about how worst off things could have been. As a child, I grew up very…
The feud over the narrow, sickly strip of land “stolen” away from the Znaeym family had lasted for decades. Tensions had grown, and now, standing on the edge of the unusually restless trees, Ulrich felt that he could finally do something. Georg Znaeym was trespassing in that forest, and he would get him at last. In “The Interlopers”, the author, Saki, uses irony to support the theme that no matter how much power a person has, nature can always win in the end.…
At a point when a person is faced with fear and death all around, they need a good friend they can trust and have watch their back. They are both constantly attacked, and eventually are severely hurt. Even though they are potentially on their deathbed, they are both worried about the other. This shows the strong friendship that existed between…
The poem ‘Migrants by ‘Bruce Dawe ’should be included for the core text for journeying as it portrays journeying through the perceptions and experiences of a migrant group. This poem depicts feelings of ignorance and disrespectfulness encountered by the migrant group as they are treated with a lack of concern by people living in Australia.…
Dragons, witches, princesses and knights. These are the imaginary friends in so many children's lives. For young adults, those fairy tale characters give way to darker characters and more realistic situations. However, what do they all have in common? They live in short stories Two stories that are interesting are "The Sniper" by Liam O'Flaherty and " A Sound of Thunder" Ray Bradbury. Both center around grow men have guns to kill something. The Sniper in "The Sniper" has part of the army trying to take out enemies. Eckels is trying to hunt a T.rex back in the past to win $10,000. While there are some obvious similarities, both authors approach these stories, specifically the characters, tone and point of view, in different ways.…
In Saki’s story, “The Interlopers”, Ulrich von Gradwitz proves to be a man of polar…
Suspense, drama, irony, foreshadowing. The Interlopers and The Story of an Hour are two short stories filled to the brim with all of these and more. It is wondrous to watch as plots unfold and authors bring the readers to the edge of their seats. Accordingly, with these the reader will begin to relax, getting comfortable with the concepts and the characters. Then, as they begin to feel satisfied, when they can see that the climax of the story is nigh, they begin to feel uneasy. Why? Because they are reading the work of an experienced author and not the result of a middle schooler with ADHD. Expect the unexpected, especially when reading classics.…
First of all, Some people say that being a realist tells you the truth what you want…
* Pg. 103- “ I retreated and lay down happy to have found a shelter, however miserable, from the inclemency of the season, and still more from the barbarity of man” creates pity from ill treatment and rejection from the humans when he desperately craves companionship.…
John Green once said “Just remember that sometimes the way you think about a person isn’t the way they actually are.”They seem to be a different person on the outer side but they are completely different from within.The theme of Outsiders is that Don’t judge the book by it’s cover.…
In the story “ Of Mice and Men ” the strong bond between Lennie and George had made them very special, “Hardly none of the guys ever travel together.” (pg 39) a quote spoken by Slim as he was asking why would Lennie and George travel together ?, Slim ask this because he hard ever see guy travel around, and out in this world is very men for himself. Lennie and George had a great friendship, they always care about each other. For an example, when Lennie was drinking in water from the river he insist if Georg was thirsty too. “You drink some George. You take a big drink” (pg 3) from his quote you can see that Lennie care a lot about…
‘You wouldn’t dare denounce me.’ I said. ‘Your own fate would be ruined if it was known that you had a…
"Under the wine I lost the disgusted feeling and was happy. It seemed they were all such nice people." This quote can be analyzed quite a bit. While Jake is drunk, once again, it's as if he actually uses it as a scapegoat out of his normal life. HIs friends "seemed" like nice people, and that's an emotion Jake would like to feel for them, but he knows very well he can't feel that way when he's sober. Being sober for him and his friends simply isn't fun enough.…
Long ago, there was an ancient race of aliens that each had their own unique positions among society. These aliens were ruled by four perfidious, prodigious rulers. Each ruler had their own sector with aliens that had specific jobs. These aliens were not allowed to have their own opinions or thoughts on a subject or what their rulers did, if they tried to reason or argue with anyone, they were killed. The four rulers were each in charge of planets that they intended to colonize, but one soldier was against this idea, they believed it was not fair to colonize and take over planets that were less powerful also, more importantly, had their own races and civilizations. This soldier kept her opinion a secret, if her anyone knew about this, she would…
Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour" is a short story that leaves many unanswered questions, tells the tale of a woman who is not upset about her husband's passing and describes a struggle for identity.…