Patten learned at school that ‘one and one made two’. This metaphor is referring to love and how one person and another come together to make two. But at home it was a completely different story; Patten had parents who fought and didn’t take much interest in him, Patten’s home life ‘stung more than any teachers cane’ which shows the extent of how painful love came across to him. In his home life he learned that ‘one and one stayed one and one’. His parents actions when he was young left him with the idea that love and relationships are horrible and all it does is hurt us, he felt as if it’s not worth going through the pain and stress.
People everywhere brag and whimper about the woes of their early years, but nothing can compare with the Irish version: the poverty; the shiftless loquacious father; the pious defeated mother moaning by the fire; pompous priests; bullying schoolmasters; the English and the terrible things they did to us for eight hundred long years (McCourt 11; ch.1). Laced with multiple humorous endeavors of childish antics to lighten the severity of this gripping story, McCourt’s work captures his audience from cover to cover while also relaying an intense message. Throughout the novel, McCourt creates irony to convey the blatant hypocrisy of his family, of the Irish Catholic church, and of his father’s Irish nationalism. Surprisingly, quite a bit of the hypocrisy McCourt’s irony portrays is within his own family, beginning with two of Frank’s mother, Angela’s cousins, the McNamara sisters (McCourt 15; ch.1). Chapter one in the novel explains how Angela comes to America, meets Malachy, Frank’s father, and soon becomes pregnant with Frank.
The character Finny from the novel A Separate Peace is similar in this aspect due to his natural rebelling individuality against the teachers of Devon school New Hampshire. This demonstrates both sides towards the students of both works, and their decision not to follow the pressures of conformity and to follow their natural paths and instincts. Both of the pieces of works in this essay demonstrates a high degree of stress and its results on the students. Stress is present throughout the works and apply a “bend till you break” aspect which in one case is an obvious example of the student Elwin Lepllier in A Separate Peace who finds himself no longer fit for the working world after returning from the army with severe post traumatic stress disorder. Without the presence of the severe stress imposed by the challenges of non-conformity this would not have occurred.
In Mr. Dimmesdale’s secret closet, under lock and key, there was a bloody scourge” (Hawthorne 133). Dimmesdale is feeling so guilty about his sin, he is hoping he can relieve some of his shame though physical pain along with starving himself. However the ultimate cause to the confession of his sin is his love for Hester. Throughout the novel Author is continually at an internal
HOW DOES WILFRED OWEN CONVEY THE HORRORS OF WAR IN POETRY ? Many of Owen's poems direct anger towards the generals and those at home who have encouraged war.Owen's war poetry is a passionate expression of outrage at the horrors of war and of pity for the young soldiers sacrificed in it. It is dramatic and memorable, whether describing physical horror, such as in 'Dulce et Decorum Est' or mental torment such as in' Disabled'. His poetry evokes more from us than simple disgust and sympathy. Owen sympathizes with the vain young men who have no idea of the horrors of war, who are 'seduced' by others (Jessie Pope) and the recruiting posters.
The students showed this by becoming “listless” during his stories. His tone and words were always picked with sarcastic criticism, too; for example, “I don’t mean to be polite or impolite, either. I guess it’s a sort of way I have, of saying things regardless.” (Cather, 245). I think Paul used this to separate himself from the rest of the dull crowd around him. Paul hated his surroundings, he felt so disgusted by it all that he presented himself in the most obnoxious way; hoping that some day those around him would grow to appreciate his distinct
What a son of a b****,” I said under my breath, “to bring them to this.” Tears streamed from my selfish eyes over my selfish face. I sobbed, my fists clenched in shame. I wept for the guilt I had caused them to feel.” [Bell 158]. Crabbe is misled by his own pride thinking his parents will not care if he runs away but clearly they cared a lot leaving Crabbe in a pile of guilt. The teachers that have Crabbe in their class rooms are tough on him because they are preparing him for his adult life which is much different than his adolescent life.
This idea is continued in his mother “wanting only what was best,” an anecdote symbolising ignorance and sacrifice. Peter Skrzynecki explores the idea of choosing not to belong. The persona is distancing himself from his school through distraction: "fervently counted/ the seventy-eight pages". He violently “stuck pine needles” into the motto. This use of pine needles in attacking the motto highlights violence and aggression the persona feels towards the school, which is a direct reflection of his lack of interaction with others, resulting in his feelings of insecurity and actions of defiance which in turn builds a greater barrier to belonging.
Yes later he started to calm down, but he was still angry because someone told him his son was stealing stuff, it’s a first reaction a parent will feel if someone told them something like that. Some literacy devices used in this poem are simile, imagery and conflict. They used a simile because they used the words “like and as “In the poem. Imagery because there are things in the poem that made me picture the poem in my head and conflict because this poem had conflict in it. Discipline: If your child lies to you of course you have to discipline them, like grounding them but hitting is not acceptable.
How far do sources 2 and 3 support the evidence of source 1 about attitudes towards conscientious objectors? Source 2 supports Source 1’s account of the humiliation conscientious objectors endured. Source 2 mentions that he could not expect any sympathy from the civilians, a point which is reiterated in Source 1, ‘his mother and his brothers often jeered at him.’ In this way, both Source 1 and Source 2 support the view that CO’s were humiliated by the British public and cut off from their friends and family. Both sources give the views of Quakers which reinforces the similarity in the attitudes towards CO’s. Religious groups such as Quakers were in fact the most accepted CO’s in society as the public had to respect the Christian faith.