The perks of being a wallflower. By Stephen Chbosky This book is made up of letters to a stranger. The author of these letters; Charlie, is starting his first year of high school in the wake of his best friends suicide and he finds solace in writing about his feelings of loss to a stranger– someone who he once overheard a mutual friend talking about. We never discover to whom he was writing, only that they are trustworthy and addressed by Charlie as “Dear Friend”. During the year over which the letters span, this friend becomes the unwitting outlet for Charlie’s coming-of-age.
Lee lived in Alabama as a child in a town called Monroeville, her father was also a lawyer with this in mind I helps the reader to view the novel as realistic. Throughout the prose Lee presents that Jem’s moods and emotions change and fluctuate “Jem stayed moody and silent for a week.. So I left Jem alone and tried not to bother him.” This quotation presents Jem as temperamental. In addition Lee highlights Scout as mature and polite as she respects Jem’s privacy and sees it right to leave him as it will cause them to argue. Lee uses this lexis so Scout and the reader can reflect on how bored Scout was and how much she needs Jem in her daily life.
Then she remembers audience about lost habit of letter writing in this digital age. She decided that she is going to leave her son the legacy of handwriting by leaving something that is related to letters. Before sharing few letters that her father wrote for her, she says, “The same letter that touched his hand, is now in mine”. Letter forms a physical connection between two people, no matter how much time or distance has gone by - it can even bridge a gap between the living and the dead. She says she is emotionally connected with the letters and whenever she reads the letters she remembers her father talking to him.
English A person’s sense of belonging can be heavily impacted through the connections they make with others throughout their life. This idea can be seen throughout the novel ‘The Simple Gift’ by Steven Herrick. This story is about a teenager named Billy and his journey from a home where he feels no belonging to the western NSW town Bendarat, where he becomes homeless, experiences love and finally finds his place in the world. Another example of an individual tying to make connections is shown in the poem ‘Never There’ by Hannah. This involves a girl trying to get her father’s love while addressing her need to belong.
In the poem Ghaflah—the sin of forgetfulness, author Dima Hilal uses repetition and allegory to reflect the disconnect many immigrants feel between their birth country and their new home. Through the casual free verse of this poem, the author tells a serious story, reflecting on events that are real in everyone's lives. The author uses repetition to reach out to her readers and give a “you are not alone” feel. She repeats the word "we" many times, acknowledging that this disconnect is a worldwide experience. This technique also gives an interesting perspective of how many middle easterners view the western world.
As Bearing’s death approaches, she realizes that wit and intellect are not the most important things in life, but instead, kindness and humanity is what brings a peace of mind. Bearing firsts discovers her love for literature on her fifth birthday when she discovers a new word, soporific. The discovery is so fascinating to Bearing, that it guides her down a path of intense literary study. In her days as a pupil under E.M. Ashford, Bearing finds herself stuck on interpreting one of John Donne’s sonnets. The professor sees a problem in her student that Bearing is completely oblivious.
In his novel, A Long Way Down, Nick Hornby satirically explores the epidemic of suicide through four unique individuals. Their union in friendship temporarily abates the dilemmas that occur in each one of their lives. They resolve to give in to living for another six weeks, and to help each other stay alive through that time. The characters serve as examples of the benefits of taking a second chance on life and the power of a bond that friendship creates. Martin, Maureen, Jess, and JJ tackle a set of circumstances that life presents to them and defeat the unspeakable pain with the company and guidance of each other.
Carlson advises women to appreciate their children's "fleeting" childhoods, to speak and listen from a place of love, to swallow angry words and gossip, to take time for themselves, to nurture friendships with other women and to keep tabs on their financial position and marketability in case they lose their spouse through death or divorce. Unfortunately, she misses a few good opportunities to offer important information, as in her breezy entries on PMS and mammograms. Aimed at people whose problems are mostly "small stuff," this small tome offers little to offend and much to calm and comfort. (Apr.) Forecast: Though probably destined to join the other Don't Sweat the Small Stuff titles on the bestseller list, this one faces more competition than the first books in the series did, and may not match their numbers in the
The dramatic and situational irony found over and over throughout the text in both narrative content and style are what in effect finally show the reader this story is not to be taken at the narrator’s word: a husband and wife lease a mansion for the summer so she can ‘rest’ to cure her ‘nervous condition’; family and servants tend to her, her baby and her duties- while she quietly obsesses about wall paper. It is the ironic language Gilman uses to illustrate the dire consequences of misunderstood mental illness and the misused ‘rest cure’ that was popular at the time. The effect intensifies the story as we can appreciate the narrator’s experience from her disillusioned perspective. Initially we take the words as they come, and listen to the description of the colonial mansion, and her doting husband John. It doesn’t take long before things just ‘don’t seem to fit’, and it is within
However, the song remains highly popular as a stand-alone poem and regularly appears in anthologies. Its opening line—Why so pale and wan, fond lover—is among the most famous lines in seventeenth-century English literature. Summary .......A young man who is failing in his schemes to win the heart of a young lady receives advice from a friend. In the first stanza, the friend asks the young man why he looks so pale and sickly. If the young lady did not like him when he was well, the friend says, why would she like him when he appears ill?