One Example that shows that this is the theme of Countdown is on page 21 paragraph 2. The text“It’s the air-raid siren, screaming it's horrible scream in the playground, high over our heads on a thousand foot telephone pole - and we are outside… we are all about to die.”This is important to the theme because Franny was scared, but she was not freaking out. Everyone was frightened except they managed to stay as calm as they could. She did what she needed to do and did the right things to follow directions and stay calm. Another example that shows the theme is on page 197, paragraph 7, “Drew clutches his book while President Kennedy tells us shocking news. The Russians have been secretly shipping missiles to Cuba, and we, the American people, …show more content…
need to know about it.” This is important towards the theme?The Chapman family did not go crazy or freak out about the news. They just carried on and did not make it a huge deal and problem. On page 218, paragraph 3, it shows the theme by stating, “He hugs me with one of those it-will-be-all-right hugs, so I hug him back - too hard, of course, but oh, it makes me feel better.” This supports the theme by showing that Uncle Otts makes Franny feel better during very hard times she was going through. It made her stronger and feel better about her problems. On page 341, in paragraph 5, it demonstrates the theme by saying, “And then, before I realize what’s happening, before I can stop myself, the swing sways from side to side underneath me, picks me up, and begins its long, slow sail down the slope, on its way to the gravel pit.
All I can do is hang on for dear life.” This shows that there was a problem, but Franny stayed strong. Even though it was dangerous, Franny tried to help Margie to get out of the gravel pit and risked her life. This shows how she persevered through the problem, but was strong and tried anyways. On page 376, in paragraph 8, it shows an example of how this is the theme: “My gut begins to churn. ‘Hey!’ I call after her. She spins around to face me, hope washing all over her face. I hate that, too. But there’s something about it that helps me find some words. I take a deep breath. ‘Maybe.’ ‘What’ ‘Maybe… I’ll see you tomorrow’ Even though the friendship between Franny and Margie has been damaged severely throughout the book, they somehow managed to stay strong, and eventually repair their friendship. The main character’s name of “Countdown”, written by Deborah Wiles, is Franny. Franny Chapman is eleven years old and tells the whole story from her point of view. Some ways to describe Franny are brave, insecure, and curious. She expressed these traits and feelings while she told her point of view on her current state of
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In To Kill a Mockingbird, the theme plays an important role during the course of the novel. Theme is a central idea in a work of literature that contains more than one word. It is usually based on an author’s opinion on a subject. The theme of innocence should be protected is found in conflicts, characters, and symbols. In To Kill a Mockingbird, a conflict that connects to the theme that innocence should be protected is the death of Tom Robinson.
When times get tough, many people turn away from everyone and everything. It must be part of human nature to adopt an independent attitude when faced with troubles. It is understandable because most people do not want to trouble their loved ones when they are going through problems, so it is easier to turn away than stick together. Maybe their family is going through a rough patch and they reason they would be better off on their own. This path of independence and solitude may not always be the best option for them or their family, though. Often times it is more beneficial for everyone to work through the problem together. It is not always the easiest or most desirable option, but most times it is the most efficient and it will get results in the long run. In The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck makes this point very clear through several characters. Many characters throughout
Initially, Sabine is not worried about the countdown as she and her family are Ugandan citizens. I found it very interesting and educational to learn about the history of Uganda, a country often forgotten by the Western World. Before reading this novel, I had no idea about the struggle that Indians and Africans underwent during this countdown. As a result of this novel, I also learned more about the issues of systematic racism and the various downsides of class systems. Before this novel I had learned about class systems, such as the caste system in India, but by infusing history with the struggles of a young girl, it really helped me connect with the themes in a stronger way.
In the article, “Starvation Under the Orange Trees” by John Steinbeck, the author argues that the government is responsible for the well-being of the people. The author effectively built his argument by displaying a personal anecdote to get his point of view across, selective word choice, and asking rhetorical questions.
In conclusion, the author used a theme that conflict helps strengthen bonds. Some may argue that the main theme is about friendship. Though the author does mention this theme several themes it is not the main theme because it is not used often. The author spends more time emphasizing the value of relations between people and how they grow in times of conflict. Overall, the author uses emotional ways of the show not tell in a well-crafted novel to help readers know how we can connect it to our daily
Steinbeck upon creating the novel in the 1930’s seen and was experiencing some of the things he wrote on. In the beginning he introduced to us a friendship between two opposite men. One man, George Wilson, is a little man compared to his companion. His friend, on the other hand, was a giant who was naïve as a new born baby. His name was Lennie Smalls. Lennie Smalls was a character that Steinbeck used to allow his audience to see that although he had a good heart and was seemingly helpless, that one day his strength would be the cause of his downfall. Questions on whether or not Steinbeck’s readers should believe in the image in which it is given or primarily based it on the novel being written in a bad environment from the first of the novel. Steinbeck knew upon writing that readers tend to cling and fall for the caring, loving, and misunderstood bad guy trying to prove his innocence against all evil brought to him. So Steinbeck created Lennie to try and portray this character to his audience. Steinbeck had to be sure that all elements presented in the novel were able flow good and complete the recipe (Krutch 29-30).
In the American epic novel, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, there are pivotal and dynamic changes that occur in the various significant characters of Jim Casy, Ma Joad, and Tom Joad. Steinbeck specifically uses these characters to show their common realizations about all of humanity, in order to demonstrate his underlying meaning about the importance of people coming together, helping each other out, and surviving. Ma Joad illustrates this idea clearly when she speaks to Tom mid-way through the novel: “Why, Tom, we’re the people that live. They ain’t gonna wipe us out. Why we’re the people--we go on.” (350)
In the novel The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck the author uses excessive profanity, religion, and migrants to show the hard times family’s had to go through in the 1930’s. Most people believe that Steinbeck novel is too inappropriate for high school students because of its content. This novel should be banned from the high school curriculum.
The Grapes of Wrath is a novel written by John Steinbeck, which focuses on an Oklahoman family that is evicted from their farm during an era of depression caused by the Dust Bowl. The Joad family alongside thousands of other refugees (also affected by the dirty thirties) migrates west towards California seeking employment and a new home. John Steinbeck’s purpose for writing this novel was to inform his audience of how many of their fellow Americans were being mistreated and of the tribulations they faced in order to attain regain what they once had. As a result, The Grapes of Wrath triggered its audience’s sympathy for the plight of the Dust Bowl farmers and their families.
I. John Steinbeck used his personal experiences as a laborer to write many of his novels like Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath.
John Steinbeck was perhaps the best author of all time. He was the winner of a Nobel Prize, and among other accomplishments, Steinbeck published nineteen novels and made many movies during his lifetime. All of his experience and knowledge are shown through his novels. A reader can tell, just in reading a novel by Steinbeck, that he had been through a lot throughout his life. Also, Steinbeck worked very hard to accomplish everything that he did during his lifetime. Nothing came very easily to him, and he had to earn everything he owned. This helped him in his writing, because he was able to write about real people and real experiences. John Steinbeck got his inspiration from life experiences, people he knew, and places he had gone.
The theme in a story is a message or lesson that the author wants the reader to take away when reading the story. These themes can teach the reader lessons, get points across or help them understand the book better. All Quiet On The Western Front displays the themes: the horrors and destruction of war and the effects on soldiers, sacrifice, loss of innocence, and friendship.
The theme in a story is the message or big idea that the author is trying to reveal in his or her narrative. If there was no underlining theme in Sherman Alexie’s short story, “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona” then readers would have no interest in reading the fictional story. Understanding the message that Alexie is trying to display to his readers can vary in many ways and depends on the reader 's understanding of the story. Strong themes that are presented in the fictional tale are man versus self conflict, family, and tribal identity. Victor is a tribal member that has had a rough life and has to deal with his father passing away. Not only does he have to come to terms with his father 's death, but he also has to face his
The stories, novels, films and photographs surrounding the Dust Bowl crisis and the Vietnam War have been marred with various issues about historical reconstructions. Whereas historical critics have raised questions about the real cause of migration of south westerners during the Dust Bowl crisis, their representatives have given conflicting accounts on the events surrounding the Odyssey. Steinbeck, in his book, The Grapes of Wrath, explains that the migration of farmers from Oklahoma was caused by the harsh drought that followed the Dust Bowl Odyssey (Davidson & Lytle, 2009a). On the other hand, critics argue that the findings are not based on statistics. According to historians, novelists like Steinbeck normally base their historical stories on exaggeration and should rely on facts and statistics. For example, the number of farmers who migrated into California is exaggerated. When James Gregory, a current historian, went through the Census Bureau statistics, he found out that only 43% of people living in Oklahoma were farmers during the Dust Bowl crisis. According to historical critics, other causes for the migration might have been the agricultural reorganization and mechanization, as portrayed by a tractor in The Grapes of Wrath.
The one of the main themes in the epilogue, and in the entire novel is