The book written by the author share some of the most powerful things that happen around us. I believe it is a good source of literature to understand and open our eyes and mind to real life situations in one fiction book. The Novel describes an eleven year old African American in Ohio who lived during the early 1940’s who prays for her eyes to turn blue so that she will be beautiful. Although the book actually expresses some very explicit sex scene of rape, I believe readers should have the mindset of realizing the harshness that goes and has been going on in our world for years and how very hurtful it could be for those who had experienced such inappropriate act in our society. Becomes a very life changing for most.
Self actualization is being able to develop or achieve one’s full potential and that’s what every one of us wants in life as well as Richard. Transcendence is a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience. Richard is ultimately able to transcend his bleak situation when he realizes the power of language to affect others and initiate social change. Richard had ended up succeeding in school through academics even though he had been put through a hard time. The knowledge he had gained from school and books allowed him to achieve his full potential as a writer which lead to self-actualization.
Analysis Essay Just like any tool in a writer’s arsenal, characterization has the power to affect the meaning of any story. As a reader, I know full well the power characterization holds, and more specifically, the power it hold in the story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst. How the writer characterizes the characters in the Scarlet Ibis enforces the meaning of the theme, and what the story communicate. Doodle was portrayed in the story as a tenacious dreamer. He didn’t believe he could walk, he believed what the doctors and his family members said, yet when he was presented with the idea of training to walk, he hesitated, but later persisted.
To Antwone this became the norm throughout his life, thinking that constantly fighting and anger would be the answer to all problems and conflict. Although he had a troubled childhood, the story also reflects Antwone did not want to stay on the path of destruction, after being introduced into a life of crime and violence. Antwone join the Navy to establish a life and career for himself. However, the downfall to his success was his violent and aggressive temper. From the psychodynamic perspective the structure would be the id, ego and superego.
There is no doubt that one of the most important literary elements in a work is characterization: The creation of a group of personalities who function as representatives of a fictional world are as vital to a novel's story as its many themes. For Twain, the challenge was to embody fictional characters with realistic traits and personalities; that is, his characters had to be as believable and as recognizable as the people readers confronted every day. To accomplish this feat, Twain frequently called upon his childhood experiences to create some of the most memorable characters in American literature. The expanse of characters that blanket the pages of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn are numerous. Certainly Huck is an incredible character study, with his literal and pragmatic approach to his surroundings and his constant battle with his conscience.
One of the first defining characteristics in my life that I would say has been very influential is my race. Being born mixed between an African-American father and a Caucasian mother has altered my lifestyle in a way that would have been very different had I been exclusively one or the other. It has broken down any racial barriers that the two races would have had between each other. For example, I can easily make friends and assimilate into social groups within either race a lot easier than most people, as I am able to relate to characteristics of both lifestyles. I was raised by the white side of my family but spent weekends with the black side, so I adopted pieces of the culture of both.
Society paints the perfect picture of the American Dream which is a Mother, Father, kids, house, picket fence, and vehicles living life. Majority of the people in the world strive to accomplish this lifestyle. The problems starts when reality set in the perfect picture of American dream don’t exist simply because life happens such an uncontrollable situations takes place and change ones life. These early relationships of intimacy connections and conflict with parents and siblings influence responses to the world. (p.285) Childhood upbringing and structured life has a huge impact on one lifestyle and behavior as an adult.
It was a great speech because of all the writing techniques that he used and ethos, pathos, and logos, used in the speech. This speech does not only bring us emotion, but authority and reasoning also it brings us face-to-face with the problems that our country had. This speech woke many people and urged them to change their ways. Of course, the problem continued and really still has not been solved completely, but we seem to have taken a big step since the last “March on Washington”. Martin Luther King is watching to see if we succeed his
Malcolm came from a difficult past of drugs and prison life and his story was one of various things that inspired oppressed African Americans. It comes as a surprise to many people when they are presented with the fact that Malcolm dropped out of school in the 8th grade (Brinkley, 2012). It is sometimes difficult to believe that someone who had such brilliant thoughts and spoke with such conviction had not even completed a high school education. His success was a symbol for many, and it was easy to draw courage from his determination. If Malcolm could overcome the situation that he had originally been in and become an advocate for equality for all, certainly anyone was capable of doing the same.
My writing process is like a real life story that people can relate to on an everyday life experience. You can see this in my first sketch of fear when I told you part of my story about how I went to six flags and broke my fear, by riding the giant drop. Now who do you know that couldn’t agree and relate to this experience? I feel like writing this way attracts a more bigger and better group of people. Only because I would like to read it too, you can’t just tell your audience that you were scared of something and that’s “fear”.