However, this is immediately undermined by the juxtaposition of the following image of “her face overshadowed by clouds”. The poet's inability to see her face symbolises his uncertainty for the future. The poet then continues to evocatively describe through a series of images,the routine of his 8 years of schooling of walking “Strathfield's paths and streets” and playing “chasings up and down/ the station's ten ramps”. This imagery reflects the familiar pattern which should entail a sense of belonging. Yet, the use of the simile “caught the 414 bus/ like a foreign tourist” undercuts any sense of comfort and creates a sense of alienation in this setting good!
The timeless concept of identity is significantly important to one’s self and is still discussed in today’s society. T.S Elliot’s ‘Rhapsody on a Windy Night’ captures the atomisation of an individual as well as the estrangement towards society and how one’s present identity is shaped by the past, as well as memories. Already the title advocates ironic romantic connotations. Moreover, the insight of his poet persona; an intoxicated man, along with diction, personification, symbolism and complex imagery, evokes a response from the audience. “Rhapsody on a Windy Night” delves into the poet personas hostility from society over a period of 4 hours.
Bradbury’s dystopic representation of the urban environment can be seen as a result of his mid twentieth century American context. Bradbury suggests that cities are antithetical to community and socialisation, and compares the lack of social activity to death. He writes, “The tombs, ill-lit by the television light, where the people sat like the dead, the grey of multi-coloured lights touching their faces, but never really touching them”. Bradbury’s use of the words with undesirable connotations such as ‘tombs, dead, grey’ position readers to view the city and also technology negatively. He explores the impact that technology has made on the zeitgeist of society, specifically the lack of connection
How has T. S. Eliot utilised specific elements of his form to engage varying audiences intellectually and emotionally? T.S. Eliot’s ‘Preludes’ and ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ explore the self-consciousness caused by the intense pessimism of a toxic urban world, which leads to passivity and a lack of agency. Eliot uses varying elements of the form of poetry to present the major concepts of his modernist context, the conflict between the individual and society, disempowerment and time and the ritualistic nature of life, which also allow him to intellectually and emotionally engage a present day audience. Eliot portrays life as tarnished through urban decay, which is typical of the modernist era.
Stress is something that can manipulate one’s life, to the point of suicide. Throughout the short story, “Paul’s Case” written by Willa Cather, the author reveals how the main protagonist, Paul struggles to deal with the strain societal beliefs deposited on his shoulders. Paul’s addictive nature to art brings him into a phase of rejuvenation, where he feels happiest around the theater, listening to music, or gazing at paintings. However when he is faced with reality of real life, he interprets everything as a miserable place, just like Cordelia Street. Paul displays a specific behavior of disowning the poor and respecting the rich.
The main character in The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield, is a very cynical teenageer who has had traumatizing events happen in his life that have caused him to debate connecting with other humans on an adult level or rejecting that thought entirely and categorizing the world as phony, all while trying to relive his childhood. The story starts out in December in New York City, where it is snowy. The snow helps the reader identify that Holden is dealing with the challenges of his life after being kicked out of school. The snow could also symbolize the loneliness Holden feels while he shuts people out throughout the book. Yet another chapter in How to Read Literature Like a Professor, that I could relate to this novel was “Flights of Fancy.” Freedom and escape is often known to be symbolized by something physically flying within a story.
(1A) His stubbornness can be associated with Oknokwo from Things Fall Apart. His stubborn outlook on society has taken him to New York City. Holden’s rebel-like outlook towards society shows his immature perception on life itself. His journey takes him through loneliness and seclusion, relaxation and unwinding, knowledge and wisdom. (5) In Catcher in the Rye, Holden is very lonely in his journey: his loneliness is expressed through his
What he does not know is that the transit papers he comes into position of are about to change him. Enter Elsa Lund and her husband Victor Lazlo. Rick and Elsa have a past, as they where lovers in Paris when the Nazis marched in. In flashback scenes, we see a Rick, lighter and happier, with Elsa around Paris. They were suppose to meet at the train station to escape but Elsa does not show.
The thesis of this essay is that “On the Pulse of Morning” aims to inspire people to put their differences and disputes behind them and push forward to greater things, because we are truly all the same race- humanity. “Bill Clinton's inauguration came at a time when there were concerns about Somalia, the Gulf War, and violence around the globe. Communism had recently collapsed in Eastern Europe. I believe Maya Angelou was using her poem to acknowledge the past and to comment that what we do right now, in the present, can give us a hopeful future” (Brown). In this profound piece of literature, she personifies three objects that would otherwise be considered commonplace.
Now that we know he is going to go out onto the ledge, we begin to start thinking not if he is going to die, but when he is going to die. As the pace of the book picks up we see that Finney uses the apartment and time of night to indicate suspense. He uses the time of day, which is night, to create suspense. As we all know, most scary stories happen at night! Finney then continues on with Tom putting on a jacket, exiting the window of