Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “Young Goodman Brown” follows a Puritan man’s nightmarish encounter with the devil, which results in the loss his faith and virtue. Flannery O’Connor’s tale “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” details how a southern grandmother is only able to discover what it truly means to be good when she is faced with imminent death. Both texts showcase the classic battle of good versus evil, and provide altering viewpoints on the possible outcomes of this faceoff. The stories by Hawthorne and O’Connor both tell the tale of what occurs when a seemingly righteous and faithful person is faced with a character of pure evil, though the stories’ starkly contrasting settings and tones build each story in a different direction. Although the themes of the stories are strikingly similar, the difference in setting helps to shape how the encounter between good and evil plays out.
“rain had called up tall recruits behind the shed,” this quote shows the father cannot destroy them .They differ in the way they felt powerless however as in Nettles the father is feeling powerless because of a physical threat whereas in Harmonium it is an emotional threat of the inevibility of death and unspoken feelings that makes the writer feel powerless. Furthermore they both include the reality of family life as the poems are realistic and the poems, especially Nettles, have both the love and misery of family relationships. In Nettles the love in the poem is the protective instincts of a parent towards his son but the misery is the Nettles that had hurt his child and the fact that being protective isn’t enough to stop him from getting hurt. The realistic relationship in Harmonium is the family resentment and frustration from a son to his father. We can tell that the writer resents and is frustrated by his father as it says “and he being him can’t help but say.......... and I, being me” which shows that he is frustrated at their relationship.
The neighbor, on the other hand, asserts that the wall is crucial to maintaining their relationship, asserting, “Good fences make good neighbors.” Over the course of the mending, the narrator attempts to convince his neighbor otherwise and accuses him of being old-fashioned for maintaining the tradition so strictly. The neighbor, all the while, holds his ground simply repeating his old adage. This poem displays a deep idea that is often overlooked. People, regardless of their relationship/closeness, still have boundaries, and walls must still exist around all people. The narrator questions the need for a boundary between them, while the neighbor insists on its presence.
Ironically,when the wall is actually supposed to separate two beings,this wall reunites the two neighbors ,this is seen in the title ‘Mending wall’,where one might suggest that this is grammatically incorrect, what Frost might actually be intending is that the poem is more about the wall mending the relationship between the two individuals than the two merely mending the wall itself !This wall maybe built due to differences in thoughts and ideas or merely just because of social awkwardness of the two characters. Frost maybe trying to hint at the barriers that are built between people because of prejudice and unwillingness to socialize. People set up walls to keep away from each other’s property and to protect their own,in this case it might be just to keep themselves away from interacting with one another,but ironically,this wall building ‘game’ is what makes the two interact and therefore might be seen as an activity that sparks interaction and communication . The wall could also be seen as a symbol of their relationship,which needs mending every now and then,it gets worn
George does not care about Lennie’s situation and he trust in him as Lennie trust in George. In chapter four, the George says, “A guy needs somebody-to be near him” shows that people need other people to be strong and take better decisions. No matter who is that person and how smart is he or she. George does not care about who Lennie is and he considered Lennie his friend, showing that intelligence is not everything. All Lennie actions show his innocence.
This formulates an understanding for the reader that the struggles one encounters in their journey to belong and affiliate are a determining factor in outlining a bearing that is less elusive at which they can enjoy a ubiquitous sense of belonging. Familial relationships are an integral factor in formulating a sense of belonging that perpetuates positive impacts upon the individual. In ‘Looking for Alibrandi’, the fact that the protagonist Josephine has never met her father creates a psychological barrier preventing her from being accepted. When Josephine experiences the satisfaction of walking alongside her father, she then realises the significance of developing a positive relationship with him. Thepositive significance of a sense of family to the individual isrevealed in the line “I walked past my classmates with Michael Andretti beside me and for a few minutes I knew how it felt walking alongside one’s
. . guys would want a hand to work for nothing--just his keep, why I'd come an' lend hand. I ain't so crippled I can't work like a son-of-a-bitch if I want to' " (Steinbeck 76). Crooks feels left out and unwanted, when he hears about Lennie and George's dream, he desires to join to find a better life.
Marcus Aurelius once said, “Whosoever does wrong, wrongs himself…” Othello by William Shakespeare and A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams both illustrate the critical lens. Both authors use literary devices to convey the critical lens. Both authors use characterization and theme of deception in their literary works. The critical lens means that if a person does wrong or bad thing it will eventually affect them at the end. The quotation is true because when someone does wrong thing it comes back to them.
Atticus considers her one of the bravest people he knows and he wanted Jem to see that about her. The composer has written it in a way that the responder has automatic dislike for the character, but still knows she’s a good person. In conclusion, the novel To Kill a Mockingbird has many elements of misjudgement, false facades, and bad first impressions and can relate strongly back to the theme of people aren’t what they seem to be. The saying, “don’t judge a book by its cover” is a good example of the ideology of this book, to give people a first impression, then only to have the responders understanding of that person let down because of the learnt development of that character In the
LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin is a touching tale about adversary and accomplishment. You can get lost in the story’s negativity towards the horror that people can go through in the story but it’s were the accomplishment comes from. This tale has a very dark feel to it but it’s the end result that matters. It is utimatley the tale of an older brother understanding his younger brothers journey. In the beginning you feel the disgust and fear of the narrator about Sonny.