Songs of Innocence and of Experience

In “Song of Soloman”, Morrison tells a remarkable story reflecting the absence of a father figure in African American homes. Instead of looking at the absence of the black man in a blackm family, she depicts this men not as traitors or deserters, but as strong, exploratory spirits providing a solid foundation for their children, even if his absence affects them. Morrison introduces the imagery of flight, using this to capture a vast foreshadowing to the family’s changing aspects of “Song of…

17-18). Disney capitalizes on the innocence of children to rein traditional American ideas and attitudes. Benjamin Barber from the Nation understand the power and influence popular culture has on its viewers, he wrote, “It is time to recognize that the true tutors of our children are not school…

Mockingbirds are innocent, caring, kind, fragile, and almost childlike. They never do any harm and only sing songs up in the…

released his debut studio album entitled Goblin (“Tyler, the Creator”, n.d.). It was the second album in his trilogy and it immediately had people talking. One of the standalone songs on the album, “She” is an R&B rap song written by Tyler and features Frank Ocean on the chorus (“Tyler, the Creator”, n.d.). Lyrically, the song explores dark themes, such as a relationship between sex and violence, and it is beneficial to examine and explore different interpretations of its meaning in relation…

metaphorical meaning, the use of many literary elements, and the hidden symbolism contained within. Firstly, “The Lamb” was written by William Blake published in Songs of Innocence in 1789. Much like this poem, many of William Blake’s works were about Christianity. The Lamb is a counterpart to William Blake’s “The Tyger” in Songs of Experience. In the poem “The Lamb” by William Blake, two meanings can be found within the poem. One a literal meaning and two a metaphorical meaning. The literal…

Sweet Heart of The Song Tra Bong In Tim O’Brien’s, “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” Rat Kiley, a superfluous storyteller, recounts the story of Mary Anne Bell, a sweet country girl who is shipped into the Vietnam War by her boyfriend, Mark Fossie. Once there, Mary Anne embraces the people, the culture, and the war and transforms. As Mary Anne is a character in the story, one can come to the conclusion that that is all she is, a character. But Mary Anne is much more, and in other ways less. Mary…

Dream. Times where money is one of the most important aspects in life, marrying for wealth, power and reputation. Although anyone could have that dream There is one in a million chance to succeed that dream. James Gatz, later known as Jay Gatsby experiences the American Dream coming true. Mr. Fitzgerald used Gatsby to suggest that the American Dream is very hard to achieve. There was social corruption in those days and still exist today. F. Scott Fitzgerald shows these concepts in the novel The…

after the accident, Frida Kahlo 's career as a painter had begun. Meaning a part of her innocence of the perfect pictured world was lost, realizing that there is only harsh reality, cold as ice. And for the fact that Kahlo only paints her own reality and not dreams, nor nightmare strictly shows how in tune and wide eyed she is with the real world. A great example that Kahlo painted that relates to losing innocence is the “Self Portrait on the Borderline.”(Self-portrait on the Borderline Between…

popular story with that such plot is “Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?” In this story, a fifteen-year-old girl named Connie who, like every teenage girl, loves spending weekend nights in town and attention from the opposite sex. However, her innocence and vulnerability eventually lead her into the trap of a rapist and murderer named Arnold Friend. While most dark stories rely mainly on setting and circumstance to entice and shock its readers, Joyce Carol Oates relied on symbolism to…

Grendel’s Crisis: Aesthetic Nihilism Billboards, magazines, and social media always promote the smartest, richest, and most beautiful people in the world. People that live the dream of the commoners. But can it be useful to create unrealistic standards— or beautiful illusions— for humans? In his novel Grendel, John Gardner explores the idea of illusion in society through Grendel’s questioning of human society. Modern society is formed on illusion, and the ones to best protect or destroy society…