This American Life

he says “Ah! It’s coming, my head is hanging low, and I am hearing the voice calling me”, which was very touching. Also in Peter’s case, when his wife Gail was asked how she would react about her husband’s decision, she bursts into tears and says “This is the way he has thought for a long time. It is going to be very hard for me since we have been together for a long time. He is still wonderful and helps me in many different…

a slave of the business world. Goodman shows disgust and disappointment towards Phil and his decisions. She is saddened that he wasted his life in the office, and ignored his children for his job and executive status. She hints that Phil literally worked himself to death. Goodman uses several rhetorical devices to prove to the reader that Phil wasted his life away at work. Goodman is cynical in order to show that Phil was not a loving father, or family man. She used many rhetorical devices…

to harm people. In the short stories ‘Called out’, ‘Hope for Animals and Their World’, and ‘My Life as a Bat’ all show how the people have been misguided and are now starting to realize and appreciate the truth about nature. Desert plants are beautiful and unique in their own way. The desert is an…

shortened life. Their body’s cells have been mutated by a nasty disease and there’s nothing you can think of doing. It is the situation everyone fears, no matter how old they are, yet some of us will never understand just how painful it is until we experience it ourselves.…

interstitial phyla… these taxa are both the least well described and most difficult to identify” (Allan and Flecker 1993). Because of the secluded nature of the ponds, and the quieter nature of the streams, diversity of life is able to flourish. It is notable that North American streams are more diverse than many other similar types of streams found in different countries. “the darters and minnows (particularly the genera Etheostoma and Notropis) have undergone great diversification in the small…

reports of the house change from at least decently maintained to looking as though it had been abandoned for 10 years. The narrators consistently mention a foul smell that pierces through everything, a smell that becomes burned into their brains for life. The interior comments are worse. As the boys sneak in the Lisbon house on the fateful June night, they mention all manner of disgusting living conditions that they don’t seem to dwell on because they are so focused on their childish fantasies…

alterity, and he promises Frankenstein that he and his new partner will leave Europe for the ‘vast wilds of South America’ (p. 118). Shelley’s linking of the Creature’s request with a plan of emigration evokes an idea that was central to the British and American treatment of freed slaves from the 1780s well into the middle decades of the nineteenth century. The treatment of slaves is a good comparison to the way that the creature was treated. It shows how harshly Victor and the rest of mankind…

Mountain.” Through his use of vivid imagery, Momaday successfully teaches the readers about his American Indian heritage as well as drawing them into his journey to Rainey Mountain. Throughout his essay Momaday recounts the life story of his grandmother, whose recent passing is the reason behind his visitation to Rainy Mountain. He shifts from describing her to explaining the customs of the Kiowas. This captures the reader’s attention because they are left questioning about the grandmother.…

5.1 Yellow is the color of gold and stands for wealth Yellow is the color of gold not only stands for money, status and power, but also greed, lust and fall. In the novel, Fitzgerald used yellow to represent mammonish and decadent life of the American upper class. In The Great Gatsby, Daisy was known as “golden girls”, Jordan had yellow hair like withered leaves and Gatsby tied golden tie. To win Daisy, Gatsby always shows off his wealth. He held various parties in his villa frequently. And…

Mrs. Mallard comes to realize that the death of her husband means the rebirth of her own life. Her secrecy around this revelation shows the signs of the times and relationship she had. And then there is a very dramatic and suspenseful end as her husband walks through the door, she collapses and dies (Chopin, 1984). The tone of the story changes quite rapidly for such a short story. The reason why I chose this story was the fact that it was written by a female and had a female as the main…