The Pale

In the 12th century, the Normans, led by Richard de Clare the Earl of Pembroke, who was also known as Strongbow, teamed up with exiled Irishman Dermot MacMurrough and invaded Ireland. Not wanting Strongbow to establish his own kingdom so close to England, King Henry II headed over to Ireland to establish himself as the head of the country, but he soon gave the lands of Leinster province to Strongbow as a gift for his service along with allowing Strongbow to be the leader of the new colony, as…

DeLillo shows a typical man completing the usual task of driving, when his life is completely altered. He is “just a man in his forties wearing a pale shirt,” driving along until he is shot and killed (60). The author draws a picture for the reader to see and understand a common average Joe can be messed up forever whether he deserved it or not. The reader recognizes the man as a nice guy when he…

millionaires’ houses. It was full of sad black-and-white pictures and lists of people, countries, and dead people. Andres walked past the pictures and his teacher said: "Don 't touch!" But Andres did touch one picture, made of cardboard, showing a thin, pale man who was crying and holding a sandwich in his hand. The tears came down streaming down his cheeks like the divider lines you see on the highway, and his brother said she would tell their teacher if he touched it. He said he didn 't…

Perspective is how a person sees things, which affects how a story is told. The perspective in Realistic texts such as, "The Wife of His Youth" and "A True Story, Repeated Word for Word as I Heard It", are very important for the feeling of the story because it gives the story context and also a realistic feel. It is important to show perspective through a character who sees things in their own particular way. The perspective in these texts explains the time period that these characters lived in,…

The woman is the lightest thing on the canvas, with pale skin and a white dress. The white dress could represent innocence, and purity as white normally does, and in the center of her chest, there is a gold piece, which appears to be in the shape of a heart and it is close to her chest. This gives off the…

The Witch's Tale Now, now, before you all point out the obvious, let me explain my hideous appearance first. It’s not my fault that I look like a witch. The green skin came from a horrible spray tan I recieved hours before those two blonde annoying brats came stomping on my lawn. My long black hair runs in the family from birth, so I can’t really control all of that nonsense. And lastly, I honestly don’t know why these children are facing charges against me when I was only simply trying to help…

arranged by the viewer to create different compositions and narratives, with all the components eluding to war and conformity. Fahlstrom’s piece contains many simple colors. He uses almost a pale yellow as his background and I begin to wonder if it is to depict the desert from the name of the piece. There are pale blues, reds, browns, greens, and tans. There is black and white and the black almost seems to stand out the…

were nightmares, which led to sleep halting completely. Her skin grew pale and so did her hair. Of all these things, the most peculiar symptoms of whatever-this-was were the loss of a heartbeat and cravings for human brains. Hans found ways to quench her cravings, but when resources were lost, Clara started acting peculiar. Eventually, she went into what Hans called True Zombie Mode. In True Zombie Mode, Clara’s skin turned pale green and she became hysterical. Hans was devastated when he…

The Holocaust is remembered by all as several years full of nothing but death, persecution, and misery. One of the most well known people from the Holocaust is young Anne Frank and her diary. From 1942 to 1944 Anne was hidden in a Secret Annex along with her father Otto, her mother Edith, her sister Margo as well as the Van Pels family and Mr. Fritz Pfeffer. During their time in the annex their emotional, mental, and physical health were all negatively changed by their new living arrangement…

Gatsby’s abrupt character change strongly influences the mood of the chapter, because he acts as the determining factor regarding the tone of the scene. Gatsby’s frantic behavior sets the tone instantly, and through the usage of diction and detail, it is evident that Gatsby is the catalyst of this disaster. The sudden change of character is evident once he begins to act compulsively and irrationally by suddenly “going home” because “‘nobody [decided] to come to tea.’” Gatsby vulnerability…