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Relationship between literature and society
Relationship between literature and society
Relationship between literature and society
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In the book Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls, Jay lives near monkeys that will make him rich if he catches them. The book took place in the Cherokee Ozarks of Oklahoma in the 19th century. The protagonist of the book is Jay Berry, a 14-year-old boy who is very arrogant but changes as the book ends. The monkeys are obviously the antagonist of the novel. The monkeys are extremely intelligent creatures, especially Jumbo, the smart leader of the pack. The conflict of the story is man vs. nature. In the novel the Summer of the Monkeys, the importance of overcoming fears through its development of the plot and theme.
There were two rising actions occurring in the novel. When Jay sets several traps and uses different strategies to try to capture the monkeys is the first rising action. Jay and his Grandpa would talk in his Grampa’s store about how he could catch the monkeys. They also made traps with the materials Grandpa found in his store. After every time Jay's traps failed to catch the monkeys he
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went back to the store and made a new trap or strategy with his grandpa. The last rising action is a huge storm that comes and floods the bottoms. This causes the monkeys to be cold, which helps Jay gather the smart animals. Jay found the monkeys in a hole after the storm because they were cold and wet and they did not have the energy to climb out. While Jay caught Jimbo the other monkeys realized that Jay was trying to help, so they felt more comfortable with him. The climax of the book is when Jay catches the monkeys.
This is the climax because this event made the book turn. When Jay catches the monkeys, everything changes in the book. For example, Jay is paid so he can buy a pony and a .22 gun but turns out a little differently as he planned. The first falling action is when Jay collects the money and was able to buy a pony. Jay collects the money from the owners of the monkeys. The owners were circus men who used the monkeys in their shows. The final falling action is when Jay decides to give the money to his family and pay for his sister's operation on her leg. Jay’s sister was born with a leg deformity and his family could not afford to pay for the operation. Jay was not being selfish and gave the money to help his sister. The resolution of the book was when Jay's sister’s operation was successful. She then unveils that she could walk without a crutch. Jay’s Grandpa finally buys him a pony and his sister bought him the
.22. The theme of the novel has been to never give up or else you will never succeed and place love and doing the right thing in front of what you want for yourself. For example Jay was about to give up looking for the monkeys until he found them in the hole where he caught them. While Jay was walking in the bottoms after the storm, he was about to give up, but then he found the monkeys, and saved them from death. If Jay gave up, the monkeys would have died and Jay’s sister’s leg would still be deformed. Jay also would not have his pony and .22. An example of love and not being selfish is when Jay was walking home with the injured pony, when he realized the appeal of having a pony to ride would never be the same if he didn't help his sister. I liked this book a lot because it was always fun when Jay was in the bottoms catching the monkeys. I also liked using my creativity to make out what the setting of the book was and what the characters and monkeys looked like. If you like action, you would like this book. The thesis of the book is sometimes to get what you want, you have to work hard just like Jay.
you will not see Jay Berry jumping from tree to tree. Another outer force that
Ishmael is a very captivating novel which teaches us valuable lessons about helping our environment. In our society, most people overlook how fundamental the environment is for our survival. The book explains how we can “save the world.” However, one should note that saving the world doesn’t necessarily mean being a superhero. We can save the world by just helping to preserve and protect the environment. The book also highlights the theme of captivity and how it is prevalent in every life form. The author, Daniel Quinn, explains captivity in a very unique way. By using a gorilla as a teacher, it gives us a different view of how we impact our planet. After reading Ishmael, it opened a whole new perspective of how I see the world.
“I warn you of the consequences” - “The Monkey's Paw” (page 89) this essay will be comparing and contrasting Two stories “The Monkey's paw” by w.w. Jacobs and “The Third wish” by Joan Aiken. In “The Monkey's paw” and “The Third Wish” the mood and setting are almost completely different, If it wasn't for the theme this book wouldn't be so similar .
The climax of this book is when Violet Klaus and Sunny are walking to the taxi parting with Mr. Poe. This is the climax of the book because this was the highest point of interest and appeal. The author, Lemony Snicket, uses details and delays the end to an extent where you become very anxious to read the story.
The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is set in Alabama in the 1930s, and concerns itself primarily with the interrelated themes of prejudice and empathy. These themes are explored as the story follows Scout Finch as she learns lessons in empathy, ultimately rejecting prejudice. While all characters in Lee’s novel learn from their experiences, not all are able to grow in the same manner as Scout. The idea of a positive role model, typified by the character of Atticus Finch, and the ramifications of its absence, is a concept that Lee places much emphasis on. The isolated setting is also pivotal in the development of characters. Lee uses the contrast between characters that learn lessons in empathy and compassion, and characters that cling to the ideals of a small town, to explore factors that nurture or diminish prejudice.
Works Cited Lee, H. (1960). The Species of the World. To kill a mockingbird. Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott, Time Warner, Inc. Courage. n.d. - n.d. - n.d.
Jeremy “Jem” Finch is a leading protagonist in Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill a Mocking Bird” published in 1960. Jem matured greatly throughout the duration of the book, starting to resemble and idolize his father, achieves the status of a guardian to his sister and introduces a whole new set of ideals in his lifestyle. He embodies the themes of growth. Throughout the novel we see how perceptions of things such as courage, respect, tolerance, and cruelty changes Jem as he matures.
Childhood is a continuous time of learning, and of seeing mistakes and using them to change your perspectives. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee illustrates how two children learn from people and their actions to respect everyone no matter what they might look like on the outside. To Kill A Mockingbird tells a story about two young kids named Scout and her older brother Jem Finch growing up in their small, racist town of Maycomb, Alabama. As the years go by they learn how their town and a lot of the people in it aren’t as perfect as they may have seemed before. When Jem and Scout’s father Atticus defends a black man in court, the town’s imperfections begin to show. A sour, little man named Bob Ewell even tries to kill Jem and Scout all because of the help Atticus gave to the black man named Tom Robinson. Throughout the novel, Harper Lee illustrates the central theme that it is wrong to judge someone by their appearance on the outside, or belittle someone because they are different.
Kherdian, David, and Cheng'en Wu. Monkey: A Journey to the West : a Retelling of the Chinese Folk Novel. Boston: Shambhala, 2005. Print.
The book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, which is one of the best books, is filled with incredible connections and fantastic foreshadowing. Once you pick up this book, you will need the key of being able to dissect the book in order to unlock its full potential. Through the three-and-a-half year-long journey that is To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee takes Jeremy Atticus Finch and Jean Louise Finch through a never-ending pile of events. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is about Jem and Scout Finch and their childhood in Maycomb, Alabama. Their lives consist of a never-ending-chain-of-events, many interesting and unique people, and life’s lessons that give Jem, Scout, and Atticus a fresh view of the world. Not many people have actually seen and experienced Tom Robinson and Arthur “Boo” Radley, and this leads to incorrect thoughts about each character. Tom and Boo have a lot of good in them. They are both like Mockingbirds because they are both innocent humans harmed by the evil of mankind. In Harper Lee’s novel, both Boo Radley and Tom Robinson are innocent characters, but Boo’s kindness is hidden by rumors and Tom’s generosity is hidden by stereotypes.
I believe that this is the climax of the book because it is the most intense part of the book. It isn’t an action climax, but m...
Summer of the Monkeys is a book that is set at the end of the nineteen hundreds.The settling is at Oklahoma Cherokee Ozarks.The protagonist of the Summer of the Monkeys is Jay Berry Lee a fourteen year old.Jay Berry has a sister(Daisy) that has a crippled leg, and a brown hound dog (Rowdy).In the Summer of the Monkeys Jay Berry tries all kinds of plans to catch some monkeys down the river bottom of his house with the help from his grandpa.
In The Blossoming of Ignorance by Saskia Abrahms-Kavunenko and The Challenge of Ignorance by Finn Jensen can expand more on Monkey’s actions based on his character trait, ignorance. Monkey’s ignorance changes throughout the story based on Tripitaka’s beliefs and his own actions.
Monkey King, also known as Sun Wukong, which is a main character in the Chinese classical novel Journey to the West. Monkey King can be found in many stories and adaptions. The novel Journey to the West or Monkey King tells of a simian’s revolt against Heaven, of its defeat by the Buddha, and of its later being recruited as pilgrim to protect the monk Tripitaka on its quest for scriptures in India (Lai, 1994). So far, Monkey King has become one of the most enduring Chinese literary characters, it has a colorful cultural history and varied background. Monkey King is also considered by some scholars to be influenced by both the Hindu deity Hanuman from the Ramayana and elements of Chinese folklore (Subbaraman, 2002). The original Chinese novel Journey to the West is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. It published in the 16th century during the Ming Dynasty and attributed to Wu Cheng’en (Babara S, 1994). The achievement of the novel has drawn widespread attention, various reasons support its popularity. This easy will analyse the varied background, cultural history, social environment of Monkey King, the novel Journey to the West and its author Wu Cheng’en. Furthermore why this novel for many years by the world's attention. It is obvious that the historical reasons of this extraordinary achievement are diverse.
...h he had given up. But then, seeing that both sticks could be put together to make one long stick (insightful experience), the Chimpanzee placed the small stick a little way inside of the larger one and was able to reach the banana and pull it toward himself.