Love,Life, And Liberty “A discussion on the theme of life in, Spoon River Anthology” There are many reasons and themes in spoon river. The 3 poems I picked had many life events that would go hand in hand in what happens in life of present day. My favorite 3 was Constance Hately, Kindsey Keene, and Benjamine Lantier. All of these poems were about important life events. Some were very good others were very poor. In all of these poems they prove what life is like and how beautiful but also go hard it can be. In every single one they give a statement about what they should have done differently or what they would have liked to do. First off Constance Hately was chosen because she enjoyed life and she always lived it to the fullest. She never just let life pass her bye she took charge and made sure that life was all that it should be. She did have a few things that held her down. She was taking care of her siblings since her folks had gone. They never were a burden to her she felt grateful that she had the opportunity to make sure they did great things with their lives. She did fall ill many years later and she speaks of the times that she so misses taking care of them. And now she will not get to see them all grow up so fast as she has…
Ruler Before receiving any materials, we had to decide which items were going to be our dependent, independent, and constant variables. Independent Variables: Baking Soda, Alka-Seltzer, and Mentos Dependent Variable: How much the balloon inflates / Ability to actually inflate Controlled Variables: vinegar, yeast, ballons, same container, same measuring tape, and same measuring spoons. Once receiving our materials, we automatically divided the amount of baking soda, mentos, alka-seltzer, and…
Prosperous is the definition of my name, little did my parents or I know that it wasn’t going to be earned easily. I am the child of a refugee family that migrated to America fourteen years ago to escape threats of murder at the vicious hands of the Taliban. Boarding a plane and landing in an unknown city with unknown people was my new home. Upon my arrival in this big country with the large populated cities and bright lights left me gripping my father’s shirt tighter. Living in this…
“Sooner or later, everyone sits on a banquet of consequences" (Robert Louis Stevenson). Whether good or bad, the decisions people make will eventually either hurt or help them in the future. In Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters, he explains multiple people's lives and decisions and how their choices affect others. The novel is a collection of epitaphs from the people of Spoon River, showing their decisions which linger even after death. The story of Spoon River expresses how the choices…
“Not only is there often a right or wrong, but what goes around does come around. Karma exists” - Donald Van de Mark. Spoon River Anthology is a novel in which the author, Edgar Lee Masters, narrates the stories of the people of a town called Spoon River. Each of the epitaphs are monologues written from beyond the grave of the residents in which they reveal secrets of their own or of others. Many of the poems crossover, providing a clearer image of the conflicts between the characters. When…
Wayne Trotman once said, “People tend to love money and use people instead of loving people and using money”. Spoon River Anthology, written by Edgar Lee Masters, is a series of epitaphs revealing the deep secrets of the townspeople after their deaths. Most people in this town withhold secrets that could ruin their lives in a heartbeat. These secrets include everything from relationship scandals to murders. The people of Spoon River come across these uncertainties in the business world, school,…
us, have been unknowingly (or knowingly) shaped by elements. In The Disappearing Spoon, the author Sam Kean, discusses the wonderful world of the periodic table in depth. Within the first nine chapters of the novel, Kean explains the importance of location on the table, origin and discovery of each element, and its impact on other aspects of human life. Through various tales, the table is pulled apart and analyzed in an ingenious way. To a reader, it is interesting to follow how our life is…
people’s everyday lives? Some people truly do believe karma is real, and they think certain outcomes happen as a result of something someone did in the past. In Spoon River Anthology, certain people die tragically, but they also do make decisions they either regret or they feel no remorse for doing. Most of the people in Spoon River have either a relationship or have ties to at least one other person in Spoon River. Sometimes, more information can be interpreted about a certain person through a…
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe once said, “In nature, we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which is before it, beside it, under it, and over it.” Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters unveils a clandestine community in Spoon River, where truths and secrets are uncovered through epitaphs. Each individual undergoes a life-changing experience that is usually tied to another in the story. Strange experiences occur, such as unspeakable accidents or the…
something else which is before it, beside it, under it, and over it.” Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters, unveils a clandestine community in the town of Spoon River. The book consists of people's epitaphs which uncover the truth and secrets after they pass. Each character undergoes a life-changing experience that is usually tied to another character, whether it's a horrendous accident or the stripping away of a person’s glory. Various unexpected events cause many people in Spoon River to…