The Farewell

The book Farewell to Manzanar was listed as one of the best-selling children's book of all time with over one million copies sold within the first year of being published while also being compared to The Diary of Anne Frank. Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston wrote this book to share her experience of living through a Japanese internment camp through World War II. Jeanne made a statement about how one should appreciate life and don’t' be afraid, "Now is the time when we must renew ourselves and live as if…

The book, Farewell to Manzanar is a nonfiction story about a little girl named Jeanne who lived during World War II. Throughout the book, Jeanne describes what it was like before living in the camps, what it was like line in the camps, and how living in the camps affected her for years to come because it taught her something about the Americans. In the story, her idea of what the camps meant and what they were intended for changes as she gets older and learns the actuality of the impact it had…

their independence, the people and their government were launched towards a blank canvas on which the foundation of the country would be set for centuries after. George Washington, as a founder of our nation and the first of many leaders, wrote his Farewell Address after eight years serving as the commander in chief, and the document’s message, even today, lives as an emblem of this country’s founding ideals. Throughout the Address, as he announces that he does not seek a third term of…

Although John Knowles’s novel, A Separate Peace, is set in the midst of WWII, there is a lack of the typical violence and combat associated with the war. However, Knowles uses wartime themes to depict the personal battles the protagonist is forced to face. The most prevalent of the wartimes themes present in the main characters of the novel are feelings of hostility and enmity. This demonstrates that the war, although not physically occurring with the United States, is still taking a toll on…

There are many elements within the book Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury that you have to read closely to catch. While he is more widely known for his science fiction and dystopian novels, Bradbury can write a very detailed realistic fiction. Therefore, we will have to dig deeper to find the true meaning of Bradbury's words. The certain elements that I will explore include character, themes, style, plot, and setting. The characters in Dandelion Wine are crucial to the plot of the book,…

Ernest Hemingway’s “Soldier’s Home” is about a young soldier who just recently returned from serving in World War I. Unfortunately, the young soldier has a difficult time readjusting to everyday life at home. While he shows no physical side effects, he internally struggles with motivating himself to start a life of his own, restoring to a disinterest in girls and living the daily routine he has made for himself. Organization plays a role in the short story, providing enough information about…

In Ray Bradbury's novel, Dandelion Wine, the author uses a variety of rhetorical devices to point out on Douglas Spaulding's imagination. In the authors writing, he uses metaphors and personification to portray Douglas's vision of summer. He describes the main character's hometown as "swarming seas of elm and oak and maple" and "early-morning stream" these are metaphors, it allows readers to visualize the setting of his home and symbolizes how summer is slow and steady. In addition, the author…

Dandelion Wine and The Time Machine are two very famous classics, and continue to work their way into everyone’s hearts to this day. The author’s purpose is also known as a theme, or symbol of the book. Both Dandelion Wine and The Time Machine have many themes, and symbols. These books are used in many programs that my foreign friends go to and use their English skills for good things. For example, my friend in India uses these books in his school. These books are great, and have many things to…

The book, The Guns of August, is a story of the first days of World War 1. It was written by Barbara W. Tuchman; it is also a winner of the Pulitzer Prize. The book The Guns of August starts out at the funeral procession of King Edward VII of England in 1910. Kings and Nobles from around the world attended the funeral procession. The funeral had many mourners but not everyone there was sad to see the king go. There was one man that was happy to say good bye to the king that man was none other…

Ernest Hemingway was a great author of many short stories about war and how they affect people. The story that I read was soldiers home this story is based right after World War I. The author live thru and volunteered in this war as an ambulance driver before he was injured. This is important to realize when reading this story because he has a felt the pain and suffering that most of the characters in his story's go thru. This story is centered around the struggles that soldiers have trying to…