the poem is a narrative account, focused of the fathers perspective of an accident involving his son that brings back memories of his past. Vernon Scannell uses the nettles as a way of reflecting his military past. the nettles are personified as an opposing force. Scannell shows his anger towards the nettles by describing the nettles as a 'regiment of spite', this shows the nettles are like an army attacking the speakers son. The word 'regiment' suggests an efficient army but the word 'spite' makes it sound as if the nettles are malicious.
On the other are truth and justice. The pull of family ties is strong, but soon Sarty realizes that what his father does is the wrong thing to do. Even though Sarty betrays his father at the end he but he realized that he must be put out the conflicts, and aim for a better furute, one that his father was not giving them. The biggest conflict is revealing the depth of his struggle to find his place among the demands of his father and his own developing ideas of morality for the first time. Sarty is overwhelmed by fear, grief to a better future, and
Hassan has taken the blame for Amir their hole chidhood whilst they shot nuts at the neighbors dog and here he takes the risk of being attacked by Assef in order to get to the fallen kite for Amir. His kindness only emphasises the horror of the scene because it contrasts completely with Amir's inability to step up and protect his friend. Amir only thinks of himself and his want to please his father whilst Hassan thinks only of Amir “for you a thousand times over.” Hosseini doesn't give a detailed description of this scene. Every time it has the potential to become graffic, Amir takes his mind off of the situation. Only about a page and a half reflects the duration and the word ‘rape’ is not used.
His father’s turbulent life-style causes significant stress for Sarty, and, in the end, he makes the painful decision to give his father up and run away. The author seems to have written this story to show that poverty is the driving force behind much violent criminal behavior, effectively display that children are, by nature, compassionate, sympathetic, and loyal individuals, and suggest that sacrificing family ties is sometimes necessary to accomplish a greater good for society. Faulkner’s antisocial characterization of Abner Snopes effectively depicts how lower class life often leads to resentment and destructive behavior. When the family arrives at their new home, Abner remarks to his wife “I reckon I’ll have a word with the man that aims to begin tomorrow owning me body and soul for the next eight months” (506). Abner is full of bitterness and jealousy.
Herrick uses empathy to help us understand why old bill has no connection with society, old bill suffers trauma after the loss of his daughter and wife and now exiles himself from society not being able to bear the thought of carrying on life without them. Old bill finally develops a relationship becoming almost like a “fatherly figure “with billy “I like the kid...I like his company" juxtaposing the lack of love and relationship between Billy and his real father. Herrick uses flashback to emphasise that billy did not belong in his home, “he... slammed the door on my sporting childhood” this flashback is an example of irony, although we should belong with our family billy is rejected and pushed away from his father, this is Herrick’s concept that even though things can look normal on the surface deep down you can not belong, this is also
Because of past traumatic events, Holden forces himself into isolation out of his own fear and unknowing. A past which he has not fully come to understand or accept taints his view of the present. Holden’s immature mindset, which he demonstrates by stumbling along a thin line of sanity and collapse, makes it difficult to overcome his childhood and move on to a more adult like, mature way of dealing with hardships. The death of Holden’s beloved bother Allie has the greatest affect on his personality, and his coping skills with anything he comes into contact with. He remembers past events with his brother and can only bring himself to view Allie as an innocent child –if Allie never grew up, why should Holden?
o The Simple Gift-summary of individual chapters. Chapter One -Billy feels very negative about the place lives in “My street,My suburb.”he should feel a sense of belonging here because he lives here but the adjectives used to describe the place are very negative as he doesn't feel a sense of belonging to this place “dead -beat” “shithole” “downtrodden” “lonely” “damn place”. All of this indicates the resentment he feels towards to the place he grew up in and the negative experiences of growing up here has been to him. -Its so bad that even the rocks “protest” at having to remain here (pg4)Herrick personifies the rocks to emphasise how negative Billy feels about this “damn place” .The whole street is run-down and unkempt-Herrick shows this through the “broken down truck”, “grass unmown around all the doors”, windows in spencers house broken.The negativity of the place is further emphasises through the description of the weather “The wind howls and the rain sheets in”as he goes to the school.On the train Billy is freezing -the wind and rain hits him “with the force of a fathers punch.”,this provides the reader with insight on the life Billy is leaving behind.
These texts also reveal that regardless of the response of the individual to the challenge of belonging, within each person is an inherent desire to be accepted and understood. An individual’s upbringing has a powerful formative influence on future experiences and the individual’s response to the universal challenge of belonging. Within the verse novel ‘The Simple Gift’, Stephen Herrick continually uses high modality metaphors such as ‘Rain hits you in the face with the force of a father’s punch’ to create a subtext revealing the abusive upbringing of the protagonist, Billy. The symbolism of the cold, wet weather within this metaphor also expresses the despair and isolation that has stemmed from the physical abuse Billy has suffered at the hands of his father. Early in the novel, Herrick further develops the subtext through flashback, where the imagery of a closing door within the metaphor ‘And slammed the door on my sporting childhood’ is used to illustrate the ignorance and brutality of Billy’s father.
These impressions quickly placed stereotypes among them; Andy being the jock, Claire the popular princess, Bender the thief, Alison the psychopath, and the “Brian” being the genius. After spending the day with all these different personalities, Andy reminisces a time he beat up another guy to make himself feel bigger and tougher amongst his friends. He soon realized what a mistake it had been, understanding how difficult it would be for him to go home and face his father. Andy has been through the torment of never being good enough in his father’s eyes and he
When Billy Luckett, a 16 year old teenager leaves home to an abusive and toxic relationship with his father, he takes us on a journey in Steven Herrick’s The Simple Gift. His journey makes us reflect on the idea that the relationships between Billy, Caitlin, Old Bill and their family can be much more important and useful than material wealth. Herrick’s description about homeless people is used to show that even though they go through many hardships, they have love and support through their relationships. Billy’s relationship with his father is abusive and toxic, it isn’t normal. Billy’s father is an alcoholic, he neglects his son and shatters his dreams.