Gail Borden

Use of Setting in "The Shawl" and "The Portable Phonograph"              In literature, setting is often used to enhance or develop characters, provide realism, and create a mood or atmosphere for a story (Roberts 256). Two short stories, "The Shawl" by Cynthia Ozick and Walter Van Tillburg Clark’s "The Portable Phonograph" explore victims of war in the vivid settings that the authors have created. Although both works are vague as to geographic setting and place in time, the authors’ detailed

The Perfect Storm Nothing bad could ever happen on such a beautiful day like today, or could it? It was a warm January day in small town Knoxville, Iowa. Usually the max temperature a day here reaches a bone chilling 33 degrees Fahrenheit, but on this particular day we got a sneak peak of spring with a temperature at 64 degrees with light showers throughout the day. These record-breaking temperatures had the ability to put a smile on anyone’s face, despite whether or not they cared for the rain

written by Karen van der Zee, and ¨A Sorrowful Woman,¨ written by Gail Godwin, are two pieces of literature that are debatably good, by this definition. I personally believe that ¨A Sorrowful Woman¨ was the better of the two due to its realism and thought provoking plot. The first story, written by Karen, is very stereotypical, the plot being somewhat predictable and the tone rather light. However, the second story, written by Gail, is quite the opposite; it takes on a more realistic approach and

The American olympian Gail Devers once said,”Sometimes we fall, sometimes we stumble, but we can’t stay down. We can’t allow life to beat us down. Everything happens for a reason, and it builds character in us, and it tells us what we are about and how strong we really are when we didn’t think we could be that strong.” In Laura Hillenbrand’s biography Unbroken, the determination Louis Zamperini possessed, personifies Gail Devers’ words when, Undoubtedly, Zamperini’s will to survive helped him

Track star Gail Devers once said, “Sometimes we fall, sometimes we stumble, but we can't stay down. We can’t allow life to beat us down. Everything happens for a reason, and it builds character in us, and it tells us what we are about and how strong we really are when we didn't think we could be that strong.” In the nonfiction book Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, the determined Louis Zamperini showed that life could not beat him down, and never gave up, not even in the light of the impossible.

their own lives such as Dave Moore did for the Satori. The perfect storm provided a perfect opportunity for heroes to submerge. Many ships’ crews were saved because of the humanity and heroism of these rescue teams. But for some ships, like the Andrea Gail, they were caught in the middle of an unforgiving storm and did not have a chance at being rescued. The

The Demise of a Family in Gail Godwin's A Sorrowful Woman Gail Godwin's "A Sorrowful Woman&lt" leads one to believe that the wife is overwhelmed or possibly just having a bad day. The belief is that with her husband's understanding she and her family will get through this difficult time. Everyone has a bad day and people get aggravated at times. However, a shocking revelation comes to the reader that this isn't just a bad day. A deeper look into the story reveals that the wife's selfishness

This book is arranged into ten different chapters, each containing the main idea in each chapter. In the beginning of the book the author gives a foreword which briefly gives a vision of The Perfect Storm. The author Sebastian Junger wants his book to be completely factual, no dialogue is made up. The direct quotes are recorded from an interview. At the end of the foreword Sebastian states that he used the title The Perfect Storm in a climatic sense, he meant no scorn or insult to those who had

Growing up we always hear people around us or in movies talk about a “mid-life crises,” and we’ve never really understood what they talk about because we hadn’t experienced it ourselves. In Gail Sheehy’s essay “Predictable Crises of Adulthood,” she writes about each a crisis that can occur in each stage of a human’s life. She break’s our lives into six stages. “Pulling Up Roots”, “Trying Twenties”, “Catch-30,” “Rooting and Extending”, “The Deadline Decade”, and “Renewal or Resignation”. I can’t

The American Olympic Champion and inductee of the National Track and Field Hall of Fame Gail Devers once said, “Sometimes we fall, sometimes we stumble, but we can't stay down. Everything happens for a reason, and it builds character in us, and it tells us what we are about and how strong we really are when we didn’t think we could be that strong”. In Laura Hillenbrand’s book Unbroken, the determined Louis Zamperini exemplified Devers’ words when, against all odds, he survived his bomber crashing