3) The author describes the farmer’s house as following: “The yard was littered with old wagons and machinery; the house was scarcely distinguishable from the stables. Darkness was beginning to close in but there were no lights in the windows.” By describing like this, the reader feels an almost eerie mood or atmosphere, desolate even.…
The old barn was gloomy, but the light of the sun came gleaming in through the cracks of the barn, and made the straw glimmer like little tiny bits of gold. The shingles were in disrepair, however, the structure was sturdy, and the wood that surrounded it was worn with age, but it gave it character. Similarly, hay covered the floor as if it was a shield from danger. Hulga stood in the middle of the barn with her hands on her hips, looking toward the posterior of the barn at the ladder leading up to the loft romanticizing about Pointer and how their passions will ignite. Comparatively, hay covered the floor of the loft which set the prospect of love like a candle lit room. As well as, there being no animals in the barn which gave it a look of…
Earl had just gotten to the stairs when he ran into Helga. He was shouting something, but Helga couldn’t understand him. Once again, he had forgotten to put in his dentures. The dark sludge was coming in even…
In the thrilling and suspenseful novel, The Cellar by Natasha Preston, the main character Summer was followed on her way to a nightclub, when a stranger from behind abducted her, and took her to the middle of the English country side. She later was awoken by three strangers all smiling at her as she lay on the cold linoleum floor. The strangers were dressed like dolls, each matching with long sweaters and matching pants, the only difference was the delicately embroidered flowers on each of the sweaters. The three girls all looked as if they were zombies, all hypnotized by something, but showing only one emotion, fear. And that is when Summer realizes she has been kidnapped. The story shows, what it is like to feel powerless and for all freedom to be taken away from you, this challenge is faced by the main character Summer. From the beginning of the story, Summer is faced with the challenge of trying to get out of the too perfect basement.…
4. (a) The descriptive details of the interior of the house that suggest the narrator has entered a realm that is very different from the ordinary world are details such as the narrator felt that inside the house he “breathed an atmosphere of sorrow,” and that there was “irredeemable gloom that hung over and pervaded all.” These details foreshadow that the things that will happen inside the mansion are going to be much more sorrowful and gloomy than things that could ever happen in the ordinary world.…
After the door was forced open the room was discovered to be covered with a, “pervading dust (5)”. For example it wasn’t until the day that Emily died that family members discovered the room upstairs where…
The color palate was a lighter blue with a hint of gray. The room itself looked inviting, so she walked closer. It had the normal gray sectional along the wall and the big eighty-eight-inch flat screen television on the fireplace. The room had about four lamps that had these exotic designs. It looked normal, except these two big men standing in the middle of the room.…
When Jane is young fire represents comfort even in places she does not like or feel comfortable like Gateshead or lowood. During her time at gateshead jane was sent to the red room from time to time as punishment. Jane was very afraid of the red room because it was the room her uncle had died in and she believed it was haunted. Jane feels very uncomfortable in the red room and does not like to have to stay their. This is because of the lack of fire, Jane points this out when she says “This room was chill, because it seldom had a fire”(14). Fire represents a feeling of comfort to jane and the red rooms lack of fire makes her uncomfortable and scared, so much so that she passes out. Jane feels “oppressed”(16), “suffocated”(16)when she is the red room and says she has her “endurance broken down”. When jane goes away to lowood the students are treated very poorly but when jane can find fire she immediately becomes more comfortable. Every sunday at lowood jane and the other students have to walk in the cold and snow to get to church. Jane does not like this because she is not very religious and says it is “torture”(57). Jane is very uncomfortable outside and says “How we longed for the light and heat of a blazing fire”(58) Jane is outside in the cold and she is wishing to be inside by a fire. Even in the terrible conditions at lowood where jane says “the supply of food was distressing”(57) and “Our clothing was insufficient to protect us from the severe cold”(57) Jane finds comfort near a fire. Jane does not like lowood but she feels comfortable there if she is by a fire. Janes favorite teacher at lowood is Miss Temple, as they start to talk more jane tells her about gateshead and her experiences their.…
“Inside the crimson room bloomed with light….the lamp-light,bright on his boots and dull on the autumn-leaf yellow of her hair, glinted along….”(22)…
“Macbeth is not a monster: rather, he is a man, perhaps more inclined toward evil than most men, but still a man who is tempted, succumbs to temptation, and pays the price for his weakness†is a true statement. It just shows that his weaknesses lead to his rise and his fall as thane and then as king.…
The sparkling glow was attacking the air from my Aunt Kim’s excitement. No one knew if he would make it, but we were so glad he did. This was the moment he was about to graduate. This would be his shining night, and the glow of their smiles showed it. It felt like hours before they started to call the names, but we didn't care. Why would you? It is a special night anyway.…
As I sat there eating my little finger sandwiches, I noticed that I was separating the girls in my mind – those who acted like the sorority type, and those who were way too individualistic to be there. It didn`t occur to me that I had subconsciously…
* “The egg was white and warm-looking in its nest of dirt and down. Reaching in she picked it up and found that it was warm. She looked back at the house. No one was watching. Something rose in her chest she now knew what it was to have a secret”…
A cold gust of wind blew, against my cheeks. There was noise, I looked up and there was drips of blood falling onto the hollow floor coming from the echoing ceiling. It was a rough night, the stars hid away behind the dull grey clouds. There was a bright full moon shining in the clear night sky. My voiceless shadow stumbled after me as I followed the footsteps of an unknown creature lurking in the dark and gloomy woods...........…
During recess, I saw her ran out of the headmaster's office, crying like there's no tomorrow. Her hot tears streaming down her delicate face and her side bangs fell to the front of her face messily, hindering her sight. Then, she murmur to herself, saying that she had pleaded again and again that she did not steal other people belongings, but it was to no avail.…