While the essay is beautifully written and extremely eloquent, the final paragraph seems rushed and has a very sudden change in tone and diction which the essay would be far better without. The ending also leaves expectant readers with no climax or resolution, but rather with disappointment. The final paragraph of “Once More to the Lake” destroyed a piece of what would otherwise be art. The final paragraph describes White watching his son changing into a cold, wet pair of swimming trunks. As his son does this, White feels the same sudden jolt of pain as the shorts reach his son’s groin that the boy must be feeling.
A gutless fucking wonder!’ When Blacky explains to his father about the storm, Bob insults him rather than swallow his pride and takes his son’s advice on board. The relationship that is shared between Blacky and his father has negatively impacted Blacky’s self-esteem so much that it has led to him not having faith in his own father and to expect no support. During the novel, the desertion that Bob shows toward his son leads Blacky to be more independent, and he learns to expect no support from his father, as he cannot rely on Bob to look after him. The grand final, and Dumby Red’s funeral are examples of when Gary seeks his father’s input,
When Cole is banished to the island, he is filled with a whirlpool of swirling rage. In the novel, Touching Spirit Bear, by Ben Mikaelsen, Cole Mathews is a misled young man, who has a knack for getting himself into trouble. Raised by his abusive father and alcoholic mother, Cole’s personality is built upon a foundation of anger and pain. All of these unaddressed emotions cause Cole to commit crimes and bully other kids. With nobody to tell him otherwise, Cole convinces himself that neither of his parents want him.
The gang of friends believes that they are all “bad characters” and because of this have the right to do anything as they please. A.) “There was a time when courtesy and winning ways went out of style, when it was good to be bad, when you cultivated decadence like a taste.” (Boyle 168) B.) “Wearing torn up jackets, slouchy appearance with toothpicks in their mouth, sniffing glue and ether, and striking poses to show they didn’t give a shit about anything.” (Boyle 168) C.) “They were slick and quick and they wore their mirror shades at breakfast and lunch and dinner, in the shower, in closets and caves. They were bad.”(Boyle 169) TS 2.)
Both of these stories are alike. Night and The Boy in Striped Pajamas both have main characters who don’t know anything about the real Germans, they are both rebellious, and they leave a lasting impact upon themselves or their family. Bruno is an eight year old boy who is the son of a Nazi general who runs a concentration camp; this puts his knowledge on the bias side, as he is taught that the Germans are the best. But he finds out through his experience of witnessing Pavel spill a glass of wine and then getting dragged away and brutally. Wiesel however is a young jewish boy who did not know of the horrors that the Nazis brought down upon the jews.
At the beginning of this novel Adam comes off as an ignorant, foolish boy. Moses Cooper who is Adam’s father and himself seem to disagree on many things and not get along so well, partly because of this foolishness. Fast writes on page four, “I should have known enough to keep my mouth shut, because he replied that he was gratified to be enlightened and laid onto me ten times more, and then wanted to know whether I deemed seventeen to be a superstitious number?” This quote came right after the situation of Adam Cooper being caught by his father reciting a spell while fetching water. From this quote it is obvious that there is a lack of respect between Adam and his father. He continues to lash out on his disagreements with his father until he truly understands his father’s true feelings for him.
But at the start he got bullied and he was scared to join in with some of the boys. Coincidence and parallel incidents are used in the story to make it seem that the course is controlling everything. Stanley is able to break the family curse because he carry’s zero up the mountain and drank the water from the hole he dug and sang the song. Another coincidence is that Stanley drops the spade back down the mountain and has to waste time by going down to get it. In this story Stanley had behaved really well.
This paranoia in which he has, emphasizes the immense guilt following him. “...my sweet tooth gleaming and the juice of guilt wetting my underarms.” Although Soto clearly knows the difference between right and wrong, he is so highly tempted by the sweet smelling pies that he very badly desires, causing him to break down in a nervous sweat. The sweating of the underarms alone is lucid indication of his extreme guilt. Soto recognized the shadows of angels distancing themselves from him, but in the end Gary Soto's temptation overcame his innocence with every bite of the sweet
The Greasy Lake Story In the short story “Greasy Lake” written by an American Novelist most known by T. C. Boyle is a sensational and a thriller story. Greasy Lake is a story of three young nineteen year old substandard and bad boys, the narrator of the story and his two friends Digby and Jeff. Boyle describes their "Bad Boy" behavior: “we wore torn-up leather jackets, slouched around with toothpicks in our mouths, sniffed glue and ether…” (170). Boyle descriptions explains how and what a bad boy could look like that causes a lot of trouble. The plot summary of the story starts off by a little hangout lake called Greasy Lake where they can do whatever they want as they are pleased; watch a girl strip off her clothes, drink beer, smoke pot, and howl at the stars.
Before Huck embarks on his life-changing adventure, he is surrounded by people who influence him greatly in his hometown of St. Petersburg. One of Huck’s most significant influences is Tom Sawyer, another rebellious young boy who is much like Huck. Tom has previously convinced Huck to participate in petty pranks on fellow townspeople. Huck’s beliefs by upbringing are that of ignorance and hypocrisy. His society believes that colored people have no human rights, and are thought to be pieces of property traded or used as slaves for labor.