The definition of “racehorse” never fit Seabiscuit other than his breed, Thoroughbred, which classified him as one. He was a smaller horse and, at first, was not able to keep up with the larger ones. He developed a reckless, untamed nature around people. Seabiscuit’s first owner treated him with a lack of proper care because he was disgusted with the horses lack of potential to win. Ironically, Seabiscuit was used to train other horses how to ride and win their races. He was their leader and motivator, but little did his first owner know that is just exactly what Seabiscuit needed. After disappointment and mistreatment, Seabiscuit still wanted to follow his instinct and race. Seabiscuit’s second owner, George Howard; his trainer,Tom Smith; and his jockey, Red, gave him his opportunity to overcome his past, and together, they became one of the greatest stories in race horse history.…
The author uses Dick Brown to illustrate a painful memory. He was only feet away from President Kennedy when the bullet struck the President in the neck. Dick still awakes in the night remembering that day in Dallas, with a pain in his neck. “Painful memories wound us not only physically but also psychologically.” (p. 23)…
In the third stanza, brutal imagery of ‘pincer and claw, trident and vampire fang’ is used to describe the child‘s disturbing ‘mosaic vision’. He awakens and reaches for his jar of light – his ‘monstrance’. Emotive words such as ‘fear’, ‘trembling’ and ‘sobbing’ are used to gain power as the child realises his loss, running to ‘the last clearing that he dared not cross’. Words throughout the poem including ‘pierce’, ‘grope’ and ‘embrace’ are suggestive of sexual activity, which the child views as…
Last night at approximately 11:30 pm, Andy Anderson had become the latest victim of gang violence in the borough of Queens.…
Journal Entry: On The Sidewalk Bleeding Never had I thought laying down would bring me such agony. Yet there I was. Back against the cold pavement and excruciating pain tearing through my body. I tried not to think too much about my situation for every thought felt as though the knife was tearing through me once more.…
“Andy was bleeding heavily and couldn’t move!” an anonymous eyewitness told us, “We didn’t want to get involved because he was a Royal.”…
You will also hand in your news article organizer and all rough work. Review the rubric carefully to see how you will be assessed.…
His only job was to put it back on hinges. While he was fixing the screws they somehow got to talking; he told him of the house and how his son suffers from schizophrenia. They had purchased the house for him as a incentive for him to live a normal life. But his medication made him sleep too much and he could not keep a job as a result, so he gave up on taking it. When recalling the story, he starts to speak directly to Edward, “And you should know the feeling never left me-the weight of my heart-when you showed me the scars on your arms, when I looked in your eyes and I heard what you said how you probably would’ve died were it not for to care for your daughter and wife. How he drove in the knife, still your son.” This part of the song is indicative of the impact the story; the “weight” of his heart and the “feeling” that never left him portrays a resonation of a visceral and painful…
The second stanza tells of slamming doors, angry feet, and slamming dishes. This portrays the behavior of a schizophrenic person. It is reckless for no reason. This is a symptom called "catatonia" CITATION Psy14 \l 1033 (Psych Central), which is when the subject moves excessively and has violent behavior. The greasy stains spreading on the cloth is imagery for disease spreading over the body.…
4. Evaluate the policeman’s response to Andy’s death. How does this response reinforce the earlier reactions to Andy and his jacket?…
In ‘The meatworks’ Gray presents a vivid and disturbing description of a North Coast slaughter house. It demonstrates Roberts’s concern of the cruelty and indifference of humankind’s relationship with nature. Sensory imagery is one of the strongest techniques used by the poet. ‘...grinding around inside it, meat or not, solidified like candle wax.’ This appeals to the reader through the use of vivid images that are not only visual but also aural and tactile. Gray creates stifling, oppressive images that characterises the repulsive atmosphere meatworks. The use of personification in the phrase “…gutters crawled off” emphasises the environment in which he is working. It suggests that the gutter is an oozing beast. The line ’blood around his finger nails’ can be interpreted in two ways depending on the reader. One is the literal meaning, of the unpleasantness of been unable to get the blood from his job off his fingers, while it can also be interpreted as that his job makes him feel guilty all the time, where the blood is the guilt. Robert gray intended to show readers the inhumanity of the acts take out during the poem ‘Meatworks,’ some people due to their personal contexts such as vegetarianism are more strongly affected by the poem and its issues, while others aren’t so concerned.…
The universality of human cannibalism is the poem’s primary theme. This point is demonstrated by Alexie’s focus upon other examples of horror. Human beings revel in the sight of blood. They enjoy watching horrible violence depicted…
‘On the Sidewalk Bleeding’ is a dramatic short story written by the very popular American writer Evan Hunter. Throughout the story Hunter creates suspense using skilful presentation of characters, his thought-provoking variety of themes, the short story’s simple yet effective plot and the author’s impressive writing style and his clever use of symbolism.…
The theme corresponds to the message the short story validates than it is vividly interpreted to be mainly about what is seen through the characters point of view. Although, the two characters may be portrayed as senseless druggies, their resourceful thinking and sight conveys the reader a different aspect of their trait. Therefore, Johnson lets the reader know the unique visual concept Georgie gave when he saw the pool of blood on the hospital floor. Unlike most minds of the people Georgie is disturbed by how much blood is streaming in a human’s body and mentioned that eventually the gruesome blood will be released when death occurs. On the other hand, the way F-head visualizes the image is based off of the acceptance and normality of death. Moreover, the different visual analysis between Georgie and F-head explains the sentiments that fund their characteristics and their opposite point of…
trauma can have on someone, even in adulthood. The speaker of the poem invokes sadness and…