In “And Summer Is Gone” by Susie Kretschmer, the author uses contrast effectively throughout the entire story. Contrast is used to show the development and change of Amy’s character, and is also used to show the changes in Amy and David’s relationship. At the beginning of the story, Amy is a gangly and awkward pre-teen, not caring what others think, playing in mud, and painting on her skin with the blue clay from the creek. As summer comes to an end, Amy stops dressing in her grungy t-shirts and cut off jean shorts, and more like her popular preppy friends at school, as it is more important to her that she wears what her friends wear, rather than what she likes to wear. At school, all of her friends’ names end with an “i”, so hers changes to
match: “Kelli, Lori, Shelli, Tammi, Lani, Teri and Ami”. The change in the way she spells her name at school shows that Amy is changing more to conform and fit in with her friends at school, and become popular. As Amy’s body changes over the years, the way she acts changes as well. She refuses to do the things that her and David used to do, no longer wading in the creek, wrestling, or playing pretend. Amy is visibly trying to become more “mature”, losing interest in things she used to love to do, trying to act more like a young woman. Time passes, and Amy replaces her Simon and Garfunkel records with Duran Duran. Replacing the folk rock duo for the more mainstream synthpop boy band. Amy, who had once been able to inhale bags of chocolate chips and ginormous salads, begins complaining that she is fat, and refuses to eat in front of David. This fits with a lot of pretty girl “stereotypes” that you can find in almost any TV show with a teenage girl. From the beginning of the story, it’s clear that David and Amy’s personalities are quite different. Amy is outgoing and not afraid of anything. She is also very extroverted. At the very beginning of the story, she introduces herself to David and “[jumps] agilely over the exposed water meter and [looks] right into [his] face.” It’s also revealed that “[Amy] hardly [speaks] to [David] at school, ever.” David is very different from Amy, he is very introverted and shy from the very beginning, introducing himself to Amy with a mumble. The extent of his shyness is revealed when Kretschmer writes “[He] hides alone” in high school, while Amy on the other hand surrounds herself with popular people, and it’s stated that “she went to every party, every football game, every prestigious event at school.” While David maintained his straight A’s, Amy’s grades begin to slip to B’s and C’s. During high school, Amy joined flag corps, while David did the newspaper. Presumably, Amy does the flag corps with some of her friends, while David does the newspaper by himself. In summation, Kretschmer’s effective use of contrast is used to show that Amy’s character changes quite a lot over the years in several ways. Kretschmer’s use of contrast is also used to show the many differences that develop between Amy and David as they grow older. The differences in Amy and David’s personalities grow as they age, and eventually push them apart.
In “One Crazy Summer” by Rita Williams-Garcia, the topic, African-American Civil Right Movement is taught to the readers by the setting. As the main character, Delphine and her sisters, Vonetta and Fern travel to Oakland, California in the 1960's. There they visit their mother and see the Black Panthers, a group who fought for black rights. Delphine and her sisters go to the center, run by the Black Panthers, daily. This new setting causes the girls become involved in their Civil Rights and the Black Panthers.
Through the use of complementary colors, she achieves great contrast. Contrasting hues develop a theme of light vs. dark, or in Liu’s case, expectations vs. reality. Dark colors are used to suggest the harsh, chaotic conditions experienced by the workers; while light, less saturated colors illustrate the calm passivity of traditional Chinese customs and ideas. The sky surrounding the stylized women contrasts greatly with the surroundings of the exhausted men. The dark hues establish heavy visual weight below the figures and the light tones of the sky create a sensation of weightlessness and help to further distinguish the fantasy like qualities. Liu also includes the application of analogous colors, primarily to make the traditional figures less dramatic and to help unify the surrounding
Friendship doesn’t last long when people grow apart and have different interests. In Susie Kretschmer story’s “And Summer is Gone”, the friendship between Daivd, the speaker, and his childhood friend Amy starts to fade when their contrasting characters develop different interests, personalities and achievement as they grow up When school begins, both characters grow apart when Amy’s interest dramatically changes in order to fit into her social peer group. These changes cause her relationship with David to deteriorate as her interest shifts. Amy becomes less interested in “build [ing] little pyramids of clay” and prefers to “[go] to every part, every football game, every prestigious event at school”. She loses her interest in art and becomes more superficial and social.
In John Knowles’ novel, A Separate Piece, the main Character, Gene Forrester, has to learn to become friends with his hazardous roommate, Phineas, at his school, Devon, in New Hampshire. The novel is affected by a number of changes, however the largest and most significant change is the change in seasons. In Thomas C. Foster’s novel, How to read literature like a Professor, chapter twenty explains the significance of the seasons. Foster states that, “Summer [symbolizes] adulthood and romance and fulfillment and passion,” while, “ winter [symbolizes] old age and resentment and death.” John Knowles’ book A Separate Peace, all aspects of Summer, Fall, and Winter are excellently represented as explained in Thomas C. Foster’s novel, How to read
Contrast is used to demonstrate how two completely opposite matters work together to find one answer. From the text, “Not all scientific investigators can deal comfortably with uncertainty, and those who can may not be creative enough to understand and design the experiments that will illuminate a subject.” Different traits are a necessity for different pieces of experimentation which some scientists lack whether it is creativity, confidence, or patience. This rhetorical strategy also helps indicate all of the different characteristics that scientists need to be creative and effective in their studies. Barry insists, “To be a scientist requires not only intelligence and curiosity, but passion, patience, creativity, self-sufficiency, and courage.” All of these different qualities have to come together; although, they are very contrasting traits. Numerous qualities are required to be a successful scientist; although all together they establish the effective character of a scientist.
The graphic novel “This One Summer” by Mariko Tamaki displays a relevant modern-day manner of teenage conversations, dilemma, and emotions in the 21st century. The novel did an accurate illustration in presenting the modern-day concern, curiosity and interest of children and teenagers as one example on page 22, when Windy asked Rose “do you have a boyfriend?” it displays the curiosity of a child in their relative/friends love affair, which most teenagers are mainly concern of nowadays. Body image also takes part on the graphic novel as Windy and Rose talks about the size of their breast on page 35, and comparing it to other people as Windy shares the story “this girl in my dance class is ten and she’s like a D cup. Maybe a G.” The novel illustrates some of the concerns a modern teenager might have, which can be relatable to most young teenage readers as they share the same concern or discussions they have with their friends. The dialogues and conversations that is shown in the book are very vulgar as one example on page 39-40 when the Dud’s friend and the adolescent girls exchanges the words “sluts and assholes”. Which later was adapted by the young teenagers in their vocabulary as
Amy Tan, in ?Mother Tongue,? Does an excellent job at fully explaining her self through many different ways. It?s not hard to see the compassion and love she has for her mother and for her work. I do feel that her mother could have improved the situation of parents and children switching rolls, but she did the best she could, especially given the circumstances she was under. All in all, Amy just really wanted to be respected by her critics and given the chance to prove who she is. Her time came, and she successfully accomplished her goals. The only person who really means something to her is her mother, and her mother?s reaction to her first finished work will always stay with her, ?so easy to read? (39).
The use of diction is powerful, with the gripping use of words and description. Golding creates tension and reinforces his theme and tone with the use of specific words. Many are connotative and therefore create a story abundant in meaning and symbolism. Golding uses colors such as pink to symbolize particular things such as innocence, as shown in the piglets and the island. The word yellow makes the reader think of the sun, enlightenment and Ralph; the words black and red bring to mind evil, blood and Jack.
Recovering from an identity crisis that lasted most of her childhood, Janie realizes who she wants to be with the help of a pear tree, but her grandmother disapproves of her dissimilar feelings and forces her to cast away her horizon. With no parents there to raise her, Janie loses her sense of identity. She spends her childhood under the care of her grandma and the white people Nanny works for, and as a result, she spends all of her time playing with the Washburn’s four children. Janie does not realize that she is different from them until she turns six. When she sees a photograph of herself for the first time, she refuses to recognize her darker skin color. To compensate for her lack of self, she goes by the nickname “Alphabet” because she has so many different names. Both her connection to the Washburn family and her biracial ethnicity isolate her from the black and white communities. African-American children mock her for her nice clothes; vulnerable and frail, Jani...
Lindsey, for example, is one of those people. Not the type to go face to face with reality, she cloaks herself in a big jacket so she can hide from the world. Originally known for being the smartest kid in school, she doesn 't want to be seen as the smartest anymore. The confusion she is facing causes her to push her friends; and family away, Leaving her vulnerable to poor decisions. To try and makes herself feel better she tries to become friends with the “cool kids”. These “cool kids”, are known for their bad habits of smoking, doing drugs, and treating others poorly. While she seemed to become more confused about her own image, a friend realizes her issue and decides to help her seek what she desires. Lindseys friend Nick, introduces her into his drumset. He explains, “it 's my drum kit. This my passion. This is the essence of who I am now. But before I had this, I was lost too.” When she heard this she understood that she needed to find her own drum kit. The Man with the drums evolved, into the person that she will
Does Amy’s beauty and mystique represent something deeper? In Katherine Anne Porter’s “Old Mortality,” there is an obvious obsession amongst most of the novella’s characters with Amy’s beauty. Most of the female characters throughout the novella are often compared to Amy by her family’s elders. These characters are often described as coming close to embodying Amy’s beauty (or not at all), but it is generally recognized that no one will ever be able to be quite as beautiful as Amy was. While there are a few descriptions of Amy’s physical appearance throughout the novella, there seems to be more of a focus on her careless behavior. Many of the novella’s central figures identify this kind of behavior as something that contributed to her charm
The college had a group called My Mother’s Fleabag, they put on performances of improvisational comedy, according to Ciovacco (20). They made jokes, everyone was included, and ideas came up on the spot. Amy loved watching My Mother’s Fleabag and talked to one of the members. Kara McNamara motivated Amy to audition for the group (Ciovacco 20). Amy got into the group and performed with them. The group was always rehearsing and acting out sketches. McNamara and Amy became really good friends and they decided to move off campus into a house together. In 1993 Amy graduated college, and she moved to Chicago to start on her improv skills. Ciovacco claims Chicago is a major training ground for comedians (27). Amy started improv classes, where she would act out scenes, and study the forms of improv with songs, games, etc. According to Ciovacco, She still wanted to be on stage more than anything. Amy joined a group called ImprovOlympics (25). The group put on thirty-minute shows and it was usually at midnight. Amy said she learned a lot about herself when performing because she was put on the spot in front of an audience. Ciovacco mentions Amy found herself being sexual, and physical. She even turned into a desperate person wanting to make a joke at times, and even turning into a shy person
Contrast intensifies the sense of gloom. The windy, bleak, December night is contrasted to a room full of books, ric...
When Amy turned nine years old, her father left the family. This drove Amy to pursue in music, but also hurt her mentally. She attempted suicide att 10. She began to cut her wrists to relieve herself from her troubles. She then took the advice of her grandmother to go to theatre school for a start in her career. Amy begin to train at Susi Earnshaw Theatre school. While attending, she started to write and record music with a neighborhood friend, Juliette Ashby. They created a short-lived music group called “Sweet & Sour”. Music was a way to keep her from thinking about her father, but Amy couldn’t handle the pressure. She began to smoke marijuana and started to get tattoos and care little about what she did anymore. Amy attended Susi for four years, then decided to seek full-time training at Sylvia Young Theatre school. Months later she got to appear in an episode of “The Fast Show” a 1997 tv series. Her disrespe...
From the beginning of the movie it’s a shown that Amy’s childhood was appropriated. Her parents had a successful children’s book series that turned once simple Amy Elliot into Amazing Amy. The problem with the real Amy and Amazing Amy was that, the real Amy was typically always one step behind her fictionalized