The lesson “life is what you make it” was a big part of the novel. But also this lesson was reflective. When Edwin asked Cole to go to the freezing pond, he gave him a stick and says that the right end of the stick represented happiness while the left end represented anger. Cole broke the anger side of the stick, until he recognized that everytime he broke…
don’t realize that the story is actually teaching a very great life lesson. “What You Pawn I Will…
A Lesson Before Dying tells a story of how important it is to find hope and pride in…
The life lesson that should be taken from “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst is choices and actions affect everyone. When Doodle was born he had a very slight chance at living, most people thought he would forsure die. However Doodle did not die but what his brother did and said to him was just as horrible. One of the many ways Doodles brother hurt him was by changing his original name from William Armstrong to Doodle so others would not expect much of him. As a result of Doodle being too weak to walk it began to poke at doodles brothers pride.When doodles brothers pride became an issue he decided to teach doodle to walk. However, doodles brother did not do it for doodle he did it for him and his own pride. Doodle wanted to make his brother…
Trauma is defined as an emotional wound or shock that creates substantial, lasting damage to the psychological development of a person or an event or situation that causes great distress and disruption. Toni Morrison wrote, "You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down." The heaviness of trauma that has never been addressed can be passed on to further generations leading to its perpetuation. In the novels The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat and Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, Ka and Macon Dead Jr. have inherited trauma from their parents, which leads them on expeditions to find out the causes of their parents trauma and in the process discovery of their family history and eventual self discovery.…
It was Robert G. Ingersoll who once said; “The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.” In other words, he is trying to convey to us that in life, it is how we deal with our failures, and not the actions we take during our high points that matter most. This is because who we are and how we act during our lows are what define us as people. In accordance with this quote, two examples in which this idea occurs constantly are Lorraine Hansberry’s controversial play, A Raisin in the Sun, and Harper Lee’s renowned novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Let’s delve into these pieces of literature to thrust Ingersoll’s philosophy into light.…
always punished, And proud men in old age learn to be wise. These lines are an important part of…
Both of these stories have meanings to them. To me they mean that always realize what going on around you and what you’re doing. If you don’t follow these lessons in these stories you can end up in a bad situation.…
Cutting for Stone used various flashbacks from the lives of Marion Praise Stone and Thomas Stone to exemplify the theme of the novel; death can reveal destiny. Thomas Stone experienced death through the loss of his mother, Dr. Ross, and Sister Mary Joseph Praise which led him to discover his true calling as a surgeon and a father. Marion Stone also way able to use the death of his brother to continue on his journey as a doctor back in Ethiopia. After looking back on these events in their lives, the two men are able to live their lives for a better purpose. The theme of this novel demonstrates how even the hardest events in a person’s life, such as death, can result in the finding of one’s true passion. As a person “cuts for stone”, he is trying…
When one thinks of a monk, he may imagine someone who studies, prays, and performs manual labor. The Monk, one of the thirty pilgrims travelling on a pilgrimage to Canterbury in The Canterbury Tales, is nothing like the usual monk many people imagine. He is rebellious, ignores rules, and lives and controls his own life. Chaucer, the narrator and author of The Canterbury Tales, shows these characteristics in the way the Monk looks, the things he says and does, and in the things the host, a character in "The Monk's Prologue," and Chaucer say about him.…
4. Read the following quote: “Men in many of the tales are largely depicted as idiots, blindly and foolishy adhering to outdated, impractical codes of chivalry and courtly love.” Do you agree?…
This story symbolizes to me a lesson: of how if we don't share our knowledge -our tools - and pass that knowledge on, then we have all lost the gift in our hearts. And the tools will rust and crumble in our own hands, never to see the light of day again.…
The story also encourages people to not allow others to dictate their future. Do not allow others to put your dreams down or tell you that you cannot accomplish something. Ultimately, this story teaches that all things are possible with the proper amount of time and dedication put…
A moment, much like life, is not fully complete until one realizes that it is fleeting. The curse of man is that after being gifted with advanced intellect and comprehension, he is now fully knowledgeable of the impending demise about to be suffered by him and his kind. No other creature on his planet has such a burden to bear. The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them. Wisdom is learned by three distinct means: by reflection, which is noblest, is first; second, by imitation, which is by far the easiest of the three; and third by experience, which is the bitterest as it involves putting into practice your own method and weighing out their successes. With all the aspects of living that go on, one…
hanging on the thread. Some other lessons people have taken from Robin Hood and his book…