Apple picking is not only a ruminative exploration into the mind of a man so desperate for rest, but is also an allegory, which holds a daughting message for those who face retirement. The man states throughout his poem that he has had not only achievements but also regrets. Frost uses falling rhythms throughout his poem to add emphasis these regrets. This is seen in “and there’s a barrel that I didn’t fill and there may be two or three apple that I didn’t pick … for all that struck the earth not matter if not spiked or bruised went surely to the cider apple heap as of no worth”, here the deliverance of the definition shows the meaning of the word regardless of the conflict and gives a sense of exhaustion after every line. He also shows his confusion about his decision through the irregularity of the rhyming scheme and the informality of form.
English 215 Both Wily from death of sale man and Gregor from the metamorphosis are men that feel worn down and exhausted from their jobs. In this essay I will compare and contrast how each exhibits the wear and tears of the working life and how it affect their families. By using sources and examples that discuss the America relationship with their jobs. Wily Loman who has been working as a salesman for long time. Started having bad luck and in order to dare with his failures in life, he started thinking about his past and it seem that he doesn't know what's real or fake in life.
“After Apple-Picking” Explication “For I have had too much of apple-picking Of apple-picking: I am overtired Of the great harvest I myself desired There were ten thousand thousand fruit to touch Cherish in hand, lift down, and not let fall For all That struck the earth No matter if not bruised or spiked with stubble Went surely to the cider-apple heap As of no worth”. This passage from Robert Frost’s “After Apple-Picking” is an epiphany that our protagonist has realized as he approaches the end of his life. The resounding realization we see throughout the passage is about how this tireless man has spent his life picking apples. Through this excerpt the man introduces at the end of our poem to summarize the thought that troubles him as he approaches death. The man seems to be very calm an accepting of this realization that the apples that he had previously worked to harvest apples for all of his life was pointless because “there were ten thousand thousand fruit to touch” and he wasn’t able to harvest them.
When I can’t stand on my legs, perhaps I shall have a chance” (740). This quote demonstrates his dedication to his work as he claims he will have to be literally unable to move before he will take a break. Later in the story, as he goes about his rounds, he is described as a “mere hired assistant” and that he is a “slave to the country-side” (742). It is revealed that his job wears him out, because it is “nothing but work, drudgery, constant hastening from dwelling to dwelling” and he doesn’t like the town where he lives and works. The narrator states, “He grumbled, he said he hated the hellish hole.” Furthermore, he feels superior to the working class people he serves, thinking of them as “rough, inarticulate, powerfully emotional men and women” (743).
“After Apple-Picking”, by Robert Frost is a poem about a man who has grown weary from picking apples. The speaker is somewhere between consciousness and a dream-like state as he recounts his day of picking apples. His exhaustion is so great that he is not sure if he is simply drifting off to sleep or facing death. Frost is known for avoiding traditional verse forms and using rhyming erratically. “After Apple-Picking” is no exception to his signature style.
They both abhor solitude but are unsure how to find viable friendship. Throughout both novels, many characters, if not the protagonists themselves, express regret over lost potential. Ethan Frome had a “premature end” put to his studies. (Wharton, page 24) His great interest in the narrator’s biochemistry book reflects not only his “aggrieve[ment] at is own ignorance” but also his keen interest for learning. It also reflects his compunction for neglect of his education.
Although the line, “no-one had got around to fixing it up yet”, shows that he is still seeing everything as a product that has the potential to be fixed. The fifth stanza has an angry tone as Dawe describes people as being “godless, money-hungry, backstabbing and miserable”. In this stanza, his childhood ends and he enters adulthood, this is shown through the line “goodbye stars and soft cries in the corner”, the once innocent child has now become a greedy business man who is selfish and ruthless. In stanza six, his wife (Alice), is driving him home from a not so good dinner party, as he is angry and getting annoyed with his wife, “now take it easy on those curves, Alice, for God’s sake…” they crash. His last words “watch it” demonstrates the irony of being a product, as if to watch it on
Other characters also help build a picture of Birling in the opening section. Eric's defense of the workers brings about a vicious verbal attack from Birling which pours scorn on Eric's lack of business experience and reveals his bitter feeling towards "public-school-and-Varsity" education. Priestley suggests he resents the advantages enjoyed by his son's generation and this helps the audience understand why later Eric says that Mr Birling is "not the kind of father a chap would go to when hes in trouble". At this point, Priestley has provided a picture of a self-important man who places his faith in technology and industry, who believes he can enjoy the rewards granted by the community while declaring that community spirit is "nonsense" and that a man has to "mind his own business and look after himself and his own". Yet Eric, at this start of the Inspector's chain of events' has already challenged his father's views, and later Sheila will do the same by recognising a shared humanity with the
English writing The theme of loneliness is best portrayed through characters that had a childhood full of dreams and expectations to live a better life. Steinbeck presents loneliness during the great depression by marginalizing his characters by gender, age and ethnicity. These characters were considered to be at the bottom of ranch hierarchy because they were useless during the 1930’s. The character of Candy is portrayed as lonely by Steinbeck as he is marginalized by age. Candy is believed to be useless as he has lost his hand and is old.
Synergon could learn a lot from how Beauchamp manage these clients. Mansfield is absolutely not delighted by the merger. He dislikes all the changes the merger has brought for Beauchamp, for example all the forms they need to fill in, the new bonus system, the rude treatment from his people by people from Synergon, no free lunches anymore, the changes for traveling and so on. He is asking himself if he wants to stay in such a company, he could go for retirement. Nick Cunningman is the man from Synergon who is responsible for a smooth merger.