they knew what to do with. Dexter, the boy in Winter Dreams, falls in love with Judy but during…
To a minor degree can Canada boast about its tolerance for ethnic diversity. In Chapter 12 of "A Few Acres of Snow," Britain preferred to populate its new colonies, including Canada, with citizens from the British Isles. This policy held distinct advantage because it made British North America more British than French. The Whites during the period were known as the superior race. When politics, religion, a population explosion, and famine conspired in Ireland in the mid-nineteenth century, many Irish came to Canada in search for a new life.…
Sister Souljah’s style is like no other that I have read, her style is so real and honest. I can quickly understand about the novel (The coldest winter ever) I do not have to think twice about this novel like I do in the other novel that have different language from mine. As I read this book I feel like I am in the Winter’s world. Sister Souljah grew up in the underclass urban areas in New York and knows how Winter feels. I think Winter is actually a part or side of Sister Souljah. She tells the truth and nothing but the truth.…
A Certain October is written by the loved poet and writer, Angela Johnson. The story is about a teenager living a normal life until a certain October. During a train ride with her brother and a new friend of hers the train gets into an accident. How well she battle her self-blame? You’ll have to read to find out. I didn’t enjoy this book mainly because it was very predictable. Of course she’d blame herself for the accident, i’ve seen writers take this route a…
The Story i choose was 'Winter Dreams' by F. Scott Fitzgerald, It takes places in Minnesota in the 1920's. The main character is named Dexter and he is a caddie for the summer. I think the time period and weather plays a big part of the story. it gives the reader an imagery in their minds and sets the story. the time period also does the same thing. Dexter's start as a caddie has a big impact on his life goals, it eventually leads to his inner conflict to not be ''middle class.''…
Distinctively visual imagery can either entice or distance us from the world of the characters.…
In Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick many factors combine to tie together the short stories. Factors that contribute include the island, some characters, the tea, but I am going to focus on the hares. In the first story the hare is only briefly mentioned. Eric sees the hare outside his house and finds it sitting there peculiar. Myself as a reader did no think anything of it until the second story when you see that the hare comes back. In the second story the hare is held by the boy who stands by the archeological site. The archeologist describes him as follows, "In his hands, like a small child,he is always, always, holding a soft toy. It is a brown hare. He holds it by its long ears, so that it droops from his big palm,…
I choose the poem Fire and Ice , by Robert Frost, becauce it is a topic that its comon in the meaning that it is somenthing that all of us have thought about in some point of our lifes. And i agree with Frost, he did the poem because of his desire of warning people of two problems i the humanity. and that human emotions are destructive when alowed to run amok. And it is very interesting the way that he demostred that through methaphors, alliteration and repetition.…
"Samuel Hearne in Wintertime" is a poetic documentary of the undeclared mayhem of Canada's past. Newlove uses Samuel Hearne, a figure from the past, to capture the past in a true and genuine state. This poem expresses ideas of truth, loss, isolation, feelings of defeat, and internal conflict. Throughout the entire piece, the author is deromanticizing, demythologizing and debunking both Samuel Hearne and early northern exploration.…
Winterdance, a non-fiction narrative by Gary Paulsen, is a firsthand account of Paulsen’s journey in the Iditarod, where the main character, Paulsen, exemplifies bildunsroman throughout the book by altering his perspective of animals. Paulsen’s attitude toward nature changes dramatically as well throughout Winterdance due to his companionship with the sled dogs, experience with other animals along the race, and adjustment to trail life.…
In 'Those Winter Sundays' by Robert Hayden the author describes his hard working father working to looking after his family during hard times. The author describes a period in America during the Great Depression. Accordingly, when a man's duty as would be to provide for his family. Robert Hayden grew up in America great depression when food was scarce as was providing for one's family wasn't easy by far. The author seems to be reminiscing and appreciating his father for getting up early on Sunday. As noted in the first stanza his hands "were cracked from labor', or "no one ever thanked him," to drive out the cold.…
In George R.R Martin’s novel series A Song of Ice and Fire, there is a long standing prophecy about Azor Ahai or “the chosen one”. The legendary figure in the R'hllor faith who led the crusade against the White Walkers (White Walkers are supernatural beings that can reanimate the dead) who invaded Westeros 8000 years prior during the “War for the Dawn”. The prophecy states that he will return with the flaming sword “Lightbringer” to defeat the White Walkers and save the world once more. The theory that Jon Snow is Azor Ahai is the most well supported as he falls under more of the requirements of prophecy than the other candidate Stannis Baratheon.…
Throughout the novel “Rebecca” by Daphne du Maurier , the nameless narrator spends most of the time trying to find out more about the former Mrs. De Winter. She is trying to find out how Rebecca lived, as well as how she died. But is it really what she wants to know?…
“Why did we trade in our ceremonial lives for the workplace? Is this a natural progression or a hiccup in human civilization that we’ll soon renounce” (Ehrlich 91)? Gretel Ehrlich asks these deep questions in her short informative essay “Chronicles of Ice” (2004). Ehrlich tells of her travels to The World Heritage glacier Perito Moreno, Argentina. In this short narrative, the author uses pathos and strong human related metaphors, to relay the direct correlation between glaciers and the well being of Earth.…
John Keats' poem To Autumn is essentially an ode to Autumn and the change of seasons. He was apparently inspired by observing nature; his detailed description of natural occurrences has a pleasant appeal to the readers' senses. Keats also alludes to a certain unpleasantness connected to Autumn, and links it to a time of death. However, Keats' association between stages of Autumn and the process of dying does not take away from the "ode" effect of the poem.…