Tobias

Hunting trips are used as a bonding experience between friends and as a break from the many struggles that life contains. Although in some circumstances people’s intentions can be misguided and harmful to others. In American author Tobias Wolff’s short story “Hunters in the Snow” (1980), he looks into the moral unawareness of three friends. Three men go on a hunting trip where one gets shot and the other two blindly attempt to take him to the hospital. Wolff utilizes setting, symbolism, and…

Though the novels Old School by Tobias Wolff and The Lords of Discipline by Pat Conroy each portray a young male narrator’s experience at all-male, private schools in the 1960s, the two schools they portray are of entirely different natures. The unnamed school in Old School is an academically focused, small, liberal-arts style college preparatory school in the northeast while the Carolina Military Institute of The Lords of Discipline is a rugged, military based school in Charleston, South…

the subject. In this case the novel depicts he general lifestyle of the timeframe with large undertones of the authors views. In The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, Tobias Smollett gives a deep look into life in England in the 1700’s through the eyes of the gentry; he does this with political undertones and deep historical roots. Tobias George Smollett was born to a family in the Scottish county of Dumbartonshire in early 1719. After attending Dumbarton Grammar School, he went to Glasgow…

Julius Lester’s poem, “Parents” reveals how quickly life can go wrong. A girl kills herself instead of her dog when forced to shoot it by her parents. This plot twist is similar to that in “That Room” by Tobias Wolff because people can’t plan everything and unexpected events will occur regardless of a person’s will. The article doesn’t hold this deeper meaning. However, Lester does and finds art in it. Art is perceived differently for every individual. Lester makes changes to the article to make…

Tobias Lindholm is a commendable Danish writer-director who proved his tremendous quality in intelligent, realistic dramas such as “R” and “A Highjacking”. In his latest, entitled “A War”, he earnestly portrays a thorny occurrence that deeply affects the life of a soldier in two different fronts: the military and the civilian. Commander Claus Pedersen (compellingly played by Lindholm’s regular, Pilou Asbæk) leaves his wife and three little children in Denmark and sets foot in the Afghan Helmand…

Randall Pearson is a fictional character from the show This Is Us on NBC. The show takes place in current day when Randal is 36 years-old, but with the use of flashbacks, we learn a lot about his life growing up. Randall was born on August 31st, 1980 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania to a heroin-addicted father and a mother that died during childbirth. Knowing that he was not fit to raise a child, Randall’s biological father, William, left Randall outside the local Fire Station. Randall was later…

In the short story, Bullet in the Brain, by Tobias Wolff, a character named Anders is shot in the head. As the bullet is traveling through his head and his life fades away, his last memory is portrayed as one of his most favorite days, “This is what he remembered. Heat. A baseball field.” Instead of remembering his family or friends, he remembered a simple time where everything was once easy. As a boy, Anders was able to enjoy his life with not a worry in the world. One day in the summer, he met…

In Tobias Wolf’s Powder he tells a story of a father and son trip. The father and son are on a skiing trip, and the father is supposed to have the son home for Christmas Eve dinner. It is apparent that the mother and father are separated, and the father knows if he has any chance left with the mother, he must get his son home for dinner. They end up getting snowed in, and despite the snow, the father decides to risk, getting stuck to make sure the son gets home. Wolf uses the process of writing…

The word brother is a blood related male sibling that was born of the same mother, but that does not mean this is the only meaning for the word. Two sons are known as being brothers of each other. Even though these two people will fight with each other, they are still brother. This is the literal meaning for the word brother, but there is connotation that makes this word much more meaningful. Some believe the word brother also stands for a someone who will fight for you. This can be seen when a…

"So there I sat—Erik Fisher's younger brother, Eclipse Boy, visually impaired and totally incapable of following in his brother's footsteps." In Edward Bloor's young adult novel, Tangerine the Fisher family is torn apart as family secrets are revealed. Paul adapts to obstacles in his new life while working up the courage to face his biggest fear, his brother Erik. The Fisher family is a perfect example of how an unhealthy sibling relationship can lead to many problems such as distrust, fear and…