Rosalind inquires about the other web-ridden people in the field below them and the Seawoman explains that the substance killed them. She explains that is an unfortunate yet necessary price to pay for the survival of their species. Michael gets Petra to reach Rachel for him and he tells her to tell Rachel that they are all safe and that he promises to retrieve her from Waknuk and that they will go to Sealand together. David, Petra and Rosalind embark upon the vessel and watch Michael as they leave. In the midst, they see
"Let's ride, let's just arc it up and go." But Boner is going nowhere, and Jackie is ultimately forced to register how little distance she herself has travelled from her parents' world and "the small- town girl I was". All this might make the stories sound both parochial and dispiriting, but these emblems of confinement are actually part of a broader and more complex
“Survival on the High Seas” Introduction to Literature “For whatever we lose (like a you or a me), It's always our self we find in the sea.” ~ E.E. Cummings Stephen Crane and Joseph Conrad, both in writing fictionalized tales of the ocean travels, explore the contemplations of man and the mysteries of human character. It is the sea, serving as the fundamental backdrop, where the brave protagonists journey forward in determining their own impending fates. “The Open Boat” and “The Secret Sharer” share the epic theme of perseverance through chains of traumatic personal experiences that become integral to the course of individual transformation. Yet, each story is a different representation in the elements of struggle and uncontrolled obstacles.
For instance the movie Titanic (Cameron, J. Titanic.1997), with the early scenes beginning with the underwater salvage of several objects off of the wrecked ship. We are also introduced to one of the main characters, Rose, as an old lady. The beginning of the film, actually appears near the end in terms of the sequence of chronological events, and therefore becomes an example of prolepsis. The viewer learns the ending with the ship now resting at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, before the event actually occurs. Although the history of the Titanic is generally known, therefore it then becomes dramatic irony, but purely in the case of the movies narrative it is a good example of prolepsis.
The film showcases what the imagination can do as a means of escape to comfort the physical trials one goes through in reality. The protagonist of the film, a twelve year old girl named Ofelia avoids the problems she faces by embarking on a dark and puzzling journey that requires her to fulfill three dangerous tasks in order to reveal the truth of her lineage as the long-lost princess of the underworld. This is similar to that of a person trying to escape a labyrinth and the obstacles they face within it. The world is a cruel place. And you’ll learn that even if it hurts.
(Lessing 402). The rocks being described as discolored monsters is showing even though Jerry wants to be own his own and swim in the bay, he is scared at the thought of being alone in the water and not seeing his mother again. The story symbolizes Jerry’s rite of passage into a new stage of his life. He went from tagging along with his mother to the beach every day to exploring a cove where challenges await him, only him. Through bloody noses, and breath taking drills, Jerry prepares himself to swim through that mysterious tunnel to cure his curiosity.
The word choice and stylistic devices used in the poem allows the reader to see his attitude toward the shark and forming the tone. The poet immediately describes the shark to be a rock and how s/he was shocked that it was a large shark when saying, “Is a thing that happened once (too often) to me. /But not too often- though enough.”. The unclearness of these lines can show how when first seeing the shark s/he was so shocked and full of fear that they were unable to express themselves clearly of how s/he was feeling. Although it was a fearful experience was still a positive and a once in a life time experience when saying, “I count as gain”.
After the Titanic, written by Derek Mahon, is a poem which describes a man who is the speaker of the poem, thinking and looking back into his past and thinking about how he was a coward who had survived the Titanic sinking. There are quite a few ideas/themes that this poem is about, some of them are, sinking boats, ships, nature, memories, and sadness. Throughout the poem, Derek Mahon makes effective use of figurative language to convey to the reader the experience of the speaker. A metaphor found in the poem, is ʻI drown again …ʼ, This expression is not based on death by drowning but it is a metaphor because the poet compares his emotions of panic and guilt to water entering his lungs. It is exaggerated expression to emphasize a point, which is also a hyperbole.
Fighting is never the answer. Greasers have always had it the hard way but when they stick together things turn out to be okay. (compound sentence) They all have hearts of stone. (metaphor) They have to deal with stereotypes and they never fit in. They do not have families that care about them or want them.
“For though I'm small, I know many things, and my body is an endless eye through which, unfortunately, I see everything.”- Gloria Fuertes We are born learning. Those lessons learned in one’s youth are the most difficult and the most influential. In Jesmyn Ward’s novel, Salvage the Bones, Ward illustrates that wisdom does not necessarily come with age. The mistakes that Esch makes leaves her vulnerable to disappointment and suffering at a time in her life when she should be enjoying no responsibilities and not having to make life altering decisions. Although Esch eventually achieves wisdom after the hurricane, she pays a substantial price for having lived her life blindly.