I had a lot to put down on the page. But due to the scale of assignment, I decided to cut it short. I was planning to write it in reverse chronological order, meaning arrange the entry from the most recent to the oldest. However, I think it would be difficult, and took too much time, for my reader to analyze “who am I” by reading one entry and referring to connect the dots. If I have time to revise this diary, I would make each entry more detailed, more vivid, and modify the language that I used when I was still 12 years old. I could also show the transition in speaking tone throughout each journal entry to demonstrate my growth as a person. --- Among the short stories that we read in class, Artie’s Angels is the one that I fall in love with. I admire the way Catherine Wells frame the characters, the way she lets Faye tells the story and makes the reader feel as if they were …show more content…
I was unaware of the “timeline” that we mentioned in-class. Some post-apocalyptic takes place before, during and after the disaster had happened. When reading the story for the first time, I saw how humans has established “radiation shields,” they have advanced technology to immigrate to another planet…etc. I thought: it wasn’t too bad! Humans are making progress to live in post-apocalyptic setting! As Professor pointed out in the comment, I did not fully realize the negative consequences of such advancements. I did not realize the social distinction that the characters are facing, did not realize the meaning of the Angels, and did not realize the meaning of Artie’s death. Since I was putting myself in the box of “post-apocalyptic,” I could not visualize the true message that Wells is trying to convey. Thus, in my RA project, I decided to look beyond the “end of the world” genre and dig deep into the hidden meaning in Artie’s
The novel goes through a couple of settings such as, Philip's struggle to keep his family alive, and the conflict between the nature of a nuclear bomb against the Los Angeles area. When the bomb hits he is playing around in a playroom shelter with his brother and his girlfriend. They go out to find out what had happened and found burning houses, their house only left with one wall, rubble on the ground, debris all over the place, and people running frantically for shelter. Philip's brother became sick after finding his mother and bringing her back down to the shelter, and found that his mother had been burnt severely and needed immediate medical attention. Philip struggles to keep his brother from getting even more sick than he was and to bring his mother to a hospital. Philip's family weren't the only people affected by the bomb. the entire surrounding area of Los Angeles was pounded by a devastating bomb. Churches, Hospitals, and streets were flooded with sick, dying, and even dead people. Hospitals that were built to only withstand 200 people now have thousands, and hospitals lack food, doctors, and water.
In conclusion, the topics of societal breakdown, relationships, and society are the central pillars that make up the central narrative of Station Eleven. In post-apocalyptic literature, whether consciously or unconsciously, these make up the bulk of what the reader sees, hears, and experiences within the narrative itself. Specifically within the post-apocalyptic narrative of Station Eleven, one sees plainly these themes, but not in the form one would expect. Firstly, the fact that theme of societal breakdown has been written into the overall story arch is no coincidence. From the occurrence of the Georgia Flu and its sweep across the world to more fictitious forms of annihilation such as the zombie apocalypse, this alludes to one of the
The Book of Revelation and the movie WALL-E serve as distinct forms of apocalyptic literature to expose the reality of the human condition beneath the surface. Even though there are blatant disconnects between the two, they both share common ground as criticisms of society and to warn humanity of its coming judgement. The Book of Revelation and WALL-E offer a frightening yet rectifiable future for humanity by remaining loyal to its “core values”.
I absolutely love Jennifer Egan’s A Visit from the Goon Squad. Each short story is packed with emotion and follows the same underlying theme: the consequence of time. Egan’s stories shift back and forth through time and show the connection between each of the characters. There is never a dull or boring moment because the reader is constantly trying to figure out where exactly he or she is: in time, in place, and in what character’s perspective. The way in which she writes her collection seems to mimic real life. People enter into each other’s lives with no prior knowledge as to what has happened in the past, and people leave each other’s lives with no knowledge as to what will happen in the future. This collection has given me new writing
The first selection of mine was a short story called "The Friday Everything Changed" by Anne Hart. The changes in this story are good in a woman’s point of view. The author Anne Hart talks about her school years in this short story. She talks about how a girl in her class asked a question that changed their lives forever. The question her friend Niles asked was "Why can’t girls go for the water, too?"1. In those days getting the water for the class was a boy’s job. To go out every Friday, to fill the bucket up with water, and bring it back to class. This showed that you were strong, and you also got to have some fun missing half an hour of class. Because the boy’s felt threatened by this question, they started bugging and picking on the girls to make them change their minds. But the girls didn’t, and that is what changed their lives. At the end the teacher did let the girls go for the water, and that was a big change for the girls in those days. To show that they can do what the boys can do. Now the girls also get to miss class getting the water and not only the boys. This short story had a humorous tone to it. For example when the author say’s "are you trying to be saucy , alma?"2 and "Alma threw a bombshell of her own,"3 etc.
All in all Wells was trying to warn us that the apocalypse or end of
Hannah Lee Cagle, 84 of Durham, North Carolina passed away Saturday, May 25, 2080 at her home from a heart attack. Hannah was previously of Asheboro, North Carolina, but moved to Durham to follow her dream of becoming a nurse practitioner. She graduated from Randolph Community College with an Associate Degree in Nursing. After she graduated from Randolph Community College, she moved on to gain her Master’s Degree and her Doctorate Degree in Nursing from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. She was born with Spina Bifida, which gave her a courageous spirit. She worked as a pediatric nurse practitioner in the Neurosurgery Clinic at Duke University Children’s Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, for over 30 years. She truly believed that it was her calling in life to work with special needs children, and she lived her dream for many years.
Ray Bradbury essay, “There Will Come Soft Rains,” describes a house that survives a nuclear war blast and keeps itself alive. Furthermore, the house chose a line from the Sara Teasdale poem to be the title of the story. In these particular written messages, both have something in common; the war. Moreover, each of these written messages have differences; in the story, something lives, but in the poem, everything/everyone dies.
The two stories that I liked the most out of the short stories we have read so far and that I found have many things in common are, "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the "Tell Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe. Both stories do not have similar themes, but their character development is very closely related. In Poe's work, the main character is a man and in Gilman's work, the character is a woman, but both characters are clearly dealing with something mentally. The women in "The Yellow Wallpaper" is dealing with some sort of mental illness the throughout the whole story. She is seeing women inside the wallpaper. In the "Tell Tale Heart", the man is also dealing with a mental illness, that we as the readers are also unaware
It is made apparent to the audience that the world will soon cease to exist, but there is no closure as to why that is. The wife inquiries about that mystery, asking is it “a war?” “The hydrogen or atom bomb?” “Or germ warfare?” (Bradbury 2) in which the husband confirms it isn’t any of these things and that instead it should be viewed as “just the closing of a book” (Bradbury 2). It is interesting that a story about the end of the world, one whose writing is focused on small details, has the actual threat missing from the text. This is intentional, because it is a detail that simply doesn’t matter. It is not end that is a concern, but rather the realization of what matters when faced with it that is
To begin with, my favorite story, To Build A Fire. This story was about a man and his dog companion. They went on a trip walking in Alaska, in the snow. The man was warned not to travel alone, for it was far to cold and something bad could happen. But the man insisted that he would be fine. He was traveling to see some people and he would make it. But the man did a numerous amount of bad things. He forgot to eat, and to build a fire. But when he did build a fire it was right under a snowy tree. In the end the man died, it was sad but quite a good story to read.
First of all, this class has had some amazing reads over the last two weeks. Uniquely, it is one of a few classes you wish were longer than and five week requirement due to its enjoyment and interest. There is little doubt the best and most appealing story so far has been “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe.
This short story takes place in a post-apocalyptic world. It is unclear to the readers how the world got to be this way. This story takes place four years after all this chaos began. The narrator does an excellent job setting the scene throughout the story using lots of details. It is revealed throughout the story that it takes place during
This week I really enjoyed reading “A White Heron”. I am an avid animal lover and animal activist, so give me a story about a girl looking for her family cow and I’m in! I grew up in the country on a farm, I never had a “neighborhood gang” or neighbors in general. My sister was younger than me, so when it came to play mates I just had the wild animals I could find. We had a pond and now and then we had our own white heron that would wade in the waters. This was the first story I read, and I’m glad I chose to read this first. The little girl, from her scarred demeanor in the beginning to her fearless climbing, she was me when I was little. Both my parents worked, so most of my time spent was with my Ma. Yet another reason I associate with Sylvia.
Hi, my name is Rob Geis and I am currently in grade 12. I have been at County High School for a year now; I joined at the start of 11th grade, and have thoroughly enjoyed myself here. The school is great, the people are fantastic and the atmosphere is one that makes you actually want to go to school. Before I joined ASB I was studying at the Singapore American School for two years and prior to that I was at the International School of Kuala Lumpur for two years. I was born and raised here in Bombay city and grew up here.