In The Hall Of The Mountain King

Erich continues to illustrate to us how gender was an important issue and how men went through a lot as a result of their gender. Erich goes ahead to illustrate how the war had changed and had a great impact towards the lives of men who joined the war front. Erich illustrates this when Paul goes home on vacation to visit his family, and he sees as if his hometown had changed, but this was not the case. Paul contemplates how the war had changed him and how it had made him see himself as if he was not supposed to belong there. Paul also analyzes how his relationship and his family seems to be far, and he has very little to talk with his mother. Erich uses Paul’s experience to illustrate the problems that a man went through during this period.

“A Visit of Charity” by Eudora Welty and “Behind Grandma’s House” by Gary Soto both deal with similar topics about the relationship between the elderly and the young. “Behind Grandma’s House” is about a young child that is acting rebellious against society by cussing at an imaginary pastor, and scaring animals in the alley behind Grandmother’s house (291). He is rebellions until the grandmother comes out to hit the child in the face as discipline for what he has done (291). “A Visit of Charity” is about a young girl named Marion who visits a retirement home to visit with two elderly women so Marion can receive service hours for the Campfire Girls (116). Although “A Visit of Charity” and “Behind Grandmother’s House” both incorporate the Elderly

I really enjoyed your response to the article, In the basement of Ivory Tower. I find myself agreeing with you in a few areas of your response, especially the parts regarding why the author chose to publish this piece or writing. I find that he simply wanted to express his opinion on why college isn’t for everyone, I don’t find myself agreeing with that statement but the author did a nice job of making the reader think about why? I also find myself agreeing with the fact that there are many other helpful things a teacher can do to help his students succeed, especially those students who need a little extra encouragement along the way.

In the rocky Crimson Hills lies a town called ShadowField. This town is controlled by the richest man Conner Michaels. He is a very mean demanding ruler. If you get in trouble with him you could either get your arm chopped off or get banished. Surprisingly getting your arm chopped is the better punishment. When you get banished you get your head shaved, your clothes and items removed from you, and get forced to leave the mountains forever.

"…It wasn't just the war that made him what he was. That's too easy. It was everything – his whole nature…" – Eleanor K. Wade

Sounder is an older story set in the 19th century South. The mood is depressing, stressful, and worrisome. The story is told with a serious, dismal, and grave tone such as on page 11 it says “‘Cabins on posts would just float like boats, porch and all,” he assured himself in a whisper” This can express the worrisome mood and the serious tone. Another example is on page 30 the narrator’s grave toned words illustrates a depressing mood. Lastly, on page 26 a stressful mood is displayed with a dismal tone as the father is taken away and sounder is shot. The author’s purpose of the story was to entertain because it gave a lesson in a more delighted style than a lecture, and wasn’t trying to persuade or inform the reader. In Sounder the point of

Many debates have sparked due to the topic of naturalism vs. realism. Naturalism takes the power away from the actual person, it says that people exist entirely in the order of nature, and do not have a soul, or any mode of participating in a religious or spiritual world beyond nature. () Realism however, gives those human like characteristics back to the person. Literary realism has a concern with morality and ethics. It means that humans have a moral agency, they can make choices, take directions, and take responsibility for their actions. () Hamlin Garland’s “Under the Lions Paw” does a good job with strengthening that debate of Naturalism vs. Realism even more. The story incorporates both naturalism and realism making it difficult to

The novel German Boy by Wolfgang Samuel is about his life as a boy from Germany. The book takes place during World War II. Wolfgang goes through this tragic time era with his mother and his sister Ingrid. He is not able to live a normal life of a child such as other children in the world. The characters, settings, and themes make this novel the success it is today because it helps the reader to know what it was like to live during WWII. Wolfgang’s development and experiences further the reader's interest. Going to Berlin and Strasburg from Wolfgang’s hometown Sagan added to the struggles that he faced with moving from place to place to seek safety. Family will always be there to help and no one is safe from war is what Wolfgang learns with his experiences living in this time period.

“At the Dark End of the Street,” is a novel that takes back to the terrifying experience Recy Taylor had in Abbeville, Alabama. Taylor was gang-raped by six white men in the 1940s. This scene immediately shows readers the civil rights movement during the 20th century and how important it was in understanding what was happening. Danielle McGuire is the author of “At the Dark End of the Street,” which was published in 2010. However, “This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed,” is a novel that focuses on King’s protection during the Montgomery bus boycott that took place in Montgomery, Alabama. Charles E. Cobb is the author of “This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed,” and was published in 2014. Both of these novels focus their points on different and similar aspects of the civil rights movement. When Cobb wrote “This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed,” he focuses on the protection African Americans needed in order to not get killed completing everyday tasks, like going grocery shopping. Even on public transportation, civil rights activist felt threatened to the point of bringing weapons and concealing them on their personnel. Even though both novels take place during different times of the Civil Rights Movement they both show the similar hardships important figures played during this movement.

Stanley Kubrick once said: “A film is – or should be – more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and emotions.” And what could be better than sound to alter people’s emotions and feelings? In “Void”, sound played such a significant role in the storytelling that you could understand the whole movie just by the sound of it. The importance of sound in enhancing our understanding of the story and its emotional impact on the audience is emphasized especially in the fourth chapter, the one about Diamand: a young girl affected by the disappearance of her father during the Lebanese Civil War.

The third and final term I will be examining is motif. The motif I chose was death. Death is certainly the most obvious and common motifs I believe is represented in this story. Death is literally everywhere in this book. Starting from chapter one when the civilian is incinerated by the Martian’s blaster, to the giant alien machines that crawl across planet Earth destroying any person or structure in its path. The main character visits many towns in his attempted escape from the seemingly inevitable doom that is followed by the invasion. Death has stricken almost every town he comes across. Whether it be a random body he sees, or a person from the group that travels with him, the narrator is almost always around death. The only time death can be represented as a good thing is when the narrator reaches London and sees the Martians lying dead in their defeat from disease.

Compared to our own class textbook, I feel as if the movie covered the change of East Germany well with emotional family love and a touch of comedy.

H.G. Wells short story “In the Abyss” genre that captivated the reader with the mystery and suspense they relished within his story (Young, Kenneth). The major production of The Abyss by 20th Century Fox found its inspiration in his works. Though his literary work inspired others, his advanced technology with his works proved well-grounded with the production of the Bathysphere, similar to the Myers Apparatus in the story.. It was first used over thirty years after “In the Abyss” was published (Walsh, Don). “In the Abyss” was published in Pearson’s Magazine in 1896, with its other worldly feel and abnormally plausible story left an uneasy feeling after it came to a close.

The classic American short story I have decided to delve into and discuss in these

Keane’s “Somewhere Only We Know” is a song about losing your youth, or losing a relationship whether it be romantic or not. When you return to a place where you made memories, by yourself or with people, you feel nostalgic and want to return to a place where you felt happy. In the song, the speaker is telling a story of how he wants to go back to simpler times before he lost his childhood, and before the relationships he had with certain people were destroyed.