The Age of Innocence

with a question addressing a lamb by a child asking about its creator in “The Lamb”. The poem starts off with the question “little lamb, who made thee?” William Blake does not hesitate to bring the title into place. The lamb represents purity and innocence; children are innocent as well which makes the lamb and the narrator have a connection. Later we learn that the lamb and the narrator have the same creator. This goes along the same context as another one of Blake’s poems “Tyger” which has a…

In today's day and age it is important for everyone to be aware, and conscious of their surroundings. The way that I would teach the themes of these of the novel, is quite simple, I would use the examples from text along with current situations. For example a couple of months…

Throughout literature, an author places a foil, for a main character or minor character that enables them to grow and develop as a character and emphasizes the theme of the book as a whole. A foil in literature is a character who shows opposing or contrasting qualities to another character. A foil is often used to show the unique characteristics of a person by comparing his actions, words, and thoughts of another character. A foil can be someone who compliments the character's actions and goals…

saying it. Colors can show how people are feeling, acting and even how they want to feel. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a novel about a poor man who is now rich and is trying to win back his old love. Jay Gatsby fell in love at a young age to Daisy Buchanan but he had to go to war. During his time in war Daisy got married to Tom Buchanan and had a daughter, but Tom was not a faithful husband. After war Gatsby devoted his life to Daisy and will do anything to convince her to leave…

Eisner's A Contract with God Many genres of literature utilize the coming-of-age narrative when exploring growth of an individual, a community, or, even, humanity as a whole. In reminiscing upon the tenements of the Bronx in his childhood, Will Eisner presents his audience with a captivating glimpse into the lives of the downtrodden of 55 Dropsie Street. Discussing his childhood home, Eisner evokes the inevitable loss of innocence brought forth by the trials and tribulations of life. Even the…

only one character I felt I truly connected with, one character that took me completely by surprise, and even made me tear up. This character is Finnegan Miller, also known as Finn. Finn is my favorite character from “Enter, Night” because of the innocence that he has, how deeply he loves someone or something and his interest in vampires and the supernatural. When Finn is introduced in the novel he appears to be this happy, carefree young boy, who doesn’t have any problems or pain. While every…

claim that Hurton's “Their Eyes were watching God” voluntarily continues in her novel the tradition which was forced upon the Negro in the theater “the minstrel technique”, shows that he neglected to recognize Hurton's main theme being a coming of age story, by only focusing on racial aspects and equating it to the whole book.…

trafficked in the state is difficult to estimate, but the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children say that there are approximately 100,000 children forced into sex trafficking every year in the United States. The average age of entry into prostitution is 12-14 years of age. Another startling statistic states 1 out of every 3 teens on the street will be lured by traffickers within 48 hours of running away (Statistics, n.d.). Many victims find themselves in need of shelter or food and…

Children who were once soft-hearted, and full of innocence, are now transformed into horrifying killers, and criminals. Some children that are old as seven commit inconceivable violations, such as killing parents and siblings, striking neighbors, torching the villages they once called home. Their vulnerability was the key to warlords to create them into cold hearted killers. Around 70% of an estimated, 11,000 child soldiers are serving with rebel groups, including the notorious White Army known…

At first glance, The Things They Carried seems like a collection of one man's war stories. But this novel is full of so much more, it talks about love, loss, and recovery. The author, Tim O'Brien, being a veteran of the war himself, used his writing as a way to cope with the trauma he experienced. O'Brien connects these themes though the use of conceit. Conceit is the likening of two very opposite things through figurative language in stories. for example, love and war are completely different,…