time dared to…

Moving from room to room, revisiting happy times and events, absorbing them to her mind’s eye for the long lonely nights that she thinks lay ahead. Suddenly Sarah Jane stops and stands like a statue frozen in time. Here in a state of numbness, within the walls of silence, cold, empty living room that was often filled with love and laughter. Sarah beings to doubt if the decision to leave and return to Yorkshire was the right one or the one she would regret in time. After what seems like hours…

In the well-known short story, "A White Heron" written by Sarah Orne Jewett, various characters seem to have mythical and symbolic significance. These characters include the tree, the hunter, the cow, and the white heron. At different parts in this story, each of the characters help to develop and reflect Sylvia's character. Although each character is significant, Sylvia's experience in the tree symbolizes her journey of maturity, knowledge, and self-discovery with nature. Early in the…

I believe Sarah Lawrence is for the creative nomads that chase the ever-fleeting storm of being an artist- a storm that demands the articulation of feelings and concepts that will forever challenge and cause us to grow and define what it means to be human. William Lawrence’s emphasis on the arts as a crucial element to the evolution of society resonates so profoundly within me; I wish to take part in a school that seeks to use art as a tool to impact others and I. I visualize Sarah Lawrence as a…

“A White Heron” was written by Sarah Orne Jewett in 1886. “A White Heron” allowed Sarah Orne Jewett to reach artistic maturity. “A White Heron” was Jewett’s best known short story. Sarah Orne Jewett’s first ambition in life was to become a doctor, however her poor health had prevented this is happening. Jewett’s father would take her along with him on his medical calls to help build her strength back up. While on the trips, Jewett found her writing material. Once graduation, Jewett began…

Trust is an asset of life that is hard to gain, but very easy to lose. When coming into contact with a stranger, a person has an internal conflict in deciding if the stranger is friend or an enemy In “A White Heron”, The reader sees Sarah Jewett use this very concept. One person states Jewett’s characters “...are not young women having dramatic adventures and finding husbands, but spinsters, and widows and children and professional women leading quiet, sometimes lonely, lives”. The reader sees…

everyday life. However, courage does not just appear when people need it most, sometimes it requires help from other people to drag out the needed courage. In “Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes” written by Chris Crutcher, Eric Calhoun the main protagonist is motivated by Mrs. Lemry his swimming coach and english teacher, Sarah Byrnes one of his best friend, and Mrs. Calhoun his mother to step and be courageous for himself and those who had always been there for him. Eric Calhoun as a child was…

teens. Poe then lost his step-father five years after his step-mother. Since he grew up without much of a mother figure in his life, he had a change of mind growing up. Poe finally found a love in the insane asylum, Sarah Royster, who overtime died while in the asylum of tuberculosis. Sarah was known as Poe’s last true love. When she died, this is when his life started degrading. In one of his works written in 1827, “A Dream within a Dream”, he talks about holding grains of sand within his hands…