Flowers in the Attic Writing Assignment Plot: The Dollanganger family was the perfect family. Until one unfortunate day, when Chris Dollanganger the father dies in a horrible car accident. The mother Corrine Dollanganger does not have a job and therefore has no money. Corrine writes a letter to her mother and father, asking to come and live with them. She gets a letter back, her mother allowed her to come and live with them. Corrine lies to her children, about where they will be living. When they arrive at the Foxworth Mansion, Cathy, Christopher, Carrie and Cory are lead to an attic where they are locked in. Christopher and Cathy ask their mom if they can sneak out into the corridor of the house and watch the Christmas party going on downstairs. …show more content…
Corrine agrees to let Cathy and Christopher go. When Christopher goes looking at the other rooms in the house, and gets in trouble with Corrine. While being in the attic Christopher and Cathy are going through puberty. One day Cathy was standing in front of a mirror looking at her body, when Christopher came down from the attic and was watching her. The grandmother walked in the room, and Cathy could not put her clothes on fast enough. The grandmother gave Cathy an option to have Christopher cut her hair or starve for a week. The grandmother puts tar in Cathy’s hair, forcing Christopher to cut her hair. Christopher gets the brilliant idea to just cut the top of her hair and to put the rest up like a turban. The grandmother starves the children for two weeks. The grandmother comes back with food. A couple of days later Cathy and Christopher sneak out and go down to the lake that they pasted when they came to the Foxworth Hall. Cathy and Christopher both get whipped from the grandmother. Cathy told Christopher that she wanted to kill herself. She then went up to the attic and sat on the roof complementing jumping or not. Then decided against it because her siblings needed her. Their mother Corrine had been gone over a month. When she returned, she told them that she got remarried to Bart Winslow. Christopher made a copy of Corrine’s key, so that they could go steal money and jewelry from their mother, to leave the house. One night Christopher was sick and Cathy went to steal money, she kissed Bart. During this time Cory was getting really sick. The grandmother and Corrine took Cory to the hospital, and came back that night saying Cory died. One day when Chris went looking for money in the mother’s room, he discovered that everything was gone. Everything that is expect a photo of their father (Chris), their marriage license and the wedding band and engagement ring Chris had gotten for Corrine. Christopher also discovered on this night that the Grandfather had been dying for a couple of months. Christopher also overheard John and Livvy talking about arsenic. That is when it hit Christopher that Cory did not die because of pneumonia, he died of arsenic poisoning. The children had been in the attic for three years and almost five months. That is when Christopher and Cathy know that they have to leave the attic. That is what they do, they are heading to Florida to be in the circus. Characterization: The round characters are Cathy Dollanganger, Christopher Dollanganger, Carrie Dollanganger, Chris Dollanganger, Cory Dollanganger, Corrine Dollanganger, and Grandmother. The flat characters are Bertha Simpson, Alicia Foxworth, grandfather (Malcolm Neal Foxworth), Bart Winslow, John and Livvy. The protagonists are Cathy, Christopher, Cory and Carrie. The antagonists are the grandmother and the mother. Themes: The moral of the story is that you cannot trust anyone. The story proves that you cannot trust anyone because Corrine the mother of the four children in the attic lied to them about everything. Corrine lied to the children about how long they would be in the attic. She lied about her father dying. Her father had been died for nine months, but if it ever came out that she had kids the will would be codicil. She continued to lie to her children because she did not want it to get out that she had children. Author: The author of Flowers in the Attic is V.C Andrews, also known as Cleo Virginia Andrews. Andrews was born in Portsmouth, Virginia. Her best known novel is Flowers in the Attic. Andrews died at the age of 63 because of breast cancer. Symbolism: The symbol that the author uses is the symbol of god. The grandmother is like a god, she makes reference to being able to see everything. The grandmother will also quietly sneak into the attic watching them. When the grandmother does this, Cathy and Christopher do not know that she does this. The grandmother tells them not to do anything bad because god sees everything. The symbol of god is that he watches everything, and sees everything. Another symbol used is the devil. The grandmother always calls the four children the spawns of Satan. The grandmother calls them the spawns of Satan because their mother married her half uncle. The grandmother also says that the devil will make them do bad things with each other. Voice: Flowers in the Attic is told in first person point of view. Setting: The story starts out in Gladstone Pennsylvania. But eventually takes place in Virginia, where their grandparents live. The story takes place during the fifties. The setting affects the story because in Virginia the winters are brutal. In the attic during the winter, it is below zero temperatures, making it hard to live in the attic. Conflict: The conflicts in Flowers in the Attic are man vs man, man vs himself, and man vs nature. Man vs man is the children vs. their mother Corrine. Corrine lied to her children the whole time that they are in the attic. Corrine lied about the length of time that they would be in the attic, and she lied about when her father would die. Her father died and she continued to lie and say that he would die soon. Corrine started to not show up, and would try to buy her children’s love with gifts. She would leave for months on end without coming to see her children. She did not love her children anymore. Man vs Himself is Cathy and Chris not wanting to look at each other in a sexually way. Not wanting to get romantically involved. Then Chris and Cathy get involved romantically. Chris forces himself on Cathy. After they have sex, they have a hard time not looking at each other in a romantic way. They will steal longing looks at each other, and will secretly kiss each other. Man vs Nature is the children vs. the cold winters in Virginia. They children lived in the attic for three years. They lived through three of Virginia winters. The winters in Virginia are very brutal. The weather is brutal and they had to live through it. Irony: The irony used in Flowers in the Attic is situational.
Situational irony is used because Corrine and Christopher were married. Reading the story, it seems as they meant at school, fall in love and then got married. While the four children are in the attic, Corrine reveals some news that changes their lives forever. Corrine reveals that their father was actual her half uncle. A half uncle and a niece got married. It was not expected that Corrine and Christopher were related when they got married. Another irony example is verbal irony. Verbal irony is used when Corrine, tells her children they are going to live with her parents. Corrine tells her children they will only have to live in the attic for at most two nights. In reality the children live in the attic for three years and five months. Corrine also lies about when her father dies. Corrine keeps telling her children, that her father is getting worse in health. In reality he had already died. Relevance: Flowers in the Attic is relevant to my life because it talks about how people handle death differently. In the story the children lost their father in a tragic car accident, and their little brother Cory also died from arsenic poisoning. In the story, it shows how the different characters deal with the death of each of these characters. In reality everyone deals with death differently. Cathy for example, when her father died, she went into the background and cried for hours. While Christopher went and sat in his room. It shows that everyone handles things
differently.
In “Invitation to a Murder” by Josh Pachter, situational irony is used an extremity of times. The first example comes from the title of the story. Eleanor Abbott pre-planned for there to be 12 renowned men in the criminal justice system invited to witness the death of her husband! Once they were there, she planned to blame them on his death! This is ironic since these men are busy fighting murder, and here they are about to be blamed for one! The following example comes in when the men come over to the Abbott household.
For situational irony I choose the novel or movie .”The Maze Runner.” The situational irony that happened in this story was when Alby and Minho try to examine a weird creature.They wanna bring it back to the glade where they live ,but the griever is actually alive and injuries Alby.Which it makes it difficult to go back to go to the glade.This is situational irony,because now they're trapped inside the maze with the griever with one injured person.
As she got older, Jeannette and her siblings made their own life, even as their parents became homeless. Jeannette and her older sister Lori decide to run away from their family in Virginia and go start a new life in New York City. However, after a few months, the rest of the family moves to New York and settles down. While in the City, Jeannette gets a job as a reporter, which was her life goal, and one day on her way to an event she sees her mother rummaging around in a dumpster. While the rest of the family gets along, Maureen, the youngest of the family goes insane and stabs their
The first example of this is “One of those pictures… a blinding ache struck Jim’s head” (175). The irony here is situational because in the dilemma, Charles is trying to mislead Mr. Dark away from the boy trying to keep them safe. However, Mr. Dark ends up hurting them supernaturally making the outcome outcome of the conflict the complete opposite of what Charles wanted. In the next example Charles says, “I'm not going to murder you…” (274). This is situational irony because Charles says he isn't going to kill Mr. Dark, but ends up doing it. Charles says this most likely in truth because of his current state in the conflict a smushed up hand and out past curfew. In the last example Charles challenges Mr. Dark, “Halloway, work in the library, drop by sometime” (180). This final example is situational irony because Charles is confronting Dark thinking he could beat him, but ultimately gets beat up himself. It is most likely he did this to stop running and try to put a stop to everything before things get worse. Dramatic and situational irony are ways Ray Bradbury developed Charles
In 1983, author Margaret Atwood published the short story Happy Ending. It is written in third person swapping from limited to omniscient, though ultimately being told directly toward the reader finishing off with second person and sentences talking directly to the reader mixed in along the way. The story consists of letters going from A to F, with every letter telling of some scenario that takes place involving the only five characters: John, Mary, Madge, James and Fred. Story A holds the typical boy meets girl, falls in love, marry and live happily ever after until death. With this familiar story, it is granted the title Happy Ending and becomes the symbol that the rest of the story will build off of.
They leapt into a book bag, and went to school with Kate, and when the hall was quite they began to roam in search of Kate, the owner of the Funcrafts. School ends, the two dolls didn’t make it back in time they roamed the school hallways the next day they returned right away to the book bags and stayed in there the entire day. To their surprise, they went into the wrong book bag; it was a Friday so they wouldn’t get home until Monday. The family Annabelle and Tiffany came home with leave on long weekends, and we meet the meanest doll in the world, Princess Mimi. Princess Mimi corners the other living dolls with fear, and then she meets Annabelle and Tiffany; when she leaves we find out they don’t want to be her friend because she thinks she’s queen of all dolls and she treats her friends like slaves.
In literature, satire allows readers or viewers to recognize how ridiculous things come about. Satire permits a reader or viewer to express a certain feeling. Usually this feeling evolves around hilarity. Within the satire category, exaggeration and irony exist. Exaggeration usually emphasizes something beyond the original intention. Irony expresses the opposite of the original meaning.
Situational irony is used in both O’Henry’s “The Ransom of Red Chief” and “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant but the effect of the techniques on the tone of each story is very different. In O’Henry’s story, the protagonist, Red Chief, is being kidnapped by two criminals, Bill and Sam. There are many ironic events that occur in the story. For example, the reader expects Red Chief to want to go back home to his family but instead, he is having the time of his life. As hard as Bill tries, he cannot even send him home. Bill utters to Sam, “‘I showed him the road to Summit and kicked him about eight feet nearer there at one kick’” (6). This is comical because it is using a literary technique known as slapstick comedy. The reader can imagine Bill swinging his leg and kicking Red Chief all the way back to Summit. Another example of situational irony in the story is that the reader would expect that Red Chief to be scared but what is actually happening is that Bill is terrified. While speaking with Sam, Bill complains about Red chief yet again, “‘I’ve stood by you without batting an eye ...
The book utilizes both situational and verbal ironies. A prime example of situational irony is on page 167, soon after Tea Cake is bitten by the rabid dog. He says to Janie, “Ain’t got de damn doctor tuh study ‘bout.” Although Tea Cake dismisses the thought of a doctor with concerns for Janie’s comfort, situational irony comes into play when he becomes so mentally sick he tries to kill Janie, when he likely would have recovered completely had he seen Janie’s concern as legitimate and received professional medical care. Verbal irony is present in the book as well; for example, on page 2, the crowded porch sends a communal “good evenin’” Janie’s direction. However, on page 3, Lulu Moss says Janie “ain’t even worth talkin’ after”, revealing that the porch was utilizing verbal irony. The ironies in the book serve to enrich and further develop the plot and language used to convey the novel’s
The Curtis family is a very poor family ‘on the other side of town’ as a result of their father never having finished fifth grade and never being able to hold a job for more than a month at a time. The father, Ed, is a scruffy looking man, overbearing and built, and whose son, Darry,
For example, in the beginning of the story, the narrator starts by talking about Mrs. Freeman. “Besides the neutral expressions that she wore when she was alone, Mrs. Freeman had two others, forward and reverse, that she used for all her human dealings” (433). The irony in this first line is that she is a “Freeman,” yet only has three different expressions. Another example of an irony that is easily noticeable is when Mrs. Hopewell considered Manley Pointer as “good country people.” “He was just good country people, you know” (441). The irony in this line is that in the end, Manley Pointer, whom is supposedly is “good country people,” ends up being a thief who steals Hulga’s prosthetic leg and runs and not only steals, but admits that he is not a Christian, making the line, “good country people,” a dramatic irony. However, one of the most ironic characters in the story is Hulga herself as she understands little of herself, regardless of the high education she holds in philosophy. For example, Hulga imagines that Pointer is easily seduced. “During the night she had imagined that she seduced him” (442). Yet, when they kissed, she was the one who was seduced and having the “extra surge of adrenaline… that enables one to carry a packed trunk out of a burning house…”
In conclusion, many examples are given throughout the novel that exemplifies all three types of irony: situational, verbal, and dramatic. There are many more examples, like Bernard wanting attention and John’s suicide. His suicide can be an example of irony, with the reader hoping that John (the revolutionist) might succeed, but John taking his own life. Irony plays a huge role in the book, pointing out that no society can be perfect and that some laws are broken by the creators themselves.
Irony is a useful device for giving stories many unexpected twists and turns. In Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour," irony is used as an effective literary device. Situational irony is used to show the reader that what is expected to happen sometimes doesn't. Dramatic irony is used to clue the reader in on something that is happening that the characters in the story do not know about. Irony is used throughout Chopin's "The Story of an Hour" through the use of situational irony and the use of dramatic irony.
One example of dramatic irony is when Oedipus is looking for the killer of the king Laius-his father. The irony here is that he is looking for himself because he is the murder of his father. Oedipus knows that he killed someone, but what he does not know is that it was Laius, the one he murder. Oedipus wants to punish the person who killed Laius, but we, the audience know that Oedipus was the one who killed Laius. Also Oedipus married Jocasta without knowing that she is his mother. We, the audience knew that he was Jocasta's son, but he was unaware of that.
Another illustration of irony is the way Nora treats her children as if they were dolls. This is situational irony because Nora is treated like a doll by her husband, and by her father when he was alive. She says "I passed out of Daddy's hands into yours.