2. There is an ironic detail in “The Story of an Hour” about the author’s portrayal of how Mrs. Mallard takes the news of her husband’s death, compared with how other women might react to similar news. How does her reaction compare with that of others? 3. There is an enormous situational irony—an occurrence that is exactly the opposite of what the reader would expect—presented by Mrs. Mallard in “The Story of an Hour,” at the beginning of the second half of the story.
The writer of this article talks about how the basement isn’t just a hiding place for a Jew or a refuge to learn but it is a place to rebel against authority when Max transforms it into a setting for creative/political activity by painting over Hitler’s Mein Kampf erasing Hitler’s authority and becoming his own authority. Maslin, Janet. “Stealing to Settle a Score with Life.” New York Times, Published by Janet Maslin, Monday 27 March 2006. Wednesday 30 April 2014. This article is a review on the book itself; however the article also talks about important points involving the main character Liesel Meminger “the book thief” and how they dealt with life during the war.
Introduction to Literature Final Paper ENG 125 April 21, 2012 I am writing about the two short stories that read titled, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty written by James Thurber and The Story of an Hour written by Kate Chopin. I picked these two stories because to me they were both about marriages which included the trials and tribulation that come with this union. In a marriage there is want for independence and excitement along with experience that marriage can inadvertently inhibit. I found that both these stories happen to illustrate some of the wants and or needs that arise out of marriage. However both these stories do show at times how desire and or necessity can be satisfied or experienced within the confines of one’s mind and that both stories illustrate a sense of confinement that
Turns out it’s not fiction at all but what literally happened to journalist and editor White, who was sentenced to prison at Carville, the only leper colony remaining in the United States, for committing a relatively innocuous financial crime. White’s memoir continues to surprise as it presents a witty, well-rendered narrative of redemption and enlightenment. Readers who enjoy clever, off-beat memoirs will devour this in one sitting.” Library Journal, May 1, 2009 “Brisk, ironic and perceptive, White’s introspective memoir puts a magnifying glass to a flawed life, revealing that all of life is to be savored and respected.” Publisher’s Weekly, April 27, 2009 [White] “offers a memoir of personal transformation and a thoroughly engaging look
In the United States, there are million of women and men being convicted of crimes and sent to prison. The prison system is thought to be a place for rehabilitation, for convicted felons to change their life from being a menace to society to begin a positive contributor. However, for many years prisons have not been able to meet their goal due to unlawful treatment of prisoners and corrupt authoritative figures in the prison system. Many prisoner do not get the protection the law provides. In the Rita Hayworth and Shaw shank Redemption written by Stephen King, the prison system and it’s corruption is presented in support of these accusations.
Infidelity today is the number one killer of marriages and relationships, and can be looked at as a symptom for non-working marriages. In the novel there was a lack of love and respect in the marriages, and there wasn’t anyone trying to fix their marriages either because they were around for their spouse’s money, or cheated because they were rich and felt could get away with it. There was one couple in particular that demonstrated these examples of infidelity in the novel. The couple was Daisy and Tom. Daisy stayed married to Tom because he was buying her happiness and his money, while deep down, she was really hurt and sad about the relationship.
While she is married she find out she is pregnant with some else’s child. Puritans looked down upon this greatly. For her punishment, she was convicted of adultery, and forced to wear a scarlet letter, “A” on her dress for the rest of her life. When she was let out of prison, she had to stand on the scaffold for three hours and endure the stares of the townspeople. Nathaniel Hawthorne uses many ways to characterize Hester Prynne, and to show her importance in the development of the plot.
She finally understood that there is no celebrated beggar anywhere, but celebrated givers. She also observed that the dependent can never be greater than his provider. And the receiver will always be the slave of the giver. I think she also knew that it is more honourable to eat an earned unbalanced food than to dine with the president without charge. Maybe, she later knew that over dependence leads to brain drain and destroys ingenuity.
Human emotions include love and compassion, which is still not simple enough for Montag’s generation. When Montag thought about Mildred dying he knew he would not cry because, “it would be the dying of an unknown, a street face, a newspaper image”(Bradbury, p. 44). Marriage is supposed to be about love, but he doesn’t even know what that is. They are only married because that is what everyone else does. Mildred’s friends have been remarried more than four times.
Domestic violence was accepted within the community and the husbands didn’t receive any consequence for their actions. Renaissance wives had to be obedient to their husbands, which required you to ask permission to leave your home, speak properly, dress nicely and have all of your skin covered. Divorce was only available to very wealthy woman and it was very rare. The only hope to freedom that renaissance wives had were if they were to become widows and inherit the family’s property become financially independent, but if the husband was in debt they would be passed down the financial burden and left to all the farm work. Whether they were a rural woman or a urban women, during the Renaissance they had all of chores and duties.