In Erich Maria Remarque’s book, All Quiet on the Western Front, nature appears as a means of projecting the mood of the book. There are many instances of nature that affect Paul and how he thinks of war and how both nature and war have changed him. In chapter one for example, the mood is placed by how nature is being described. The first chapter has descriptions about how the flowers and butterflies were so beautiful even if it was a war zone. "The grasses sway their tall spears; the white butterflies flutter around and float on the warm wind of the late summer."
Bradbury uses diction, “Montag shot once continuous pulse of liquid fire on him. There was a hiss like a great mouthful of spittle banging a red-hot stove, a bubbling and frothing as if salt had been poured over a monstrous black snail to cause a terrible liquefaction and a boiling over of yellow foam”, to show how violent the murder of Beatty was. The violence adds to the tense turmoil and conflict of the scene as well as to the overall plot of the novel. In summation, throughout Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, the author creates a tense mood full of turmoil and conflict. There are conflicts with Montag and himself, conflicts between Montag and society, and the climax conflict between Montag and the law as Montag commits murder, and becomes a wanted
John Donne’s poem “The Sun Rising” is satirical in a number of different respects. The poem opens, for instance, with explicitly satirical words, as the speaker calls the sun itself a “Busy old fool” (1). Immediately, then, a satirical tone is established, and this tone continues for much of the rest of the work, as when the speaker next condemns the sun by calling it a “saucy pedantic wretch” (5). The speaker’s mockery then moves from the sun to various kinds of human beings, such as “Late schoolboys,” “sour prentices [that is, apprentices],” “court huntsmen,” and “country ants [that is, rural workers]” (6-8). First the sun is mocked, and then a wide social spectrum is satirized.
I looked to my left and out the window; I had a perfect view of the wing. After looking outside for quite some time, I began to fidget with the air condition control, aiming the air away from me and turning it off. Leaning against the window, I rested my head on my left hand and stared outside. As my fingers ran through my hair, the grease and roughness told me that I could have used a shower. After regaining my comfort, I starred outside the window, but instead of looking at the wing, I was more fixated on how tired I was.
When he arrives at the Buchanan’s Georgian mansion, he is greeted by Tom, who both then go inside and discuss current happenings with Daisy and a competitive golf player named Jordan Baker. When Nick returns to his West Egg residence that night, he stumbles across his neighbor, Gatsby, who was observing a green dock light in the “unquiet darkness” of the night alone. The character that we will be analyzing in this
Les Murray’s beautifully written poem, Away Bound Train, is clearly identified with the main character encountering new ideas. An assumption of a journey is that they bring change and this certainly holds true for Away Bound Train. Murray has used the train ride as an extended metaphor of travelling through life. Away Bound Train seems to be a reflection of Murray’s life as he has
The story constantly keeps you guessing. The story starts on a hot day in a train station located in Zaragoza Spain. A man and woman sit in a shaded area of the building. The man orders for them. A round of beer to start, then Anis de Toro (a strong liquor).
Study Guide for Ernest Hemingway’s “Cat in the Rain” (1925) Study Guide for Ernest Hemingway’s “Cat in the Rain” (1925) 1. Read the opening paragraph of the story closely and discuss how it helps to set the tone of the story and how it provides the readers with the theme(s) of the story. For example: Why are there only two Americans stopping at the hotel? What do “the public garden” and “the war monument stand” for in the story? What is the importance of the emphasis on the weather in the opening paragraph?
On March 29 of 2030, Mitch wakes up and prepares himself for another day of work. After getting out of the shower, he prepares himself a cup of coffee and turns on the news. When the weather comes on, the meteorologist predicts the temperature will be a steamy 101°F, and he warns of a heat advisory for the area. After gathering all his important documents, Mitch gets steps into his garage and is instantly blasted by the intense heat. He cranks up the air conditioner in his car and drives to work.
In the exposition of the story the author introduces the main characters and presents the setting of the story. The action takes place in their house, more exactly in the garden, during night time. The epithets used here: “a thin white moon” and “the cool September breeze” create a calm and chilly atmosphere to the story. The intrigue occurs when Peter understands that this time his Grandad will go away for sure because his father gave him a going away gift, which was a blanket. This is the moment when the boy’s feelings are stirred and also, the moment that