Hannah Kennicott
Period 1
September 15, 2015
One-Pager #4
Prompt 3 (Single Line Particulars) and Everything is Illuminated
Though one should never “judge a book by its cover,” the title of a book is telling and significant. The title of Everything is Illuminated, by Jonathan Safran Foer, is derived from the line.
There is a metaphor in this section comparing light to sex in general. The symbol of light has been heavily used in literature, even the Bible. It is often associated with purity, love, and happiness. The use of light as a symbol of purity suggests that the sex described in this sentence is not shameful or dirty. “Sparks” and “glow” have a positive connotation, which is a juxtaposition to Alex’s objectification of women and Brood’s
rape. This illumination comparison exudes whimsy and romance, which are much needed in this book that would otherwise be a tragedy. Additionally, there is parallelism in the sentence. The format includes a particular group of people and then a description of their particular light. This demonstrates the differences in relations and people’s motives for having sex. But the inclusion of parallelism connects these groups of people. The universal glow that can be seen from space makes the world seem more unified. This adds value to the book because the rest of it focuses on the stories of individuals. The “sum” makes everyone appear more interconnected. This idea is applicable to either of the time perspectives that are used throughout the novel, unlike other themes such as suicide or war.
“Don’t judge a book by it’s cover” is what been told around and what most people still don’t do. How we decide how something is worth by just looking at it without getting to know someone or something even closer. John Steinbeck wrote a book in 1937 about two farm workers moving place to place trying to find their happiness. By going through things together and keeping each other’s hope by reminding one another about their motivation on even trying and ways how the farm workers, Lenny and George are more different than similar. Lenny and George are more different because of their maturity, their attitude towards Curley’s wife, and behavior.
“'Forget books,”' said Rosewater, throwing that particular book under his bed. The hell with 'em. That sounded like an interesting one, said Valencia.” -Slaughter-House Five by Kurt Vonnegut In 1975, the “interesting” books for students of the Island Tree School District were nearly thrown under the bed forever.
In the first stanza line 2 the author states how lovers “gaze on bodies naked and ablaze” this suggests how lovers see their loved one’s body as being ablaze, or on fire or attractive. This is a positive word in a way that it states how they see
Both poems, “Last Night” by Sharon Olds and “Home-Baked Bread” by Sally Croft implicitly direct a theme of lust. Lust is a very strong sexual desire towards someone. The poets of these two poems demonstrate a common theme within the two by using certain strategies. In the poem “Last Night”, Olds uses figurative language, imagery and repetition to revel lust as a theme. Croft’s poem “Home-Baked Bread” uses figurative language, imagery and diction/word choice to display lust.
This poem dramatizes the conflict between love and lust, particularly as this conflict relates to what the speaker seems to say about last night. In the poem “Last Night” by Sharon Olds, the narrator uses symbolism and sexual innuendo to reflect on her lust for her partner from the night before. The narrator refers to her night by stating, “Love? It was more like dragonflies in the sun, 100 degrees at noon.” (2, 3) She describes it as being not as great as she imagined it to be and not being love, but lust. Olds uses lust, sex and symbolism as the themes in the story about “Last night”.
It can be seen that in these scenes that the characters initially perform as they have been socially conditioned to through masculine othering of women and heteronormative performativity so that the dominant, masculine male and the feeble, feminine woman remain in their prescribed roles and do act the way the other sex would. However, as their performances progress, the destabilization of strictly divided masculine and feminine gender identities occurs where Ellen, Newland, and May act in the opposite manner that is expected and is made possible because of the influential presence of fire. The similarity in fire and gender is dependent on the notion that through fire there are multiple “sexual resonances” a person can experience and the resonances in this text are that of fluid gender identity (Bachelard 50). The Age of Innocence uses this relationship of fire and gender to argue for gender identity in its honest form as variable and unstructured as opposed to the arguments that claim heteronormative and divided conceptions of gender are the only existent
the shadow of a man with a hat on" to make the book more real to the
For instance, “...her figure defined by the light from the half-open door… The light from the lamp opposite our door caught the white curve of her neck, lit up her hair that rested there and, falling, lit the hand up on the railing.” This image uses light as physical symbol to allude to the symbol of an Angel’s halo because the light from the lamp emphasizes the white curve of her neck and lights up her hair. The narrator’s description of Mangan’s sister makes his attraction to her seem more physical than spiritual. “Her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood… Her dress swung as she moved her body and the soft rope of her hair tossed from side to side.” The narrator’s desire and lust for her is irrevocable and indisputable. In order to defend his love for her and make it acceptable to society, he tries to make it seem that his love is actually pure when in reality he is actually deceiving himself although he does not know it. Concluding
The first words that came to mind while reading this piece were sexual and confusing. When I say sexual I mean a different kind of sexual. The speaker finds abnormal things sensual and pleasing. The speaker finds pleasure in dark and twisted activity. There were several words/phrases that brought me to this conclusion. My first example is “While, like a snake on coals, she twinged and/ twired … let fall those words impregnated with musk,” (2-6). Judging by how the poem ends, I am guessing she is experiencing pain, and her pain is being enjoyed by the speaker. Another
Here it is a book seen from the outside. A book is only a book when seen from the outside. Seen from the inside, a book is not a book, but a train ride at night - Michael Goulish
In The short story There will come soft rains the author sets the mood of the passage by describing the readers about how if you looked outside at night the city would glow a radiation green and amongst
Hundreds of titles, authors, novels, and classic works exist, yet how does one choose a few outstanding works from a sea of ingenious? As educators, teachers are bound by a code known as “core curriculum” as well as, relevance and a sensitive word known as controversy, when it comes to novels. However, these heavy boundaries only create a large pool of varying shades of gray. This process of selection leads high school English teachers nation wide to a single conundrum: Which novel is the right novel to assign? The majority of high school teachers recognize that through their discussions, lectures, and assignments that they have the capability to change not only the course of their students lives, but also as a result, they greatly influence the world. While reading the following quote, speculate about the novel’s title, its author and consider its possible impact.
The elements used in contrast of light and darkness mirrors the title of the novella, The Heart of Darkness. This only employs the understanding that what appears to be bright on the outside may have a heart of darkness interiorly.
When Briony witnesses her sister Cecilia and Robbie making love in the library, half of her face is shadowed by darkness, contrasting the other half which is illuminated by light. This is hugely symbolic of her perception of the situation as she can only see half of what has happened, causing her to misinterpret the situation. Similarly, when she discovers Lola being attacked, the torch blinds her, and she is momentarily thrown into light and then darkness. As she sees what is in front of her, glare from the torch fills the screen, making Briony fade, representing sight and how it can hinder one’s understanding rather than enlighten it. Moreover, light is also used when Briony attends Lola and Paul Marshall’s wedding. As Briony stares up into the church ceiling, light falls upon her, signifying a sudden epiphany as she realises Paul Marshall was guilty of Lola’s rape. Here, light represents knowledge and understanding. This is further enforced when the detective asks Briony “did you see or do you know?” in a dimly lit room where the absence of light symbolises Briony’s lack of knowledge about the incident. Briony then repeats the phrase “I saw him, yes, I saw him, I saw him with my own eyes”. This further suggests that Briony is lying, and also warns the audience that perhaps all is not as it appears. Wright
The color white has long been equated with chasteness and purity while the color red is conversely associated with seduction and more specifically the wickedness of women’s sexuality, an example being the Book of Revelation’s Whore of Babylon who sits upon a scarlet colored beast. In juxtaposing these two colors, two contradictory statements about women’s sexuality are made, with the wicked scarlet effectively cancelling out the chastity of the white. The woman’s skin is slick and shiny, which Myers discusses in her analysis as well, saying that “the skin of the pornographic model is oiled to give the effect of a sheen of perspiration which can signify activity and tension”