He stands on line‚ waiting for roll call to be over. He shivers slightly‚ both from cold and from fear. He knows‚ beyond a shadow of doubt‚ that if the guards find his hidden treasure‚ that’s it. His life is over. After all‚ he’s smuggling some contraband into his barracks. And what is this item‚ a treasure to him‚ and contraband to the Germans‚ימ’’ש ? What is this that’s worth his whole life? A potato. Not even a whole one‚ but half of a potato‚ smuggled out of the kitchen. He had risked his life
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Quiet Time with a Primate On Saturday‚ February 27‚ 2016‚ an absolutely beautiful day in Houston‚ Texas‚ the opportunity came to mind to make a trip to the Houston Zoo. Arriving the smell of fresh planted herbs and assorted roses‚ in magnificently worked landscapes‚ blended with a diversity of people with enough laughter to bring a smile‚ to put one at ease. This trip my intentions were focused on hopefully sharing‚ quality time with a primate. Observing their life through glass windows in the day
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In this story there is a man named Gregor Samsa who is a traveling businessman that is working for a man who his parents are indebted to. He needs to work off their debt so that they are not made to pay. In the beginning he wakes up to find that he has turned into a cockroach. The time is 7:30 he tries to get up and work but can’t because he’s on his back and he is in this bug like form which he has suddenly transformed into overnight. He is portrayed as a cockroach in this story to compare to
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Journal #2 (A Hunger Artist) A possible point the author could be making about society and art is that the society’s likes and what is going on at that point in time has an effect of what is seen as art. The narrator describes his art as being “in fashion” which is a way of calling it a trend. Trends like bell bottom jeans and afros in the 70’s and even skinny jeans and hash tagging now‚ have and will change over time based on the era. In the story‚ the appeal for hunger art faded away and other
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IV IV by Chuck Klosterman is an assortment of eclectic anecdotes and interviews collected throughout his career as a journalist. The book itself revolves mainly around pop culture and perception. At first it may seem that every story in Klosterman’s book is very different in its own right; that is in fact true‚ but they also have quite a few similarities in regards to their themes. Perception is primarily one of the main themes throughout the book. The stories collected are of vastly different people
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In Kafka’s The Metamorphosis‚ Gregor’s transformation into an insect is a supernatural agency that drives the plot‚ but it is ultimately just a way to show how his surrounding influence his life just as much as the transformation does‚ as the surroundings remind Gregor of his humanity and reveal the metamorphoses of the other characters. To start off‚ Gregor’s family very much depended on Gregor for their financial status. He worked hard as a travelling salesman‚ despite his hate for his boss
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THE PLOT DIAGRAM The plot diagram: most people learn about it somewhere in elementary school‚ and indeed‚ it is the most elementary of tools a writer and reader can use in summarizing and outlining a story. It is so basic and flexible that pretty much every story written in existence can be outlined via the plot diagram. And yet‚ there are stories that‚ when outlined‚ twist the plot diagram into interesting shapes‚ which leads me to suspect that there is a missing step in the plot diagram: the elusive
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Giovanni brilliantly uses the literary devices of imagery‚ paralleled repetition and symbolism to depict a vivid journey of transformation‚ concluding with an exquisite moment of self-realization. The use of symbolism and imagery is beautifully orchestrated in a magnificent dance of emotion that is resonated throughout the poem. The two main ideas that are keen to resurface are that of personal growth and freedom. Furthermore‚ at first glimpse this can be seen as a simple poem about a women’s
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Curley In the book “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck‚ the author explores the character Curley. Curley is the boss’s son and he is not really liked by everyone else on the ranch. The author tells how Curley acts towards his wife‚ the other men working on the ranch‚ and most importantly Lennie and George. He also gives the idea that Curley is sometimes lonely during the story. Throughout the story‚ Curley shows us that he is skillful‚ daring‚ yet he was also known as a being a bully towards other
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In his story‚ Bradbury uses the changing symbolism of the bones to represent the difficulty of change for Mr. Bittering. Mr. Bittering was reluctant to stay on Mars and wasn’t prepared to deal with the change that moving would bring. Mr. Bittering started to notice subtle differences in his wife‚ children‚ and food‚ especially when he started to “[feel] his bones shifting and shaping‚ melting like gold (6)”. His bones are a structure that Mr. Bittering relies on to protect and hold him‚ but they
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