Summary Of Death Over Water By Elizabeth Rhett Woods

The article Desperation at Sea by Rebecca Zissou tells us about people trying to escape war, poverty and natural disaster. First, on April 17, 2015 Ali 70 other migrants were migrating to Europe and start anew life but thousands of of people died trying to cross to Europe. Secondly, people were snuggled into plastic boats and abandon them to protect them selfs. Then, some passengers get to stay in Europe permanently. After that they need to find a job and often fight for it. Finally, this book was about escaping from their homeland.

In the poem, “The Skater of Ghost Lake”,by William Rose Bennet, many literary techniques convey his intent of the poem, which is that people will do anything for love. This can be seen in Bennet’s personification, as Ghost lake is described as being guarded, but the two skaters continue to go to the kale so they can see each other. Bennet’s imagery also shows that Ghost lake is a spooky place, but the fact that Jeremy and Cicely still skate shows that they will overcome the scariness. Finally, Bennet’s simile shows that even after all of the treacherous events that may occur, the two skaters continue to be together, and skate.

The Lady of the lake was the original ruler of Avalon a breath-taking entrances with a many beauty and apprentice of Merlin foster-mother to Lancelot and the giver of the Excalibur. She was thanked for the many of good deeds she brought except one. Back when the entrances was known as Viviane she would travel with Merlin the wizard, learning everything she could, but this was sometimes difficult for her for Merlin had fallen in love with her but sadly she did not feel the same. Now using what she had learned she used Merlin's own spell on him, trapping him in a tree stump where he remained for many years till rescued. Later on the lady had fallen in love with Pelleas and got married punishing Pelleas’s last lover Ettardy for treating him poorly.As you can see the Lady of the lake plays a pivotal role in many Arthurian legends.

The conflict in the viking’s life on sea finally ends with the death of the princess whom he loves, as his heart becomes “…still as a stagnant fen!..” (146). Now that the viking has lost his love, nothing could keep him from going to sea for his final battle to death: “Clad in my warlike gear,/Fell I upon my spear,/Oh, death was grateful!”(150-153). Upon death, “…from the flowing bowl/Deep drinks the warrior’s soul…” (157-158), the Viking has resolved the conflict in his life and has regained his identity as a lively viking from the sea. This final use of water imagery gives the reader a final view of the warrior the viking was throughout the poem.

The article Into the Dark Water by Lauren Tarshis is about when the most massive, high in technology, indestructible ship sunk. The Titanic of course. Also when passenger and survivor Jack Thayer shared his journey, through his writing with author Lauren Tarshis. It makes the article more intriguing to use quotes because it makes you feel as if you are on the ship on that night.

Water is a clear, colourless, odourless, and tasteless liquid; an essential substance for most plant and animal life, and vital for human existence. In his novel, The Wars, Canadian author Timothy Findley uses water, one of the four elements of nature, and discusses its role in the nightmarish world of trench warfare and in a world gone mad. Water imagery serves an important role and it’s meaning evolves throughout the novel. Water symbolizes life, Robert’s transitions, and Robert’s shattered innocence, as well as the change that comes along with it.

When people are treated unfairly or unjustly, how should they perceive it and how do they generally react to this? In The Color of Water by James McBride, prejudice shapes James and Ruth in many ways, James has different stories than Ruth, due to the fact that he lived in a different time period, which makes his scenario different from Ruth’s. Both faced adversity, and stood up for themselves and defended themselves in many different ways just to make sure that they could survive in society. Ruth had always taught her children to be independent. She comes from an interesting background, she was starving of love and affection as a child. Ruth has experienced a lot of grief in her life due to all of these bad events that occurred. Even growing up, her father had treated her unfairly by taking advantage of her sexually. This was definitely not a right thing to do, Ruth’s father was an abusive man who had a sex addiction. He was found to have an affair with another woman even though Mameh knew about it the entire time. Due to her rough past when practicing Judaism, she decided to practice Catholicism after marrying Andrew Dennis McBride. She felt as if she was a freer person, she gained a personal connection to the religion which was good because it helped for her to get her mind off of things. James is a very confused boy, being black and white. He’s unsure where he fits in when it comes to society. A personal connection that I have to

James McBride was a black boy that had a white mother. You can imagine that going to an all-white school that he was going to get teased in school and that he was going to question himself. If it wasn’t for a change in perspective, you would never grow. But James had needed to change his perspective faster than others. James has gone through a huge change in perspective in the book, “The Color of Water.” It is shown in his book from the beginning, middle, and end of the book noting on how by changing his perspective he was able to grow and mature into someone better. As teenagers we always think that our parents have no idea about what we go through and everything is different than when they were our age but in a sense

James McBride can tell you firsthand about man verse racial identity. Journalizing his experience in his New York Times Bestseller novel the Color of Water simply outlined his struggles of finding who he was. His upbringing included a black father and a Jewish white mother. His background made it hard for him to understand why his home was different than others on the street. Although McBride experience shows an older outtake of racial identity, some may say this still is a problem today. Offspring feels the need to pick a race in society to succeed in the generation and it may be the step to understands them more. Notice in the subtitle of the book "A black Men tribute to his white mother" he label himself as just black as if there was a barrier between his mother and himself because the so different. Today we need to not let racial identity become a big part of our lives.

Sleep is another common symbol for death, and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" is filled with the essence of sleep. Every element of the poem works together to create a lullaby effect, calling the speaker and reader to a "lovely, dark and deep" sleep (474). The gentle imagery of the downy soft snow and easy wind, combined with the cadence and meter of the poem creates a lulling, rocking, soothing effect. The AABB rhyme scheme and the iambic quatrameter create a lullaby feeling, easing the reader in to a comfortable sleep.

In looking back upon his experience in Auschwitz, Primo Levi wrote in 1988: ?It is naïve, absurd, and historically false to believe that an infernal system such as National Socialism (Nazism) sanctifies its victims. On the contrary, it degrades them, it makes them resemble itself.? (Primo Levi, The Drowned and the Saved, 40). The victims of National Socialism in Levi?s book are clearly the Jewish Haftlings. Survival in Auschwitz, a book written by Levi after he was liberated from the camp, clearly makes a case that the majority of the Jews in the lager were stripped of their human dignity. The Jewish prisoners not only went through a physical hell, but they were psychologically driven under as well. Levi writes, ??the Lager was a great

The literary masterpiece, “To an Athlete Dying Young,” uses figurative language, sound devices, and structure to illustrate a poem

As a simile, Frost compares the birds singing “(thrush music…)” to the invitation, per say, “to the dark and lament” (16), in which he refers to death.

The structure of a novel enables it to embody, integrate and communicate its content by revealing its role in the creation and perception of it. A complex structure such as that of Robert Drewe’s work The Drowner, published in 1996, refers to the interrelation or arrangement of parts in a complex entity1. Drewe’s novel is a multi-faceted epic love story presenting a fable of European ambitions in an alien landscape, and a magnificently sustained metaphor of water as the life and death force2. The main concerns of the novel include concerns about love, life, death and human frailty. These concerns are explored through the complex structure of the novel. That is, through its symbolic title, prologues, and division into sections. The

The composition called The Swan performed by Yo-Yo Ma, the poem called The Dying Swan by Alfred Lord Tennyson, and the ballet of Le Cygne (The Swan) by Anna Pavlova connected to each other clearly and meaningfully by describing how The Swan’s experience connects to human being’s life cycle. The compositions musical elements connect to the poem because it starts with a depressing and miserable sound as how the poem starts in the first stanza. Then, the composition gives an inspiring emotion to the listener as how the poem gives inspiration to the reader. Furthermore, the composition also connects to the ballet because it follows the rhythm and melody of the composition by creating a dance that expresses an aching heart over people dying, peace of the deceased, and it inspired people to accept death as the dying swan accepted its own death. The ballerina shifted her speed with the tempo of the music symbolizing the meaning and feeling of the poem. The composer’s choices were effective in creating such a dramatic moment because the composition, ballet, and poem flew along as they instilled a mournful and content joy causing a death confronting inspiration.