Both of the stories have given us examples of symbols of motifs. In Annie Dillard’s short story “Living like Weasels”, we begin to see a weasels lifestyle, and what they do in their lives. The author gives us a description of wildlife for a weasel, and how she has seen one. “His face was fierce, small and pointed as a lizard…He had two black eyes I didn’t see, anymore then you see a window.”(Pg.1) What Dillard is trying to tell us is that the eyes gives us a predator look of the weasel, giving us readers a motif on singleness, visions and truth. Now how the eyes gives us a connection to “The Rocking-Horse Winner”, is how Paul’s close set eyes that seeks the truth into secrecy of his family.
The chief premise of the book is that everyday actions of humanity are neither consistently honest nor criminal, but rather weasel. He dissects the aspects of weasel behavior and explores its benefits and ramifications, sometimes referring to his own life experiences. In this hilariously accurate book, Scott Adams examines The Way of the Weasel, a concept that alludes to the devious tactics of humans. Adams introduces The Weasel Zone: The giant gray area between good moral behavior and outright criminality. It’s where your co-workers, bosses, salespeople, CEOs, human resource executives, hotel clerks, home repair people, family and loved ones reside.
The significance of the restaurant being called “Frank’s Chophouse” could be to show the aggression and the violence that is harboured in Willy’s life. Another interpretation of this important location could be to show how unimportant Willy is, almost as if he is “chopped liver”, as his sons leave him, for two girls, on the off chance that they will “have some fun”. In terms of “Frank’s Chophouse”, this scene is significant to the play as a whole; as it shows the audience a more broadened opinion of women and what Happy and Biff think of them. An example of this is at the beginning when Happy is talking to Stanley. Happy says – “Strudel’s comin’” – which suggests that Happy’s view of women is derogatory, almost as if they are a piece of sweet apple that can be eaten and enjoyed, and then spat out when that goodness has gone.
It’s a nightmare just to try and figure out how this cold and flu medicine is any better than anything else in the market. The advertisers put all these catchy phrases and meaningless words to make the consumer think they are getting a quality product. These words are called “weasel words “writes William Lutz, an English instructor and author of Double Speak.”” Advertisers use weasel words to appear to be making a claim for a product when in fact they are making no claim at all. Weasel words get their name from the way weasels eat the eggs they find in nests of other animals .A weasel will make a small hole in the egg suck out the insides then place the egg back in the nest. Only when the is examined closely is it found to be hollow.
Humans think too much about every decision they make, no matter if it’s big or small. Dillard’s experience with the weasel shows that it wasn’t thinking about anything, it was just staring at a creature that it probably never saw before and gave into curiosity. If humans made decisions like that everything would be rather different because we would just take the risk for something we’re determined to do. Likewise, Dillard states that it would be absolutely brilliant to think of a goal for yourself and don’t give up until it’s accomplished. We can see this when she says, “I think it would be well, and proper, and obedient, and pure, to ______ your one necessity and not let it go, to dangle from it _____ wherever it takes you.” Meaning that leaving mindlessly and by oneself’s necessities, just focusing on that,
At-Home Essay In his essay "With These Words I can Sell You Anything," William Lutz explains the way advertisers use "weasel words" so that they can appear to say something that attracts consumers when they really do not. According to Lutz, the term "weasel words" comes from the action in which "A weasel will make a small hole in the egg, suck out the insides, then place the egg back in the nest. This is exactly what advertisers do with "weasel words" persuading consumers that their product is different from other products when in reality it is not different from the other products or as good as they seem to claim. Today's TV ads still continue to use weasel words. For example, a recent commercial for Herbal Essence shampoo and conditioner begins with the slogan "Have you heard?
Of Mice and Men Literary Analysis To understand George’s choice you first have to take a look into the characters. I think George’s choice was justified. I believe George killed Lennie, like Carlson killed Candy’s dog. He did it because he needed to, and it was the best for the dog. Lennie had done something more serious than accidentally killing a mouse or a puppy.
Paraphrased Quote: So it took a little girl to stop them and regain their common sense, did it not? That shows me something Tem even the savage beast can be calmed, simply because it has a shred of humanity left. By calling the mob a "gang of wild animals," Atticus is referencing the courage it took for Scout to stand up to the men. It also seems to reference Atticus' belief that racism will eventually disappear. Here a "gang
She tries to make us feel the way she felt when she saw that scene, by giving us details, so we can share the feelings that she had at that time. She deeply describes everything to make us understand her and understand why she is doing that,; why is she is describing a weasel. The author wants to explain us some things in the real life that we live by talking about a weasel and using it and the experience that she has with weasels to explain some situations that are not that easy to explain with real words, without imagining the situation, without having an image of the situation
For example, the two birds mentioned, Betty and Abel had cognitive abilities.They were able to figure out how to get the food out of a tube with a wire that was provided to them. When we think of animals, we think of them as dumb, innocent, or just plain stupid. The reason being is that we as humans think very highly of ourselves. This is true in many cases, I for one thought this. Dogs for example are possess the ability to find something hidden in the ground because of their very strong sense of smell.