Syringa

Art and emotion, often times, go hand-in-hand with one another due to the generalistic idea that emotions are what fuels the artist drive to produce such wondrous masterpieces. Poetry, is one such art that allows its creator to call upon a variety of emotions. Whether those emotions are a sense of delight, anger, contempt, sorrow, etc, all are forms of emotion and are easily seen throughout the many poems written by Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, and Paul Lurance Dunbar. When these poets fuse their emotions with their words, we the readers are able to feel a fraction of what they might have felt at the time of the poems creation. It is this component that allows the readers to effectively take away any life lessons that might have been incorporated throughout the written works. This is especially true in both Dickinson’s and Whitman’s works. Walt Whitman’s poems contain a variety of emotions, however, delight does not seem to be one that is frequently felt by the author or his readers in any of his poems. Instead, a sense of nostalgic sorrow is felt throughout many of his poems. In his written work, The Wound Dresser, the tone is painted almost immediately and we are granted access to a very vivid image of an elderly man entering into a hospital tent. “An old man bending I come among new faces” (71). By stating that an old man is bending down and is among new faces, it allows the readers to infer that the flow of newly wounded are endless and is normal for the old man. While…

In Edwin Romanzo Elmer artwork, “Mourning Picture”, the setting consists of a family sitting outside their large wooden house near the hills in western Mass on a bright day. The family includes a small girl and parents, the young girl stands at a distance from the parents. The dark clothed parents are in a corner near a lilac bush sitting down on wooden chairs. The mother, however, sits under the shadows of the bush. Toys are scattered around the grass as well as a pet cat and lamb. At the first…

feeling of a bird no net ensnares or a human being with a respected independent will is freedom. Freedom is never given; it is won with the great sacrifices of many in pursue for it. Literature has always been used as a powerful weapon to fight against bigotry and prejudice in society and promote freedom to drive social change. In “The Strangers that Came to Town” author Ambrose Flack examines the concept of freedom and the prejudice and bigotry that exists in society. Set in a small American…

acceptance is another form of freedom which people feel everywhere they go and wherever they live. Mrs. Duvitch did not feel acceptance with her appearance. People around Syringa Street started a rumor that she had a skin disease. “this gave rise to the rumor that she was the victim of an obscure skin disease and that every morning she shook scales out of the bed sheet.” (Flack, 3) The rumor embarrassed Mrs. Duvitch and made her not leave her house, and made her not comfortable in her own…

Duvitches as worthless. Another reason is that the townspeople did not acknowledge or respect the Duvitches basic free rights. Furthermore, the Duvitches were not prosperous until the townsfolk accepted them despite living in a free country. First of all, to be free is to have more value than those who are oppressed. The townsfolk oppressed the Duvitches, thus, deeming them worthless. The prosperous folk were embarrassed and annoyed by poverty. The Duvitches were the only “struggling family in a…

entire cavity, filled with organs, showed up. I was amazed to see internal organs with my naked eyes. The next dissections were a cow eyeball, to observe its anatomical structures, and an earthworm to learn about its circulatory system. Even in elementary school at annual Talent Show, I spoke about the solar system and displayed a model with rotating planets. My passion and past experiences made me pass entrance test at Troy High School, where the Honor Biology class allotted during my ninth…

Freedom in “The Strangers that Came to Town” We are living in a country where we have many freedoms, which are taken for granted every day. In some parts of the world freedom is very limited where people do not feel welcome or even safe in their own community. In Flack’s story he is demonstrating the theme of freedom, from the time the Duvitches family arrives to Syringa Street where they were not welcomed to the fish fry where acceptance was clearly shown. Freedom, in the dictionary, means…

acceptance and disrespect to acceptance which gives all the characters freedom to be themselves without judgement. Another character who guides the reader towards the theme of acceptance and freedom is the narrator’s father. Although the general community did not accept the Duvitches the narrator’s father set an example of acceptance and respect to the people. Andy’s family is well known through the town people that are why they are looked upon. Andy claims, “People, often persuaded…

more as mother and daughter. The next morning I got up early to swim in my pool and exercise on the treadmill. After fixing a good breakfast, I turned on the TV. The machine had picked number 12. Her name is Syringa. Her parents made her get up before dawn to feed all the animals on the family farm. When she did not do her chores, they made her sleep in the barn for a week. Their rings turned red and they entered the Holodeck Maze. Syringa decided to create her own game. She made her…