John Capra English Comp II Hugo Dos Santos June 20, 2011 Religious Symbolism in “Where are you going, where have you been” Often times writers use symbols to help identify characters, settings, and themes within a story. While some people may believe that the plot of Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where are you going, where have you been” is solely based on the story of convicted murderer Charles Schmid, the writing used by Oates throughout the story makes it easy to see how religious symbolism shapes the plot of the story. From the beginning of the story, we meet Connie, a shallow teenager who seems to have some resentment toward her mother because of her mother’s favoritism to Connie’s older sister June. Oates illustrates this when she writes, “If June's name was mentioned her mother's tone was approving, and if Connie's name was mentioned it was disapproving. This did not really mean she disliked Connie, and actually Connie thought that her mother preferred her to June just because she was prettier…” (383).
She would make a new prayer book to please the catholic and then change it to English to please the Protestants. During Mary’s reign, persecuted Protestants looked on Elizabeth as their saviour. Many Protestants thought that Elizabeth would turn the country firmly back towards the Protestant religion. In my analysis of Elizabeth’s religious settlement it is clear to see that this is not totally the case. Out of the eight main points of the settlement, I found that Elizabeth had rules that would please both Protestants and Catholic’s.
The fact that the mother fears for her child’s safety and sends her to what she believes is a safe place is ultimately where her daughter meets her demise. Another specific example of irony within the poem is the fact that her mother dresses her in her fancy church clothes, white gloves included, which is ultimately the dress in which one might be buried. In lines six and seven, the words “fierce,” “wild,” “clubs,” “hoses,” and “guns” all conjure up images of fights and riots. In stanza five, the images shift to those of a pure and innocent nature with the words “rose petal sweet.” The imagery shifts again causing a feeling of panic in stanza seven with the words “explosion” and “raced.” Randall uses musical devices to emphasize the effectiveness of the poem. Alliteration in used in the following examples: “for,” “fear,” and “fire” (14) and “wet” and “wild” (26).
Some may fear death but it’s a process that is natural and should not be feared. Within her writing Dillard uses the obvious references such as “cathedral domes” (pg 140),” God” (pg 141),” monks” (pg 141), and “saints” (pg 141) to relate her view of the moths death back to a religious view. Then she uses the more undertone words and phrases to further her idea of this moths death and how it relates to Catholicism such as, “A golden female moth” (pg 141). The use of the word gold in this phrase refers to the color of riches and majesty which then correlates to Jesus Christ and God. She also uses the motif of candles throughout her essay “That candle had two wicks…” (pg 141) candles in the church are forever lit when God is present.
O'Connor remains remarkable as an avowed Catholic and as a writer because she resisted spelling out that mystery though her Catholic faith offered much in the way of dogma that might have sufficed. Even so, there is an indissoluble link between the writer and the Catholic that critics have recognized since the publication of her first novel, Wise Blood in 1952. From Wise Blood to her final story, "Parker's Back," O'Connor wrestles with the tension between her faith and her art.1 Baptism in O'Connor's work serves as a cursor by which we observe her attempts to address the limits of fiction as a sacramental ritual--or if fiction should even be considered in these terms. Yet, for O'Connor, there existed a relationship between the
For example, one of my favorite Scentsy scents, Enchanted Mist, was like the PERFECT blend of juicy apples, enchanted and sweetened by rose petals and rich jasmine. Her walls were painted light blue with white puffy clouds all over. On the (what I like to call it) “Story time Rug” was a rocking chair that would make you think of your grandmas house! Blankets and pillows stacked neatly in a pile. With a variety of beanbags for those few special students (AHEM me!
With continuing reading it is saying that she was trying to get to town and she was walking through pines and woods and nothing had scared her. She has a cane that she had made from an umbrella. As she walks through the pines stepping over and holding her skirt to where she doesn’t fall over the log. She puts her cane down in front of her first; she had realized that she was safe on the other side. She stated that she had opened her eyes and she had a little boy that had brought a slice of cake on it.
The All of It Character Analysis: Father Declan de Loughry In Jeannette Haien’s novel, The All of It, she captures many conflicting ideas pertaining to incest, lust, blasphemy, human desire and many others within her characters. Jeannette Haien uses one character, Father Declan de Loughry, to ask her readers if it is not just possibly but wrong for a priest to deny his natural human desires. Society sets up social norms and limitations that at times seem impractical to abide by but could society ever forgive Father Declan of his sin against god? As a reader, we are asked to decide whether or not god would even find him guilty of the sins that society has deemed improper? The All of It opens with Father Declan who has decided to go out fishing for the day on a river beat that seems all too impossible to catch anything.
The Mother, Di fell in love with the higher-class teacher at first sight. He noticed her among the villagers who were gathered to greet his arrival, because of her bright red jacket. The director uses a close up to show the teacher smiling at Di and her smiling back. Which encourages the audience to feel happy for the young couple, but it also shows that they may have to keep their love a secret, due to the difference in their classes, as this was a time of arranged marriages. As she was considered the most beautiful maiden in the village Di had to weave the lucky red banner that was hung from the rafters of the new building.
Blue Like Jazz was a very interesting read. I don’t usually pick up and read books on topics like these even though they do seem to interest me. I’m not much of big reader but this book had a different essence about it and kept making me turn to the next page. I believe Blue Like Jazz had this hold on me because just like Don, I feel like I am too on a journey to find God. Both my parents were raised as Catholics, but unlike me, I seem to question religion a lot more and have my own interpretations on the scriptures and what it really means to be a follower of God.