Anthony is clever and loves to write stories. Some day he hopes to become a novelist. He also has a great faith in God. He makes some very poignant remarks pertaining to his neighborhood and life in general. For example, one day Kozol and Anthony are discussing if anyone in the neighborhood is truly happy and Kozol pints out that some of the children seem cheerful playing in the school playgrounds.
In the short story by Kate Chopin shows foreshadowing in the first sentence making it really easy to identify. It says how they must take great care with how they break the news to Mrs. Mallard because of her heart trouble in the past. I knew something bad was going to happen after I read that and from then on I took each sentence and broke it down while relating to how most stories and books describe the pre-death build up moments. Such as how she was looking out the window as she got the feeling of something coming to her that made her feel fearful. As she tried to fight it and push it back; however, she was powerless and was forced to abandon
Rhona is making a reference to how beauty effects the way a male boss looks at his female employees. The play is suggesting that attractive women are not smart. Here, Mim is being used by Jim as a window dressing to cover up Rhona’s assumed unattractiveness, while Mim outweighs the smart aspect of the duo. Although I don’t agree with this assumption,
“The Lottery”. I was very interested in the Shirley Jackson’s short story named “The Lottery” due to its controversial thematic. The author makes a heavy criticism of old traditions blind followed that sometimes people do just because they were told to, by their ancestors. Since the story was presented and, even more, after watching the film about it, I kept thinking regarding the reasons for doing things in life. As I’ve always been a rebel, I was captivated by this story, and in certain way I felt identified with the author because she presents the whole situation as if it was anything normal and quotidian when it is really a deep drama.
It lets us exhibit the flaws and imperfections in society in a form that feels “allowed”. It has become obvious to me, that more than a form of entertainment, comedy has become a confrontational method, often aiding in the release of the feelings we are ashamed to admit to. The popular sitcom, “The Office”, is a show filled with utterly offensive phrases, racial slurs, and crude expressions. A majority of America’s viewers find it all utterly uproarious. The Emmy winning show portrays a day in the life of the employees of Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.
These descriptions of the surrounding environment gave readers a kind of quiet and peaceful feeling so that it made readers think there would not happen anything bad. But the author used such beginning to predict an ironic ending. In the end, everyone got a stone even the little Davy who was Tessie’s son to hit her. That’s a very ironical ending. There was another scene that Mrs. Hutchinson who got the lottery came hurriedly along the path to the square.
This conflict between them causes comedy as there are misunderstandings, which are amusing and the audience feel superiority over the characters who do not understand some of each other’s references. At the start of the play when Rita refers to a poem about “fightin’ death an’ disease”, Frank automatically assumes its “Dylan Thomas” as Thomas’s poem about death is a part of the literary canon. However Rita replies it’s “Roger McGough’s” poem that she’s describing. This misunderstanding conveys to the audience that these characters would not conventionally associate with each other. It could be amusing to the audience as it highlights the absurdity of the situation.
He does this by things such as calling her nicknames with negative characteristics, such as his little lark, spendthrift and featherhead. Both Nora and Torvald, put on a face for the rest of the world and each other. Surprisingly, these choices of façade complimented each other. We gradually see how it isn’t good enough for her, yet hides it anyways through most of the play. In this era, it is expected for a woman to go straight from her father’s hand to her husband’s and the sacrifices it meant.
We learn a lot about the Duke and the way his words are told about him and about others gives the reader negative thoughts towards the Duke. As we read on, it seems as if the Duke is unreliable. He has become very bias and subjective. He called a servant an ‘officious fool’ when he was just doing his duty as a servant. His attitude makes the reader start to question himself/herself and, instead of having sympathy for the Duke, the reader is also pulled to a point where you don’t know whether you should believe him.
Mrs. Slade knew Mrs. Ansley had liked her husband, Delphin Slade. She believed that pointing out the fact that she was the one he married and that she lost out on him would show her superiority over her. In an attempt to put Mrs. Ansley in her place, she tells her that the letter calling for a secret meeting at the Coliseum was in fact written by her. She says that it was a ploy to trick her into waiting for him, which caused her to get sick. After this first round of surprises Mrs. Slade assumes she is