The poem “in the snack-bar” by Edwin Morgan is about an old man who struggles with everyday life, an onlooker helps him go to the toilet before he leaves the crowded diner to go home. Morgan describes the situation using poetic techniques which asks us the silent question, would you do this yourself? It paints a picture of what this elderly man has to do to live. One of the poetic techniques Morgan used is onomatopoeia it is used well to show all the senses that the man would experience the situation in the snack-bar. He uses words like “crunch of spilt sugar” this allows the reader to imagine how dangerous the dirty floor is for him as he walks over it and we imagine that he could easily slip.
However, since he does not talk, his story is told through the dialogue between the other two waiters. Through the course of their conversation, the reader quickly finds out a number of details behind the old man’s life. The first is that he has a lot of money. This, however, does not appeal to him and seems to have no effect on the severity of his
John Berryman’s, “the Traveler,” is a poem about a nomadic man who is always different from the people around him. He takes notice of what people say about him and mimics their actions to try to fit in but it doesn’t always work. The poem starts out the first three stanzas with solid evidence of judgement. “They pointed at me” he says, and then recalls what each group or did towards him. The first group of people passed him in a car and said, “that man has a curious way of holding his head” (line 2) the next group stated that he would never amount to anything.The guard at the station in stanza three didn’t say a word, but took a double-take at the traveller and stared.
From the dangled and drooped shoots to the rankness of the ripe roots, Roethke’s effective use of language enhances the power the poem has on our senses. Being a short poem filled with words that have strong connotations, “Root Cellar” takes readers on a short, vivid journey in a way that leads readers to understanding the tone and mood of the poem. Roethke’s decision to take readers to this foul location reveals the fact that if such a dismal place can sustain life, then perhaps the root cellars, and other places that conjure similar feelings, are not as rotten and desolate as they initially appear. Roethke draws from his childhood experience in “Root Cellar” to highlight life’s persistence and ability to sustain itself even in environments in a state of decay. The theme of life and death is reinforced using depictions that usually are associated with death and flashing glimpses of life.
Lennie’s stupidity allows him to believe that someone hurt George even though Crooks is just assuming 72. Loneliness- Crooks is alone in the world, cannot attend activities that other people enjoy 72. Loneliness- reading books is sign of solitude 74. Foreshadowing- Crooks foreshadows that many people do not get the dream that they
At the same time, the narrator didn’t use emotional words to express his feeling but readers could understand his pain of seeing how his brother suffered after war was already beyond explaining by words. When Henry said “it was no use”, the narrator was silent as he could do nothing. In the end, Henry jumped into the river and the red convertible demised with him. The narrator described the dead scene in a peaceful and not violent way, showing to the readers that his sadness couldn’t be explained and pretended to be nothing
The professor is shown to embrace his old age through forgetting things and being blissfully ignorant as whenever the rest of the characters are taking drugs they have to spite the professor in order for him to take it through this he is taken advantage of as this shows his ignorance to the way he is about life which is a stereotype for his age as they tend to be unaware of their surrounding and are constantly happy. Also, the professor is befitting to his age as he speaks about his lost dog which never turns up which is a sign of old age illness where they assume that something from their childhood has always been there with him which is told at the end of the play when Johnny says that its never coming back to which he agrees
Lennie is usually kept back from all the activities of the men in their spare time due to his disability however Steinbeck does not clarify whether this is by choice or not. He is not respected but people keep away from him because he is powerful and able to do bodily harm if he wishes
I didn’t realize it until I saw the movie version of the play how big of an idiot he is. His character was meant to seem as if anyone could be a night watchman. The title in itself is ironic because Dogberry is just a drunken man who sleeps on his job. Nothing he says makes sense and he doesn’t even do his job correctly. You can tell that nobody takes them seriously, especially when Leonato shows no sign of gratefulness that he has captured two men by simply saying “go drink some wine” (Shakespeare 46) As we look into the theories of comedy for the play, it is clear that an option is Freud’s theory.
There were many capable people around me and yet no one offered any assistance. Some people even went back to eating. Finally I yelled out to a bus boy to come and help me. He did, however he seemed very hesitant. During this time, no one had even called 911 yet!