Author Denise Giardina has great narrative abilities. She can spin a wonderfully coercive and succulent story, as she has done in Storming Heaven. The novel has a beautifully fictitious plot that ties in perfectly with the events surrounding the coal wars and the Battle of Blair Mountain. She really gives the reader an idea of what it might have been like to be a West Virginian during this era. The plot is set up in a way that causes it to be quite interesting to even those who are most loathing of history.
These topical matters which Yolen has used are the holocaust, and the fairy-tale sleeping beauty or less commonly known as briar rose. Both these subject matters are well known in society and have had huge impacts on history. Being such well known subject matters instantly engages the audience as they are able to apply their knowledge and to make cross-links between the two subject matters. Intertextuality of any text will be intriguing and engaging as the audience is able to compare and to know the basic outline of what is to come, this could be considered dramatic irony. The symbolism of the holocaust is engaging as fairy-tales are always considered to have a happy ending but using such a dark topical matter which seems to have no happy outcomes is able to surprise the audience and to keep them reading as the audience is waiting to see the “Happily ever after” (pg.
Mazzini was a prolific publicist continually publishing letters and articles and was feted by many European liberals. Mazzini’s ideas encouraged several attempted invasions in the years 1833-48 and in 1849 Mazzini was able to take advantage of the Pope’s flight from Rome to declare a Roman Republic. This shows that Mazzini had a profound effect in accelerating the growth of autocracy and the nature of foreign intervention by exercising his opportunism in favourable conditions. He did so to cater to his own desires for a unified Italy and to fulfil the aims of Young Italy. Mazzini had
The words that are used are unique in a way that it creates this atmosphere that it feels like the story is unraveling right before you. Words combinations such as flaccid waistline, sallow urban complex, swift and passionate, are all helpful to visualize the story. The sentences that are put together help to form a visual in the mind that is incredible. “The land fled past, the rock-stabbed earth, the scrub flattened by wind shriveled by violent sun. Way off in the distance, as ominous as mounting clouds, a line of mountains stood darkly along the horizon”.
From the opening letters of the novel Walton comes across as extremely ambitious and determined to ‘tread a land never before imprinted by the foot of man’. The reader is also made aware of how dangerous Walton’s expedition is as from the very first paragraph it is associated in the reader’s mind with words such as ‘disaster’ and ‘evil forebodings’. Thus, once Frankenstein is introduced in the story, the reader can see how similar the two characters are, as Frankenstein also wants to ‘pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers’. The parallels between the two characters show to the reader that Frankenstein’s story is not just a “one off” but that it could happen again; therefore forcing the reader to take note of the message of his story more seriously. Frankenstein also realises this and so feels he has to tell his story so as to stop Walton making the same mistakes that he has; hoping that he will ‘deduce an apt moral from my tale’.
Chesterton dedicates it to his wife, Frances. “I bring these rhymes to you/ who brought the cross to me.” 5. The two opposing views of life are modern paganism- “pride and a little scratching pen” (false doctrine) that takes joy from “the hearts of men” – and Christianity which gives hope-“a firelight” which takes on to heaven “beyond the loneliest star.” Book I, The Vision of the King: 1. The great age of the Horse is the strong impression produced: “Before the gods made the gods…age beyond age…. The White Horse knew England/ when there was none to know.” 2.
“Symbols and Metaphors” written by Emily Kendall in 2005 is the article i choose to explain the symbolic meanings within the book “Their eyes were watching god”. Emily broke her article down into many different subjects explaining the symbolism within each one and there importance.Although their are many different symbols and ways to interpret them i only choose three. Janie’s hair, the mule, and the pear tree. I choose to expand on these three subjects because they are the ones that seemed most significant and are the ones that stood out to me the most. Janie’s hair, In the book it was a recurring subject that stood out and seemed as a constant reminder of her father and grandfather and that they were white and that made her half white (biracial).
This quote shows that the rock also may symbolize the countries past. We can stand up and look back at the past, but we shouldn’t get so caught up in worrying about our past that we try to hide behind it in the darkness. Another symbolic object represented in “On the Pulse of the Morning” is the tree. I believe the tree is the most powerful symbol, in keeping with the theme of the poem. The tree personifies the human race.
The traits that differ from the two characters are that Marcos unlike Walter Mitty is a real life important person and takes real adventures. Another difference is that Marcos is looking for women, while Walter is trying his best to tolerate his wife. As many differences as these characters have, they both have similarities also. Both are adventurous but Walter Mitty in a different way. They both are creative such as Walter and his detailed daydreams and Marcos teaching his parrot Spanish while it had an Amazon dialect.
As Pierre Corneille tossed it off centuries ago that love is a tyrant who spares no one. However, there are four things that I learned from the article “cultural perspective on romantic love” that can help anyone sees love from a better angle. First of all, I have learned that cultural factors play an important role in romantic love. The existence of love in a culture can be demonstrated by its folklore and story tales. Romantic love is universal across cultures yet folklore is the most fruitful meaning to the examination of it.