“Up the Slide” and “Hatchet” are stories written by two different authors, about two different people with their own individual journeys. There are differences between these two stories, but there are also similarities. For example, both Brian and Clay study the place they are going to travel through before beginning their journeys. Clay “studied the cliff thoroughly before attempting it” and noticed that the small dead pine was in an “out-of-the-way place” and on the river side the mountain was scarred and gullied and gored. Brian noticed that “there were tall pines, the kind with no limbs until very close to the top, with a gentle breeze sighing in them, but not too much low brush” and two hundred yards up there seemed to be a belt of thick, lower brush starting—about ten or twelve feet high—and that formed a wall he could not see through.
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.
Faith wears a cap with pink ribbons which symbolize her mixture of good and evil and also the uncertainty of Smith 2 Brown’s faith. Brown takes his journey to the forest only to look evilness in the face. A man who looks like an older version of Young Goodman Brown greets him ,“you are late (550)”. Brown returns with the answer “Faith kept me back a while (550)”. They continue on the journey discussing Brown’s father and grandfather and how they came through the woods many times.
“On either side of the river lie long fields of barley and rye (1-2) this quote opens with the description of the landscape, leading up to the Lady Shalott’s duality of life and nature. Her constant flow of sadness through herself relates to the running of the river. Furthermore, “And thro the field the roads runs by” (4) a possible connection to another environment maybe to the supernatural world comes into play her life, to the outside life and the mystical side. Frustration is definitely felt in “I am half sick of shadows,” (71). Descriptions of wind straining, woods waning and bank complaining setting tones of negative connotations addressing her feelings leading up to her flight from the tower.
In poem, "Rainwalkers", Denise Levertov creates a great tone towards the human brain. Denise Levertov uses Dark Imagery and negative diction to create a dreary and mysterious tone First, Denise uses lots of Dark Imagery to give the mysterious tone. "An old man whose black face shines golden-brown as wet pebbles under the streetlamp, is walking two mongrel dogs of dis-proportionate size" This part of the poem is a great intro, because is depicts how the characters look like in this stanza, walking in the rain. The this sets up the stage so that we understand that the author is trying to send a message about how these characters can relate to real life things like countries. "The small sleek one" and "the young tall curly one" is used to depict the already growing differences in the dogs.
The poem starts off with the lines “Just off the highway to Rochester, Minnesota, / Twilight bounds softly forth on the grass.”(1-2). It gives us a clear view of where we are going and time period of the day. The word “Twilight” seems to have more to say other than just a time period; it also symbolizes the start of something new. Since the author did not leave us any clues on what is going to happen next, this poem has now grabbed the reader’s curiosity. “And the eyes of those two Indian ponies / Darken with kindness.”(3-4), the poem has now led us to two kind Indian ponies.
He came along panting at her side, trying to help her when he saw a root that she might trip over. He caught and held back the long swaying blades of thorn vine until she had passed beyond them. She led the way and he came breathing heavily behind her. Then they came out on a sunlit hillside, sloping softly into another one a little smaller. Beyond, they could see the rusted top of the old barn where the extra hay was stored.
The bulk of the story explains her experience with different writing styles after her decision to focus everything on English. When Amy had initially started her career as a writer, she had tried her hardest to use a complicated, “overly sophisticated” form of English with lines such as: “That was my mental quandary in its nascent state.” She had never taken the time to think about the possible audience of her stories at this stage in her career. This has caused many lines in the original drafts of her stories to ultimately get scrapped because of the major breakthrough in her career. She had decided to begin writing in a style that would, “make sense” to her mother, using a dialect that would allow her mother to completely interpret and understand her stories. What she didn’t mention was what had caused such a change in her writing.
“ Two roads diverged in a yellow wood” (Bober, 1991) The road he is referring to is more of a path or a trail going through the yellow woods, meaning the leaves on the tree were yellow which is saying it is in the fall. “ And sorry I could not travel both and be one traveler, long I stood”. (Bober, 1991) He is saying that he is standing in front of both paths not sure which one to take and feels some type of regret for not choosing the other path. “ And having perhaps the better claim, because it was grassy and wanted wear”. (Bober,1991) The speaker is saying that he chose the better path.
For instance, in “Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin, the theme is about a woman who has lost her freedom and identity to her husband and marriage. The theme in a piece of literature is not a summary of the plot; it is not a statement about a dominant impression or mood; it is not a moral or proposition; it is not the attitude of the writer (Clugston, 2010). To understand what the theme of a short story is I will discuss the short story “I Used to Live Here Once” by Jean Rhys. I am going to look at how symbolism, the setting and the point of view are used in the story, and how they are used to contribute to the development the theme. “I Used to Live Here Once” by Jean Rhys can be considered to be a mysterious story.