Change comes with certain adjustments, and everyone deals with these adjustments differently; therefore, ultimately, the poet suggests that if these adjustments are not met with reality at the right time, it can be costly to everyone involved. In Nepinak’s poem, he describes the grandmother as an old fashioned woman living in the modern day world. The unfamiliarity of her surroundings causes her to constantly live her life within her dreams. The words “berries” and “roots” create an image of the nature she was once surrounded in and suggests her longing to be back in that environment. She takes comfort in the nostalgia of her past, which in turn becomes detrimental to her abilities to cope with the present, and ultimately the future.
“In the Park” by “Gwen Harwood” Analysis “In the park” by “Gwen Harwood” is a famous poem. The title of the poem ‘In The Park’ immediately gives us an image of the geographical landscape in which the poem is set in. “In the park” is a sonnet attempting to show the negative effects of love where the woman’s life has been crushed basically because of her own children and how love is no longer present in her life . The lady in this poem, has no identity; her name, where she came from, none of her background is mentioned. Which than we wonder if Gwen Harwood has actually characterized the lady with no identity purposely, so therefore it can be portrayed through every women’s life after marriage, with children.
The war drives Sierra Leone to a state of poverty which causes Mariatu and her family to become very desperate for money. Which leads to the last cause, the obligation Mariatu has to provide for her Sierra Leonean family. Mariatu's personal experiences motivate her to make the cultural transition from a Sierra Leonean to a Canadian society. The most discussed issue in The Bite of the Mango is the civil war that is taking place in Sierra Leone. The war affects Mariatu in a number of ways, it separates her from her family, it causes her hands to be cut off, and in the end causes a poor means of life for her and her new family.
She often compares her own life with that she reads in books, without realizing how unreasonable her dreams and desires seem. Emma’s childhood in the convent also suggests to her character, where “she loved the church for the sake of the flowers, music for the words of the ballads, and literature for its power to kindle her passion” (30) Her life in the convent probably has an influence on her somewhat naive and shallow thoughts about love after she married, for she anticipates that her marriage is to be filled with passion and never-ending happiness. Instead, we see that Emma becomes emotionally dissapointed and dissatisfied for the type of man Charles is, and ordinary daily life has lead her into boredom and indifference. The turning point in part 1, where the reader understands more about Emma’s moral corruption and unrealistic ideals takes place at the ball. After she is exposed to all that she has always dreamed for at the chateau, with the exquisite food, fancy decorations and
Normally someone’s homecoming is cause for a celebration, but in Dawe’s poem, Homecoming Dawe uses this in an ironic sense. Dawe instills the feeling of loss and sorrow for boys and men who are sent to war, with no idea that they may never come home. In Dawe’s time war was seen by the populous as a brave and noble thing. The use of certain terms and phrases in this poem to instill guilt, “green plastic bags…deep freeze locker” these two statements imply that when the soldiers that are killed, they are treated like meat, they have served their purpose and now they are being packaged up, so they do not make a greater mess or cause discomfort to others. There is a repetition of the word, “they’re” tends to make this poem impersonal, like someone else is doing all these things to the men and it isn’t anyone’s fault.
The Elf Child October 4, 2012 In the novel The Scarlet Letter the character of Pearl is one that represents every since of the word ambiguous. Pearl is nothing but a child; she is an untamed and disobedient little “elf”, despite that she is a beautiful and loving child of her mother. Throughout the book, Pearl is depicted mocking her mother and other authority figures in her life, including governors, but she is also shown standing up for her mother and herself in various situations. These two different sides of Pearl make her highly ambiguous, and creates the effect of uncertainty in the reader of how they feel about her. Her ambiguity is significant because it represents the ambiguous atmosphere surrounding the affair between Hester
Women in this time were expected to do work such as gardening, which Elisa does. However, she longs to be an independent, “strong” woman. When the man tells Elisa that his work “ain’t the right kind of work for a woman” she tells him “she wishes a woman could do such things”. Unfortunately with minimal opportunity due to the depression and the narrow range of jobs for women she feels that her life is like a “closed pot”. Elisa believes that she’s “got a gift with things” but is not presented with a chance due to the historical setting so she must settle with her unsatisfactory life.
When George makes this decision Lennie’s suffering comes to an end, where as it continued on for George, having to live with the guilt of killing his best friend and losing the closet thing that he had to family as well as all the hopes and dreams he had for the future. In the book there are other characters that are bearing their own problems. There is Curley’s wife who is not even given the dignity of having her own name used; instead she is just referred to as a ‘Hussy’, ‘Jezebel’, ‘Bitch’ and ‘Tart’ throughout the entire book and tragically it is her kind actions towards Lennie that lead to her undeserved death. Candy, like his dog, is old and perceived of as having little value. The cruel decision to kill his dog is symbolic of the future that awaits him before he is included in George and Lennie’s dream of buying the farm.
Examples like Hester’s alienation during the scaffold scene, Pearl being shunned by children, and Dimmesdale’s isolation caused by his thoughts and intentions contributed to the novel’s prestige and grandeur. A great story with such emotional significance like this one with always be treasured. Isolation is not only experienced in this tale; it is experienced by everyone in everyday life. the evil of isolation can be a physically, morally, and socially tortuous event in Devoid of any social contact, save that of her daughter, Hester must endure of lonely existence. "In all her intercourse with society, save that of her daughter, there was nothing that made [Hester] feel as if she belonged
Hart sees Jamie only the rival and Jamie might thought like that toward Hart too. Another reason that cause to the change of Hart’s life and his relationship between people in his family, before the wet has properly passed, Michael Penrose decided to take his pearling fleet out. The badness things of this was Hart, Mitsy and Sadako have to learn of Zeke’s death and the crippled of Hart’s leg that Hart has to learn that his life, cannot walk without the limp. However, the goodness things in sense of the relationship between Hart with Mitsy and Hart with Alice also happen. Mitsy forgave Hart and Hart felt closer to both Mitsy and Alice more than when they were a