Scout says of the finished snowman, “It’s lovely, Jem, it looks almost like he’d talk to you.” (89) Earlier, Jem who called the snowman a Negro snowman is now calling it beautiful when it is covered with the white outside, the snow. Later, Atticus “squinted at the snowman a while. He grinned then laughed.” (90) Atticus, appreciated Jem and Scout’s work on the snowman, he didn’t care whether it was black or white because he wasn’t racist. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the snowman is an important symbol discussed. First while constructing the snowman Jem and Scout put dirt in the middle to make up for the lack of snow.
Nature and Simplicity In the nonfiction book A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson shares with the reader his experiences of a whole new world on the Appalachian Trail. As the story progresses, he comes to terms with how these experiences are changing his view on life, such as society's obsessive lust for unnecessary items to survive in this world of technology. Bryson discovers that our society as a whole has completely lost their appetite for admiration of nature and the simplicity it brings to our complex lifestyle filled with massive amounts of necessities. Through comparison and contrast, Bryson illustrates society’s lust for objects compared to what is necessary for humans to survive. ‘”… It’s an Enviro Monitor.” “Oh, yes?” I responded politely.
Whereas nature always seems to provide Montag with a certainty of his path, technology shields society from what is truly important and discourages free thinking. Often Montag’s mentors are described using natural imagery, which illustrates the connection between nature and knowledge. When he initially meets Clarisse, his seventeen year old neighbor who has a lasting impact on him throughout the book, he describes her face as “bright as snow in moonlight” (7).
They both have an array of dead trees, which show the bleakness in nature, but they also bring a meaning for a new beginning. Next, the lake, and the waterfalls show tranquility nature has to offer, but the waterfalls bring out taxing power in nature that is nothing like it in the world. The deer and the Native American in both paintings show the willingness to search for new things, and for a new creation. In both the paintings, the sky’s look to be just floating around, trying to find a new place to go, just like the deer and Native American. Yet, they show the dark side of nature, and how daunting it may be.
The book that I’m reading is Brian’s Winter. It’s the sequel to Hatchet, written by Gary Paulsen. The point of the book is to tell what would happen to Brian If he didn’t get rescued and if he had to endure the long winter to come. In the beginning Brian is living his life in the forest by himself and he is oblivious to the signs around him that summer is ending. It eventually hits him once, fall is almost over.
Lepers interests make him stand out from the rest of the group. He likes art, specifically painting and drawing. Gene portrays these artistic qualities when he narrates, “But not Leper. He generally made little sketches and trees in the back of his notebook” (93). During the winter, Leper skis.
He starts by telling us about the weather “white snow” which describes that is winter. Then he starts reminiscing his home land how in Wisconsin, Christmas in his village is not about the parties and the presents but about being together and sharing together. And that is why he feels out of place because in college people only care about things that he could care less, and act differently than the way he’s used to be treated or being around with people that act a certain way. This actions make him very homesick and sad so he heads home to get away from that place he does not like and calm his feelings of alienation. When the narrator gets home, he
Josh Colbert Dr. Mills English 102-3 March 22, 2011 Setting and atmosphere contributes to the effectiveness of short stories in various ways. Setting includes the location and time of the action in the story novel, play, or poem. Atmosphere is the emotional effect of the setting and events; it pertains to the impact or the meaning of the work. Tobias Wolfs “Hunters in the Snow” conveys a sense of atmosphere by building up the action to the end of the story and setting by having his characters in certain places at certain times by telling the reader where the places that the characters are in the story. In the story “Hunters in the Snow,” three men, Tub, Kenny, and Frank, are going on a hunting trip.
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.
He also uses stories to tell why certain landmarks are present. One last thing about this author is that he is telling the story from a third person’s view. The author of Once More to the Lake (E.B. White) describes his essay using the surroundings for example: how the trees look, how the place is filled up of farmers and their houses. White’s also criticizes the modernization and how the things have changed throughout the time.