Thoreau-Observation Paper Living through a harsh winter in Northwestern Ohio, one may find themselves enveloped in a grey cloud of depression and lethargy. Nature, however, has a gentle way of reminding us that life, and the emotions we experience during it, are on a continuously changing path. Just like the sleeping stillness of winter is eventually replaced with springtime’s bursting buds of colorful new life, so too are the dark times in our life exchanged with those of great hope and joy. By closely monitoring nature’s every changing seasons one can be reminded that like our state of mind and emotion, nothing lasts forever. Watching the frantic flurry of snowflakes falling forlornly onto the cold frozen ground, I wondered if the sun would ever shine again.
Faith wears a cap with pink ribbons which symbolize her mixture of good and evil and also the uncertainty of Smith 2 Brown’s faith. Brown takes his journey to the forest only to look evilness in the face. A man who looks like an older version of Young Goodman Brown greets him ,“you are late (550)”. Brown returns with the answer “Faith kept me back a while (550)”. They continue on the journey discussing Brown’s father and grandfather and how they came through the woods many times.
Knight Levi advances into the forest. The silent winds rattled the trees. Shivering and scared, Knight Levi dismounts. Howling is heard in the distance and seems to be getting closer. Knight Levi draws his sword but seems not ready to fight.
When Goodman Brown leaves his wife Faith he tells her to, “Say thy prayers, deer Faith, and go to bed at dusk, and no harm will come to thee” (79) Hawthorne uses this to show us that Goodman Brown and his wife are good Christians. When he leaves to go meet the stranger in the woods he leaves fully believing in his faith. However, as Goodman Brown and he stranger, we find out is really the devil, make their way through the woods he begins to question his faith because of the images the
He is shy and more comfortable alone in the world exploring nature as he does when he skis to the beaver dam. It is Gene who compares the drastic changes an early snow of winter can make at the Devon school to that of war and how Leper is oblivious to it all when he thinks to himself “But Leper stands out for me as the person who was most often and most emphatically taken by surprise, by this and every other shift in our life at Devon” (Knowles 93). Leper’s withdrawal from the world around him is his way of coping with the harsh realities of the war. Although the war is raging all around Leper remains oblivious by escaping and admiring his natural surroundings. In the beginning Leper’s attitude about the war is that it doesn’t affect him.
Trees bend and buckle under the burden of Winter’s bounty. A snow hare runs underfoot, unafraid and unfamiliar with the strange creature that has perturbed his home. Birds chirp sparsely, at least those who remain. The aroma of the land is captivating, with the distinct smell of spring soon approaching and a scent of pine that lingers in the air. Each breath drawn brings a perceptible chill to the nostrils.
The Relationship between Life and “Traveling through the Dark” In his poem, “Traveling through the Dark,” William Stafford tells of a man that is faced with a difficult decision. The man is traveling a dark, narrow road and comes upon a deer that was recently killed. His thoughts are immediately that “It is usually best to roll them into the canyon” (line 3). After approaching the deer, he quickly realizes that she is pregnant. The fawn is still alive.
For example, Burden who earlier saw the warm, peaceful soil now sees a change in the weather: "After the sun sank, a cold wind sprang up and moaned over the prairie. If this turn in the weather had come sooner, I should not have got away. Antonia and I Watson 2 burrowed down in the straw and curled up close together, watching the angry red die out of the west" (76). Cather use weather to intensify the grief that Burden is feeling about the death of Pavel and his parents. Cather made the seasons the biggest connection with the life of Burden.
In the beginning of “A Night Ride on a Prairie Schooner”, the author used figurative and descriptive language when describing the crying boy with a limp entering “The Big Prairie” with his family. The boy was described as dressing alike as his father, blue shirt and blue denim jeans, which made him appear like he wanted to look older. As the wagon the boy rode in was moving on he listened to things like crickets chirping, the clicking of the wheels, and he watched the sky go dark while he counted the stars as they appeared. When his family entered the woods he became very aware of his surroundings, listening to the hooting of owls and the sound of night birds flying around. As he fell asleep he was described as hearing “the creak of
Every line that I read brought in waves of memories from the time I spent on the Appalachian Trail (AT) and backpacking trips out west. He starts the poem with the line, “The plains ignore us but the mountains listen”. Back packing through plains or flat grass lands is unlike anything you'll ever experience. To feel the vast openness of the earth is so incredibly energizing. But it is also extremely terrifying because if you did a complete 360 degree turn, you'd see nothing but maybe a mountain range a few dozen miles out and you feel so vulnerable out there.