Furthermore, the princess was the jealous type, so she would choose the door with the tiger for her lover’s fate. This barbaric princess was jealous at the thought of her man being with another woman; for it was the. . . “Hot- blooded, semi- barbaric moiety that made her soul at white heat beneath all her…
In our story we see two major symbolizations that have been used, the white elephants that Jig called the hills and the rail road station. The author has used these three elements to develop a theme to this story in which the girl has identified her problems in a scenario mixed with a complex argument that is going on in between them. The white elephants develop into a different meaning and change the tone…
Stephen Crane uses symbols in the story, to help develop the conflict. Both The train and Scratchy Wilson are symbols. Jack Potter and his bride travel on the train that “seemed simply to prove that the plains of Texas were pouring eastward.” Trains are fast and like a bullet unstoppable. In the story , the train is a symbol of progress. This locomotive brought people from the west to the east, it brought advancement, and it brought a change way of life.Scratchy Wilson symbolizes progression through subtle hints in the story like wearing a shirt,” which had been purchased for purposes of decoration and made, principally, by some Jewish women on the east side of New York.” Scratchy Wilson practically represents the Wild West and all those folks…
How does the structure of “Secondhand Lions” compare to the classic literary plot line? Illustrate your response by including a graph showing the movie v. the classical plot line.…
The story begins when an old friend of the Narrator’s wife, Robert, was coming to visit. The Narrator’s wife used to work for Robert when she lived in Seattle. He was a blind man. The Narrator’s wife was previously married to a man in the military and they had no money. She read something in the paper about reading to a blind man and she took it. The Narrator’s wife eventually became so unhappy with her life that she divorced and…
In “The Monkey’s Paw,” the theme of despair is explored through the author’s characterization of Mr. and Mrs. White after Herbert’s death. "I'm sorry----" began the visitor. "Is he hurt?" demanded the mother. The visitor bowed in assent. "Badly hurt," he said quietly, "but he is not in any pain. "Oh, thank God!" said the old woman, clasping her hands. "Thank God for that! Thank----" She broke off suddenly as the sinister meaning of the assurance dawned upon her and she saw the awful confirmation of her fears in the other's averted face. She caught her breath, and turning to her slower-witted husband, laid her…
"The Secret Lion," written by Alberto Rios, is a short story rich in symbolism. The lion, or more specifically a secret lion, the arroyo, or river, and the grinding ball are all symbols used in the story to reinforce the theme of coming of age.…
Often journeys have an element of a lack of choice. In 'Immigrants at Central station', Skrzynecki uses simile to describe their restricted freedom writing, 'like a word of command'. There is a sense of irony here, that having escaped their oppressive homeland, their destination still limits their freedom. They are forced to endure poor weather conditions, but nonetheless endure it as shown by 'but we ate it all'. The train tracks are also symbolic of this lack of choice. They are set on one course, one destination, and cannot deviate from their journey. 'Crossing the Red Sea also describes their feelings of not being in control, 'Neither masters nor slave'. While their freedom has not been physically restricted, like in the war, they are still being commanded by external bodies, such as the Australian Government. Similarly in 'MV Cormo Express', the sheep are of a journey of the unwilling. Their fate has been decided by external bodies. One sheep says 'Some say Eritrean fields....' This is also suggestive that they are not in control and that they must accept their determined fate. The ship is also surrounded by a vast expanse of water, so there is no escape and they must go where the ship takes them. The immigrants must go where the train takes them. 'Time ran ahead along tracks of glistening steel' suggests that their future lies on this path and there is…
The story begins with the narrator remembering about the day his grandfather died. His grandfather delivered a speech that would haunt his grandson for years to come. His speech said "Son, after I'm gone I want you to keep up the fight. I never told you, but our life is a war and I have been a traitor all my born days, a spy in the enemy's country ever since I give up my gun back in the reconstruction. Live with your head in the lion's mouth..."(pg 253). This quote is describing the hard life of the narrators grandfather. It is also saying what he needs to do in the future to survive all of the racism and abuse he will endure. Not just the physical pain but mental pain as well because the only way to get by all of that is by just looking past it to get to the better life for all blacks to come.…
The story is of a lower-class black family waiting for a $10,000 insurance check for their Mama.. Her son, Walter Lee, is desperate to be a better provider for his family that he wants to invest the entire check in a liquor store with two of his friends, BoBo and Willie. Mama, on the other hand, decides to use part of the money as a down payment on a house in a white neighborhood, Mama entrusts Walter Lee with the rest of the money. He invests the money secretly in his liquor store. One of Walter Lee's prospective business partners, however, runs off with the money. TheYoungers decide to continue with their plans to move in spite of their financial problems.…
During the eighteenth century African people were considered “property” of their slaveholders and had no control over their own life. They were victims of psychological and physical brutal treatment. This story represents confinement, slavery and the lack of power African people had in such a racist society back in those days. African talents were absolutely wasted and they were considered inferior to white individuals. The “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass” simply addresses that white society was causing negative effects to itself and that slavery must be abolished in order to shape a better world.…
Events in summary: Mrs. Mallard is a woman with a heart condition. Her sister and husband’s best friend break the news to her that he was in a train wreck. Mrs. Mallard locks herself in her upstairs room and weeps over his death. Mrs. Mallard, while locked in her room, begins to realize the good in her husband being dead. Mrs. Mallard is then overcome by joy and comes back downstairs. On her way downstairs, the front door opens and it is her husband. Mrs. Mallard then dies.…
Another meaning the title of Sharon M. Draper`s Tears of a Tiger can have is Andy`s feeling of being trapped in a “white man`s world”. Andy is just like the tiger, which is trapped in a cage in the zoo. One does not know how a tiger feels when it is trapped in a cage. One can only guess that the tiger is happy and satisfied living in a cage. Andy in this situation is just like the tiger. He is trapped and everyone guesses…
Before the narrator’s grandfather past away, he leaves the boy with dying words, “live with your head in the lion’s mouth. I want you to overcome ‘em with yeses, undermine ‘em with grins, agree ‘em to death and destruction” (Ellison, 187). The diction used puts an emphasis on the dangers of scandalous actions. The readers can imagine them as acting obedient towards the white men, but underhandedly plotting against them. These words seemed to always be in the back of the narrator’s mind. In the end of the text, the narrator’s speech is being ignored. Once he replaced the words “social responsibility” to “social equality,” “sounds of displeasure filled the room” (Ellison, 196). Demonstrating how the white race felt about equality, that blacks should not be considered equal class citizens.…
The protagonist lacks in all these three factors, making her stubborn, angry, and a know-it-all person. However, what she is not aware of is her family economic hardship neither the other kids. The innocence of the Protagonist is highly recognizable throughout the story, the taxi ride, the woman in a fur coat in the heat of summer, etc. The speaker has never seen someone in a fur coat during summer. She thinks is crazy, but that represents a symbol of wealth, something she was discovering through this lesson. Then they arrive at the toy store, and everyone is looking through the window amazed with the price tags. It took them a while to come inside the store, the kids know that they do not belong in there. Once inside, the speaker sees a clown, it is just $35 dollars really cheap compared to the other items in the store and pocket change for the rich folks. Going back to the slums in the train, the speaker starts to think a better use for that money, new bunk beds, food for her whole family, a trip to visit her grandfather, and even the rent and the piano bill. Through the process of analyzing, she said, referring to rich people: ” What kind of work they do and how they live and how come we ain't in on it?" Anger is flowing through her blood, and she questions herself why she cannot have a piece of the pie that represents the American wealth? Despite that other…