Jo Shapcott’s poem is about the Great Storm and she describes the damage and chaos of the storm on her home and how something comforting like here home can be turned into a nightmare. In last stanza Jo Shapcott compares her love life and the storm together which gives a strong idea of how chaotic her life is. In the first stanza Shapcott describes literally what she is seeing and how chaotic it is: “Through the window everything was horizontal.” This description of the effects of the storm is very powerful because it creates an image of how strong the winds must have been to topple and push down objects. This description also is very eerie and must have been frightening to Shapcott since you would never expect to see every bin and shed toppled over and trees being uprooted which tells the reader of how there was no objects that were tall left creating a horizontal image. The result of this shows how the environment around you could be
There, Ashputtle asks the hazel tree for a dress, “to throw her down silver and gold”. (Grimm 630). The doves give her a dress laced with silver and gold. Ashputtle puts on the dress and she is off to the wedding at the castle. There she meets the prince and he does not let her go until she sneaks away.
MAMI GETS A JOB In this chapter the story opens up with the family preparing for a hurricane that’s heading their way. The hurricane’s name is hurricane Santa Clara and according to the radio “it was the biggest threat to Puerto Rico since San Filipe destroyed the island in 1918.” The family spent time nailing plywood against the windows and in the process of doing so Papi was going on and on about the hurricane Negi felt that he seemed worried about what was heading their way. Mami bundled clothes together bundled the families clothes, pushed her rocking chair, the table and stools, her sewing machine and the pots along with the pans into a corner and pushed them into the corner and tied them to the socles then pressed it all up against the strongest wall of the house and covered it with a sheet as if that would keep everything from being blown away. Mami had Negi take the kids to Dona Ana’s house and she and Papi would be there shortly after. She rounded the children up and unlike every other time this time when she told them to come with her they did so and they listened to the orders she gave without an argument.
A great lies is about to happened as the storm about to come and “it shook […] ripping great furrows in the distant field” (159). Calixta (Bobinôt’s wife) suspects what is to come and “stood at the window with a greatly disturbed look on her face” (160). What is to come is a secret that must be kept. As the couple were distant apart, the “rain was coming down in sheets obscuring the view of far-off cabins and enveloping the distant wood in gray mist” (160). Implied that the truth is about to be covered up.
Chapter 23 (Pages 251-261) On another evening at twilight, Jane is unable to avoid a conversation with Rochester in the garden. Rochester leads Jane to believe that he is about to marry Blanche and that she must leave Thornfield soon and forever. She becomes increasingly upset, as he must see. Jane's anguish becomes so unbearable that she "sobbed convulsively" and "was shaken from head to foot". Passion moves her to speak from her essential self, "I grieve to leave thornfield, etc."
While Calixta, worried about her family, was looking out the window, the storm sent down a huge lightning bolt into a tree nearby. This caused her to jump and for Alcee to grab her instinctively in his arms. The storm now came into play one last time
She stays at the top of the tree until her friend ("the young man") meets her there. When they climb down, the tree falls, smashing a large part of Hitler's forest. They walk down the tree trunk, people return to Hitler's forest, others quietly follow the two friends. Despite the violent against Jews in Nazi Germany, there were a number of Germans who disagreed, if only quietly, with Hitler's persecution. Max's story aims to encourage Liesel to be brave and willing to counter words of hatred with words of love; these final lines suggest that others would be willing to follow her if she took such a stand.
However, a “tyrant spell” has entranced her and, she “cannot go.” The second stanza continues horrific place. Bound describes giant trees with branches that are being weighed down with cold snow, and these might describe horrific moments of her life. She says, “The storm is fast descending,” furthering the sentiment of being trapped in this dreadful situation. Bronte affirms this notion in the last line by ending once again with the words, “I cannot go.” The final stanza, Bronte describes very difficult conditions. There are “Clouds beyond clouds” in the sky, then “Wastes beyond wastes below.” Wastes are barren land, creating the impression of a lonely, uncomfortable place where a woman would not wish to be alone on a stormy winter's night.
Shiloh (pp.179-85) Main idea: The story suggests that too much change at once can be devastating. Topic: In the short story “Shiloh” by Bobbie Ann Mason symbolism is used to help show the deterioration of the marriage between Leroy and Norma Jean. Music is a key factor in showing how the marriage is doing in the short story. At first, when Norma Jean starts playing, she plays Christmas songs and loves songs. These songs are happy and joyful songs, and at this time in the story so are Norma Jean and Leroy.
Blake is standing next to a window while it’s raining outside. He is talking about his father and the fact he is going to be hanged so it is a very emotional, sad monologue but Blake plays the scene very strongly with a straight face. The photographer Conrad Hall positioned a fan outside to blow the mist from the rain onto the window. He lit it in such a way that the drops running down the pane were projected onto Blake’s face and it created an amazing effect: the scene was crying for him. A quote from Allen Daviau on the subject of why certain techniques corroborate with the narrative and the emotive message in a piece of film: