It played off a common superstition of the time: a snake that had been cut into pieces could come back to life if you joined the sections together before sunset. The snake illustration was reprinted throughout the colonies. Dozens of newspapers from Massachusetts to South Carolina ran Franklin's sketch or some variation of it. For example, the Boston Gazette recreated the snake with the words "Unite and Conquer" coming from its mouth. 1774 Franklin's disjointed snake continued to be used as symbol of American unity, and American independence.
For this assignment, you will be writing a formal literary essay based on this statement: Show how three different characters in the novel Of Mice and Men are marginalized* from society for different reasons (ex. racism, ageism, sexism, socio-economic status, physical or intellectual challenges) and how they suffer as a result. *marginalized = placed or kept to the outside, disadvantaged, or discriminated against. BRAINSTORMING ORGANIZER Name: ________________ Mark: ____/10 Fill out the chart below to organize ideas for your essay. These will eventually help you to create your body paragraphs.
Of Mice and Men The title of the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck was entitled to the novel for multiple reasons. The poem “To a Mouse” by Robert Burn is a poem of realism and Of Mice and Men is a line of the poem meaning mice and men had similar struggles during The Great Depression. It reflects on the conflict person vs. fate because the characters in the story have real life problems interfering with their future. One character that is effected by real life problems is Crooks. Another character effected as well is George.
Hurston incorporates the use of southern dialect in her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God to help the readers achieve a better understanding of Janie and the world around her. For example, during the hurricane Hurston writes, “The monstopolous beast has left his bed. The two hundred miles an hour wind had loosed his chains. He seized hold of his dikes and ran forward until he met the quarters; up rooted them like grass and rushed on after his supposed-t-be conquerors, rolling like dikes, rolling the houses, rolling the people in the houses along with the timbers. The sea was walking the earth with a heavy heal.
Stadium Tiger Mr. Grevstad and Mrs. Hathaway AP Language and Composition 27 August 2014 Ethos, Pathos, and Logos in Black Boy by Richard Wright Black Boy by Richard Wright may be a biography, but it contains many writing essential. These writing essentials are used in the novel to persuade, stir up emotion, and demonstrate logic so readers can better understand and connect to the novel. Richard does this this in the form of ethos, pathos, and logos. Richard applies ethos to express reasoning. This is demonstrated when he says, “If I were going to violate the law, then I ought to get something out of it.
John Capra English Comp II Hugo Dos Santos June 20, 2011 Religious Symbolism in “Where are you going, where have you been” Often times writers use symbols to help identify characters, settings, and themes within a story. While some people may believe that the plot of Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where are you going, where have you been” is solely based on the story of convicted murderer Charles Schmid, the writing used by Oates throughout the story makes it easy to see how religious symbolism shapes the plot of the story. From the beginning of the story, we meet Connie, a shallow teenager who seems to have some resentment toward her mother because of her mother’s favoritism to Connie’s older sister June. Oates illustrates this when she writes, “If June's name was mentioned her mother's tone was approving, and if Connie's name was mentioned it was disapproving. This did not really mean she disliked Connie, and actually Connie thought that her mother preferred her to June just because she was prettier…” (383).
Salvation on Sand Mountian The New Yorker stated that Salvation on Sand Mountain was “an extraordinary account of how a journalistic assignment evolved into a spiritual quest.” And I have to agree one hundred percent. Dennis Covington started off in the beginning of the book as an outsider to snake handling, and he ended up becoming an insider to this special way of worship. Mr. Covington was writing journal pieces for The New York Times, and he heard of the arrest of Glenn Summerford through a Birmingham newspaper. He told his editor about his story idea, and made his way Scottsboro, Alabama. Glenn Summerford was a preacher at The Church of Jesus with Signs Following, and he was “convicted and sentenced to ninety-nine years in prison for attempting to kill his wife with rattlesnakes” (Covington page 1).
Vinay Nayak Mrs. Gilvary AP English pd. 3 February 7, 2010 Biblical References What kinds of Biblical references can be seen in The Grapes of Wrath? Throughout the novel, many different major and minor Biblical references can be seen. One such example of a minor Biblical reference can be seen with Tom Joad and with his contact between the dust sprouting through his feet, symbolizing the time when Adam was created from the Earth. One other major Biblical reference can be seen with the Joad family’s preparation for the flood, closely referencing the time when Noah spent his time packing up the ark with animals.
In the first two lines of the chorus, “I am the eggman, they are the eggmen” (Lennon), John Lennon shows the influence of the writings of Lewis Carroll on his life. These two lines are references to Humpty Dumpty, who was a character considered to be very opinionated and somewhat rebellious. Humpty Dumpty appears in Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found. Lennon is actually singling himself out, and then passing on his ideals to those individuals that think and believe as he does. In the third line of the chorus, as well as the song title, “I am the walrus” (Lennon) is yet another reference to a Lewis Carroll poem, “The Walrus and the Carpenter”.
Gulliver’s Travels While reading the novel Gulliver’s Travels written by Jonathan Swift I noticed how Jonathan Swift uses a lot of satire or sarcasm over war and social classes. I found a couple of examples to show the use of satire or sarcasm Swift used in this essay. When Gulliver is traveling he finds many different kind of worlds but they all have some kind of issue towards war. Gullivers first journey was found on the land of Lilliputians. He was traveling on a ship when the ship hit a rock.