“Is Stanley Yelnats’ constant bad luck the fault of his great great grandfather Elya Yelnats or simply an endless run in with bad timing?” The novel ‘Holes’, written by Louis Sachar, is about a young man name Stanley Yelnats who was sent to Camp Green Lake for committing a crime he did not commit. Throughout the book it shows that Stanley Yelnats’ constant bad luck is the fault of his great great grandfather Elya Yelnats. Stanley Yelnats always being in the wrong place at the wrong time is due to the curse. When Stanley was walking under the bridge “the sneakers fell from the sky” on to his head. Stanley was evidently in the wrong place at the wrong time, which he blamed on his great great grandfather later on in the novel.
V. Bourhill Tutorial time: 2:15 607b1795 Tutor: Richard Marshall 09 April 2008 Seminar 2: The Myth of the “Okies” The Grapes of Wrath written by John Steinbeck represents the Dust Bowl and Great Depression era and all the pain and suffering that came with it. Keith Winschuttle in his article The Myth of the Okies sets out to dismiss Steinbeck’s book as a reliable source of history but rather as a novel that captures people’s feelings instead of the true nature of the events. Winschuttle points out Steinbeck’s inaccuracies that deem the novel unreliable. These inaccuracies are discussed below. The tragedy and hardships experienced by the Joad’s were felt by a minority of migrants to California.
In an essay he wrote about his play Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller argues that a tragic hero is not necessarily one who is noble of birth. However, the tragic hero must have these traits: he must suffer, be doomed from the start and his decline inevitable, be basically noble in nature, and have free choice to some degree. Also, his inevitable fate must result from a tragic flaw, and his story must arouse fear and pity. If these qualities are truly what makes a tragic hero, then it can be said that Ethan Frome is a tragic hero, and, therefore, that his story is a tragedy. This can be said because Ethan Frome meets every requirement listed by Miller.
Are the Majority of Laramie citizens homophobic or do they mourn Shepard? * 5. What foreshadowing in the play suggests that other macabre events have occurred in Laramie? * 6. Are there occurrences where Kaufman manipulates the story to make it more emotionally effective to the reader?
The question arises in any novel whether the narration may be trusted or whether we should rely on our own judgement. In both The Catcher in the Rye and The Great Gatsby the narrators could be described as unreliable but does this mean they are unable to be trusted or is unreliability merely a human trait used by Salinger and Fitzgerald to strengthen our empathy for the character? Both Salinger’s, and Fitzgerald’s novels fall prey to unreliable narration due to their structure. In both novels there is a retrospective account of events. Holden Cauldfield, begins the novel with the statement “I’ll just tell you about this madman stuff that happened to me around last Christmas.” Nick Carraway begins with “when I came back from the east last fall”.
Anthony Ernest 4/15/12 Prof. Enders Novel Essay The novel “Winesburg, Ohio” by Sherwood Anderson discusses the theme of grotesqueness and how it can be applied to the different characters throughout the story. Sherwood Anderson’s view on what makes a grotesque is, “that it was the truths that made the grotesques.” A grotesque is someone that has come up with an idea on what life should be like for them and how they feel that they should be treated, their “truth”, these thoughts are usually very vague and complicated. When things didn’t work out perfect for these people who had picked a “truth” for themselves they took it out on everyone or everything around them. Things seem to just get worse for them because they have chosen to live their life by the fact that their preconceived notion didn’t come true. In the story of “Respectability”, Wash Williams is a man whose grotesqueness has manifested itself in his features and looks, and also in his mind, in that the way he view woman and the people of Winesburg.
17. Examine Aristotle’s theory of tragedy in light of this play. In what ways does the theory fit, and in what ways does the theory not fit? The play, Macbeth, in some ways follows Aristotle’s theory of a tragedy, while in other ways it goes it’s own route.. Aristotle states that tragic heroes possess four main qualities such as goodness, superiority, a tragic flaw, and a tragic realization. He also believed that tragedies arouse pity and fear in the audience, which feels sorry for the characters and hates to see them suffer so that they may identify with the play more so themselves.
Bernard reveals to Willy that Biff is going to fail his class if he doesn't "Buckle down" and begin to study, to Bernard's astonishment and dismay, Willy responds by saying to Linda: "There’s nothing the matter with him! You want him to be a worm like Bernard? He’s got spirit, personality." This mind state is the reason why Biff fails his class, and does not get into College. Willy's delusion don't end there, he conceives this illusion of a long lost brother who becomes rich and famous, Ben.
They were not published “ … either because magazines would not accept them or because of a personal fear that his marketable reputation would be ruined” (“Mark Twain’s Later Years”). Mark Twain was one of the most famous Americans of the late nineteenth century and he was “… much photographed and applauded wherever he went” (Frost). In October 1901, he [Mark Twain] and William Dean Howells went to Yale University to receive honorary degrees. President Theodore Roosevelt was present, but very disapproving. He once said that Mark Twain’s criticism of missionaries made him feel like skinning him alive.
Mr. Earnshaw returned from a trip in London, with Heathcliff, a male who was seven years younger than Hindley. Hindley despises Heathcliff, and often bullies him and treats him terribly. In chapter seventeen, Hindley attempts to kill Heathcliff with a knife-gun, but fails because Isabella tells Heathcliff before Hindley gets the chance to shoot. After his wife Frances died, he became a drunken monster, and began to gamble and curse heavily. “He has been blaming our father for treating Heathcliff too liberally; and he swears he will reduce him to his right place.