Cooper Lau Mr. Scheviak Advanced ELA 8 28 March 2024. Literary Analysis of Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys “A rich, page-turning story that brings to vivid life a terrifying—and little known—moment in World War II history” -Steve Sheinken. In the 2016 novel, Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys, readers are brought into the horrors of the Second World War and the Wilhelm Gustloff tragedy. This historical fiction story explores Germany in 1945 amid the Russian onslaught from the Western front. During this, we meet the four main perspectives of Alfred, Joana, Florian, and Emilia. In the beginning, Florian, an attractive, young, East Prussian restoration artist, saves Emilia from the likes of a Russian soldier about to kill her. Emilia, a traumatized …show more content…
Sepetys states this when Emilia repays Florian by saving him from a rouge German scout, similar to how Florian previously saved her. “We walked toward the large house. With each step, I felt increasingly ill. I shot him a few times. I shot a man. The knight [Florian] saved me, and now I saved the knight. Why didn’t it make me feel better? The sound of gunfire ripped through my mind. Discarded memories are now leaking, dripping through” (“Salt to the Sea”). From this, the reader can now learn that Emilia saved Florian, this aligns with the idea that hardships create bonds because the text refers to her hardships and describes what she has gone through, thus this helps create a sense of understanding of why Emilia is so attached to Florian and why they have such a strong relationship as each of them has gratitude, common understanding, and empathy toward each other. Later, Sepetys adds onto prior statements regarding the growing relationship of Emilia and Florian by including writing in which Florian demonstrates his concern for Emilia: “ ‘Will she make it? I said, unbuttoning my shirt. I wish I hadn’t asked. I couldn’t afford to care …show more content…
She was just another casualty of the war. The nurse turned to me. ‘Since her survival depends on you, let's see how you are doing’ ”(“Salt to the Sea”). This shows that even other characters, including the nurse named Joana, can realize the clear bond and protection that Florian offers Emilia by protecting her physically and mentally during the crisis that is the Second World War. Moreover, this is similar to Florian as Emilia helps him find the love of his life and overall become a better person. Lastly, when on the Wilhelm Gustloff during its final moments, Emilia cannot board the ship, which ends up causing her to give her child to the man she trusts most, which in this case is Florian. In her final moments, she states that she always knew he was a savior (“Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys”). The concluding evidence above shows the true connection made between Florian and Emilia as she states that she had always known Florian's role in her life as a savior. Furthermore, it also shows how much Emilia trusts Florian as she gives up her child to him sacrificially as she knows she will likely die. Therefore, from all of this, it is clear that Emilia and Florian, through the hardship that they faced with one another, were able to create an irrefutable
On Wednesday, February 15th, I was able to have the opportunity to listen to Andrew Lipman. Andrew Lipman is the author of The Saltwater Frontier: Indians and the Contest for the American Coast. In the novel, he explained the life of Native Americans living in New England and on the coast of Long Island. During this time, most individuals relied on trading natural resources. In order for profit for the resources, the colonists and Native Americans used wampum. Wampum was used as a sacred gift in Native American culture as a peace offering, funerals and marriages. Colonialists had an advantage towards using wampum. They used beads as a commodity for furs. Native Americans relied on canoes for transportation. Canoes can hold up to fifty people.
Storm of Steel provides a memoir of the savagery and periods of beauty that Ernst Jünger’s experienced while serving the German army during the First World War. Though the account does not take a clear stand, it lacks any embedded emotional effects or horrors of the Great War that left so few soldiers who survived unaffected. Jünger is very straightforward and does remorse over any of his recollections. The darkness of the hallucinations Jünger reports to have experienced provides subtle anti-war sentiment. However, in light of the descriptive adventures he sought during the brief moments of peace, the darkness seems to be rationalized as a sacrifice any soldier would make for duty and honor in a vain attempt for his nation’s victory. The overall lack of darkness and Jünger’s nonchalance about the brutality of war is enough to conclude that the account in Storm of Steel should be interpreted as a “pro” war novel; however, it should not be interpreted as “pro” violence or death.
Marie's place in the royal household of France and Franco-Austrian relations absolutely depended on her producing a male heir, even before her husband became the King of France. Lever went into great detail the frustrations both Louis XVI and Marie dealt within her marriage. It took the prince a very long time to become comfortable with Marie and Marie just wanted to party and have fun. This story was written as a love story between the two because by the end of their lives, they were both respected and loved each other like a husband and wife should.
When this story is viewed through Sigmund Freud’s “psychoanalytic lens” the novel reveals itself as much more than just another gory war novel. According to Sigmund Freud psychology there are three parts of the mind that control a person’s actions which are the id, ego, and superego. Psychoanalysis states that there are three parts of the human mind, both conscious and subconscious, that control a person’s actions. The Id, ego, and
Primarily, Emilia is seen as a confidante due to the fact that she is mostly loyal to her dear
This is an odd little book, but a very important one nonetheless. The story it tells is something like an extended parablethe style is plain, the characters are nearly stick figures, the story itself is contrived. And yet ... and yet, the story is powerful, distressing, even heartbreaking because the historical trend it describes is powerful, distressing, even heartbreaking.
Dalloway by Virginia Woolf provided a great example on how the concept of the Veil could be applied to atrocities the people experienced during the First World War. One major character of Mrs. Dalloway was Septimius, a veteran who struggled to ease back into civilian life. The mental shock that caused Septimius’s condition was based on the emotional trauma Septimius experienced when he saw his friend, Evans, die in front of him. This caused Septimius to go through periods of great emotional stress, as well as babble about completely random subjects. Septimius was a victim of what contemporary doctors called “shell shock”, something that was tough to treat due the relatively infantile state of psychiatric medicine.
Once in love, it is an individual’s responsibility to never forget about the person that they have fallen in love with, but to also move on when it’s necessary. For example, Edgar Allan Poe, a central figure of romanticism in the United States and American literature, in his poem, “The Raven”, presents the themes of grief, negativity, and depression after a man has lost his wife. Once love has turned into any of those things mentioned, it is a person’s responsibility to move on and forget about all the negativity. The narrator in the poem hasn’t moved on and is still depressed about his wife’s passing. He asks the raven, “...Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn,/It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore—/Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore.
True love exists in both “Othello” and “Laustic”. In both of these pieces of work, however, this love is constantly under conflict by outside forces. In “Laustic”, a knight who is very well thought of for his correctness shares adjoining houses with another knight who is known for his bravery and heroism. The wife of the more thought of knight shares an undying love with the other knight. Their love can’t be shared with each other because of the marriage that the knight and woman have and because of the closeness of the two houses. The two can only see each other from their bedroom windows when the husband falls asleep at night. Here, they would occasionally exchange gifts and stare at each other dreaming of their love. She uses the excuse that she stands by the window so that can she listen to the nightingale sing. Without the singing of the nightingale, she would have no reason to be standing by the window and thus would not be able to see her true beloved. Marie de France symbolism of the singing of the nightingale can be seen as symbolizing the grea...
The consequences of the Great War have been explored in literature throughout history ever since the atrocity occurred. Yet the true horrors of World War I are difficult to convey through traditional written word. David Malouf’s Fly Away Peter is a novella which uses an array of poetic language along with vivid imagery to truly channel the anguish and confusion of soldiers into the reader. Distinct characterisation further evolves this idea and provides a way for audiences to engage with such a terrifying event through relatable characters. Juxtaposition is Malouf’s greatest asset, coupling this technique with allusion and religious symbolism to create a novella of dualities. These techniques allow Malouf to condemn war and illuminate the power behind life in its purest form.
My hypothesis was supported because each experiment did what I thought it would. The salt sank when it was inside of the hot and cold water. When salt was placed inside of the hot and cold water, it sank because of it weighing more than the cold and hot water. We can look at it in this way, salt water weighs more than fresh water. The weight of a cubic foot of salt water is 64.1 lbs. On the other hand, a cubic foot of fresh water only weighs 62.4 lbs. The numbers are different because the salt water has a higher density compared to fresh water. When salt is added to water then the molecules in water are different because they are really together and tight around the salt molecules. Adding salt also increases the volume of water by less than
She risks her own life for her husband’s, as he means the world to her. Even though it may not be morally right, Emilia shows her loyalty toward Iago through her submissiveness. Following his wishes, Emilia pleases Iago saying, “I am glad I have found this napkin, / This was her first remembrance from the Moor. / My wayward husband hath a hundred times / Wooded me to steal it, but she so loves the token …
Salt is a mineral that is found both in solid and liquid form. The liquid is called brine. Salt contains two elements, chlorine and sodium, and is known chemically as sodium chloride. Mineralogists call salt that is found in mines halite. Salt is essential to health. Body cells must have salt in order to live and work. Salt makes up about 0.9 percent of the blood and body cells. It has been estimated that there are more than 14,000 uses for salt. Most people think of salt chiefly as a seasoning for food. But less than five percent of the salt produced in the world each year is used in this way. Meat packers, chemical companies, hide and leather processors, and food processors, such as manufacturers of dairy products use salt and its by-products. Farmers feed salt to livestock and use it as a preservative for hay in storage. Factories, plants, laundries, and other industrial institutions use salt to soften water and condition it. Salt is also used to hold firm the materials used in building secondary roads. It is also used in heat-treating, smelting, and refining metals. There is a little more than ¼ pound of salt in each gallon (or 30 grams in each liter) of seawater. It has been estimated
We all have been through hard times whether it is emotionally economically or physically but we can let those downfalls represent who we are. Madame Defarge lost all her family when she was young and she grew up without a family, she although choose to let her anger and vengeance to make her a horrible and heartless person. Lucie Manette, on the other hand, grew up without a parent but see Lucie as this bright beautiful person charters that despite going through a rough childhood did not let it define who she was. This shows me that the best way to get through something like this go is by using it to help make you better and stronger instead of letting it blind you of your true
Nearly a century ago, Erich Maria Remarque published his third novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, which soon become his most famous work. His novel which depicts the story of eight young German soldiers sent to battle in World War I became a worldwide phenomenon, sold 3.5 million copies in three short years and is now critically acclaimed as“The greatest war novel of all time” (Remarque and Wheen). Despite his German origins, Remarque’s novel harshly criticized the German government as well, as the war in general, producing mixed reactions within his home country. Erich Maria Remarque draws upon his own experiences as a German soldier in WWI and as a member of the ‘lost generation’ to create a compelling and realistic story that criticizes wartime