The Attic Door

though the narrator did write in private, she was only able to record her time she spent in the nursery which turned bedroom into fear of being caught. The room that she was in wasn’t well suited for someone healing. The ripped wallpaper, bolted down door, and the bars that were on the windows didn’t seem very comforting. The narrator would express her thoughts on having different things in the house “but John would not hear of it”. In the story the narrator was treated as a child and craved to…

of loneliness with animal imagery, theme and symbolism. John Steinbeck was born on February 27, 1902 in Salinas, California. At a young age Steinbeck showed a strong interest and love for writing. Steinbeck used to work later into the night in his attic room. Steinbeck says “I used to sit in that little room upstairs and write little stories and little pieces…” Steinbeck wrote for his high school newsletter and admitted his strong interest in writing to his friends, he seriously identifying…

floral imagery and symbolism throughout the novel. The first chapter would be an important example. “The studio was filled with the rich odor of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn”-The Picture of Dorian Gray.Wilde tries to introduce a dream – like state of the novel. Flowers are symbolic of a deeper meaning as the novel develops and…

If you were to go to my house and you went over to my study area you would see a have a kind of desk, a chair, and a lamp. The desk actually contains a sewing machine in the inside that used to belong to my mother. God rest her soul. Main reason I use this as a desk it that it is one of the few places in my house where I have a flat surface that is not cluttered with odds and ends. Also this desk is in a centrally located place in the dining room right next to the dining table. The dining room…

2. Themes 2.1. Main Themes 2.1.1. Illusion vs. Reality “Oh, life would be tolerable enough, even so, if we could only be rid of these infernal duns who come to us poor people’s doors with their claim of ideal” (Ibsen, 1961:260). According to Halsey (1970:56), this sentence sums up the essence of The Wild Duck. The Ekdal family lives happily in a seemingly perfect life. A life that was built on illusion. The main character, Hjalmar Ekdal, emphasises the theme through his doings, often turning a…

“I beg to differ,” she said, holding up her bandaged hand. “No matter what you think about this old house, I don’t believe in ghosts,” she said, shaking off her true feelings, allowing the wine to fill her with courage. “No matter what you think, things exist whether you’re aware of them or not.” “Are you saying something’s in this house?” she asked. “Really? The Prescott Ghost?” Sarah scoffed and took another drink. She was starting to feel a little woozy but brave, nonetheless. “Whatcha got to…

stabilized the economy, and opened doors for women in the workforce. Just before 8 a.m. on December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The attack lasted just two hours, but it was devastating: The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American…

Right now, she lay on her bed in the attic of her sixth foster home. She shivered and noticed her window was open when a gust of cold wind blew into her room. Pulling the blankets off the top of her body and getting up from her bed, she made her way towards the window. When reaching the window sill, she noticed that everything outside was covered in a blanket of white and flurries were falling from…

After school was over with. [Name] stays to write down some notes down about the Karasuno volleyball team, since your father did ask you to point out some of their weaknesses. Your father, Coach Ukai already knows that you have a really good visual on noticing things and especially spotting out on weakness in players. [Name] have been developing having good visualization, since she was a child. You would go with your grandfather, Ikkei Ukai to go watch him coaching the old Karasuno…

In recent years, many youth athletic organizations have decided that trophies should be given out for participation, rather than athletic ability. This policy is supposed to promote skill building and equality among all adolescent athletes. While the players may be building skills on an equal playing field, they are also being allowed to believe that they deserve to be recognized for giving their best effort, when in reality that is not the case. Although initiated with good intentions, the…