The Bird And The Happiest Bird

Writing, as described by E.L. Doctorow, is an exploration. In her novel, Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott explores the writing process, providing her insight on stylistic, theoretical, and instructional points. These points are essential in the composure of a book and are prevalent in many literary works such as Tim O’Brien’s The Things they Carried. In his book, O’Brien relives his time on the frontlines of the Vietnam War, telling fictional stories of life before, during, and post war. The novels are tied together with O’Brien’s use of character development, dialogue, and design setting strategies as discussed in Bird by Bird.

James A. Honey’s “The World’s Reward” and Maya Angelou “Caged Bird” tell about how freedom is feasible of physical enslavement.

Thesis Statement: Mary Aprarico Castrejon reveals in her essay “The Fighter Bird” grit which she, her Papi, and her Ama have despite their poor living situations.

Many films are based off of short stories and novels. One famous short story “The Birds” by Daphne du Maurier was made into a film by Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcock portrayed the story line and yet still put his own quirky twists into it to make it his own and different from the story. The short story and the film “The Birds” have similarities and differences between the character attacks, the open ending and the thoughts about the bird attacks.

Everybody in the town of Stamps always trembled with the anticipation. Today is the day that all the large classes from grammar school and high school were finally graduating. As the ceremony began the principal welcomed parents and friends. The principal talked about the “great leader” Booker T. Washington our great leader. Like a river diminishing to a stream and then to a trickle his voice became quiet.. He cleared his throat and said “ Our speaker tonight, who is also our friend, came from Texarkana to deliver the commencement address, but due to irregularity of the train schedule, he’s going to, as they say ‘speak and run’. He said that we understood and we wanted the man to know that we were most grateful for the time he was able to give

Birds are a common sight in most places people tend to be. These winged creatures are seen in bustling places like the pigeons that are in urban and suburban areas, the woodpeckers in rural regions, the crows on farms, and even in cages within buildings. In fact, these elegant creatures are so common a sight in society that they are often overlooked and underappreciated. This is similar to how women were and sometimes still are treated within society; they are given little appreciation when they are present and doing as they are told, but when they do not do as they are told they become a problem. This parallel that can be drawn between women and birds is used throughout Kate Chopin’s novel, The Awakening, in which its main character Edna Pontellier is often likened to and symbolized by a bird. Throughout the novel, the bird acts as a theme and symbol of both Edna and women in general.

Jerzy Kosinski reveals the barbaric acts of civilians in times of war, showing how war changes our sheer humanity. Passed from village to village, he tells the tale of a small gypsy boy wandering without parents during World War II. The horrific tales of the people who took him in, paint a cruel picture of civilization. Was Jerzy Kosinski take on humanity realistic or erroneous?

Psychologists have suggested the idea that correlation does not imply causation. In The Birds, viewers find themselves unable to identify the purpose or the cause for the birds’ attacks. Hitchcock does not want us to know the answers either, since Hitchcock marvels at his ability to make viewers question his films and struggle at truly enjoying without fully understanding them. Although this essay cannot find a cause for the attacks in the town or to the characters that seem to be innocent like the children and the old man in the farm, it should shed some light on the correlation between the timing of the attacks near the Brenner family and Melanie and their internal struggle. The symbolism of the caged birds versus the free birds, the Jocasta complex Lydia struggles with, and the imagery of the light versus darkness when the birds attack represent the journey Mitch and Melanie face in trying to be together.

Watching this film Bird by Bird about this writer named Annie, showed us how she takes her life and writing as free flowing but also have the opposite side of having road blocks with hard to swallow situations .It is rather interesting how she expresses her writing in a such real raw vibe that people can make a connection from her writing. They way she handles herself in real life transfers onto how she approaches her writing, which to me I find it a rare quality in a creative person in this type of area. Why I find it is rare is because usually a writer has a format to go about to write a short story or any other format there is rules to go by but she however does not apply that in fact she does the complete opposite. How she goes towards writing is by emotion and does not sweat the fact whatever idea she trying to jot down on paper she is not worrying about having the idea to be perfect in the minutes she is taking to get her idea on paper.

Compare and Contrast Essay Jane Carr 10/11/14 Eng 1P Block 3 The book “The Birds” by Daphne DuMaurier, and the movie “The Birds” directed by Alfred Hitchcock both had many similarities and differences. The movie featured new and different characters and different settings as well. One scene that showed a similarity between the book and the movie, was the scene where Nat Hocken’s window sill was a perch to half a dozen birds.

At the bird’s appearance and apparent vocal articulation, he is at first impressed, then saddened. He compares this evening visitor as only another friend which will soon depart, just as “other friends have flown before” (58). But the raven again echoes quite aptly his one-word vocabulary, thus leading the man on to think more deeply about the possibilities that exist at this juncture. Somewhere deep inside him, he has realized that it doesn’t matter what question he poses, the bird will respond the same.

portray the early life of Ernesto Galarza, it also does a tremendous job of capturing the essence of

Their child growing up is a fear all parents must face. For Martin, this fear has an unusual reality in the short story, "The Cold Little Bird." Jonah, a young 10-year-old boy, has decided to grow up and isolate himself from his parents, Martin and Rachel. He pulls away from his parents in a cold yet reasonable way and insists he no longer loves them. He changes the dynamic of the family, and leaves Martin distraught. The author, Ben Marcus, leaves the reader with a heartfelt theme. The theme of change being painful is shown through the struggle Martin endures as he tries to deal with the adjustment his newly grown up son provides.

this rationalization is the basis of Stephen’s internal epiphany; she is, toStephen, “an envoy from the fair courts of life”. This wholesome bird-like girl with “long

The idea of freedom is valued in Canada because we know the alternative is the feeling of helplessness. It appalls us to be restricted from doing what we want. More often than not, helplessness is an unexpressed emotion because individuals are not aware of their its presence in their adversities. However, according to Sigmund Freud, “Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.” Usually in the form of unconscious anger. In A Bird in the House, by Margaret Laurence, individuals either displaced or repressed the anger felt from their helplessness in their adversities. Displacement and repression are negative defense mechanisms because both are ineffective in communicating the needs of the