Frankenstein Dialectical Journal Entry # | Quote/Category | Chapter/ Page/Speaker | Commentary | 1 | “The floating sheets of ice that continually pass us… [do not] dismay us.”Theme | Letter 3/ Page 8/ Robert Walton | Walton informs his sister Margaret Saville of the vast and empty ice sheets that passed them every day exemplified the Romantic themes of mystery and the wild. The emptiness of the arctic also showed many Gothic themes of isolation and loneliness, which Walton and the crew all experience before the arrival of Frankenstein, who was almost dead. | 2 | “We perceived a low carriage, fixed on a sledge and drawn by dogs, pass on towards the north, at the distance of half a mile; a being which had the shape of a man, but apparently of gigantic stature”Foreshadowing/ Connections to English class | Letter 4/ Page 9/ Robert Walton | The book has just begun and there are no other characters other than Walton at the moment. So when there is a giant figure on the ice, it is apparent that there is foreshadowing of the monster itself before the main character is even introduced. Later on in the novel, the monster is described as having a gigantic stature, with limbs in proportion.
He knew that the snowball was aimed for him, and yet he dodged it making it hurt someone else instead. He couldn’t stop feeling guilty that everything was his fault. “I was contrite and guilty, for I knew that the snowball had been meant for me…” (5) This piece of evidence proves what I stated above, that Dunstan thought that the snowball was meant for him and only him, the hitting of someone else was all under his control. This guilt makes up decisions for Dunstan later on in the book. Right after the snowball accident, Mrs. Ramsay went over to the Dempster’s house to aid and support them.
This moose was a lot like Koskoosh because it was too old to keep up with its tribe as well. At the end of the story Koskoosh dies by being attacked by wolves. Koskoosh decided this was “The law of life”. (12) The setting of this story is a cold winter. Around this time the tribe is moving to a warmer place where they can find food.
George only had one choice, and that was to take care of Lennie himself. Even though the dream was more achievable now that Lennie was gone, it ment nothing to George. Everything that George ever had in his mind was destroyed with the mistake of leaving Curley's wife and Lennie together. The best laid plans of mice and men often go wrong. In conclusion the reader feels most sympathetic for George because taking care of Lennie caused him many unavoidedable problems, emotional burdens that will haunt him for the rest of his life, and a shattered dream.
Fitzgerald uses imagery to compare the components of hockey with other finely detailed images. In the first paragraph, the author describes the ice to appear tired and resigned. He goes on to compare it to a "Xmas store window, not before the miniture fir trees...were arranged upon it, but after they had been dismantled and cleared away" (6). Continuing on to the second paragraph, Fitzgerald envisions the game to be full of energy, motion, and speed. To the "innocent" this sudden change seemed "paradoxical like the frantic darting of the weightless bugs which run on the surface of stagnant pools" (14).
Holden wants to unite himself with allie because she is a perfection to him. Holden regrets for what his decision was from the past up until now , and since Allie is dead, whenever Holden gets depressed, he does a penance, telling Allie out loud, "Okay. Go home and get your bike and meet me in front of Bobby's house. Hurry up." Holden tries to contain his feelings for her because she was the only girl that was perfect, it tells the readers that he isn't all that insane as he reveals his feelings.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Many scholars and critics complain that Mark Twain botches the ending of his novel. I think the ending is was consistent with the entire novel and is important the way it is. Huckleberry Finn (Huck) is actually poised and ready for change in this life and his progression was not destroyed as a result of the ending. As a reader I was able to see Huck go from an unsure boy to a confident young adult with a great sense of right and wrong. We are reminded again with the ending to remember that Huck is just a simple boy who just wants to go with the flow of whatever life brings.
Reuniting a Family Being away from ones family can be an overwhelming experience for an individual. In a “Letter to wife”, John Downe implements rhetorical strategies such as pathos, evidence, polysyndenton, and overall tone to try to convince his wife in moving to the United States from Europe; ultimately making a credible claim to get the wife to be in agreement with Downe. Pathos is a rhetorical strategy that is used to appeal to the reader’s emotion whether it involves pity, anger, or love. John Downe uses pathos by writing sentences that are filled with emotion. In the letter, John Downe states, “My dear Sukey, all that I want now is to see you, and the dear children here, and then I shall be happy, and not before.
They understand that it is their friendship that give their life meaning and a common purpose – “We’re going to have a little house and a couple of acres” At the end of the novel, George kills Lennie as a final loving act of friendship – “Everybody gonna be nice to you, nobody gonna hurt nobody” However, in doing so, he condemns himself to the lonely and meaningless existence of all the other ranch workers – “An’ when the end of the month come, I could go to a cat house”. It would seem that in the hopeless, hostile world of the American Depression, friendship must always give way to loneliness. Of Mice And Men depicts a world of shattered dreams, how much do you agree with this statement? Throughout the novel, almost all the characters seem to nurture some form of dream. Crooks is dismissive and cynical of the other ranchers’ dreams: “Nobody gets to heaven and nobody gets no land” He believes that all the ranchers’ dreams are unattainable.
Truth be told, I feel the whole battle is symbolic for his overall battle with morality. It was a Beowulf that was never shown before in the text, a completely human figure. Something more was lying in this battle; Beowulf showed anxiety before the battle and was “sensing his death.” (165, line 2419), showing his human-like sense of fear. Beowulf was being challenged by something larger than he ever had before and was aware of his chances of falling. He was at a point where his challenge was not the actual battle but recognizing that it was the end, “; what was is no more.” (167, line 2458); Beowulf was faced with human challenges as to challenges of a warrior which makes me feel like the whole battle was a battle within himself.