A book can be a person’s best friend or worst enemy. It can take the reader on an adventure or bore the reader to tears. Many people will read and get lost in a great book before they see the movie Hollywood has made out of it. Some will think the film ruined the book, while others like the movie better. Most writers have a bright imagination, with a specific message in mind for the reader. Sometimes Hollywood gets the writer’s message across in the movie, and sometimes it leaves the audience clueless. In Ray Bradbury’s science-fiction novel Fahrenheit 451, the general message is that technology is taking over the world, and people are living like robots. Ray Bradbury wrote this book in…
In the short story “Cherry Bomb” by Maxine Clair, Clair uses imagery, symbolism, and allusion to characterize the adult narrator's memories of her fifth grade summer world as a memorable one. The literary techniques involve her bright descriptions, mentions of the Hairy Man, the ice truck, and the infamous cherry bomb.…
Have you ever noticed that your mood tends to change with the seasons throughout the course of the year? In John Greenleaf Whittier’s “A Dream of Summer”, this very question has been shown to be true. From what I understand, “He loved nature, and was a strong believer that God controlled the extreme climates and temperatures in certain places on Planet Earth.” Mr. Whittier was also a Quaker, who like most Quakers placed an emphasis on a simple, happy life. In this poem we see how strongly he feels as if he is cold, barren, and lifeless if you will, in the winter. Yet as spring comes into play, he is awakened…
Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 has been highly regarded and analyzed by a variety of critics through its monumental plot, haunting language, and frighteningly relevant themes. The dystopian backdrop and themes of the novel are deeply connected to the environment of which the novel was written and the events that transpired throughout Bradbury’s life fuelled his artistic response to the McCarthyism era. Through deep analyzation of Bradbury’s life, Garyn G. Roberts concludes that, “Fahrenheit 451 is the result of the keen observations and personal experiences of its author; it is also a cultural artifact, which reflects who we were, who we are, and who we might become” (36). Bradbury has indeed developed a strong connection to books at a very early stage in his life and this has been presented in his own storytelling of the types of book he writes. Bradbury’s life can also be said to be an antithesis to Montag’s world since the presence and feelings associated with literature contrasts very well in their respective realms. Furthermore, Bradbury encourages his audience to examine the culture of which society is evolving towards throughout time in order to understand the functions and needs of human relationships. To support this analyzation, Andrea Krafft…
In 1953, Ray Bradbury wrote his novel Fahrenheit 451. Since its debut, Fahrenheit 451 has been regarded as a masterful work of literary fiction with powerful political commentary, akin to George Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm. According to Willis McNelly, “For Bradbury, a metaphor is not merely a figure of speech, it is a vital concept, a method he uses for comprehending one reality and expressing it in terms of another; it permits the reader to perceive what the author is saying” (Connor 408). Bradbury’s entire novel is one huge metaphor for how humanity is losing touch with what is important and he uses the characters to convey his messages about censorship. Bradbury uses the dialogue…
Have you ever wondered, hey, that painting looks sad? Well paintings have themes too. The painting “The Scars of Bullying,” by Haley Lucero has almost the same motif as “All summer in a day,” by ray bradbury. All summer in a day is about how people colonized Venus. It rains only every seven years.…
The outdoors contains many wonders that a child explores throughout the early years of life; therefore, a person’s childhood tends to position his path for the future. As a result, occurrences seen on an average day sitting at school, exploring in the woods, or examining the stars have the potential to be life changing. An American Childhood (Dillard), “Two Views of a River” (Twain), and “Listening” (Welty) all allocate this thought, yet the works juxtapose each other with different morals.…
William Zinsser’s “How to Write a Memoir”, gives the point of “be yourself” (Zinsser, 2). This applies to “A Summer Life” because Gary Soto writes as if he was a child. According to “A Summer Life”, “I was five…”(Soto, 16). He also was adventurous because he went to find a shoe whose,”…print was almost three of my brother’s hands, and four of mine.” (Soto, 16). Always be yourself when you write your own memoir.…
The story is written in first person narration and is seen through the eyes of a young and free-spirited girl. The themes of this story are self-discovery, stereotypes, and rebellion. To portray these themes, literary devices such as allusion, similes and situational irony were used. Allusion is present in the line "his favourite book in the world was Robinson Crusoe," as the author attempts to portray the father's inventive nature by relating it to a well-known novel. Similes can be seen in the narrator's descriptions of her environment as she states that the "snowdrifts curled around the house like sleeping whales," to bring to attention the howling of the winds. Situational irony is evident throughout the story because the narrator despises her mother for being a woman and working in the house, but in the end, she too develops into a woman and takes on the roles of the title.…
In the poem Summer Day, by Sarah A. Kettler, she seems to be essentially describing a summer’s day. She uses many descriptive words, such as softly, dance, model, and more, to illuminate the feeling of freshness and a sort of beginning. One might describe her use of diction as joyful, relaxed, bright, and jubilant. Through these words, she seems to try and just get across how a summer day might feel and how swiftly it might pass by. Although the words may portray freshness, there is a feeling of laziness as well, which also complements the idea of summer. “While the grass reaches up towards the sky, The water hums a sweet lullaby”. The use of lullaby really illuminates laziness. Because a lullaby is one thing you might listen to or sing to a small child if you’re trying to put them to sleep. Since it is during the day in which “the water hums a sweet lullaby”, then it portrays the idea of a lazy summer’s day. In the poem, they also bring across the feeling of how quickly a summer day can pass. “The moon suddenly awakens to say hello, and all to soon, goodbye, And the day comes to life once again”. This quote shows how quickly the night may pass during the summer through just saying “hello, and all too soon, goodbye”.…
At the beginning of her novel, she depicts the morning of June 27th as a clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day. It’s the time that farmers gradually sow their crops, and wait for them maturing. ‘Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets full of stones, and the other boys soon followed his example, selecting the smoothest and roundest stones.’ Boys are gathered and pick pebbles, piling them in a corner; it’s an unusual action for boys to do so before an assembly, instead of playing. From there, I feel a kind of special formal ambience in the square. ‘Soon the men began to gather, · · · They stood together, away from the…
June 27 in "The Lottery” paints a scenario of a beautiful summer day where “the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green” (Jackson). There are square dances, Halloween programs, and the teen club by Mr. Summers who…
A Man for All Seasons, by Robert Bolt illustrates the adult life of Sir Thomas More. In this play, the Common Man portrays man and his vices and sins showing the ordinary man of every age, class, culture, and society. Bolt uses the Common Man in the roles of the steward, boatman, and jailor to show how man can easily sin. Common Man exhibits man’s immorality through the roles of the steward, boatman, and jailor, in A Man for All Seasons.…
Well-known Sci-fi writer, Ray Bradbury, in his novel, Fahrenheit 451, illustrates that relationships reflect who individuals are and who they want to be. Bradbury’s purpose is to promote the idea that a person should have the courage to listen to their own beliefs and thoughts of happiness rather than to blend in with society. He adopts a disoriented and poetic tone in order to appeal to similar feelings and experiences on a non-realistic scale in his young adult readers.…
The playful boy in Birches is imaginary, he represents a younger version of Frost himself. The boy enjoyed swinging on the trees by “riding them over and over again / until he took the stiffness out of them”(30-31). This visual image illustrates the victory of the poet in moving to his own imaginary world where “you’d think the inner dome of heaven had fallen”(13). In a study guide on Birches, it is claimed that “this line (13) signals the beginning of a retreat from reality” (Poetry for Students, Vol. 13). In addition, comparing the birches in the ice storm to “girls on hands and knees that throw their hair” (19) symbolizes the captive position of the speaker who is getting older as the Birches, year after year. Even though the poet feels free when he is a swinger of birches, he reached a statement that “Earth is the right place for love” (53); climbing the trees and knowing about coming back again is an example of escape and transcendence towards heaven. Identically, the speaker in “Stopping by Woods”, is watching “the woods fill up with snow” (4), the “frozen lake” (7) in an unfamiliar location. With a feeling of sadness, he wants to keep on contemplating the nature but many objects prevents him to do so; the farmhouse in the village where he belongs and the confused little horse. In fact, the speaker concluded in that wintery location that his horse must thought it was strange to stop there, so the animal shake his harness bells. Frost, in this image creates an auditory imagery to explain the soothing silence that made the speaker fleetingly forget about his…