In the poem “Sitting Down to Breakfast Alone,” Christian Wiman reminisces about a local diner. Even though he views the Longhorn Diner as run-down and in a small and abandoned town, he is drawn towards the waitress and culture of the diner. Throughout the poem, he portrays how sitting down to breakfast alone at the diner is a worthwhile experience. Through imagery, Wiman allows the reader to comprehend his perspective of the diner. He mentions details such as “the jangly door or a crusted pan, the wall clock’s black, hitchy hands”(11-12) to portray how the diner itself isn’t visually pleasing. Later in the poem, Wiman describes how the waitress remembers where all of the customers sit, including the “crook-backed builders, drought-faced farmers, VF’ers mumbling through their wars, night-shift roughnecks so caking in black it seemed they made their way back every morning from the dead”(39-43). This imagery provides the reader with a sense of the rich variety of people who eat at the diner. Even though the diner isn’t in the best shape and the customers are somewhat rough, this doesn’t dissuade Wiman from eating there. Rather than having a disgusted attitude, Wiman has an intrigued attitude because these unique elements of the diner are what make it …show more content…
memorable. However, Wiman presents the waitress as the most significant aspect of the diner.
When Wiman describes the waitress, he depicts the feeling of comfort that she brings to the customers. A rhyme sequence isn’t utilized throughout the entire poem, but he inserts rhyming couplets when describing her actions with words like “grease” and “expertise”(1-2), and “places” and “faces”(19-20). These rhymes make the poem flow and therefore demonstrate how the waitress is what holds the diner together. Even though Wiman describes the waitress as “unmarried, childless, homely, slow”(22), the poetic manner in which he describes the waitress display the fond attitude that Wiman has towards her. It also evokes a feeling of
warmth At the end of the poem, Wiman recalls memories of the diner once it has already been closed down. Through figurative language, he reminds the reader of . He utilizes the simile “a bowl of apple butter like edible soil”(59-60), to portray his attitude towards the simplicity of the diner. By comparing the food to edible soil, he displays how it wasn’t necessarily appetizing. Even though the food certainly wasn’t gourmet, he misses the diner because of its overall experience. He didn’t go there for the food; we went there for the atmosphere, whether it was to observe the other people in the diner or just self reflect.
Lisa Genova, the author of Still Alice, a heartbreaking book about a 50-year-old woman's sudden diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, graduated valedictorian from Bates College with a degree in Biopsychology and holds a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Harvard University. She is a member of the Dementia Advocacy, Support Network International and Dementia USA and is an online columnist for the National Alzheimer's Association. Genova's work with Alzheimer's patients has given her an understanding of the disorder and its affect not only on the patient, but on their friends and family as well (Simon and Schuster, n.d.).
Night Waitress by Lynda Hull is a poem that describes the feelings of a waitress that works the night shift of a diner Reflection of “Night Waitress” “Night Waitress” by Lynda Hull is a poem that describes the feelings of a waitress that works the night shift of a diner. The speaker obviously belongs to a lower social class, in the way of income and her occupation. Much like the character in this poem, the speaker in “The Chimney Sweeper” by William Blake works long, hard hours as a chimneysweeper. These two characters are both related in their ways of life and their classes in our society.
The fourth Chapter of Estella Blackburn’s non fiction novel Broken lives “A Fathers Influence”, exposes readers to Eric Edgar Cooke and John Button’s time of adolescence. The chapter juxtaposes the two main characters too provide the reader with character analyses so later they may make judgment on the verdict. The chapter includes accounts of the crimes and punishments that Cooke contended with from 1948 to 1958. Cooke’s psychiatric assessment that he received during one of his first convictions and his life after conviction, marring Sally Lavin. It also exposes John Button’s crime of truancy, and his move from the UK to Australia.
Homesick is a novel that exposes many different relationships, the strength of relationships, and how they can endure tremendous pain. The various relationships between Alec and Vera, Alec and Daniel, and Vera and Daniel are considerably different because of the variation in generation represented by each character. Each relationship in this family has its strengths and weaknesses depending on the past of the relationships. The relationships in the novel Homesick are seen through all of the character's eyes, so we can see how each character felt about the other characters. These characters do not tend to say what they think, we can see this many times throughout the novel. These relationships can be observed by seeing how they act, speak, and treat one another.
Jonathan Kozol's book, Amazing Grace, analyzes the lives of the people living in the dilapidated district of South Bronx, New York. Kozol spends time touring the streets with children, talking to parents, and discussing the appalling living conditions and safety concerns that plague the residents in the inner cities of New York. In great detail, he describes the harsh lifestyles that the poverty stricken families are forced into; day in and day out. Disease, hunger, crime, and drugs are of the few everyday problems that the people in Kozol's book face; however, many of these people continue to maintain a very religious and positive outlook on life. Jonathan Kozol's investigation on the lifestyle of these people, shows the side to poverty that most of the privileged class in America does not get to see. Kozol wishes to persuade the readers to sympathize with his book and consider the condition in which these people live. The inequality issues mentioned are major factors in affecting the main concerns of Kozol: educational problems, healthcare obstacles, and the everyday struggles of a South Bronx child.
His outside actions of touching the wall and looking at all the names are causing him to react internally. He is remembering the past and is attempting to suppress the emotions that are rising within him. The first two lines of the poem set the mood of fear and gloom which is constant throughout the remainder of the poem. The word choice of "black" to describe the speaker's face can convey several messages (502). The most obvious meaning ... ...
Feed by M.T. Anderson is an ADULT sci-fi novel about a world in the future where a new technology, called the Feed, is implanted into your brain. Feed was a boring and uninteresting book that should not be added to the already rigorous English curriculum for 9th grade students. The curriculum consists of other novels such as Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. I write to parents, teachers, and school administrators because they have the ability to make the right choice for our students. I believe that the book Feed shouldn’t be adopted into the English curriculum for freshman students because it sets a bad example for students, it teaches very little to children, and it is not practical for 9th graders.
This novel is a story of a Chicano family. Sofi, her husband Domingo together with their four daughters – Esperanza, Fe, Caridad, and Loca live in the little town of Tome, New Mexico. The story focuses on the struggles of Sofi, the death of her daughters and the problems of their town. Sofi endures all the hardships and problems that come her way. Her marriage is deteriorating; her daughters are dying one by one. But, she endures it all and comes out stronger and more enlightened than ever. Sofi is a woman that never gives up no matter how poorly life treats her. The author- Ana Castillo mixes religion, super natural occurrences, sex, laughter and heartbreak in this novel. The novel is tragic, with no happy ending but at the same time funny and inspiring. It is full of the victory of the human spirit. The names of Sofi’s first three daughters denote the three major Christian ideals (Hope, Faith and Charity).
In this paper we will be look at the book called “Lying on the Couch”. I will be going over what I saw as the biggest ethical issues that I read about in this book, I will also go over my thoughts on this book and the ethical problems that I saw for Dr. Lash, Carol and Marshal Streider. I will explain my personal opinion regarding self-care and my reasoning as to why it is so important to maintaining clear boundaries.
In the short story, “A Clean, Well-Lighted place” by Ernest Heming Way, the author, reveals the contrast of two perspectives of life; one is experienced and one is inexperience. The older waiter understands the old man loneliness since he is older and isolated by age himself. On the other hand, the younger waiter inexperienced of life explains his disrespectful action toward the old man thus he is insensitive and doesn’t realize these people nourish what have left in them. The light and darkness throughout the story emphasize the viewpoints of the characters; light represents, happiness, confident and youthful of the young waiter, and darkness represents the older waiter solitude and emptiness. Two older men see the café as a comfortable place
The novel, Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other (2011) written by Sherry Turkle, presents many controversial views, and demonstrating numerous examples of how technology is replacing complex pieces and relationships in our life. The book is slightly divided into two parts with the first focused on social robots and their relationships with people. The second half is much different, focusing on the online world and it’s presence in society. Overall, Turkle makes many personally agreeable and disagreeable points in the book that bring it together as a whole.
In the novel “Hunger” by Knut Hamsun, the novel’s narrator is unfortunate enough to go through delusions and pains that are caused by what many people cannot experience in the modern days; state of being hungry. As the novel progresses narrator becomes more intoxicated into state of delusion as the hunger deepens. In many scenes of the novel, narrator relates to God many times. Narrator blames, thanks, and even to talk one-sided dialogues with his imaginary God. While many can think that God doesn’t take key parts in novel and let it slip as just another symptom of narrator’s delusion, the scenes with God being a part reveals that God plays both scapegoat and a person of gratitude for narrator’s outcome for every action he takes. From the passages it can be deducted that both narrator and Hamsun have attitude that God is ominous and act as catalyst in everyday life.
Book titles are supposed to give you some sort of insight into the book which you are about to read. In other words, the book must relate to the title. The book “Save Me From Myself” by Brian “Head” Welch is no exception to this. The book talks about how the former lead guitarist for the band “Korn” kicked drugs, and found God. One may beg the question though, how might the title of this book relate to it’s text? It’s really quite simple. Throughout the book, Brian Welch (lead guitarist of Korn) struggles with drugs, porn, and monetary addictions. He constantly promises himself that he will rid himself of his habits, but he never succeeds, on his own that is anyways. God eventually helped guide Brian into the light, and saved Brian from himself.
In the poem “Living in Sin” written by Adrienne Rich, Adrienne begins the poem with the perception of having a perfect relationship in which everything great will majestically fall into place for her. She has the fantasy that there is no work and/or effort to be put forth into a perfect relationship when she soon realizes is false. “Living in Sin” tells the story of a young woman who is unhappy with her life as well as her husband because of the fact that she feels she is nothing but a maid rather than a beloved woman with the love and affection of a great husband. She continues to describe what a terrible life she has and makes many efforts of symbolism to express such.
We came out when it was long past five. Young men and women passed in and out; they had their bite, and they left. Other tables were sometimes full and sometimes empty. And the waiters serving those tables – they worked at top speed for a spell and then idled about and recovered their breath. But the man who served us had no respite. He was always kept on the move; I do not think he could have served such gargantuan appetites very often. Only for the last few minutes of our stay we were a bit subdued. We surveyed the scene of our glory somewhat philosophically. We admired the vigilance of the manager and the skill of the waiters, who could balance numberless cups and plates on their outstretched palms. We also watched the little dramas that took place around us – the whims and mannerisms of the customers, the minor conflicts that rose now and then, the tip that drew a salaam, and the refusal that was met with a ‘stony