Parallel Structure In Good Bones And # 9 Dream: The Zombie Apocalypse

Jon Krakauer uses foreshadowing many times in the book, especially when closing out chapters just like what these two quotes. Most of the foreshadowing used by Krakauer also always refers to the disaster that is coming. This reminds readers that although at times everything seems to be fine in the book, disaster is imminent. It is a sad and effective way to end a chapter.

When describing the potential consequence, Harding incorporates imagery to emphasize and connect with the audiences. He describes, “Miss Ratched shall line us all against the wall, where we’ll face the terrible maw of a muzzle-loading shotgun which she has loaded with Miltowns!” (Kesey 304). This vivid description of the consequence is used to add depth to the speech and is also a form of pathos. Ultimately, the primary goal of using imagery is to invoke pity and sympathy for the patients in the ward. In addition, Harding place two adjectives with opposite connotation together to emphasize the goods and bads in their decision. Harding declares, “...because you are witnessing the end, the absolute, irrevocable, fantastic end” (304). After the temporary satisfaction they receive from the party, they are left with only misery and consequences, which is the end. End is what the men fear, especially when it is Miss Ratched who has the authority to decide the

The center of his claims, one day the nature around us won't even be worth looking at years from now (Line 19). The multiple examples within his writing appeal to readers' pathos, allowing them to feel invested within the overall message. The emotions within the passage carry throughout until finishing with, "we considered the past and dreamed of the future, and watched it all go by in the blink of an eye" (Line 71-73). By completing the passage with this quote, it causes the reader to pause and once again reflect on their environment. Returning back to the beginning of the final paragraph, the author's use of an anecdotes, creating their own short story from the future adds another layer to the passage.

Before the family gets too far in their awkward journey, O’Connor tips off her readers of the eventual future for the family. Foreshadowing is used when the family passes an old burial ground with six,

Harwood revolves this poem around change, through the use of a motherly character she is able to construct a life style that has dramatically changed from free to a fairly constricted. Harwood uses the conversations of two people to get this message across, with the conversation discussing life’s progression with an old lover. “But for the grace of God…” suggests that the ex-lover is somewhat thankful for not ending up as a father figure to these children, as he can see the effect it has taken on her from when he used to know her. “Her clothes are out of date” shows her appearance has altered in the bid to live as a mother, her children are now her identity and that is what she will live to be. This poem is revolved around the negativity of losing yourself through mother-hood and the factors that slowly show that it.

The symbols connect to the main themes of the story, and the author makes you ask yourself can society live happily, at the cost of another? The first theme is good does not exist without evil. The people of Omelas know that they need to have a tiny bit of evil for them to truly understand what is good. They force a single child to live a horrible life so they can compare their lives with the child’s. Through this comparison they are able to realize that their lives are full of good. Some instead think it is better to share the pains of evil

As he grows older, he reminisces about the way he used to see things and how happy he used to be. “But now I am mostly at the window/ watching the late afternoon light./ Back then it never fell so solemnly/ against the side of my tree house, /and my bicycle never leaned against the garage/ as it does today,/ all the dark blue speed drained out of it.” (lines 17-23).

Often people read poems, books, and other literature works and talk about how the characters must be feeling. However, good literature not only makes one understand the feelings of the characters, but also inspire feelings in the reader. This is most often done with imagery, and can be seen in several works by Liz Kay. In “The Search Party”, Kay sets the scene with a brief description that a man confessed to murdering his own son. The rest of the poem is a description, from the point of view of one of the sear (Kay 178). In “The Death Penalty, we see a tragic story of two adults committing prolicide, or the act of killing one’s offspring. The poem details how the parents decapitate their children one by one, and then wait for someone to come arrest them (“Death Penalty”). Kay uses kinesthetic imagery in both of these poems to help provide insight into the feelings that the poem is trying to inspire. .

From the beginning of the poem, the reader can tell that the tone of the poem is consistent. There is no shift in tone, it’s simply sad and bitter. The father notices the innocence of his daughter and knows that there is bad luck that is coming for her future. The reader is able to see the father’s concern throughout the poem when he says that the “night’s slow poison” will change her. He knows that this issue cannot be changed, so he is doing what he can to avoid it becoming a bigger dilemma. By the end of the poem, it’s easy to notice that the father has become angry about the situation that is brought upon him. In the last two lines, the father decides that he doesn’t want to have children because of all the things he sees in their future, nothing but pain and suffering. His decision is expressed in the way he says “These speculations sour in the sun. I have

In the last chapter of Alice Sebold’s novel, Lovely Bones, the main character Susie Salmon looks at the events that have transpired because of her death, and happy with the outcome, is finally able to be at peace. Through the use of metaphors and tone Sebold describes what Susie sees as she says goodbye to her family for the last time.

“I wish my sun may never set, but burn” Bradstreet describes her husband as her sun because when he is gone she is gloomy.

“Woman is shut up in a kitchen or in a boudoir, and astonishment is expressed that her horizon is limited. Her wings are clipped, and it is found deplorable that she cannot fly. Let but the future be opened to her, and she will no longer be compelled to linger in the present.”

Literary works often have profound influence. The period in which the literature is written has a profound influence on the work itself. Past literature is often found to adequately embody many ageless ideas and situations while the themes also remain relevant to the present. First, Jonathan Swift’s pamphlet, A Modest Proposal, holds a theme of exposing atrocities. In addition, Emily Dickinson’s poem, Because I could not stop for Death, possesses a theme of death. Finally, Franz Kafka’s novella, Metamorphosis, maintains a theme of psychological unease.

In the poem “Good Bones” by Maggie Smith, she asserts the world is “fifty percent terrible” (7, 12) as she realizes it is not in anybody’s favor. There are many “ill advised” (4,5) ways people partake in life-she is not to be excluded-that create a negative environment. Maggie Smith also recounts to her “thousand deliciously” (4,5) poor choices from a younger time of being carefree. She thinks of the world as being terrible because of the worry-free but sometimes irrational actions people take for personal gain or pleasure. She later notions toward the way the world tries to tear people down as she believes for “every bird” (9) there is a “stone” (9) thrown at it, attempting to knock anyone down, from self-consciousness or selfishness. The

Which illustrates the following point: when faced with the inevitable, you always have a choice. You may not be able to alter reality, but you can alter your attitude towards it. As I learned during my liberal arts education, any symbol can have, in the imaginative context, two versions, a positive and a negative. Blood can either be the gift of life or what comes out of you when you cut your wrists in the bathtub. Or, somewhat less drastically, if you spill your milk you’re left with a glass which is either half empty or half