Farewell To Arms

The use of symbolism is one of the main literary elements used in this poem. The speaker’s long hair is used as a representation of sexuality. Women are often viewed to be more desirable with longer hair. Long hair it is also used to validate femininity and in earlier years also represented social status. Throughout history, hair has been worn in a variety of ways often determined by the

Just as the character Mr. Jarvis Lorry finds himself bemusedly contemplating his peculiar circumstances, the weather parallels this in its manifestation of a “steaming mist” (11 bk. 1, ch. 2). As one would expect, rain is also a central subject in chapter ten. According to How To Read Literature Like a Professor, rain can signify a great many things. It can heighten the atmosphere, be used as a plot device, and can even add to the misery of the characters; most importantly, rain can act as an agent of cleansing or a bringer of restoration.

In any medium the last words of an author, lyricist or screenwriter are the most powerful of the entire piece. An ending can completely ruin a perfectly good piece if it isn't what it should be. It can also redeem a mostly mediocre piece by being exactly what it should be. Often the best endings are ones that do not end the way the reader wants them to, but end the way the reader knows they should. Baldwin is definitely an author who knows how to end a story.

The novel, “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” uses archetypes to send a warning to the readers about the human condition and the subject of man’s duality. Archetypes are used throughout the story to demonstrate the villain vs. hero and the good vs. evil concept. Dr. Jekyll represents the hero of archetype character while Mr. Hyde is a visually unappealing and evil man. The two contrasting characters are different by choice. Dr. Henry Jekyll is a scientist who goes on journey to find the duality of man and believed in separating evil from good.

The Giver, by Lois Lowry is about a young boy named Jonas who is growing up in a utopian society. In The Giver they have no memories of anything that has pain even involved which meant that the community had to get rid of some joyful things also. Jonas, the receiver, and The Giver himself are the only two that know the memories. The author, Lois Lowry, was given the Newbery medal in 1994. In her acceptance speech of the medal she stated things in her life that influenced her book, The Giver. Many of the events in Lois Lowry’s life had really influenced many of the big events in The Giver.

The novel starts as Janie retells her past events to her best friend Pheoby. As a child, Janie grew up happily with only her Grandmother, who worked for and lived with the Washburns, a white family. Young Jamie’s hair is emphasized as long, dark and straight. She recalls her luscious hair and tells Pheoby “I had a hair ribbon on mah head fuh me tuh wear” (9). Her long, freely moving hair with ribbons symbolizes Jamie as a young girl: she was a joyful child with a vibrant but easygoing personality. She is very excited to experience the world and yearning to find love. Her eagerness to experience love is shown as the young teen “searched as much of the world as she could… and leaned over to gaze up and down the road” (11). However, as her grandmother grows old and worries about Janie’s future, She

He had just suffered a major loss and dealt with it in the only way that he knew; through alcohol. Although drinking at this point was not actually mentioned directly, we can nevertheless assume that he was going to make this connection just because of the setting in the rain. This book had many examples of symbolism and they all point to the fact that there is always a terrible price to pay for weak actions or for blind love.

The rain is the key of the story making everything feel sad, nervous and curious. The author tries to create as horrific a setting as possible. In the quote, “March rain drilling his jacket and drilling his body and washing away the blood that poured from his open wound.” makes me feel spooked. I can imagine a person lying on his side with blood spilling out, washing away by the rain creating a red puddle. For example, if Andy was lying in a field of grasses, with no clouds, clear blue sky and the sun brightly shining, I will would not feel as frightened reading the story. The rain was also a good thing as it helped Andy remember the good moments in his life, in the lines, “The rain was soothing somehow”, “Rain is sweet, I'm Andy” these lines tell me Andy is realising he’s dying that’s when he remembers the time he danced in the rain with Laura. He wants to forget about the gang ‘Royal’ but only think of Laura in the last few moments before dying. In these moments time seems slow and painful because the rhythm of the rain, there Andy’s having regrets about joining the gang who cost him his life. He thinks about how young he was and the life he wanted to live in the future. His whole face and body are hot but it’s cooled by the raindrops symbolising how much Andy loves the rain and thinks it’s soothing thing washing away his blood and accepting he’s dying

Ernest Hemingway became one of the most notorious writers in the 20th century, likely due to his abnormal style of writing. Hemingway in his writing introduced the new concept of Iceberg Theory which gives the story a implicit meaning made by the author that should be further inferred by the reader. In order to achieve this style Hemingway throughout his works used objects and movements by characters to symbolize emotion, actions and other deeper objects. Many of Hemingway's symbols reoccur among different stories; one of his most recurring symbols is a train/tracks which is used in following “Big Two Hearted River”,”Canary”,and “Hills like White Elephants”. In the first story “ Big Two Hearted River” the train makes an appearance near the

Symbolism is used in many novels to express ideas or concepts without directly stating them. Symbolism can be helpful in generating thoughts without needing deeper explanation from the author and symbols render interruption of the plot. In Ernest Hemingway’s novel, The Sun Also Rises, symbolism plays a key role in the meaning and themes of the plot. The symbols can be widely interpreted and used in many different ways but all exclusively aluminate the final themes in the novel. Hemingway’s use of bull fighting, post war handicaps and water throughout the novel directly relates to the character’s feelings and actions in the basic plot while still alluding to deeper meanings.

One of the first items the author states is that all symbolism is intentional, there are no accidents when it comes to analyzing famous literature. He describes certain authors like James Joyce and T.S. Elliot as “intentionalists” or writers who purposely try to control every part of the story through symbolism. The author Thomas Foster teaches us never to overlook anything in a novel even if it be little things like the color shirt they are wearing or what the weather is like outside. Building more off the last statement, precipitation, whilst being a little detail added into a story, holds a lot of important roles in moving the story along and even providing hardships for characters to overcome. Even more than that though, he says “It’s never just rain”, rain provides as a symbol in the story so that if someone is in the rain it’s almost as if they are being cleansed.

Ernest Miller Hemingway is known for his unique style and theories of writing, especially the iceberg theory. In the Death of the Afternoon, Hemingway says that “The dignity of movement of an ice-berg is due to only one-eighth of it being above water. A writer who omits things because he does not know them only makes hollow places in his writing.” (92) Simple words, vivid images, rich emotions and deep thoughts are the four basic elements of the iceberg theory. Talk about how these stories illustrate four elements of theory. In both short stories, Hemingway describes scenery and characters with simple words directly to give readers a vivid image. Under this sketch, readers can know characters’ emotion and get the theme through their imagination and analysis.

“The long, curled hair, the dark head bent so reverently, so innocently before her, implied a pair of the finest legs that a young nobleman has ever stood upright upon; and violet eyes; and a heart of gold;

I write with vast resentment that the Enemy has done it again. He has slithered his way into young Alistair's thoughts corrupting him, training him to use the skill of being "irresistible" and being "ruled by the word" but don't fret my dear Anguis this shan't be permanent. For now, keep and eye on young Alistair. Regrettably, at this moment in time his gaze is fixated on the enemy but be patient beloved Anguis soon we shall avert and fixate his gaze and spirit on our Father below. Unbeknown to the patient our presence is eternal we only leave once the patient fully yields to our Father below. (105) I trust that you have been slowly embedding people around him to influence him in the right direction. No more of this youth group malarky instead surround him with those whom will test him to explore boundaries, boundaries the Enemy would detest him exploring. The Enemy has

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway is based largely on Hemingway's own personal experiences. The main character of the book, Frederic Henry experiences many of the same situations that Hemingway experienced. Some of these experiences are exactly the same, while some are less similar, and some events have a completely different outcome.