Her great aunt had been showing signs of mental derangement and the town’s people found that since it was hereditary she could have it leading them to say “even with insanity in the family” (Pg.2). Many townspeople said “she had gone completely crazy at last” referring to Miss Emily and that had folks had begun to feel bad for her because of it (Pg. 2). More evidence that led the general public to believe Miss Emily was a lunatic was that she slept with a dead man. After Miss Emily had died they recovered Homers body and discovered a fresh hair on the pillow next to his that suggested she had been sleeping with the dead body all along.
The realities of war in Welford Owens “Dulce Et Decorum Est” Throughout history fighting for a war has often been regarded as an honorable and patriotic act. Movies like The Patriot, Independence Day and Saving Private Ryan tend to portray characters fighting for wars as brave and honorable. While these movies are entertaining and often inspirational, they do not accurately portray the realities of war. “Dulce et Decorum Est,” a poem by Wilfred Owen, depicts the true and darker reality of war. It is a poem that conveys a message about the brutalities and horrors of war to an ill-informed and complacent audience in England.
Curley’s wife, who walks the ranch as a temptress, seems to be a prime example of this destructive tendency—Curley’s already bad temper has only worsened since their wedding. Aside from wearisome wives, Of Mice and Men offers limited, rather misogynistic, descriptions of women who are either dead maternal figures or prostitutes. Despite Steinbeck’s rendering, Curley’s wife emerges as a relatively complex and interesting character. Although her purpose is rather simple in the book’s opening pages—she is the “tramp,” “tart,” and “bitch” that threatens to destroy male happiness and longevity—her appearances later in the novella become more complex. When she confronts Lennie, Candy, and Crooks in the stable, she admits to feeling a kind of shameless dissatisfaction with her life.
The significance of honesty and deceit is evident in the novel and Twain excoriates human nature by showing that society requires honesty and deceit. Twain reveals that telling lies and truths can have positive or negative consequences and can be good or bad depending on the intention. Twain opens the novel "…that book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer… was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mostly." From the commencement it is apparent that truth, or lack thereof, is a key element in the book. Huck is adopted by the Widow Douglass in an attempt to “sivilize” him.
Explore the presentation of the unreliable narrator in The Great Gatsby and consider how your ideas have been illuminated by your response to The Catcher in the Rye. The definition of an unreliable narrator is a story teller who cannot be trusted, either due to ignorance or motive. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, the reader puts trust in the narrator (Nick) to communicate the story. Similarly, in J.D Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, we believe in Holden to take us on the journey that he travelled in the lead up to his admission to a mental hospital. The question arises in any novel whether the narration may be trusted or whether we should rely on our own judgement.
It’s not like writing about teenage romance or mystical monsters, where the author must portray great streams of emotion, or create conjured up images of ghoulish beasts seen only in our nightmares. Then again, reality can sometimes be a nightmare in and of itself; as O’Brien points out, “In any war story, but especially a true one, it’s difficult to separate what happened from what seemed to happen.” (Meyer 320) It’s just about the facts, right? Is the truth so boring that people feel it must be “spun” in order to make it interesting enough to read? While telling any type of true story most certainly requires a certain degree of guile, grace and discretion, a war story must be doubly so. Perhaps this is why Tim O’Brien prefers writing “fiction” and seldom writes “true” war stories.
I didn’t know her, but she was crying on the phone, saying there were things that she’d done in her past, childhood cruelties that she had never recovered from never even told her husband about. Another phone call came from a writer who said the case had drawn him back to a terrible incident at Eton, when he stabbed a boy with a penknife.” He conveys his message of his article through this quote by reflecting the case on Jill Tweedie and the anonymous writers horrible past. This gives the readers a better view on the case, and perhaps it gives them a better base and understanding of Jon and Thompson killing. I would say that this article is very reliable and biased, because of his level of arguments and its relevancy. He wants to show and explain, why they did these horrible
‘The Tenth Circle’ – written by Jodi Picoult shows several examples of the different types of conflict, which often occur in literature. ‘The Tenth Circle’ tells the story of teenage girl, Trixie, who is supposedly raped by her ex-boyfriend Jason at a party. Throughout the book many inconsistencies in her stories arise until finally it is discovered that she had consumed drugs at the time and Jason had not been fully aware of her mindset. Trixie’s parents do not view the situation as a ‘simple misunderstanding’ and still hold Jason responsible for Trixie’s traumatic experience. Trixie’s mum, Laura, is filled with pure hatred for Jason and is found to murder him towards the end of the book.
O’Brien writes “If you don’t care for obscenity, you don’t care for the truth” (347). The gore, the vulgarity, and the obscenity are all relevant in order to convey the emotions and state of mind of the people who were involved. The author cannot
My little sister started crying. She was five years old. She didn't know what was going on. The SS Soldier screamed at my mom telling her to get back in line or they'd kill her. My father and mother would say they heard rumors that Jews were going to Auschwitz.