At the beginning of the story "The Sentimentally of William Tavener," Ms. Hester states that she believes Mr. William should allow their children to attend the annual circus. She begins rambling about her experience at the circus as a child and the joy she remembers of it. She expects not a word from Mr. William as always, but today he spoke up. To her surprise, Mr. William had attended the same circus also remembers it joyfully. A explanation as to why the plot is ordered this way is because they begin the story in a seemingly normal argument. They lead you down a path of almost certainty until it is not. It even states that Ms. Hester is not custom to wait for an answer because she is not expecting one and she does not have time between
The middle of the story really brings the reader into what Hester and Williams marriage has been about and how it can change now. Hester explains this in a very, seems like, happy tone. Instead of being ok “ landlord and tenant,” they had something to really connect over an event that could bring a bit of surprise back into what was a “purely business” relationship between the two.Willa tells uses of how many things the two actually had in common and for years didn’t know about until a simple argument brought it out of both of them. William tells of how he should not have gone, but did against his dad’s wishes. Then they talk of events that had occurred over the years as kids and probably up until they were married. Willa does great with the plot to really show the reader that the husband and wife actually know a lot more about each other then they gave themselves credit for.
In "Sentimentality of William Tavener" the events of the plot are ordered in chronological order with brief flashbacks. The story is about a family who lives in the middle of nowhere. The kids of the family work hard on the farm every day and the mother believes that they should have a break to go to the circus. The husband and wife did not have a very loving relationship, so the mother was always defensive on the topic of her sons: the main cause of the majority of their disagreements. The mother went into detail on how much fun her experience was as a child. The husband corrects her on one of the animals that she had mistaken for something else. They then got into the discussion of certain elements of the circus. The topic of the circus soon changed to more recent, topics. The husband and wife connected again and the mother announced that the boys could go to the fair. She took into consideration how the father would feel and took up for him by saying that he earned his money by
Lawrence’s use of abrupt syntax supports his views on Hester because it acts as a quick list of insults. Equally important, it provides the reader with direct reasons as to why Hester should be berated in the novel. Since Lawrence suspects that the complications in the novel begin with
The plot of the passage starts out with Hester, the mom, and William, the dad, expressing opposing opinions, and half-way through they started reflecting on their experiences with the circus. The two characters had grown distant over the years, but the nostalgia made them seem closer than ever. The way the author has the plot ordered introduces the type of relationship and discussions
The narrator covers the events of several years. After a few months, Hester is released from prison. Although she is free to leave Boston, she chooses not to do so. She settles in an abandoned cabin on a patch of infertile land at the edge of town. Hester remains alienated from everyone, including the town fathers, respected women, beggars, children, and even strangers. She serves as a walking example of a fallen woman, a cautionary tale for everyone to see. Although she is an outcast, Hester remains able to support herself due to her uncommon talent in needlework. Her taste for the beautiful infuses her embroidery, rendering her work fit to be worn by the governor despite its shameful source. Although the ornate detail of her artistry defies
where seven years since, I should have stood!”3 Beckoning Hester and their child, Pearl, to his
Conflict is first observed through Hester’s ongoing difficulties with her fellow townspeople. Hester receives ridicule from on looking townspeople, as a gossiping woman states, ‘ “At the very least, they
Lester Horton has been named, as one of the many founders of modern dance, whose style continues to be used in present day choreography. Although Hortons’ early technique was impacted by his interest in various cultures; his style eventually shifted towards a more theatrical technique. Horton used his versatile dance background and interests to develop the sub genre under modern dance, more formally known as choreodramas. His technique seen in earlier pieces and choreodramas such as “The Beloved” and “Salome” were effective in displaying the purpose of Horton’s style. Horton integrated his background in dance, props, costumes, and choreography to emphasize contemporary ideas and display the new genre of choreodramas.
Theodore Roethke’s poem “My Papa’s Waltz” illustrates a nightly ritual between a working-class father and his young son. In the first stanza a young boy holds tightly to his father. The second stanza describes a playful roughhousing between father and son. The fourth stanza shows again the boy’s unwillingness to let go of his father. Roethke’s AB rhyming scheme and waltz-like meter set a light and joyful cadence. The music of the waltz comes through in the reading and with it a carefree and innocent tone for the telling of the short amount of time between a hard-working father arriving home and the time when his son must go to bed.
In Ted Kooser’s “A Birthday Card”, the poet is expressing how much his aunt cares about and loves him. This poem is about the relationship between the poet and his aunt show in this birthday card. Even though his aunt is very sick and weak, she still trying her best to write him a birthday card and wishes him with love. The setting for this poem is in poet’s forty-fourth birthday, his aunt who is in her eighties with a lot of illness and still uses all of her strength to write this birthday wishes to him. In this poem, the poet uses the third person point of view to describe the birthday card and the love though it from his aunt. This poem does not have several stanzas. It is a one piece, unbroken and continuous poem. The poet is writing this poem mainly from his feeling to tell his reader how great his aunt is. Ted Kooser always writes his poem from his past experiences and life events. In this poem, he is using the birthday card to show the reader one of the important person appears in his life and what did that person do to touches his heart. This poem is about the love from his aunt and how the poet expresses it on a short length poem.
Character Contrast: William and Hester In “The Sentimentality of William Tavener,” William and his wife Hester have an interesting relationships fueled by their very different personalities. Hester had some freedoms has a child, whereas William had a strict father. William was a born and raised Back Creek Folk and Hester identified herself with the Gap people. Even though the two had a consistent relationship, they were very different.
J. Alfred Prufrock constantly lived in fear, in fear of life and death. T. S. Eliot divided his classic poem into three equally important sections. Each division provided the reader with insight into the mental structure of J. Alfred Prufrock. In actuality, Prufrock maintained a good heart and a worthy instinct, but he never seemed to truly exist. A false shadow hung over his existence. Prufrock never allowed himself to actually live. He had no ambitions that would drive him to succeed. The poem is a silent cry for help from Prufrock. In each section, T. S. Eliot provided his audience with vague attempts to understand J. Alfred Prufrock. Each individual reader can only interpret these
124, a spiteful, grey and white house on Bluestone Road, a home where many reminisce details of their brutal and inhumane treatments. Many in which are unable to accept their past and look into their future. Toni Morrison concludes the novel “Beloved,” with an inconclusive phrase, “It was not a story to pass on...This is not a story to pass on,” suggesting the path of the characters to come. Throughout the novel, Beloved, the ghost of Sethe’s murdered daughter and a representation of slavery, forces the characters to recognize the pain from their past before they can work through it. Her presence causes Sethe, Denver, and Paul D. to come to terms with themselves before she disappears. These characters might try and forget Beloved but the
Ernest Hemingway’s short story, “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber,” chronicles a rich American couple’s safari hunting trip. Francis Macomber, a seemingly perfect man- handsome, wealthy, and athletic- and his wife, Margot Macomber travel to Africa for a hunting trip. The story opens on an afternoon cocktail hour, after a morning of hunting. Quickly, Margot’s frustration towards her husband emerges. She is embarrassed of his cowardness, and torments him. Richard Wilson, their safari guide, listens to the argument. Wilson is brave and athletic, essentially the qualities Macomber lacks. Earlier that morning, Macomber ran away from a lion, leaving Wilson to mercy kill it. Later, in an effort to win back Margot’s admiration, Macomber successfully gunned down three buffalo. However, an injured one charges, leaving Margot to shoot the buffalo, and Macomber. Hemingway’s use of literary elements enhance and deepen the reader’s understanding of the characters. He develops their actions and motivations through a code hero, symbolism, and allusion.
“ University Days” is a fine work of James Thurber. Once I start reading, I cannot resisting the tempt to know about the next event that is going to occur to the “I”. In other words, it really arouses my interest and eagerness to find out the author’s university life as well as the hidden message that he wants to convey through his story. The main topic revolves around university life which I find distinctly familiar and this greatly assists me in understanding the story. Using his words and writing techniques, Thurber guides me into visiting his botany class with ridiculous situations, attending an economic lecture lesson with a weird football player in his class, witnessing his hopelessness in gymnasium class, meeting a poor writer and feeling