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The novel “The Story of Tom Brennan” by J.C Burke demonstrates how a tragedy such as Daniel’s car accident can cause ripple effects. A tragedy is an unexpected event the leads to suffering and unhappiness, whereas a ripple effect means how one thing can lead to another. The novel shows how this accident affected the town of Mumbilli, the Brennan family and more specifically Daniel Brennan and Tom Brennan. This essay will explore how this tragedy affected Tom Brennan, Daniel Brennan and the rest of the Brennan family.

People one can never really tell how person is feeling or what their situation is behind closed doors or behind the façade of the life they lead. Two masterly crafted literary works present readers with characters that have two similar but very different stories that end in the same result. In Herman Melville’s story “Bartleby the Scrivener” readers are presented with Bartleby, an interesting and minimally deep character. In comparison to Gail Godwin’s work, “A Sorrowful Woman” we are presented with a nameless woman with a similar physiological state as Bartleby whom expresses her feelings of dissatisfaction of her life. Here, a deeper examination of these characters their situations and their ultimate fate will be pursued and delved into

In the movie and short story ¨The Secret LIfe of Walter Mitty¨ there was very different external conflicts, themes, and ways Walter acted.For example on the short story, walter's wife is always nagging at him for different things, but in the movie it is walter's boss and co-workers that are making his life difficult. In the short story, Walter is dull and not a very entertaining character 9 and has a very boring life, but in the movie he starts out that way but he gradually becomes a more adventurous, entertaining character with confidence. The theme of the short story was escaping reality, while one of the themes of the movie was beautiful things do not ask for attention. The differences in external conflict, ways Walter acts, and the themes between the movie and short story.

J.C. Burke’s coming of age novel The Story of Tom Brennan construes the evolving life of Tom Brennan after a tragic accident. Narrating in a first-person point of view, Tom guides the reader through the raw details of his inner conflict and finding his way back to being a better version of himself. This essay aims to analyse the author’s portrayal of mental health, internal conflict and the effects of grief, loss and tragedy that are presented through each of the characters’ troubled perspectives.

Another way all three husbands are similar is when they abuse her. Logan is motivated by his pure dislike of Janie. At first he did love her, but a month or so after he began to treat Janie like a labor slave and tries to threaten her and make her miserable. An example is when he says, Don’t you change too many words wid me dis mawnin’, Janie, do Ah’ll take and change ends wid yuh! Heah, Ah just as good as take you out de white folks’ kitchen and set you down on yo’ royal diasticutis and you take and low-rate me! Ah’ll take holt uh dat ax and come in dere and kill yuh! You better dry up in dere! Ah’m too honest and hard-workin’ for anybody in yo’ family, dat’s de reason you don’t want me!” (25). He shows no real feelings toward her and somewhat loathes her. Similarly, Joe Starks abuses Janie as well, but he does so for control over her. Joe feels very threatened and pride deprived when Janie makes him feel like less of a man and so, fights her until she submits to him and he feels satisfied. He relates her all the women in the world and children to animals, and like in this quote states, “ So when the bread didn’t rise, and the fish wasn’t quite done at the bone, and the rice was scorched, he slapped Janie until she had a ringing in her ears and told her about her brains before he stalked on back to the store” (57-58). That is how bad he desires control he will fight with her over anything, even a poorly cooked meal. Tea Cake, also, abuses Janie. The way

A similarity between the walter mitty movie and the walter mitty short story is that they both day dream alot and have basically the same daydreams about having an amazing and adventures life. An example of this in the short story is when he daydreams that he is the world's best surgeon and fixed a complicated machine with just a simple pen and in the movie walter mitty saved people from an exploding building and during that time he made a synthetic leg for the dog of his crush. Another example is that they both have boring lives and they seek for something to show off meaning that they are finding something to be proud about. an example of this in the walter mitty short story is when he tells his wife that he is not going to wear the gloves

The short story “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston seems to exemplify what a dysfunctional marriage is. Hurston uses foreshadowing, irony, and symbolism to demonstrate the relationship between an abusive husband and a wife. In the story, it’s clear to see that the husband, Skyes, doesn’t operate by the saying “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Hurston’s use of literary elements shows that Sykes will get what he deserves. In Hurston’s “Sweat,” the reader can see from the beginning the physical and mental abuse that Sykes places on Delia.

For example, in Janie’s first marriage, she is hardly treated as a wife. After a brief phase of “foot-kissing”, or, being lenient and doing Janie’s chores for her, her husband, Logan Killicks, eventually begins to “treat her as just another person who works on his farm” (Cardona). When Logan tells Janie he plans to run two plows and is going to buy a mule that a woman can handle, she intentionally ignores his hint of putting her to work.

In modern times one would substitute the expression “hard man” with something along the line of “jerk”. Mr. Wright was a jerk and as a result of that he made the lives of everyone one around him miserable. Who want to be miserable? No one does. That is why no one liked to visit. “I could've come. I stayed away because it weren't cheerful -- and that's why I ought to have come. I -- I've never liked this place. Maybe because it's down in a hollow and you don't see the road. I dunno what it is, but it's a lonesome place and always was. I wish I had come over to see Minnie Foster sometimes. I can see now ” said Mrs. Hale. (Glaspell B: 21, L: 3) With hardly any company over and no children around the house Mrs. Wright must have been awfully lonely. Living alone with a man that mistreated her and suppressed all her individuality and talents must have been hellish. When suppressing one’s talents the effects are that it deprives them at what they are good at. As a result of that it makes them feel like they are worthless and not good at anything. That is what Mr. Wright did to his wife; he killed her self-esteem so that she would think that the only thing good in her life was he, when in actuality the only thing wrong in her life was her husband. She was no longer Minnie Foster. She was now a sad housewife only known as Mrs. Wright - quite a departure from her days as a youth. She

Addiction has become a typical distress. Alcohol alone is in charge of roughly 1.8 million passing’s a year around the world, which registers to around 3.2% of passing’s around the world. It’s estimated that over 76 million people are affected by alcohol use disorders. Individuals misuse it since society takes a gander at alcohol as an ordinary piece of life, actually it is regularly advanced. The quantity of heavy drinkers has risen radically throughout the decades. In the 1970's America began to perceive the developing issue of alcohol addiction; in this manner, associations were set up with an end goal to help the general population that needed assistance. The distinctive associations and gatherings in the end lead to the development of

In James Thurber’s “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” Walter Mitty faces the every day challenges of the real world. Thurber uses surreal dreams to allow Walter Mitty to escape these challenges. The main two characters are Mr. and Mrs. Mitty. Mr.Mitty finds himself in the middle of action packed dreams until someone or something brings him back to reality. Walter Mitty escapes through his fantasies because he lacks the strength to face reality and the courage to express his real feelings and opinions.

Undertreatment of pain, nausea and vomiting related to cancer, seizures, PTSD, and anxiety have become a huge problem in the United States. Because of this undertreatment, many patients have begun to self-medicate with other measures to alleviate their symptoms. Some turn to alcohol, some to prescription drugs, and others to cannabis in one form or another. Some of these means are regulated more than others and some of these cause problems in themselves. Alcohol, while highly regulated leads to many problems; it can result in financial hardships, marital issues, addiction, family issues, as well as legal problems. Prescription drugs carry the same risks as alcohol, whether prescribed

Mitty is saying to his wife, he has a mind of his own and that he can think for himself. Throughout Mitty’s babblings and day dreams, he is a weak, timid man dependent on a strong woman (Mann, 1982). Most importantly I can identify with Mitty’s daydreaming not as hilarious and outrageous as his are, but we all have a need to slip away from the hoarse realities of life and escapism in the form of daydreaming.

In the short story “ The Swimmer,” John Cheever expresses the idea that Neddy Merrill can lose everything if he denies reality. Cheever achieves this by employing various symbols during Merrill's cross county journey. The main symbols are the weather and seasons. Cheever uses the changing of seasons to distort the character’s sense of time and show the progression of Merrill’s life. In the beginning of the story the setting is described as a midsummer day and by the end of the story, Merrill is able to see the constellations of late autumn, meaning winter is near. The illusion of time allows the reader to understand the extent of Merrill’s state of denial, as his beliefs begin to contradict the reality around him. While Cheever uses the weather to describe how Merrill feels. When it is warm Merrill feels happy and youthful. However, when it becomes colder Merrill begins to feel weak and sad. To emphasize Merrill’s state of denial, Cheever employs the motif of alcohol in “The Swimmer;” the reader notices that when Merrill is presented with a reality that he deems unpleasant, he uses alcohol to enhance his state of denial. Through the critical lens of New Historicism, the reader can infer the author’s purpose for writing “The Swimmer” is to criticize the lifestyles of affluent people in the 1950s and early 1960s. Cheever focuses on the party lifestyle of affluent communities and how the use of alcohol allows them to deny the reality around their current misfortunes.

Alcoholism is perhaps the most common form of drug abuse in North America today. Scientists report that the reason alcohol is so popular to people is because it is pleasant, relaxing, and is considered a "social beverage." But what individuals often do not take in to consideration is the fact that alcohol dulls the brain and confuses physical reactions. This can lead to numerous injuries, accidents, and death. Alcohol affects every part of an alcoholic's life: their body, their mind and their family life. The body has a natural chemical that gives a feeling of a "natural high". It happens in the presence of a life-endangering situation. This chemical is adrenaline, which is meant to prepare the body for defense in