Scott McCloud

The Rocking-Horse Winner Symbolism Essay Big mouthfuls will only make someone choke, just as heavy pockets will make a man drown. Throughout D.H. Lawrence's The Rocking Horse Winner there are several symbols centered around greed. The story is based around a boy named Paul and his short life. On Christmas, Paul received a brand new rocking-horse, and he used it to wondrously predict the winner of the local horse races. Paul gambled his way to great fortune, yet there never seemed to be enough…

I chose to base my creative piece on the Australian short story – American Dreams by Peter Carey. The purpose of my piece was to highlight central themes such as Americanisation – an idea that claims that 'America has colonised our subconscious' and the delusion of the American Dream. These thematic aspects are prevalent in 'American Dreams' by Peter Carey, in which a remote and isolated town becomes influenced by the concept of living the American Dream and as a result of trying to conform to…

“Two Scavengers in a Truck, Two Beautiful People in a Mercedes” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti is a descriptive poem comparing two different, distinct pairs of people who cross paths with one another on the road. One is a pair of garbage men and the other is an elegant couple, two duos from completely different worlds coming together as equals on the roads of California. Ferlinghetti notes all differences and similarities between the two odds from the brand of car to the length of two of the men’s…

There are millions of combinations of themes, perspectives, characters, plot, and style that a novel can be written in, and each one of those factors can carry significant meaning in a novel. Perspective, for example, can show what a single character or multiple characters are thinking and feeling. It describes their commonalities in the psyche and their differences. Published in 1932, by William Faulkner, The Unvanquished, a Civil War novel, was written more than sixty years after the war ended…

Considered one of the greatest plays of the 20th century, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman can be seen as praise to a man who, while trying to bring his family into grace, falls in a tragic life. As Centola (25) says, “Miller’s play tells the story of a man who, on the verge of death, wants desperately to justify his life.” Willy is a complex and fascinating man who gradually destroyed himself with false hopes and beliefs. He is a tragic man who, in his whole life, has believed that he would…

Emerson once said, “money often costs too much” (Berger). The world seems to revolve around money, and it often distracts people from the joys of life that bring them fulfillment. This is shown in almost every main character of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Although on the surface the characters of The Great Gatsby seem to live glamourous and joyous lives due to the riches they have, when they are examined more closely, it is evident that their money actually does not provide them…

The film, Annie Hall was released in 1977, and directed by Woody Allen a well-known stand-up Comedian in America. One would automatically have expectations of humour and a happy ending due to the romantic comedy genre; however the film disregards a few of the genre’s conventions which results in an unhappy separation of the main two individuals Alvy Singer and Annie Hall towards the end of the film. The film, Annie Hall unfolds from Alvy’s point of view and his ultimate search for happiness in…

Carl Sandburg was born on January 6, 1878. He was born from a poor, migrant Swedish family who struggled when they first arrived in America. He loved all different sort of things and later discovered that the fine arts and sports appealed to him. As a younger child he experienced many injustices of laborers, which later shaped his socialist beliefs. He worked from the time that he was a young boy and quit school in the eighth grade. As he grew up he bounced from job to job trying to make a…

The story of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë centres on the character of Heathcliff. In the beginning Heathcliff was a homeless orphan and throughout the novel grew as a character, gaining wealth and power. Heathcliff has numerous relationships with other characters within the novel which really give the reader an insight into his personality and what kind of person he is when dealing with different scenarios which he come across. The two main households and property’s which the novel…

At the point when an individual strolls into somebody's home, his or her early introduction is based off the mortgage holder's cordiality, otherwise called Xenia. In the event that the host shows appreciation and deals with the guest, the guest will feel increased in value. In any case, if the host affronts the guest, the guest will have an awful impression of the host. In Greek mythology, indicating neighborliness is an important part of their way of life. The Greeks do this because gods may be…