Written Commentary: Polar Breath by MusloDePollo In this extract from Polar Breath, by Dianne Glancy, the protagonist is characterized as a depressed and extremely paranoid widow. She roams her house blaming ‘ghosts’ for all the misfortune in her life, especially during the winter, while looking deeper into her thoughts and actions driven by hopelessness and desperation . Right from the start of the passage, the protagonist seems melancholic and lonely as she observes the ‘frail little birds’ from her house, and wishing she could keep them warm inside her house. Her craving for sheltering the birds is primarily due to her loneliness, as she recalls living with her husband before he passed away. The author’s diction sets one of the major themes in the story, as well as the mood around the widow, and lets the reader know exactly how she feels by the use of imagery.
Dunstable Ramsay Character Analysis In the novel, Fifth Business by Robertson Davies, the character, Dunstable Ramsay is effected by his relationships with women. He experiences guilt, social isolation, and love due to the interaction and relationships with his mother and Mrs. Dempster. The relationships that Dunstable has with these women change the way he acts, feels and is treated by others. Dunstable faces guilt when he ultimately causes the birth of Paul Dempster by jumping in front of a pregnant Mary Dempster, to avoid a snowball. He faces isolation as he learns to not trust women, through experiences with his mom.
Book report 4/19/12 AOE “The Black Box” written by Julie Schumacher is a story about one girls struggle through depression. This novel is different from other stories because it is told through the perspective of her sister, Elena. Elena tells the story of her sister Dora’s depression and how it not only affected Dora’s life but the whole family’s life as well. This story takes place in Elena’s home where Dora one day announced that she wishes she was dead and overdosed on pills. Their overprotective mother immediately put Dora in the psych ward at Lorning Hospital.
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“The Church of No Reason” In her short story, “The Church of No Reason”, Andrea Barrett illustrates the cascade effects of depression, sorrow and betrayal. Her use of symbolism with characterization in this story is interesting showing how a mother gave up hope on life. Describing how depression Lead her to a book she believed gave her more than just answers, as she said “The point is that there has to be something to life besides working and raising you”. Her depression grew so deep that she shunned her most important responsibly, her family. Andrea uniquely described the mother throughout the story as a person that was loosing so much, so quickly.
Within the short story "The Painted Door" Ann shows that she experiences feelings of depression, and isolation. Ann's negative mood is apparent through the story and can be seen at any time during the story. Ann's husband is named John and through the story she says many sarcastic and condescending comments, "plenty of wood to keep me warm - what more could a women ask for" (Ross 288). It is clear that Ann is unhappy with John and not satisfied with him. She does not want John to go to his father's house to check on him because she does not want to be left alone in the house when there is a snowstorm is taking place outside.
The poem “Witches’ Winter” and the book “The Crucible” illustrate the life in the Old England. In stanza five, the poem showed how the cold and wintry life which the main character Abigail William was suffering. She was tired and abhorred the world she was born into, she had to constrain herself from happiness and joy. Once she tasted the joy of the forbiddance, it only increased her hatred to the cold world: “I taste dried blood on my lips. Better not to have tasted anything, not to have lived through the first winter when Reverend and my father broke chunks of ice into my Christening bowl.” This strongly indicated Abigail’s loathing, and the reason of her revolt against the old restrained law as showed in the book.
The next connection between song and novel is the shared exasperation and worry felt by the females in each piece. In the song the woman’s helplessness and worry are displayed most notably in the lines “she’s pacing by the telephone…hoping she’s not right” and “praying it’s the weather that’s kept him out all night” (Thunder Rolls). These lines clearly indicate the woman is worried and helpless, waiting for her man to return. In the novel, Hatsue’s worry is displayed slightly differently, but it is consistent and viable nonetheless. She goes to visit her husband in jail every day at three O’clock,
The screams grew higher and higher as he walks. He starts to hear a baby crying. ( That shows, that woman was pregnant) He wanted to call the police but when he touched to his pocket to take his phone his hand get through his leg. (Shows that he’s a ghost now) He was dead. All the forest represents his character; it’s dark, bad and sinful, which is directly Mr.Apotropaic.
Sometimes horrible things happen. So horrible that you do not even want to think about it, because the thought of it happening to yourself and your family is just too painful. In the short story, "Ice break", a young girl experiences a horrible and traumatizing episode. Ice break is a story written by a Canadian writer called Astrid Blodgett. The short story is from the anthology The Journey Prize Stories 24 from 2012.