Sony Reader

points of the book and the messages they are trying to get across. First is Foreshadowing which I think is a key tool to get points across in the book because it pits readers on edge no questioning what is going to happen just as the characters would. The example of foreshadowing is a big look into the future but also put the reader on edge and want to read more in the book "She was howling, pointing through the window: ' Look! Look at this fire! The terrible fire! Have mercy on me!"( Wiesel 25)…

Claire said, “I just love rain.” That’s my friend Claire. She is exactly like me except for when she is the complete opposite of me. At lunch a couple days earlier, when I brought up the topic of not staying up on the news she recalled her morning where one of her teachers had mentioned “Ursula, or something..?” “You mean Irma?” Where Claire can be detached at times, my friend Maggie is all hooked up. She still has the pristine compassion that I had as a young girl. If I were to come to her…

Because Clarinda seems to be referring to the angels, using the term “vuelo” seems to be a proper way to refer to the angels since she refers to them as the “spirits of the sky.” My decision to suggest that there is a mistake in the printing of the poem is both cultural and textual because there must be an understanding of the concept of “angels” that Clarinda is using as well as an understanding of printing during the time of this poems creation. Another limit of translation that presented…

caused a lot of controversy throughout the years amongst literary critics, scholars, teachers, and students alike. Despite its innocent façade, upon closer inspection this poem is about a quite scary subject; a drunk father abusing his son. Many readers, preferring to ignore what a close read will inevitably lead them to, say that this is a happy memory between a father, albeit drunk as well as possibly a bit rough, and his son. One of the things that makes this poem so hard to interpret is…

In John Gardner’s novel, Grendel, he makes it clear right from the beginning that Grendel is just some confused and curious creature. Or is he? It is obvious that in this novel, Grendel is just a character made to capture our pity. He is an estranged individual who just desires to be a part of something. This desire, of longing to be a part of something, is the reason for his many evil actions. “I believed him. Such was the power of the Shaper’s harp! Stood wriggling my face, letting…

of his younger cousin, Richard. The first example of this character trait being shown is in this quote. “Why do you always hang around me. Don’t you know when you’re not wanted”(pg.22). Through the words that were said by pete, it is clear to the reader that Pete doesn't care for Richards company. Pete had no reason to snap at Richard, who was simply asking Pete why they aren’t as close as they used to be. This quote also shows that Pete, at this point in time, doesn't care about his…

Brooks’ “The Boy Died in My Alley” is written as dialogue between police and the speaker, who are discussing the death of a young boy. Lynda Koolish sees Brooks’ poem not only as an account of the boy’s death, but also as a source of insight into “the issue of individual transformation” when one is exposed to such violence (citation). Koolish believes the boy’s death, like that of other African American boys, was a “secondary [cause] to racism, poverty, powerlessness, and despair” (citation).…

The author uses metaphor “your eyes are spikes” to says how the blind man’s eyes are like spikes to be scornful saying that when the someone looks into his eyes it is like a death stare The tree represents his life and the leaves represent the events that “enlighten” his life Alliteration: the author uses alliteration to show how the speaker is not happy with beauty, he finds the war at peace with himself and to know and “see what he must leave” fills him with grief, it actually makes his…

shows how the main character feels about his situation that he just started going through in the words of poker. Throughout John Updike's stories, he connects the small things to show the intense feelings and thoughts of characters, and to help the readers understand the story, and characters feelings better. During the story, Updike uses the reminder of pills that the main character just received from his doctor to help him fight cancer. This shows how the smallest things remind him of his…

In the poem, there is a father and son and it shows that the father kind of becomes rough with him due to the fact he has been drinking. The speaker (the son) is reflecting on the events that happen on the evening before his father put him to bed. His bonding time with his father before bed and how they would interact in a way that may seem rough but loving at the same time. And due to his father drinking, he can't seem to control his actions and seems to be uncoordinated. Because in lines four…