Elegy

In Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance talks about his rise from the poor, working class Hillbillies of the Rust Belt to the more affluent middle class. In doing so, he talks about the work needed to move up the economic ladder (to a different social class), expressing that it is always possible but very difficult. Vance talks about the struggles he faced within his family and his community, as well as how he overcame them. Vance’s reason to write this book was because he accomplished something ordinary

Dartmouth College for several months. He returned home to work an abundance of displeasing jobs (Robert Frost - Mini Biography). He had his first poem published in The Independent, a weekly literary journal based in NYC, in 1894 called “My Butterfly: an Elegy” (“Robert Frost” Poets.org). With this success, Frost proposed to Elinor, who was going to St. Lawrence University, but said no because she wanted to finish school first. Because of her,

the Appalachia mountain area throughout the book. By reviling his accounts and struggles, he opens the eyes of the readers who view these individuals as lazy, inbreed, rednecks, buy giving them a glimpse of his life struggles. The book, Hillbilly Elegy was a simple story of a poverty-stricken boy who grew up surrounded by negativity. The author took notice of all the people, events, failures, and his surroundings and use these to help mold him into who he is today. He would use the mentorship and

When reflecting on the personal memoir of J.D. Vance in Hillbilly Elegy, I felt that the personal experiences he had to go through within the surroundings truly provided fascinating insight as to current challenges the Rust Belt faces. Since the 2016 presidential election, I can’t stop myself from pondering why Michigan and Wisconsin, that have been consistent blue states during these election decided to vote the Donald Trump. I needed to understand what caused such a dramatic change for Rust Belt

Hillbilly Elegy is a memoir that is chronologically structured and consists of 15 chapters about the author’s life and family members. In the first chapter, he begins by talking about Jackson, Kentucky, where he used to live but later moved with his grandparents to Middletown, Ohio. Although he liked Ohio because he grew navigationally skillful, the town he lived in carried dark and painful memories for Vance. The author continues introducing his other family members and telling details of their

While I read Hillbilly Elegy, I drew numerous parallels with the struggles and triumphs faced by the characters in the memoir and that of my mother’s life. My mom continues to be the strongest person, both physically and mentally, I have ever known. She spends her weeks managing a nonprofit veterinary clinic and her weekends climbing mountains. And while her current endeavors are nothing short of amazing, it 's less than shocking compared to the obstacles she has already overcome. My mom was lucky

The book Hillbilly Elegy, A Memoir of A Family And Culture In Crisis written by J.D Vance is not like anything I have ever seen or read about. Vance begins his book by introducing the most important people around him, his family. Mamaw, Papaw and his sister Lindsey were his biggest support system and in many cases, his safe haven. In Middletown, Ohio where Vance spent the majority of his childhood was described as a town that didn’t have much money nor opportunity. What I learned from Vance was that

In the poem, "Elegy for Jane", by Theodore Roethke, the speaker articulates his attitude and feelings towards his former student in a well-written, well-articulated elegy. The speaker clearly states these emotions through the use of personification, similes, as well as other literary techniques. With these techniques, the speaker articulates his attitude towads Jane that I interpreted as both intimate and lyrical. After spending much time with this poem, I found that the first nines lines

important factor in a student’s education. However, few seem to look at the effects of that relationship on the teacher, especially when the student leaves them. In an “Elegy for Jane” by Theodore Roethke, the speaker, Jane’s former teacher, reminisces about his former pupil and laments her untimely death. From what is gleaned from “Elegy for Jane,” the speaker’s attitude towards his former student is sincere, adoring, and loving. The speaker’s genuine sincerity towards his student is exemplified by his

Beauty of Essential Elements In the poem “Elegy Before Death” by Edna St. Vincent Millay, she discusses her understanding of how processes in nature will continue after an individual has died. An elegy can be characterized as a lament for a loss (or for a death), but the loss that Millay refers to is characterized by the beauty of natural elements that occur after the loss of the individual mentioned. The title itself hints as to what the poem is; it is an elegy for a foreseen death, but this poem describes