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Everyone needs to understand the quality of loyalty. In Journey to the Center of the Earth, by Jules Verne, the character's delve into the true meaning of loyalty and discover that it leads them to a more complex meaning of friendship. In the Journey to the center of the Earth, Hans, Axel, and the professor dive into the unknown. They journey where only one man has ever placed foot before, the bowels of the Earth. All three character's display acts of loyalty and much else. Verne uses the craft moves character actions, dialogue, and tone to represent the effect of loyalty.
The most frequently used author’s craft technique is character actions. All of the character's that go on the journey to find the center of the Earth are loyal to one another and show that with their actions. One of the earliest examples of character actions to prove the effect was before the journey began. It was when the professor helped Axel come to terms with his fear of heights. During that instance, they both show loyalty to one another. The professor shows loyalty to Axel by helping him with his fear, and Axel shows loyalty to the professor by understanding that he does need to rise above his fear. Another instance of loyalty shown through character actions is when Hans assists at breaking points in the center of the Earth. The first time Hans shows that he is loyal is when they run out of water. The professor and Axel are about to give up and go home the next morning, but Hans ventures out in the night to find water. When he finds water, he comes back to camp and falls asleep. In the morning, he shows everyone to the water. One could say that Hans was doing this for his own personal gain, or his personal need for water, but that isn’t the only instance he shows his loyalty. Hans also builds a raft out of wood he finds lying around at the professor's command. The raft was no easy thing to build with their meager supplies and the lack of good material, but Hans does not complain and finds the materials to work with. Many men might have given up on the materials. Surpassing that, more would have been peeved by the idea of sailing across an unknown body of water in the center of the Earth. Hans however, doesn’t question it and he does all of this just for a weekly salary.
The next author’s craft technique that the author uses to display loyalty is dialogue. The character's say many things that prove their loyalty to one another. The professor once again proves his loyalty to Axel by giving him the last of his water and saying, “Yes, a draft of water; but it is the very last--you hear!--the last. I had kept it as a precious treasure at the bottom of my flask. Twenty times, nay, a hundred times, have I fought against a frightful impulse to drink it off. But no, Axel, I kept it for you.” This shows that even though the professor himself desperately needed a drink of water, he resisted knowing that Axel did not have the same drive to find the center of the Earth as he did. Hans does not say much, preferring the solitude of his thoughts, but when he does say things, they have meaning. For example when Hans comes back from his journey to find water he says ”Watten”, which means water in Icelandic. In that one word, Hans proves his loyalty, bravery, and devotion to the professor and Axel. All of the words he hasn’t said are coming through to Axel and the professor when he says water. They know that there isn’t a lake 10 feet away and they know that he must have searched and found water. All of this dialogue shows that they have utmost loyalty to one another.
The last technique that Jules Verne uses to create the effect of loyalty is tone. The tone of the story is one of suspense and danger. They have no clue what they are going to discover and where they might end up. That makes all of the things done by the character's even more important. When the tone is so severe, it means the character's must be brave, loyal, determined, devoted, and courageous. If they aren’t it could be disastrous. When any of the character's are put under stress or danger in the story, it becomes almost crippling fear because they are stuck in the center of the Earth with no good way to get back and limited food and water. That they were able to explore as far and as willingly as they did was a great feat. They ventured a great distance and achieved many things in the bowels of the Earth with fear and danger bearing down upon them.
In Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne, the loyalty that the three character's express towards one another shows the reader that loyalty has another quality besides being loyal. It brings people together and shows them a deeper meaning of friendship. Verene shows us that anybody can be loyal to something/someone, but it's not just about being loyal. He paints a picture in our minds that it creates the deepest image of friendship that he can conjure. He is trying to say that you can have friends, but no matter what, if you don’t show loyalty to one another, you aren’t truly experiencing friendship.
No one can tell what will happen in the future, especially when it comes to love. In “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott, each of the four March sisters, as well as Laurie, face challenges in their love lives. This is shown by the author’s use of multiple plot lines and character actions. Each person is dealing with the constant questions and pressure of marriage, along with personal problems. The author also uses symbols to quietly display to the reader how love can come from bad things. In Little Women, Louisa May Alcott uses character actions, multiple plot lines, and symbolism to show the reader that love is unpredictable.
One of the most common author’s craft techniques in the book was the use of character actions. The author of Little Women used those actions to describe the character’s thoughts and feelings. Many choices that were made affected relationships between characters, creating an excellent example as to why love is unpredictable. One of the most well-known character actions in Little Women is when Jo rejects Laurie’s proposal. The author makes it seem as if Jo and Laurie will end up together by making them have a strong connection from the beginning, and stating that Laurie has always had romantic feelings for Jo. However, Jo feels as if Laurie will never truly understand any of her passions or even her personality in general, and that is why she can’t ever love him. Another good example of character actions is when Amy falls into a freezing lake and Jo rushes to save her, despite their big argument earlier in the day. Jo suddenly realizes that she will always love her sister, no matter what happens between the pair.
A craft move that was also used throughout the entire story was multiple plot lines. This was a helpful move because it allowed readers to learn more about each character, and get some background information on their lives to help understand them. Knowing each character’s personality and life story may create understanding as to why a certain decision was made. Although it could be argued that making multiple plot lines was a bad move due to possible difficulties understanding the plot, it allowed readers to have an in-depth experience of the character’s thoughts, feelings, and decisions.
The last move, symbolism, was a bit difficult to find. A possible symbol that has been discovered is fire. Fire may be a symbol because every time an object was burned, some sort of love came from it. For example, Jo met Laurie after she burned her dress, and an amazing friendship was formed. Another time fire was used is when Amy burns Jo’s book out of anger after Jo ignored her. Jo and Amy got into a huge fight and refused to speak to each other, until Amy fell into a lake, making the two realize how much they love each other. Although it could be argued that burning does not symbolize anything, and the situations happen to be coincidental, fire clearly represents bonds being created and strengthened. In Little Women, Louisa May Alcott uses fire throughout the book to symbolize that love can come from bad things.
In Little Women, Louisa May Alcott uses character actions, multiple plot lines, and symbolism to show the reader that love is unpredictable. Alcott made her audience realize that being in love does not mean just accepting someone, but understanding each other’s passions and pushing one another to do greater things. The main characters went through the creation of bonds and relationships, as well as the destruction.
The Pearl by John Steinbeck is a classic story told through a third person perspective. The story follows a family in La Paz, a small coastern village. This book tells the story of Kino, his wife, Juana, and their infant son, Coyotito. When Coyotito is stung by a scorpion in the middle of the night the family seeks medical attention from the greedy village doctor. When the doctor refuses the child medical service without proper pay, Kino goes to get money the way he knows best, pearls. Kino finds a large pearl that brings with it misfortune to the family and the community’s jealousy becomes overwhelming. The Pearl buyers refuse to pay the amount that Kino believes his “pearl of a lifetime” is worth, even after he is attacked in the night for the pearl. In the end, Coyotito is killed by a hunter looking for the family and the pearl. Kino and Juana return home in shame, with the baby nothing but a limp bundle. This shows an effect of how greed can affect a person, John Steinbeck shows this using Symbolism, mood and tone, and an uncertain ending.
The Pearl by John Steinbeck uses symbolism and potential symbols to convey a strong effect of greed and how it can damage families and people. The author uses many symbols, such as the pearl itself or Coyotito. The Pearl could represent wealth or material goods. It could represent the family’s dreams. He started out as nothing but a pearl seller, living in a brush house in a small community that got treated as less than the white men in the city. When he found the pearl he dreamt of a life of fortune, with a real wedding, an educated son, and even an expensive gun. The pearl was valued less than Kino desired by the pearl buyers and this angered him. Kino was outraged because the idea of continuing to live his life the way he had previously while this pearl was in his possession seemed appalling. Once Kino saw what might be with his new fortune, he refused to let go of this fantasy.
Coyotito also could have represented the family’s hope and Kino’s dreams. Coyotito was the hope that the family could rise above what they were before the pearl. Coyotito was killed as a result of the evil the pearl and Kino’s selfish desires brought the family after Kino got greedy and wanted more than he was offered.
Another important tool that John Steinbeck used to establish the effect of his book was mood and tone. He showed mood easily and clearly throughout the story using Kino’s “song of the enemy” or “song of the family” to show danger or contentment. He used these along with specific wording to show a mood in the story. The song of the family used to show the family’s strength and unity, the bond between them. It showed hope and happiness within the family. The song of the enemy showed a mood of danger, it established when the characters were in danger or when Kino felt like he was about to be harmed. The song of the pearl showed many different moods throughout the story, it was used to show hope, danger, pain, madness, and many other emotions and moods. Wording is also highly important to the story’s effect. Phrases such as “Go with God,” which are used multiple times throughout the story to set up suspense or put the readers on edge. The line “a helplessness and a hopelessness swept over him and his face went black,” on page 75 is used to show Kino’s thoughts towards the group of trackers and the real darkness that had been caused. This shows what had happened, not because of just the pearl, but because of Kino’s greed and yearning for a different life.
Everybody hopes about something, whether it's getting that job you’ve always wanted or maybe even having the special person talk to you. In “The Great Gatsby”, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby is a billionaire and only wishes that Daisy Buchanan would realize how in love he was with her. Nick, the main character, is Daisy’s cousin. He moves to the West Egg and is thrown into a rich world of drama. In “The Great Gatsby”, Fitzgerald uses the symbolism to make you hope that Gatsby and Daisy might end up together.
The Green Lights at the edge of Daisy’s dock symbolize Gatsby’s dream. It stated in the last paragraph of the book, “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us.” Gatsby’s big dream is for Daisy Buchanan to proclaim her love for him and not for her husband Tom Buchanan. He wanted Daisy to love and live with him. Gatsby must have thought that his dream was so within reach that he couldn’t actually grasp it, but in reality it was already far behind him. The green lights finally diminish when Daisy and Tom leave the East Egg and go to Chicago. At this point, Gatsby has given up on his dream with Daisy. Gatsby is then killed by Wilson in his pool, and after Wilson shoots Gatsby he kills himself. Wilson believed that Gatsby had hit his wife and killed her, which fueled him to kill Gatsby in revenge.
The Valley of Ashes is a symbol for the lower class or the poor. This is also where Wilson is from. The Valley of Ashes is called that to make it seem unimportant and lifeless, when a lot of people that couldn’t afford the West or East Egg ended out. The people from The Valley Of Ashes feel like they are forgotten while the rich use their money for their own pleasure. This could also be seen as a metaphor that Fitzgerald wants to make the reader think that Wilson and the rest of the people living in The Valley are left to die (as in starving or being kicked out).
In “The Great Gatsby”, the green lights symbolize the hope that Gatsby has for his relationship with Daisy. The lights could mean different things to different people, at first the light was there to symbolize how Gatsby wished that he didn’t earn his money the way he did, because if he didn’t earn it that way maybe Daisy would want to have something with him. It shows that some people do illegal things to make amends or to make their life easier while putting the ones they love in danger.
The last device that was used to establish the effect was an uncertain ending. In the end, Coyotito cries out just as Kino is about to kill the last man that was hunting for them. The family walks home in shame, Coyotito in a bundle, dead. When reading through the first time readers are perplexed, wondering how Coyotito had died. The cry had caused the man to shoot, hitting Coyotito and killing the young boy. This could’ve also been used to show an effect of all good things coming to an end, but the effect is greed because this happened as a result of the men hunting for the pearl. The Pearl caused many bad things to happen to the family, after bringing happiness for a very short time, but this was only because Kino wanted more from the pearl than the pearl buyers said it deserved.
In conclusion, the effect of The Pearl was greed and how it can affect people’s minds. The author, John Steinbeck, showed this using symbolism, tone and mood, and finally, an uncertain ending to craft this effect in his story. The readers are left knowing not to ask too much, or to complain too loud, for what they gain could end up being their demise. Audiences are left to think about how even a small bit of luck turned into this family’s biggest downfall and the loss of something that mattered the most, more than the pearl. While symbolism in this story might have been unclear, it’s apparent that you were meant to feel grateful for what you have. You are meant to deny greed or fear selfishness, even if it arises from selfless acts.
The relevance of taking a risk to develop in life is important because not everyone develops the same, or some don’t develop through life at all to their fullest potential. Bilbo Baggins from “The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien shows his development through the setting, symbolism. The small hut under the hill, the beautiful skies, and Bilbo sitting there with his smoke pipe. While a calm setting is a must for the beginning, the end turns into an adventurous story that makes you question your life decisions and makes you want to take a risk and go on a adventure yourself. Development is only achieved when you take a risk in life.
In “The Hobbit”, symbolism was used quite often to either mark significant events in the book, or to help characterize Bilbo or even the other characters. For example, the knife that Bilbo uses is not as important in the beginning because he does not wield it very often in the start. But as he starts to gain confidence in the book, he starts to use his sword more and more often to the point where he trusts using it in almost every battle. The Hobbit, pg. 163, “Suddenly Bilbo noticed that some of the spiders had gathered round old Bombur on the floor, and had tied him up again and were dragging him away. He gave a shout and slashed at the spiders in front of him. They quickly gave way, and he scrambled and fell down the tree right into the middle of those on the ground. His little sword was something new in the way of stings for them.” This represents that the sword is also being recognized as an important symbol in the book, but also that it is a big turning point in their adventure because it is the first time Bilbo saves the dwarves on his own.
Another piece of symbolism is the ring that Bilbo acquires when he goes into the goblin tunnels and meets a gollum. “He guessed as well as he could, and crawled along for a good way, till suddenly his hand met what felt like a tiny ring of cold metal lying on the floor of the tunnel. It was a turning point in his career, but he did not know it.” This shows and tells that this ring is important to Bilbo in the story because it helps him get out of the goblin infested mountains, but also to save his friends multiple times later on in the book. While the ring is of importance it also has a meaning to it’s symbolism, loneliness and obsession. This is because Gollum calls the ring “Birthday-present” repeatedly. He most likely calls the ring his “Birthday-present” because it reminds him of a time when he usually got birthday presents, it helps him remember home.
It is important to think about the consequences of your actions. That is the effect that the book Catcher in the Rye, by J.D Salinger leaves the reader with. The author is trying to push an important effect out to the audience. In the book the main character Holden makes a lot of mistakes and does not think about the consequences. Holden fails all of his classes at school and is kicked out a few days before Christmas break. He does not want his parents to know he was kicked out of school so he does not go home right away. Holden pretends to still be at school. The author, J.D. Salinger is using the character Holden to make the reader understand how people need to think more about the consequences of their actions. The author uses character actions, dialogue, and imagery to show how important it is to think about the consequences of your actions.
Holden does lots of things that will really hurt his life without thinking about the outcomes. . The author shows all of Holden’s poor actions to show how it is really important to think about the consequences of your actions.Holden smokes and he is 16. Everyone knows how bad it is to smoke so Holden does not think about the consequences. People do lots of things without thinking about the consequences. The author wants the reader to think about how your actions can have bad or good consequences.Some people could say that the author is trying to show Holden's character actions show how everyday people don’t think about how one action can affect your life forever. Holden punches a boy at school and gets beat up. Holden did not think about how it might hurt him. J.D. Salinger wants the audience to understand that the choices you make in life can affect you. He writes about what Holden does to show how you can be affected by your actions.
The author also uses the character’ s dialogue to get the effect of the story out to the reader. The characters say bad things that have bad consequences.A one point in the story Holdens said some bad stuff to a guy and got punched in the face. If Holden had thought more about how his words might affect him maybe he would not have gotten punched in the face. Everything we say and do has consequences, but sometimes we forget about the consequences. The author really wants the reader to understand how your words can really affect you so he shows Holden getting beat up because he said stuff and did not think about how it might affect him. There is know telling how your words might affect others so you should think about what you say and think of the consequences . Some could argue that J.D Salinger was just writing a story for entertainment but what the characters say and do really shows how the author is trying to put a message into the story.
The setting is also largely important in supporting the claim because the setting helps Bilbo take new risks to help him develop. When Bilbo first joined the group of dwarves and the wizard Gandalf, the setting was at his home, and it felt like a party. So it made Bilbo feel comfortable, almost so comfortable that it felt like a dream. But when he came to realized that it wasn’t, the setting became dark and broody. When they went into the mountain, kidnapped by the goblins, the setting was foreboding murky. It seems that when Bilbo becomes engaged in these situations his confidence seems to boost. When he engaged the gollum, even though he could not see, even though he could have just run in any direction. He chose to stay and face his problem head on. No matter how gloomy, he stayed. When facing the spiders where he had to save someone. Even in that dark and shady forest. He continued to prosper to save himself and his friends.
With this evidence it is evident that many characters play into the development of Bilbo Baggins. But these do not only develop Bilbo, they chand and help to develop the story. While some may never grow in life, others work to become the best they can be, and Bilbo is only one example of this. “At last they came up the long road, and reached the very pass where the goblins had captured them before. But they came back to that high point at morning, and looking backward they saw a white sun shining over the outstretched lands. There behind lay Mirkwood, blue in the distance, and darkly green as the nearer edge even in the spring. There far away was the lonely mountain on the edge of eyesight. On its highest peak snow yet unmelted was gleaming pale. “So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their ending!” said Bilbo, and he turned his back on his adventure.”
The story Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson, shows great relevance to 2 sided people and betrayal. This is because Dr Jekyll, a well known doctor, has a trusted sidekick, Mr Hyde, and when he concocted a potion to make him carry out his evil deeds it backfired. Therefore in the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson used symbolism, & mood to show that everybody has 2 sides.
One of the factors to show that the theme of Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is that everybody has 2 sides is symbolism. Many people use Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde to symbolize betrayal, and mistrust. This seems to be a great way to symbolize those things because Dr Jekyll wanted Mr Hyde to do evil deeds for him because he didn’t want to feel the guilt. However this backfired and Mr Hyde became a slaughterer with a tempestuous and impulsive tone, which is not what Dr Jekyll intended him to do. This is a form of betrayal or mistrust because Dr Jekyll trusted him and Hyde betrayed him and did something other than Jekyll intended. You could also make the argument that the theme is about never trusting anyone but if you look deeper in the story it is all about having 2 sides because there are some parts where Jekyll can trust Mr Utterson and Hyde. Another symbol the author used was Dr Jekyll himself because he wants the evil deeds to be carried out. He believes that they need to be done but doesn’t want to do them himself so he doesn’t get caught up with guilt or the law. He made a potion to make his acquaintance, Mr Hyde, an evil man and therefore do the necessary evil deeds Jekyll wants done. The brew was too strong though and so when Hyde killed a man, Jekyll realized his mistake. You could also interpret this as little trust though as maybe it wasn’t the potion that made Hyde this evil, maybe some of it was his doing as well. This shows that Jekyll is 2 sided because he is a good doctor as well as an evil genius.
Another way that the author showed the theme of people being 2 sided is through mood. The mood was a dark and evil tone, that showed that the matter was a serious one. The mood may also be eerie and creepy to some because of the path that it follows. It starts out normal and then eventually Hyde kills a man because of the potion that Jekyll had concocted.
In the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson used symbolism, & mood to convey that everybody has 2 sides. The author uses symbolism to represent 2 sided people and possible betrayal. He also uses mood to tense up the reader. This shows that there’s multiple sides to every person and situation.
Everyone in their lifetime will probably be thrown in to a whole new situation, so their going to have to learn to adapt to it and keep living their life. In the book, Call of The Wild, by Jack London, Buck is thrown in to a whole new situation. He has to deal with things he didn’t even knew happened. He also has to deal with the setting/climate. He learns to adapt to the situation and live on with his life. In Call of the Wild, Jack London uses dialogue/actions and description to show the reader that you have to learn to adapt to new situations.
One of the main craft techniques used by the author to show that you have to learn to adapt is description. The author from Call of The Wild uses the description of the setting and what’s happening in the story to show Buck adapting and why everyone has to learn to adapt. Each new time the author described something in lots of detail like the setting it shows that the author really wants you to remember that part because there is lots detail and the detail is usually about Buck and the setting/new situation he is in. Buck had to adapt to the new environment and climate. He was used to the warm weathers of California. Then he was captured and put into the very cold weathers of the Arctic. They are very very different climates and Buck has to adapt and learn fast to survive and stay warm. The author gave very clear details of the area and what it is like. Buck had also adapted to the Law of Club and Fang. The author gave many details throughout the story to help the reader understand what the Law of Club and Fang meant. You learn that the Law taught him that he didn’t have all the power and control over everything anymore. He would have to adapt to the Law and obey his master. All this could be seen that the author was trying to use the details and description to make you think that you need to learn new skills, but if you look more closely at it, you realize that it’s more than just to learn, it’s adapting to different situations thrown at you. Readers realize the much detail and description to find out it is for them to understand that they need to adapt to many different situations that they might have eventually in their lifetime.
Another one of the main craft techniques used by the author to show that you have to learn to adapt is dialogue/actions. One of the ways the author uses this technique is by showing how the characters are dealing and adapting to the new situation. The author shows the actions, of mostly Buck, and how these actions help with adapting to the change. The author also uses dialogue/actions by show the steps taken by the characters to adapt to the different and unusual situations. In one of the chapters, the author even stated that Buck had been adapting. “It marked his adaptability, his capacity to adjust himself to changing conditions,...” This shows that the author really wants you to know that because they stated it right in the book. You could say that the author is trying to show you that you need to solve the problems that come at you, but it is you having to adapt and it proves by the sentence in the story about Buck adapting. As you see the dialogue and actions used to show adapting you understand why you have to change and learn to adapt.
In Call of The Wild, the author uses lots of details and description of the setting and of Buck to help you understand the overall effect. The author also uses dialogue/actions to show what’s going on in the story and how the characters adjust to it and also tells us the steps Buck toke to adapt to his new environment and situation. This story can relate to a lot of people and will probably relate to you one day because sometime in your lifetime your going to have to adapt to something new, it maybe moving and going to a different place or someone dies and you life is just not the same without them. The one thing to take from this story is that you are going to need to be adaptable.
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott is a story about four sisters who live in the 1860’s. Meg is the oldest sister who is girlish but ends up not marrying for money which is what girls usually did at this time. Jo is the second oldest sister. She is a tomboy and she loves to write. Beth is the third sister, she is very quiet, shy and loves to play the piano. The youngest sister is Amy. Amy always tries to act like the perfect lady unlike Jo. Laurie is the four sisters next door neighbor. Laurie becomes very close with Jo and eventually develops a crush on her, although he ends up marrying Amy. Like Jo, Laurie struggles with his gender stereotype because he does not want to enter the business world. Because of this Laurie struggles with his grandfather's expectations for him because he is not manly enough. Jo and Laurie go against their gender stereotypes while the other characters reinforce their stereotypes.
The author of little women, Louisa M.Alcott uses a lot of dialogue to show gender stereotypes. “Don’t I wish I could go as a drummer, or a nurse, exclaimed Jo, with a groan.” This shows that Jo wants to help in the war but is unable to because she is a girl. “I know I shall forget. If you see me doing anything wrong, you just wink, will you? Returned Jo. No winking isn’t lady-like; I’ll lift my eyebrows if anything is wrong, and nod if you are all right. Now hold your shoulders straight, and take short steps.” This shows gender stereotypes because it shows that there was a certain way girls were supposed to look and act. Louisa M. Alcott also includes this sentence in the book Little Women, “Men have to work, and women to marry for money.” This shows us that both men and women had a certain expectation they were expected to follow according to their gender.
The author of Little Women also uses symbolism to show gender stereotypes. One of the symbols Louisa M. Alcott uses is burning. Burning is a symbol the author uses to show gender stereotypes as a result of Jo wears a dress with a burn mark on it which represents her going against her female role.This is because women were supposed to be neat and orderly since that is what was considered ladylike. Another symbol that is used in little women is the umbrellas. The umbrellas show the protection a man has over a woman. While at Megs wedding Jo gets angry at John Brookes umbrella because Brooke is now going to take care of her sister. Although at the end of the story Jo goes under Professor Bhaer umbrella which shows that she is now ready to accept his love and protection. This symbol shows gender stereotypes because it shows that a woman is supposed to marry a man and the man is now supposed to protect her.
Louisa M. Alcott also uses revealing actions to show gender stereotypes. Jo is worried she will not be able to publish her book and won’t be taken seriously. Although this could be mistaken as Jo isn’t confident in her work, it actually shows that Jo is worried that her gender will have a factor in her future success. This is because trying to make a living by writing was against the gender expectation of a woman. Jo also goes to a party with a burn on her dress which to others during this time would have seemed unladylike. Laurie also goes against his gender stereotypes by not being masculine and making a life in business. Both Laurie and Jo refuse to adhere to their gender stereotype.
Overall, Little Women by Louisa M. Alcott teaches the reader about gender stereotypes. The author uses dialogue, symbolism, and revealing actions to allow the reader to evaluate if the gender stereotypes are relevant in society. The author does this by having characters like Jo and Laurie who struggle with gender roles in society. The author also does this by adding characters like Amy, Beth, and Meg who mostly follow their gender expectations in society. Lasty, this shows that gender stereotypes play a big role in society and have for a very long time, especially in the story of little women.
Meredith Shanks Catcher in the Rye Part 2 The author of Catcher in the Rye wants the reader to be left with a powerful effect. Imagery helps the effect take place. The author describes all of the character's mistakes. Holden stays in a nastey hotel and the author really describes how Holden does not think about the consequences of his actions. The author wants the reader to understand how everyone should think more about the consequences. The author uses imagery to explain how Holdens mistakes really messed up his life because he did not think about the consequences. The author does not want the reader to do bad things so he is trying to teach the reader about how people really need to think more about the consequences of their own actions.
Think about the consequences of your actions. Lots of people never think about the consequences. People are so focused on doing great things that they never think about the consequences, or whether they are doing the right thing. The author of Catcher in the Rye wants the audience to understand that every little thing you do has consequences. J.D. Salinger wanted the reader to walk away from the book thinking about how Holden did a lot of foolish things, but J.D. Salinger also wanted the readers to think what if Holden had thought more about what he was doing. Would he have had a better life if he had only thought about the consequences of his actions.
Part 1 Dreaming is what allows people to strive for greatness. Without dreams, nobody would work for anything. The “greats” would not be the “greats” without dreams. In “Of Mice and Men,” by John Steinbeck, the story follows two men, George and Lennie, during the Great Depression. They are constantly thinking about their dream land with the rabbits. George and Lennie have to overcome many barriers to buy the land. However, Lennie always seems to get into trouble, which makes it that much harder for the dream to come true. The story follows them and their life at a new ranch while they are working for their land. George and Lennie are constantly battling against odds and trying to limit mistakes made. They try to stay positive, and continue to work towards their dream. In “Of Mice and Men,” Steinbeck uses dialogue, character’s actions, and symbolism to help show the reader the importance of dreams.
One of the most obvious author’s craft techniques used in “Of Mice and Men” was dialogue. Whenever Lennie misbehaves, he always says the same thing, “Now I won’t get to tend the rabbits. Now he won’t let me,” or something along those lines. He does many questionable things in the story that result in him having to worry about the rabbits. The author uses dialogue to show the reader the importance of dreams. First, here is a little background on what the dream is. ‘“Someday - we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs and--” “An’ live off the fatta the lan’,” Lennie shouted. “An’ have rabbits. Go on, George! Tell about what we’re gonna have in the garden and about the rabbits in the cafes and about the rain in the winter and the stove, and how thick the cream is on the milk like you can hardly cut it. Tell about that, George.” “Why’n’t you do it yourself? You know all of it.” “No… you tell it. It ain’t the same if I tell it. Go on… George. How I get to tend the rabbits.” “Well,” said George, “we’ll have a big vegetable patch and a rabbit hutch and chickens. And when it rains in the winter, we’ll just say the hell with goin’ to work, we’ll build up a fire in the stove and set around it an’ listen to the rain comin’ down on the roof--”’ That is the big dream. They have a whole plan, and all of the little details worked out. That shows just how important this dream is and how much they want it. When Lennie hurt Curley, he said, “I didn’t wanta. I didn’t wanta hurt him.” A few paragraphs later, he begins to worry. ‘Lennie smiled with his bruised mouth. “I didn’t want no trouble,” he said. He walked toward the door, but just before he came to it, he turned back. “George?” “What you want?” “I can still tend the rabbits, George?” “Sure. You ain’t done nothing wrong.” “I di’n’t mean no harm, George.”’ He was worried that the the full dream would not come true because he misbehaved. The author chose his words to make Lennie sound sorry and worried. Steinbeck always has Lennie talking about “The Dream.” “George says we’re gonna have alfalfa for the rabbits.” “He’ll say, ‘You done it. Don’t try to put nothing over on me.’ An’ he’ll say, “Now jus’ for that you don’t get to tend no rabbits!” The author constantly has Lennie talking about it. This helps to show the importance of dreams. It is used to show that this dream is most important thing in Lennie’s mind. If you have dream, you will spend all of your time thinking about and planning your dream, just like George and Lennie.
Everyone has to understand how the small things in life can control the ups and downs. While it may never be expected for something to happen, there's always the possibility. In “The Call of the Wild” by Jack London, Buck, a St. Bernard dog goes through plenty of easy and tough times in his life. He starts off living with a nice family in Santa Clara, California, but then is sold to go work up north with the men digging for gold. Buck gets beat, mistreated, and is underfed. Eventually, another man up north, John Thornton, comes along and cuts Buck loose from the sled he was pulling. Buck then goes to live with him. Eventually, Buck is able to live in the wilderness with other animals. In “The Call of the Wild”, Jack London uses description, inner-thoughts, and actions to show the reader how life can change, and to stay determined through all the ups and downs.
One author's craft techniques found throughout the book was the use of description. On one of the first nights of the adventure, Buck gets cold because of the air temperatures and the snow. Buck realizes the more experienced dogs bury themselves under the snow and tuck into a small ball. Once Buck does this, he is able to stay warm throughout the frigid night. At another point in the story, Buck is challenged to start and pull a sled that weighs 1,000 pounds. Because it is so cold out, the sled is stuck into the ground by ice. The author explains to the audience how Buck wiggles the sled from side to side so that it becomes unstuck from the ground. Then, Buck digs his paws into the snow to help get momentum and pull the sled the distance. Even though Buck was being doubted by most of the crowd, he stayed determined to accomplish his task. This also helped him make a name of himself along with making his owner at the time proud.
A craft move used in the story that is a little harder to identify is inner-thoughts. Buck’s inner-thoughts are shown throughout the story to show what he is going through along with how determined he is. Before Buck is sold to go up north, his inner-thoughts say that he thought he had a good life living in Santa Clara, California with his family. At the time, he claims was neither a house or work dog, which is how all dogs should be. Near the end of the story, Buck meets John Thornton. He then realizes that his life wasn’t really so great. Buck says that ‘now he is free and has someone that loves him’. Another time Buck’s inner-thoughts are used is when he is being whipped to move. He refuses to give in and stays laying down in the snow. Buck explains how tired he is and that he just wants to be free and wild. After time had passed of Buck doing nothing, John Thornton decided to step in and cut Buck loose. This shows what Buck is thinking and how his life was able to turn around by his determination, along with the actions of John Thornton.
The final craft technique used to show how Buck’s life changed with his determination is the use of explaining actions. While the humans and dogs kept traveling farther north, the conditions got worse. The dogs were underfed, mistreated, and didn’t have the quality of rest they needed. If what the dogs were going through weren’t already enough, they would also get snow caught in their paws and fur. They would have to bite and lick it out using their teeth. Since they would have to stop to do so, the sled riders would whip the dogs until they moved at the speed that was expected from them. The last action parts of the novel include the dogs fighting each other to show dominance. Sometimes this was just injuring or waiting for the other dog to back down, but at other times this involved killing. While this could be showing dominance, it really shows how determined the dogs are to be the best so they prove themselves to the humans, and other dogs on the team.
In “The Call of the Wild”, Buck is determined to live a good life and be free. There were many turns for good and bad throughout his life, but in the end, he was able to be wild. From being beat up and mistreated to finding a person who loves him, Buck really is able to let everything go and be free without anything holding him back. This is an eye opener to see how the small things in life can really affect someone's life in the long run, even when it is least expected. Buck also shows the audience how being determined can lead to the end goal of accomplishment. He was able to get what he had been longing for. At the same time, was what Buck went through worthwhile when he had a decent life beforehand?
Having empathy is very important in life and having the mindset to perceive is just as important. Buck, the main character is set up with some hard challenges in this book but in face of all the odds he conquers all of them. In The Call of the Wild, the author, Jack London uses symbolism and character actions to show the reader that you should persevere through hard moments,and he also gives feelings of empathy towards Buck.
One of the most important and obvious author craft moves in The Call of the Wild is symbolism. Near the beginning of the book Buck is taken by some men who then transport him to the Yukon. On his way there a man in a red sweater wielding a club taunts Buck. Then, he charges at the man but is bludgeoned by the club. Even though he keeps getting hit he perseveres through the pain and keeps trying. Eventually he gives up, but as it says in the book “He was beaten but not broken.” The bat clearly represents all the different problems in life, and even though it might hurt you have to keep moving forward. Some might say that character actions show this when Buck, a character, keeps on trying to charge at the man would be a better representation but symbolism gives a much more meaningful approach to it.
The other technique that the author uses is in the form of internal conflicts but comes across as empathy towards Buck. When he is taken from his home he is not only torn away from his family but, is placed in this new world and is forced and expected to adapt. He ends up doing a good job at it but is ultimately faced with another problem. Spitz. The reader might feel a bit of empathy for Buck because he has all of these new problems in the blink of an eye. He went from a spoiled comfortable life to a cold harsh environment. Near the end of the book he is blessed with a new family. John, Pete, Hans and the two remaining dogs from the team. It seems like things are turning around until they are ultimately pried away from him after being attacked by a Native tribe. At the end it does give us some resolution because he found a new family. A family from the wild.
All in all empathy can be a powerful tool to enlighten the reader about the true struggles the characters face in the story. It can also change your perspective on a situation and or a problem. Persevering through hardships just like Buck also connects to empathy because it is not easy to keep going if you don't believe you can so the reader can truly connect to them through both.
Part 2 A craft technique that the author used that took a bit more to uncover was character’s actions. Many of these actions correspond with one another, but they all end up showing the importance of dreams. Lennie ends up killing many different animals throughout the book. It starts off with just a few little mice. He squeezes them too hard, and they lose oxygen. George threatens taking away the rabbits from the dream, if Lennie continues with the innocent murders. Lennie stops because he cherishes the dream so much. Later in the book, he was playing with puppies from a fellow worker. He loved this one puppy very much. He was petting and playing with the puppy a lot. He play-smacked the puppy, but underestimated the power of his hand. This caused the little puppy to die. Lennie was sad about the puppy dying, but also feared having the bunny privilege taken away. Tiny puppies are not all that different from tiny bunnies, so Lennie was worried that because of what happened, he would not be able to tend to the bunnies. Lennie also ends up hurting Curley, the landowner’s son. Curley was verbally abusing Lennie because all of the attention was on him at the moment, and he did not enjoy that. Lennie told him to stop, but Curley refused to listen. Then, Curley begins to punch Lennie. George tells Lennie to fight back, so he does. He crushes Curley’s hand. He again was worried about what might happen to the dream; how things will change or get taken away. All of these accidental injuries and deaths lead to the big death near the end of the book. Curley’s Wife walked in on Lennie in the barn. They started conversing. He began to stroke her hair, but became too aggressive. She got mad and tried to stop him, but he stopped her from doing so. She started to scream. Lennie did not want to get in trouble for talking to her, so he put his hand over her mouth. She continued to scream, so he got angrier. He snapped her neck while trying to stop her from screaming. He knew he did something bad, and that more bad things would follow up, so he ran to George and Lennie’s “in-trouble” meeting spot to hide. Lennie understood that what he did was bad, and that he would get in trouble, so he ran. He continued to think about the rabbits. After he does all of those things listed above, he doesn’t always understand what he did wrong. All he knows is that he did something wrong, and that he might get punished for it. He always worries that he won’t get to take care of the rabbits anymore because of him misbehaving. How he responds to what he has done, shows how important the dream is to him. Although, it could be argued that the character’s actions are supposed to make the reader feel empathy towards Lennie (because of his innocent-minded actions), it is clear that Lennie’s actions are impacted by the importance of dreams (“The Dream). The importance of dreams dictates how Lennie feels and responds to his previous actions.
Part 3 A final craft move that Steinbeck used to show the importance of dreams was symbolism. The land, that is mentioned multiple times throughout the book, symbolizes their dreams. For Lennie, the dream, specifically the rabbits, is what he is always thinking about. He always wants to take care of the rabbits. Everything he does revolves around the rabbits. He does something good, and feels deserving of the land and rabbits. However, if he does something wrong, he is worried that he has lost the chance to take care of the rabbits. Everytime life gets rough, George and Lennie think about the land. They always dream about it. They made plans for how to obtain the land as well. When George and Lennie are talking right before George shoots Lennie in the back of the head, they are talking about the land. George wants Lennie to have a good memory right before he dies. Everytime the land is mentioned, it symbolizes all dreams. Because it is mentioned a lot, you can tell how important dreams are in life. They are always very careful in life, so that they can eventually fulfill that dream. They are always thinking about it. Certainly, you could say that the land actually symbolizes never giving up, rather than dreams. While this is an important point, when you look at the other craft moves alongside this one, the author is clearly trying to show his audience the importance of dreams, and how the land symbolizes the dreams (because the land is their big dream). The way they treat, “The Dream,” you can understand the importance of dreams.
John Steinbeck showed his readers how important dreams are, mainly through Lennie. Lennie’s words and actions showed how much he cared about the dream. Everything he did or said had to do with the rabbits. It showed how important dreams are. Steinbeck used George and Lennie to show how hard you have to work to make your dreams come true. The land and the rabbits, which symbolize dreams, showed how much you have to think about and work on your dreams for them to become reality. George and Lennie had every little detail picked out. They had a whole plan to get there as well. The symbolism of the land showed that dreams are very important. The story as a whole shows that sometimes you need dreams. That way you have something to work for and look forward to. Where would the world be without dreams? Would the world be less innovative without the creative minds of dreamers? Do you have plans to make your dreams come true? Just remember, every dream matters. Even the little ones.
No one wants to be left alone to suffer in their time of need. In the story “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott, the family struggles through many hardships. They brave them together and form unbreakable bonds in the process. The Alcotts don't become bitter or angry about their situation; rather they are grateful for what they have. They never stop spreading their warmth and kindness to the people around them. In “Little WOmen,” Louisa uses the trials that they go through to show us how important love and support is whether it is from your family or someone else.
One of the more obvious tactics that the author used in this book was Setting. All throughout the story you could see the love and care that they created in their home. There is a particular part in the beginning of the story where Laurie talks about how he used to watch through his window into their house and see how the girls played together. Laurie then goes into detail about the love he felt coming from their family and how he wished he could feel the same. The family not only shows love to each other but to total strangers. Another example of this is of a widow who had a little infant and kids. They didn't have anything to eat on christmas morning so they gave up their extravagant breakfast to the family and ate a simple meal instead. The Alcotts did have shortcomings but they made up for those in love,kindness, and compassion for others. Another strategy that Louisa used was multiple perspectives. Which allows the reader to know what several characters are thinking while the characters in the book are unaware of each other's thoughts. A few good examples can be found in the marriage of Meg and John. One of them being when Meg had the twins she put all of her energy into them and had little time for John. He then sought refuge at the house of one of his friends. Meg did not realize how she was making Jhon feel and instead got upset at the misunderstanding. Things turned around when Meg consulted her mother about it, giving her the chance to get another perspective on the situation. Her mother then went on to explain how John might feel. Now through that whole dilemma we knew what was going on in each of their brains so we are able to perceive the thoughts and feelings of both of the characters while they remain ignorant. This helps the audience to better discern the situation because we have multiple perspectives.
Louisa May Alcott also uses Empathy to stir our feelings and to create the feeling of love and loss. In this book that same widow has a baby with scarlet fever. Normally it would be Mrs. March that would go and help tend to the baby but she was away taking care of a bead ridden Mr. March. Beth then took it on herself to take it. Sadly the baby died, once the other girls found out that they had their housekeeper tend to Beth to make sure that she did not contract the fever. Unfortunately fate was not on their side and Beth did contract the fever. Beth did recover from it but she never had the same strength and later died at the young age of 18. Her death devastated the whole family. The vivid description of the pain and the loss that Jo felt could bring tears to the audience . This is the most extreme part in the book where she used empathy however it is all over in the book. Though it could be argued that the theme of this book was to cherish your loved ones while you still have them “Little Women '' is undoubtedly about how people need to feel loved. Louisa has embedded that into every single part of this story. The most evident one is with Larie as he spent much of his childhood alone without any friends. He became a recluse boy who did not leave his house often. Nonetheless one he experienced the love that came from the Alcotts he turned into a boy that everyone could love.
The affection that this family shows to each other can be seen in their house and wherever they go. They also keep each other in their thoughts and they are always trying their best to better themselves for the ones they love. They suffered through great loss but instead of getting bitter they support and comfort each other. This is how we should treat the ones we love. If they had not had each other throughout the duration of their lives they would have become people with different values and personalities.
Pt. 1- The story Flowers For Algernon Is about a man who is mentally disabled and he has a very low IQ. There are doctors who found a way to have a surgery and it will raise your IQ. They performed the surgery on a mouse named Algernon and his IQ was getting higher as the days went by. Now it was Charlie’s turn. In Daniel Keyes’ story he tries to let his audience know that sometimes you have a hard time in life, but all you can do is hold on to hope for the best. He shows this by using spelling and setting up a problem to show that Charlie hangs on to hope.
In Flowers for Algernon the author uses repetition to show Charlie’s IQ. We see in the book that Charlies writing is not correct. The spelling is wrong and so is the grammar. He repeated the bad spelling and grammar until Charlie had the procedure and started getting smarter. Instead of just saying Charlie is not good at English or writing they use the words in the book to show he can’t write. In the story you can tell that Charlie is aware that he isn’t as smart as other people at his work or anyone surrounding him. He is self aware. In his writing Daniel Keyes uses words and repeats them to show that Charlie’s progress reports are getting better or worse at the start. Keyes uses the incorrect spelling and wrong grammar to signify how intelligent Charlie is at a certain point in the book.
Pt.2- Daniel Keyes did a great job setting up the problem in this story. The workers at Charlie’s job are very mean and tease Charlie around, and the author uses that to show how Charlie had no idea that they were being mean, he thought they were just being funny and having fun with him. He doesn’t let Charlie know the problem until he starts becoming smarter and then he soon realizes that what his “friends'' were doing is very wrong and not nice. The problem was that he didn’t realize some things are bad in the world that he doesn’t know. Once he finds out they are mean he feels bad about himself because he didn’t know what was going on.
At the end, Charlie becomes smart, but Algernon gets sick and elderly. He sadly passes away. Charlie lives on to go to meetings and school to be a wise business person. Keyes shows his audience that Charlie kept his cool and he kept hoping that it would work. Oneday he could be smart. Flowers For Algernon shows the reader that in a hard situation you can only hope for a good outcome, and hopefully everything will turn out as good as Charlie’s IQ did.
Part 1 People need to realize what power can do to a person. No one person should have too much power; otherwise they will stay in power, and could end up doing the wrong thing. They can keep going after more power, and end up hurting others along the way. In Animal Farm by George Orwell the animals take over the farm, and kick out their leader; they figure out how to live together, and run their lives on the farm. Orwell uses the characters and the farm to create an allegory. The animals are used to symbolize people and groups of people from the Russian Revolution. The overall effect of the book is to show what power can do to a person. Those on top will stay there, and not let anyone else in if they are just in it for the power. They will hurt other people that they might see as a threat, just so they can stay there. Those on top will stay on top, even at other people’s expense.
Orwell symbolizes the Russian Revolution through the animals, and the people on the farm; and the actions each character makes. The whole book relates back to Russia and the Soviet Union in 1917 to 1923. The idea is the same. It shows the leader, which in the book is Jones, and how bad of a leader he was. The animals banded together to overthrow him, and take control of the farm. Jones is just like the previous leader of Russia, and the people want him gone. The pigs are the animals that take charge, and say they know what to do. At first they say they are going to stick together, and they all will be treated equally. There are two pigs that each want to be in power, Napoleon and Snowball; and they cannot get along. Napoleon trains the new born dogs, and the dogs learn to follow him. They eventually kick Snowball out, and Napoleon takes over. He makes everyone think he knows what is best for them, but he really just wants power. Napoleon tells everyone that he wants the best for the group, and all the animals believe him. Napoleon is an example of those that are on top will do anything to stay on top. You get power. Then you just want more and more, so life can end up going bad. He was willing to hurt others to stay on top, and he did. He followed the example of the leaders that came before him, which were the humans. They were bad leaders, but the pigs did the same thing, so they could be on top. Napoleon is created after an actual person from the Soviet Union who was willing to do anything to stay on top as well.
The farm and the characters outside the farm as a whole symbolize the Soviet Union; but each character plays a special part, they each are created after a real person from the Russian Revolution. For example, Jones, he correlates with the old leader of Russia, Czar Nicholas the second. They were both bad rulers, and the people under them got together to overthrow them. Another character that relates to someone from real life is Old Major. He is the one that recognized that Jones is a bad leader, and he told everyone about it. Old Major correlates with Karl Marx. Old Major created the concept of animalism; Marx founded communism; and animalism is the same thing as communism. Old Major and Marx each wanted the same thing; a change in the government. Even though they just wanted the pigs to be the new group in charge, and that is why they created communism. At the same time they were both pretty old to try and change it. After the animals kick out Jones, Napoleon takes over and becomes their leader. This is important to realize because if people below the government hate it as much to kick out their previous leaders, and start over; they will do so. The animals did not like Jones, so they kicked him out. The pigs took over, but they knew what they were doing. They did not like the humans either. They just did what the humans did, so that they could have all the power, and the other animals would be too scared to try and stop them.
Part 2 Napoleon correlates with Joseph Stalin, they both are in charge, and think that everyone else is below them. The pigs knew how the humans did it before them, they ran the farm through fear, so they had all the power. The pigs realized that, and wanted the same thing. They took over in charge, after they got the rest of the animals to believe that their previous leaders were bad leaders; and that they knew what was best. Then the pigs did the same thing as the humans and ran the farm through fear. Most of the pigs were fine with Napoleon being on top, except Snowball. Snowball also wanted to be in charge. Since Napoleon trained the little dogs from a young age, they followed him. The dogs grew up to be vicious animals, and did whatever Napoleon wanted. The dogs are created after Stalin’s commanding officers. Snowball is created after Leon Trotsky. This is what happens in real life, the person in charge sees a threat to their position, and gets rid of it as soon as possible. Napoleon did just that, he saw Snowball as a threat, and got the dogs, and then the rest of the animals on his side. Then he kicked Snowball out, and remained on top. This happens in real life, those on top stay there, and they follow the example of people that came before them. They do whatever they can to keep their position on top.
The pigs are a key part of the group overthrowing the government. They symbolize the Bolshevik leadership from the Soviet Union. This is the group that was on top, and they were in charge of everything. They kept everyone else lower than them to stay on top. Bolshevik means “those who are more”, and the pigs made the saying “all animals are created equal, but some are more equal”, referring to the pigs. The pigs made this saying to scare the other animals into doing exactly what they say because the pigs already got the animals to believe them. They just wanted it to be known that they were in charge because they were “more equal”. This shows that those in power will do whatever they can to stay in power. However it can be argued that the overall effect is power corrupts because you can say that the pigs with all the other animals wanted the right thing at first, but the power they got corrupted them. Even though the pigs knew exactly what they were doing. They saw the humans do it, so they thought they would try to overthrow the humans, and be the new group in charge. They just wanted power, they wanted the humans out so they could get it. They did not even care about the other animals, just that they did all the work. Then the pigs benefited, and got everything.
In Animal Farm the characters and the farm create an allegory, and it symbolizes the Russian Revolution. How they want a better government, but they do not know how to create it. The animals in Animal Farm overthrow their government in hopes for a better one. Little do they know that the pigs are just out for power. The animals end up giving one pig too much power, and letting the pigs be in charge. The animals do all the work, while the pigs are the ones that benefit. The pigs got power hungry, and no other animal knew how to stand up to that. It makes you feel bad for the other animals. That is what happens in real life, one person gets too much power, and the top group of people brainwash everyone to do what they say. This is what animalism or communism is. This is not the right type of government. Every person should have a say in the way their government works, and the way their country is run.
Everyone goes through tough times, sometimes not knowing what to do, how to get through it, or need to find a solution to it. In “The Call of Cthulhu” by H.P. Lovecraft, all of the main characters somehow find out about Cthulhu, and it affects all of them. They all find out about Cthulhu separately, but what else they find out about Cthulhu, is separate. Legrasse finds out about it from Dr. Webb when he shows the strange statue, professor Angell finds out about it from a sculptor who saw R’lyeh, the place Cthulhu lives, in his dreams, and his nephew finds about it from his writings when he went through them when he died. Legrasse finds out about Cthulhu as well, and the others learn information about him, but never see him. One man lived and saw, which was Gustaf Johansen. They all have very different ways of finding him, but their ending remains the same, death. They are possibly killed by Cthulhu or his cult, or of other causes. This shows the proverb “all roads lead to Rome” since they each find out about him, but in different ways. In the Call of Cthulhu, we see that all roads lead to Rome through multiple perspectives, starting with professor Angell. In the book, a man named Wilcox comes to him with a strange tablet, and when he studies it, it appears to be of no ancient rock. The reason was because he had made it, and he made it because he saw it in a dream. The dream was of R’lyeh. He finds out about Cthulhu, and studies him, studying people’s dreams, all about R’lyeh. He soon figures out that that is where Cthulhu is. Legrasse finds a strange statue of Cthulhu, and brings it to a science convention, where Dr. Webb tells him that it is Cthulhu, and that there are cults that worship him, and he has met one. All of the cults have found out of Cthulhu as well, since they are worshipping him. Gustaf Johansen, the man who met Cthulhu and survived, had captured a ship, and used it to escape Cthulhu with his companion, but he died on the ship, and he was already insane, so he could not help with navigating the ship. They all have some connection to Cthulhu, whether it be the knowledge of his existence, or seeing him themselves.
The last way he shows this is with multiple plot lines. Not all of the characters meet each other, or they might have met the other, but still have different reasons to learn about Cthulhu, like how professor Angell does it out of curiosity, Legrasse does it for his job as a detective, Johansen finds Cthulhu on accident. They all have different reasons, and different ways of learning of him, but they all still are. Of the people that did see him, they went insane or died, or both. They were left scarred, and Angell’s nephew thinks that Angell may not have died of natural causes, but because of Cthulhu, or his cult. This also could be the “Rome” in the proverb, but I think that the learning of Cthulhu is Rome, because all of them found knowledge about him.
In The Call of Cthulhu, H.P. Lovecraft uses multiple perspectives, symbolism, and multiple plot lines to show that all roads lead to Rome, and that while the path is different, the end was closely the same. Cthulhu is powerful, dangerous, and turns people insane at the sight of him. Him being like this makes him a lot like knowledge, all of it is enough to make a man go insane, from the capacity of it, and the knowledge of all the terrible things that happen. All the characters symbolize people who wish to gain all this power, but might not realize that that amount of knowledge would drive them insane.
Journey to the Center of the Earth Essay
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Everyone needs to understand the quality of loyalty. In Journey to the Center of the Earth, by Jules Verne, the character's delve into the true meaning of loyalty and discover that it leads them to a more complex meaning of friendship. In the Journey to the center of the Earth, Hans, Axel, and the professor dive into the unknown. They journey where only one man has ever placed foot before, the bowels of the Earth. All three character's display acts of loyalty and much else. Verne uses the craft moves character actions, dialogue, and tone to represent the effect of loyalty.
The most frequently used author’s craft technique is character actions. All of the character's that go on the journey to find the center of the Earth are loyal to one another and show that with their actions. One of the earliest examples of character actions to prove the effect was before the journey began. It was when the professor helped Axel come to terms with his fear of heights. During that instance, they both show loyalty to one another. The professor shows loyalty to Axel by helping him with his fear, and Axel shows loyalty to the professor by understanding that he does need to rise above his fear. Another instance of loyalty shown through character actions is when Hans assists at breaking points in the center of the Earth. The first time Hans shows that he is loyal is when they run out of water. The professor and Axel are about to give up and go home the next morning, but Hans ventures out in the night to find water. When he finds water, he comes back to camp and falls asleep. In the morning, he shows everyone to the water. One could say that Hans was doing this for his own personal gain, or his personal need for water, but that isn’t the only instance he shows his loyalty. Hans also builds a raft out of wood he finds lying around at the professor's command. The raft was no easy thing to build with their meager supplies and the lack of good material, but Hans does not complain and finds the materials to work with. Many men might have given up on the materials. Surpassing that, more would have been peeved by the idea of sailing across an unknown body of water in the center of the Earth. Hans however, doesn’t question it and he does all of this just for a weekly salary.
The next author’s craft technique that the author uses to display loyalty is dialogue. The character's say many things that prove their loyalty to one another. The professor once again proves his loyalty to Axel by giving him the last of his water and saying, “Yes, a draft of water; but it is the very last--you hear!--the last. I had kept it as a precious treasure at the bottom of my flask. Twenty times, nay, a hundred times, have I fought against a frightful impulse to drink it off. But no, Axel, I kept it for you.” This shows that even though the professor himself desperately needed a drink of water, he resisted knowing that Axel did not have the same drive to find the center of the Earth as he did. Hans does not say much, preferring the solitude of his thoughts, but when he does say things, they have meaning. For example when Hans comes back from his journey to find water he says ”Watten”, which means water in Icelandic. In that one word, Hans proves his loyalty, bravery, and devotion to the professor and Axel. All of the words he hasn’t said are coming through to Axel and the professor when he says water. They know that there isn’t a lake 10 feet away and they know that he must have searched and found water. All of this dialogue shows that they have utmost loyalty to one another.
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The last technique that Jules Verne uses to create the effect of loyalty is tone. The tone of the story is one of suspense and danger. They have no clue what they are going to discover and where they might end up. That makes all of the things done by the character's even more important. When the tone is so severe, it means the character's must be brave, loyal, determined, devoted, and courageous. If they aren’t it could be disastrous. When any of the character's are put under stress or danger in the story, it becomes almost crippling fear because they are stuck in the center of the Earth with no good way to get back and limited food and water. That they were able to explore as far and as willingly as they did was a great feat. They ventured a great distance and achieved many things in the bowels of the Earth with fear and danger bearing down upon them.
In Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne, the loyalty that the three character's express towards one another shows the reader that loyalty has another quality besides being loyal. It brings people together and shows them a deeper meaning of friendship. Verene shows us that anybody can be loyal to something/someone, but it's not just about being loyal. He paints a picture in our minds that it creates the deepest image of friendship that he can conjure. He is trying to say that you can have friends, but no matter what, if you don’t show loyalty to one another, you aren’t truly experiencing friendship.
No one can tell what will happen in the future, especially when it comes to love. In “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott, each of the four March sisters, as well as Laurie, face challenges in their love lives. This is shown by the author’s use of multiple plot lines and character actions. Each person is dealing with the constant questions and pressure of marriage, along with personal problems. The author also uses symbols to quietly display to the reader how love can come from bad things. In Little Women, Louisa May Alcott uses character actions, multiple plot lines, and symbolism to show the reader that love is unpredictable.
ReplyDeleteOne of the most common author’s craft techniques in the book was the use of character actions. The author of Little Women used those actions to describe the character’s thoughts and feelings. Many choices that were made affected relationships between characters, creating an excellent example as to why love is unpredictable. One of the most well-known character actions in Little Women is when Jo rejects Laurie’s proposal. The author makes it seem as if Jo and Laurie will end up together by making them have a strong connection from the beginning, and stating that Laurie has always had romantic feelings for Jo. However, Jo feels as if Laurie will never truly understand any of her passions or even her personality in general, and that is why she can’t ever love him. Another good example of character actions is when Amy falls into a freezing lake and Jo rushes to save her, despite their big argument earlier in the day. Jo suddenly realizes that she will always love her sister, no matter what happens between the pair.
A craft move that was also used throughout the entire story was multiple plot lines. This was a helpful move because it allowed readers to learn more about each character, and get some background information on their lives to help understand them. Knowing each character’s personality and life story may create understanding as to why a certain decision was made. Although it could be argued that making multiple plot lines was a bad move due to possible difficulties understanding the plot, it allowed readers to have an in-depth experience of the character’s thoughts, feelings, and decisions.
The last move, symbolism, was a bit difficult to find. A possible symbol that has been discovered is fire. Fire may be a symbol because every time an object was burned, some sort of love came from it. For example, Jo met Laurie after she burned her dress, and an amazing friendship was formed. Another time fire was used is when Amy burns Jo’s book out of anger after Jo ignored her. Jo and Amy got into a huge fight and refused to speak to each other, until Amy fell into a lake, making the two realize how much they love each other. Although it could be argued that burning does not symbolize anything, and the situations happen to be coincidental, fire clearly represents bonds being created and strengthened. In Little Women, Louisa May Alcott uses fire throughout the book to symbolize that love can come from bad things.
In Little Women, Louisa May Alcott uses character actions, multiple plot lines, and symbolism to show the reader that love is unpredictable. Alcott made her audience realize that being in love does not mean just accepting someone, but understanding each other’s passions and pushing one another to do greater things. The main characters went through the creation of bonds and relationships, as well as the destruction.
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ReplyDeleteThe Pearl by John Steinbeck is a classic story told through a third person perspective. The story follows a family in La Paz, a small coastern village. This book tells the story of Kino, his wife, Juana, and their infant son, Coyotito. When Coyotito is stung by a scorpion in the middle of the night the family seeks medical attention from the greedy village doctor. When the doctor refuses the child medical service without proper pay, Kino goes to get money the way he knows best, pearls. Kino finds a large pearl that brings with it misfortune to the family and the community’s jealousy becomes overwhelming. The Pearl buyers refuse to pay the amount that Kino believes his “pearl of a lifetime” is worth, even after he is attacked in the night for the pearl. In the end, Coyotito is killed by a hunter looking for the family and the pearl. Kino and Juana return home in shame, with the baby nothing but a limp bundle. This shows an effect of how greed can affect a person, John Steinbeck shows this using Symbolism, mood and tone, and an uncertain ending.
The Pearl by John Steinbeck uses symbolism and potential symbols to convey a strong effect of greed and how it can damage families and people. The author uses many symbols, such as the pearl itself or Coyotito. The Pearl could represent wealth or material goods. It could represent the family’s dreams. He started out as nothing but a pearl seller, living in a brush house in a small community that got treated as less than the white men in the city. When he found the pearl he dreamt of a life of fortune, with a real wedding, an educated son, and even an expensive gun. The pearl was valued less than Kino desired by the pearl buyers and this angered him. Kino was outraged because the idea of continuing to live his life the way he had previously while this pearl was in his possession seemed appalling. Once Kino saw what might be with his new fortune, he refused to let go of this fantasy.
Coyotito also could have represented the family’s hope and Kino’s dreams. Coyotito was the hope that the family could rise above what they were before the pearl. Coyotito was killed as a result of the evil the pearl and Kino’s selfish desires brought the family after Kino got greedy and wanted more than he was offered.
Another important tool that John Steinbeck used to establish the effect of his book was mood and tone. He showed mood easily and clearly throughout the story using Kino’s “song of the enemy” or “song of the family” to show danger or contentment. He used these along with specific wording to show a mood in the story. The song of the family used to show the family’s strength and unity, the bond between them. It showed hope and happiness within the family. The song of the enemy showed a mood of danger, it established when the characters were in danger or when Kino felt like he was about to be harmed. The song of the pearl showed many different moods throughout the story, it was used to show hope, danger, pain, madness, and many other emotions and moods. Wording is also highly important to the story’s effect. Phrases such as “Go with God,” which are used multiple times throughout the story to set up suspense or put the readers on edge. The line “a helplessness and a hopelessness swept over him and his face went black,” on page 75 is used to show Kino’s thoughts towards the group of trackers and the real darkness that had been caused. This shows what had happened, not because of just the pearl, but because of Kino’s greed and yearning for a different life.
The Great Gatsby Essay
ReplyDeleteEverybody hopes about something, whether it's getting that job you’ve always wanted or maybe even having the special person talk to you. In “The Great Gatsby”, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby is a billionaire and only wishes that Daisy Buchanan would realize how in love he was with her. Nick, the main character, is Daisy’s cousin. He moves to the West Egg and is thrown into a rich world of drama. In “The Great Gatsby”, Fitzgerald uses the symbolism to make you hope that Gatsby and Daisy might end up together.
The Green Lights at the edge of Daisy’s dock symbolize Gatsby’s dream. It stated in the last paragraph of the book, “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us.” Gatsby’s big dream is for Daisy Buchanan to proclaim her love for him and not for her husband Tom Buchanan. He wanted Daisy to love and live with him. Gatsby must have thought that his dream was so within reach that he couldn’t actually grasp it, but in reality it was already far behind him. The green lights finally diminish when Daisy and Tom leave the East Egg and go to Chicago. At this point, Gatsby has given up on his dream with Daisy. Gatsby is then killed by Wilson in his pool, and after Wilson shoots Gatsby he kills himself. Wilson believed that Gatsby had hit his wife and killed her, which fueled him to kill Gatsby in revenge.
The Valley of Ashes is a symbol for the lower class or the poor. This is also where Wilson is from. The Valley of Ashes is called that to make it seem unimportant and lifeless, when a lot of people that couldn’t afford the West or East Egg ended out. The people from The Valley Of Ashes feel like they are forgotten while the rich use their money for their own pleasure. This could also be seen as a metaphor that Fitzgerald wants to make the reader think that Wilson and the rest of the people living in The Valley are left to die (as in starving or being kicked out).
In “The Great Gatsby”, the green lights symbolize the hope that Gatsby has for his relationship with Daisy. The lights could mean different things to different people, at first the light was there to symbolize how Gatsby wished that he didn’t earn his money the way he did, because if he didn’t earn it that way maybe Daisy would want to have something with him. It shows that some people do illegal things to make amends or to make their life easier while putting the ones they love in danger.
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ReplyDeleteThe last device that was used to establish the effect was an uncertain ending. In the end, Coyotito cries out just as Kino is about to kill the last man that was hunting for them. The family walks home in shame, Coyotito in a bundle, dead. When reading through the first time readers are perplexed, wondering how Coyotito had died. The cry had caused the man to shoot, hitting Coyotito and killing the young boy. This could’ve also been used to show an effect of all good things coming to an end, but the effect is greed because this happened as a result of the men hunting for the pearl. The Pearl caused many bad things to happen to the family, after bringing happiness for a very short time, but this was only because Kino wanted more from the pearl than the pearl buyers said it deserved.
In conclusion, the effect of The Pearl was greed and how it can affect people’s minds. The author, John Steinbeck, showed this using symbolism, tone and mood, and finally, an uncertain ending to craft this effect in his story. The readers are left knowing not to ask too much, or to complain too loud, for what they gain could end up being their demise. Audiences are left to think about how even a small bit of luck turned into this family’s biggest downfall and the loss of something that mattered the most, more than the pearl. While symbolism in this story might have been unclear, it’s apparent that you were meant to feel grateful for what you have. You are meant to deny greed or fear selfishness, even if it arises from selfless acts.
The relevance of taking a risk to develop in life is important because not everyone develops the same, or some don’t develop through life at all to their fullest potential. Bilbo Baggins from “The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien shows his development through the setting, symbolism. The small hut under the hill, the beautiful skies, and Bilbo sitting there with his smoke pipe. While a calm setting is a must for the beginning, the end turns into an adventurous story that makes you question your life decisions and makes you want to take a risk and go on a adventure yourself. Development is only achieved when you take a risk in life.
ReplyDeleteIn “The Hobbit”, symbolism was used quite often to either mark significant events in the book, or to help characterize Bilbo or even the other characters. For example, the knife that Bilbo uses is not as important in the beginning because he does not wield it very often in the start. But as he starts to gain confidence in the book, he starts to use his sword more and more often to the point where he trusts using it in almost every battle. The Hobbit, pg. 163, “Suddenly Bilbo noticed that some of the spiders had gathered round old Bombur on the floor, and had tied him up again and were dragging him away. He gave a shout and slashed at the spiders in front of him. They quickly gave way, and he scrambled and fell down the tree right into the middle of those on the ground. His little sword was something new in the way of stings for them.” This represents that the sword is also being recognized as an important symbol in the book, but also that it is a big turning point in their adventure because it is the first time Bilbo saves the dwarves on his own.
Another piece of symbolism is the ring that Bilbo acquires when he goes into the goblin tunnels and meets a gollum. “He guessed as well as he could, and crawled along for a good way, till suddenly his hand met what felt like a tiny ring of cold metal lying on the floor of the tunnel. It was a turning point in his career, but he did not know it.” This shows and tells that this ring is important to Bilbo in the story because it helps him get out of the goblin infested mountains, but also to save his friends multiple times later on in the book. While the ring is of importance it also has a meaning to it’s symbolism, loneliness and obsession. This is because Gollum calls the ring “Birthday-present” repeatedly. He most likely calls the ring his “Birthday-present” because it reminds him of a time when he usually got birthday presents, it helps him remember home.
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It is important to think about the consequences of your actions. That is the effect that the book Catcher in the Rye, by J.D Salinger leaves the reader with. The author is trying to push an important effect out to the audience. In the book the main character Holden makes a lot of mistakes and does not think about the consequences. Holden fails all of his classes at school and is kicked out a few days before Christmas break. He does not want his parents to know he was kicked out of school so he does not go home right away. Holden pretends to still be at school. The author, J.D. Salinger is using the character Holden to make the reader understand how people need to think more about the consequences of their actions. The author uses character actions, dialogue, and imagery to show how important it is to think about the consequences of your actions.
Holden does lots of things that will really hurt his life without thinking about the outcomes. . The author shows all of Holden’s poor actions to show how it is really important to think about the consequences of your actions.Holden smokes and he is 16. Everyone knows how bad it is to smoke so Holden does not think about the consequences. People do lots of things without thinking about the consequences. The author wants the reader to think about how your actions can have bad or good consequences.Some people could say that the author is trying to show Holden's character actions show how everyday people don’t think about how one action can affect your life forever. Holden punches a boy at school and gets beat up. Holden did not think about how it might hurt him. J.D. Salinger wants the audience to understand that the choices you make in life can affect you. He writes about what Holden does to show how you can be affected by your actions.
The author also uses the character’ s dialogue to get the effect of the story out to the reader. The characters say bad things that have bad consequences.A one point in the story Holdens said some bad stuff to a guy and got punched in the face. If Holden had thought more about how his words might affect him maybe he would not have gotten punched in the face. Everything we say and do has consequences, but sometimes we forget about the consequences. The author really wants the reader to understand how your words can really affect you so he shows Holden getting beat up because he said stuff and did not think about how it might affect him. There is know telling how your words might affect others so you should think about what you say and think of the consequences . Some could argue that J.D Salinger was just writing a story for entertainment but what the characters say and do really shows how the author is trying to put a message into the story.
The setting is also largely important in supporting the claim because the setting helps Bilbo take new risks to help him develop. When Bilbo first joined the group of dwarves and the wizard Gandalf, the setting was at his home, and it felt like a party. So it made Bilbo feel comfortable, almost so comfortable that it felt like a dream. But when he came to realized that it wasn’t, the setting became dark and broody. When they went into the mountain, kidnapped by the goblins, the setting was foreboding murky. It seems that when Bilbo becomes engaged in these situations his confidence seems to boost. When he engaged the gollum, even though he could not see, even though he could have just run in any direction. He chose to stay and face his problem head on. No matter how gloomy, he stayed. When facing the spiders where he had to save someone. Even in that dark and shady forest. He continued to prosper to save himself and his friends.
ReplyDeleteWith this evidence it is evident that many characters play into the development of Bilbo Baggins. But these do not only develop Bilbo, they chand and help to develop the story. While some may never grow in life, others work to become the best they can be, and Bilbo is only one example of this. “At last they came up the long road, and reached the very pass where the goblins had captured them before. But they came back to that high point at morning, and looking backward they saw a white sun shining over the outstretched lands. There behind lay Mirkwood, blue in the distance, and darkly green as the nearer edge even in the spring. There far away was the lonely mountain on the edge of eyesight. On its highest peak snow yet unmelted was gleaming pale. “So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their ending!” said Bilbo, and he turned his back on his adventure.”
The story Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson, shows great relevance to 2 sided people and betrayal. This is because Dr Jekyll, a well known doctor, has a trusted sidekick, Mr Hyde, and when he concocted a potion to make him carry out his evil deeds it backfired. Therefore in the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson used symbolism, & mood to show that everybody has 2 sides.
ReplyDeleteOne of the factors to show that the theme of Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is that everybody has 2 sides is symbolism. Many people use Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde to symbolize betrayal, and mistrust. This seems to be a great way to symbolize those things because Dr Jekyll wanted Mr Hyde to do evil deeds for him because he didn’t want to feel the guilt. However this backfired and Mr Hyde became a slaughterer with a tempestuous and impulsive tone, which is not what Dr Jekyll intended him to do. This is a form of betrayal or mistrust because Dr Jekyll trusted him and Hyde betrayed him and did something other than Jekyll intended. You could also make the argument that the theme is about never trusting anyone but if you look deeper in the story it is all about having 2 sides because there are some parts where Jekyll can trust Mr Utterson and Hyde.
Another symbol the author used was Dr Jekyll himself because he wants the evil deeds to be carried out. He believes that they need to be done but doesn’t want to do them himself so he doesn’t get caught up with guilt or the law. He made a potion to make his acquaintance, Mr Hyde, an evil man and therefore do the necessary evil deeds Jekyll wants done. The brew was too strong though and so when Hyde killed a man, Jekyll realized his mistake. You could also interpret this as little trust though as maybe it wasn’t the potion that made Hyde this evil, maybe some of it was his doing as well. This shows that Jekyll is 2 sided because he is a good doctor as well as an evil genius.
Another way that the author showed the theme of people being 2 sided is through mood. The mood was a dark and evil tone, that showed that the matter was a serious one. The mood may also be eerie and creepy to some because of the path that it follows. It starts out normal and then eventually Hyde kills a man because of the potion that Jekyll had concocted.
In the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson used symbolism, & mood to convey that everybody has 2 sides. The author uses symbolism to represent 2 sided people and possible betrayal. He also uses mood to tense up the reader. This shows that there’s multiple sides to every person and situation.
Everyone in their lifetime will probably be thrown in to a whole new situation, so their going to have to learn to adapt to it and keep living their life. In the book, Call of The Wild, by Jack London, Buck is thrown in to a whole new situation. He has to deal with things he didn’t even knew happened. He also has to deal with the setting/climate. He learns to adapt to the situation and live on with his life. In Call of the Wild, Jack London uses dialogue/actions and description to show the reader that you have to learn to adapt to new situations.
ReplyDeleteOne of the main craft techniques used by the author to show that you have to learn to adapt is description. The author from Call of The Wild uses the description of the setting and what’s happening in the story to show Buck adapting and why everyone has to learn to adapt. Each new time the author described something in lots of detail like the setting it shows that the author really wants you to remember that part because there is lots detail and the detail is usually about Buck and the setting/new situation he is in. Buck had to adapt to the new environment and climate. He was used to the warm weathers of California. Then he was captured and put into the very cold weathers of the Arctic. They are very very different climates and Buck has to adapt and learn fast to survive and stay warm. The author gave very clear details of the area and what it is like. Buck had also adapted to the Law of Club and Fang. The author gave many details throughout the story to help the reader understand what the Law of Club and Fang meant. You learn that the Law taught him that he didn’t have all the power and control over everything anymore. He would have to adapt to the Law and obey his master. All this could be seen that the author was trying to use the details and description to make you think that you need to learn new skills, but if you look more closely at it, you realize that it’s more than just to learn, it’s adapting to different situations thrown at you. Readers realize the much detail and description to find out it is for them to understand that they need to adapt to many different situations that they might have eventually in their lifetime.
Another one of the main craft techniques used by the author to show that you have to learn to adapt is dialogue/actions. One of the ways the author uses this technique is by showing how the characters are dealing and adapting to the new situation. The author shows the actions, of mostly Buck, and how these actions help with adapting to the change. The author also uses dialogue/actions by show the steps taken by the characters to adapt to the different and unusual situations. In one of the chapters, the author even stated that Buck had been adapting. “It marked his adaptability, his capacity to adjust himself to changing conditions,...” This shows that the author really wants you to know that because they stated it right in the book. You could say that the author is trying to show you that you need to solve the problems that come at you, but it is you having to adapt and it proves by the sentence in the story about Buck adapting. As you see the dialogue and actions used to show adapting you understand why you have to change and learn to adapt.
In Call of The Wild, the author uses lots of details and description of the setting and of Buck to help you understand the overall effect. The author also uses dialogue/actions to show what’s going on in the story and how the characters adjust to it and also tells us the steps Buck toke to adapt to his new environment and situation. This story can relate to a lot of people and will probably relate to you one day because sometime in your lifetime your going to have to adapt to something new, it maybe moving and going to a different place or someone dies and you life is just not the same without them. The one thing to take from this story is that you are going to need to be adaptable.
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott is a story about four sisters who live in the 1860’s. Meg is the oldest sister who is girlish but ends up not marrying for money which is what girls usually did at this time. Jo is the second oldest sister. She is a tomboy and she loves to write. Beth is the third sister, she is very quiet, shy and loves to play the piano. The youngest sister is Amy. Amy always tries to act like the perfect lady unlike Jo. Laurie is the four sisters next door neighbor. Laurie becomes very close with Jo and eventually develops a crush on her, although he ends up marrying Amy. Like Jo, Laurie struggles with his gender stereotype because he does not want to enter the business world. Because of this Laurie struggles with his grandfather's expectations for him because he is not manly enough. Jo and Laurie go against their gender stereotypes while the other characters reinforce their stereotypes.
ReplyDeleteThe author of little women, Louisa M.Alcott uses a lot of dialogue to show gender stereotypes. “Don’t I wish I could go as a drummer, or a nurse, exclaimed Jo, with a groan.” This shows that Jo wants to help in the war but is unable to because she is a girl. “I know I shall forget. If you see me doing anything wrong, you just wink, will you? Returned Jo. No winking isn’t lady-like; I’ll lift my eyebrows if anything is wrong, and nod if you are all right. Now hold your shoulders straight, and take short steps.” This shows gender stereotypes because it shows that there was a certain way girls were supposed to look and act. Louisa M. Alcott also includes this sentence in the book Little Women, “Men have to work, and women to marry for money.” This shows us that both men and women had a certain expectation they were expected to follow according to their gender.
The author of Little Women also uses symbolism to show gender stereotypes. One of the symbols Louisa M. Alcott uses is burning. Burning is a symbol the author uses to show gender stereotypes as a result of Jo wears a dress with a burn mark on it which represents her going against her female role.This is because women were supposed to be neat and orderly since that is what was considered ladylike. Another symbol that is used in little women is the umbrellas. The umbrellas show the protection a man has over a woman. While at Megs wedding Jo gets angry at John Brookes umbrella because Brooke is now going to take care of her sister. Although at the end of the story Jo goes under Professor Bhaer umbrella which shows that she is now ready to accept his love and protection. This symbol shows gender stereotypes because it shows that a woman is supposed to marry a man and the man is now supposed to protect her.
Louisa M. Alcott also uses revealing actions to show gender stereotypes. Jo is worried she will not be able to publish her book and won’t be taken seriously. Although this could be mistaken as Jo isn’t confident in her work, it actually shows that Jo is worried that her gender will have a factor in her future success. This is because trying to make a living by writing was against the gender expectation of a woman. Jo also goes to a party with a burn on her dress which to others during this time would have seemed unladylike. Laurie also goes against his gender stereotypes by not being masculine and making a life in business. Both Laurie and Jo refuse to adhere to their gender stereotype.
Overall, Little Women by Louisa M. Alcott teaches the reader about gender stereotypes. The author uses dialogue, symbolism, and revealing actions to allow the reader to evaluate if the gender stereotypes are relevant in society. The author does this by having characters like Jo and Laurie who struggle with gender roles in society. The author also does this by adding characters like Amy, Beth, and Meg who mostly follow their gender expectations in society. Lasty, this shows that gender stereotypes play a big role in society and have for a very long time, especially in the story of little women.
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The author of Catcher in the Rye wants the reader to be left with a powerful effect. Imagery helps the effect take place. The author describes all of the character's mistakes. Holden stays in a nastey hotel and the author really describes how Holden does not think about the consequences of his actions. The author wants the reader to understand how everyone should think more about the consequences. The author uses imagery to explain how Holdens mistakes really messed up his life because he did not think about the consequences. The author does not want the reader to do bad things so he is trying to teach the reader about how people really need to think more about the consequences of their own actions.
Think about the consequences of your actions. Lots of people never think about the consequences. People are so focused on doing great things that they never think about the consequences, or whether they are doing the right thing. The author of Catcher in the Rye wants the audience to understand that every little thing you do has consequences. J.D. Salinger wanted the reader to walk away from the book thinking about how Holden did a lot of foolish things, but J.D. Salinger also wanted the readers to think what if Holden had thought more about what he was doing. Would he have had a better life if he had only thought about the consequences of his actions.
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ReplyDeleteDreaming is what allows people to strive for greatness. Without dreams, nobody would work for anything. The “greats” would not be the “greats” without dreams. In “Of Mice and Men,” by John Steinbeck, the story follows two men, George and Lennie, during the Great Depression. They are constantly thinking about their dream land with the rabbits. George and Lennie have to overcome many barriers to buy the land. However, Lennie always seems to get into trouble, which makes it that much harder for the dream to come true. The story follows them and their life at a new ranch while they are working for their land. George and Lennie are constantly battling against odds and trying to limit mistakes made. They try to stay positive, and continue to work towards their dream. In “Of Mice and Men,” Steinbeck uses dialogue, character’s actions, and symbolism to help show the reader the importance of dreams.
One of the most obvious author’s craft techniques used in “Of Mice and Men” was dialogue. Whenever Lennie misbehaves, he always says the same thing, “Now I won’t get to tend the rabbits. Now he won’t let me,” or something along those lines. He does many questionable things in the story that result in him having to worry about the rabbits. The author uses dialogue to show the reader the importance of dreams. First, here is a little background on what the dream is. ‘“Someday - we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs and--” “An’ live off the fatta the lan’,” Lennie shouted. “An’ have rabbits. Go on, George! Tell about what we’re gonna have in the garden and about the rabbits in the cafes and about the rain in the winter and the stove, and how thick the cream is on the milk like you can hardly cut it. Tell about that, George.” “Why’n’t you do it yourself? You know all of it.” “No… you tell it. It ain’t the same if I tell it. Go on… George. How I get to tend the rabbits.” “Well,” said George, “we’ll have a big vegetable patch and a rabbit hutch and chickens. And when it rains in the winter, we’ll just say the hell with goin’ to work, we’ll build up a fire in the stove and set around it an’ listen to the rain comin’ down on the roof--”’ That is the big dream. They have a whole plan, and all of the little details worked out. That shows just how important this dream is and how much they want it. When Lennie hurt Curley, he said, “I didn’t wanta. I didn’t wanta hurt him.” A few paragraphs later, he begins to worry. ‘Lennie smiled with his bruised mouth. “I didn’t want no trouble,” he said. He walked toward the door, but just before he came to it, he turned back. “George?” “What you want?” “I can still tend the rabbits, George?” “Sure. You ain’t done nothing wrong.” “I di’n’t mean no harm, George.”’ He was worried that the the full dream would not come true because he misbehaved. The author chose his words to make Lennie sound sorry and worried. Steinbeck always has Lennie talking about “The Dream.” “George says we’re gonna have alfalfa for the rabbits.” “He’ll say, ‘You done it. Don’t try to put nothing over on me.’ An’ he’ll say, “Now jus’ for that you don’t get to tend no rabbits!” The author constantly has Lennie talking about it. This helps to show the importance of dreams. It is used to show that this dream is most important thing in Lennie’s mind. If you have dream, you will spend all of your time thinking about and planning your dream, just like George and Lennie.
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ReplyDeleteEveryone has to understand how the small things in life can control the ups and downs. While it may never be expected for something to happen, there's always the possibility. In “The Call of the Wild” by Jack London, Buck, a St. Bernard dog goes through plenty of easy and tough times in his life. He starts off living with a nice family in Santa Clara, California, but then is sold to go work up north with the men digging for gold. Buck gets beat, mistreated, and is underfed. Eventually, another man up north, John Thornton, comes along and cuts Buck loose from the sled he was pulling. Buck then goes to live with him. Eventually, Buck is able to live in the wilderness with other animals. In “The Call of the Wild”, Jack London uses description, inner-thoughts, and actions to show the reader how life can change, and to stay determined through all the ups and downs.
One author's craft techniques found throughout the book was the use of description. On one of the first nights of the adventure, Buck gets cold because of the air temperatures and the snow. Buck realizes the more experienced dogs bury themselves under the snow and tuck into a small ball. Once Buck does this, he is able to stay warm throughout the frigid night. At another point in the story, Buck is challenged to start and pull a sled that weighs 1,000 pounds. Because it is so cold out, the sled is stuck into the ground by ice. The author explains to the audience how Buck wiggles the sled from side to side so that it becomes unstuck from the ground. Then, Buck digs his paws into the snow to help get momentum and pull the sled the distance. Even though Buck was being doubted by most of the crowd, he stayed determined to accomplish his task. This also helped him make a name of himself along with making his owner at the time proud.
A craft move used in the story that is a little harder to identify is inner-thoughts. Buck’s inner-thoughts are shown throughout the story to show what he is going through along with how determined he is. Before Buck is sold to go up north, his inner-thoughts say that he thought he had a good life living in Santa Clara, California with his family. At the time, he claims was neither a house or work dog, which is how all dogs should be. Near the end of the story, Buck meets John Thornton. He then realizes that his life wasn’t really so great. Buck says that ‘now he is free and has someone that loves him’. Another time Buck’s inner-thoughts are used is when he is being whipped to move. He refuses to give in and stays laying down in the snow. Buck explains how tired he is and that he just wants to be free and wild. After time had passed of Buck doing nothing, John Thornton decided to step in and cut Buck loose. This shows what Buck is thinking and how his life was able to turn around by his determination, along with the actions of John Thornton.
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ReplyDeleteThe final craft technique used to show how Buck’s life changed with his determination is the use of explaining actions. While the humans and dogs kept traveling farther north, the conditions got worse. The dogs were underfed, mistreated, and didn’t have the quality of rest they needed. If what the dogs were going through weren’t already enough, they would also get snow caught in their paws and fur. They would have to bite and lick it out using their teeth. Since they would have to stop to do so, the sled riders would whip the dogs until they moved at the speed that was expected from them. The last action parts of the novel include the dogs fighting each other to show dominance. Sometimes this was just injuring or waiting for the other dog to back down, but at other times this involved killing. While this could be showing dominance, it really shows how determined the dogs are to be the best so they prove themselves to the humans, and other dogs on the team.
In “The Call of the Wild”, Buck is determined to live a good life and be free. There were many turns for good and bad throughout his life, but in the end, he was able to be wild. From being beat up and mistreated to finding a person who loves him, Buck really is able to let everything go and be free without anything holding him back. This is an eye opener to see how the small things in life can really affect someone's life in the long run, even when it is least expected. Buck also shows the audience how being determined can lead to the end goal of accomplishment. He was able to get what he had been longing for. At the same time, was what Buck went through worthwhile when he had a decent life beforehand?
Having empathy is very important in life and having the mindset to perceive is just as important. Buck, the main character is set up with some hard challenges in this book but in face of all the odds he conquers all of them. In The Call of the Wild, the author, Jack London uses symbolism and character actions to show the reader that you should persevere through hard moments,and he also gives feelings of empathy towards Buck.
ReplyDeleteOne of the most important and obvious author craft moves in The Call of the Wild is symbolism. Near the beginning of the book Buck is taken by some men who then transport him to the Yukon. On his way there a man in a red sweater wielding a club taunts Buck. Then, he charges at the man but is bludgeoned by the club. Even though he keeps getting hit he perseveres through the pain and keeps trying. Eventually he gives up, but as it says in the book “He was beaten but not broken.” The bat clearly represents all the different problems in life, and even though it might hurt you have to keep moving forward. Some might say that character actions show this when Buck, a character, keeps on trying to charge at the man would be a better representation but symbolism gives a much more meaningful approach to it.
The other technique that the author uses is in the form of internal conflicts but comes across as empathy towards Buck. When he is taken from his home he is not only torn away from his family but, is placed in this new world and is forced and expected to adapt. He ends up doing a good job at it but is ultimately faced with another problem. Spitz. The reader might feel a bit of empathy for Buck because he has all of these new problems in the blink of an eye. He went from a spoiled comfortable life to a cold harsh environment. Near the end of the book he is blessed with a new family. John, Pete, Hans and the two remaining dogs from the team. It seems like things are turning around until they are ultimately pried away from him after being attacked by a Native tribe. At the end it does give us some resolution because he found a new family. A family from the wild.
All in all empathy can be a powerful tool to enlighten the reader about the true struggles the characters face in the story. It can also change your perspective on a situation and or a problem. Persevering through hardships just like Buck also connects to empathy because it is not easy to keep going if you don't believe you can so the reader can truly connect to them through both.
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ReplyDeleteA craft technique that the author used that took a bit more to uncover was character’s actions. Many of these actions correspond with one another, but they all end up showing the importance of dreams. Lennie ends up killing many different animals throughout the book. It starts off with just a few little mice. He squeezes them too hard, and they lose oxygen. George threatens taking away the rabbits from the dream, if Lennie continues with the innocent murders. Lennie stops because he cherishes the dream so much. Later in the book, he was playing with puppies from a fellow worker. He loved this one puppy very much. He was petting and playing with the puppy a lot. He play-smacked the puppy, but underestimated the power of his hand. This caused the little puppy to die. Lennie was sad about the puppy dying, but also feared having the bunny privilege taken away. Tiny puppies are not all that different from tiny bunnies, so Lennie was worried that because of what happened, he would not be able to tend to the bunnies. Lennie also ends up hurting Curley, the landowner’s son. Curley was verbally abusing Lennie because all of the attention was on him at the moment, and he did not enjoy that. Lennie told him to stop, but Curley refused to listen. Then, Curley begins to punch Lennie. George tells Lennie to fight back, so he does. He crushes Curley’s hand. He again was worried about what might happen to the dream; how things will change or get taken away. All of these accidental injuries and deaths lead to the big death near the end of the book. Curley’s Wife walked in on Lennie in the barn. They started conversing. He began to stroke her hair, but became too aggressive. She got mad and tried to stop him, but he stopped her from doing so. She started to scream. Lennie did not want to get in trouble for talking to her, so he put his hand over her mouth. She continued to scream, so he got angrier. He snapped her neck while trying to stop her from screaming. He knew he did something bad, and that more bad things would follow up, so he ran to George and Lennie’s “in-trouble” meeting spot to hide. Lennie understood that what he did was bad, and that he would get in trouble, so he ran. He continued to think about the rabbits. After he does all of those things listed above, he doesn’t always understand what he did wrong. All he knows is that he did something wrong, and that he might get punished for it. He always worries that he won’t get to take care of the rabbits anymore because of him misbehaving. How he responds to what he has done, shows how important the dream is to him. Although, it could be argued that the character’s actions are supposed to make the reader feel empathy towards Lennie (because of his innocent-minded actions), it is clear that Lennie’s actions are impacted by the importance of dreams (“The Dream). The importance of dreams dictates how Lennie feels and responds to his previous actions.
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ReplyDeleteA final craft move that Steinbeck used to show the importance of dreams was symbolism. The land, that is mentioned multiple times throughout the book, symbolizes their dreams. For Lennie, the dream, specifically the rabbits, is what he is always thinking about. He always wants to take care of the rabbits. Everything he does revolves around the rabbits. He does something good, and feels deserving of the land and rabbits. However, if he does something wrong, he is worried that he has lost the chance to take care of the rabbits. Everytime life gets rough, George and Lennie think about the land. They always dream about it. They made plans for how to obtain the land as well. When George and Lennie are talking right before George shoots Lennie in the back of the head, they are talking about the land. George wants Lennie to have a good memory right before he dies. Everytime the land is mentioned, it symbolizes all dreams. Because it is mentioned a lot, you can tell how important dreams are in life. They are always very careful in life, so that they can eventually fulfill that dream. They are always thinking about it. Certainly, you could say that the land actually symbolizes never giving up, rather than dreams. While this is an important point, when you look at the other craft moves alongside this one, the author is clearly trying to show his audience the importance of dreams, and how the land symbolizes the dreams (because the land is their big dream). The way they treat, “The Dream,” you can understand the importance of dreams.
John Steinbeck showed his readers how important dreams are, mainly through Lennie. Lennie’s words and actions showed how much he cared about the dream. Everything he did or said had to do with the rabbits. It showed how important dreams are. Steinbeck used George and Lennie to show how hard you have to work to make your dreams come true. The land and the rabbits, which symbolize dreams, showed how much you have to think about and work on your dreams for them to become reality. George and Lennie had every little detail picked out. They had a whole plan to get there as well. The symbolism of the land showed that dreams are very important. The story as a whole shows that sometimes you need dreams. That way you have something to work for and look forward to. Where would the world be without dreams? Would the world be less innovative without the creative minds of dreamers? Do you have plans to make your dreams come true? Just remember, every dream matters. Even the little ones.
No one wants to be left alone to suffer in their time of need. In the story “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott, the family struggles through many hardships. They brave them together and form unbreakable bonds in the process. The Alcotts don't become bitter or angry about their situation; rather they are grateful for what they have. They never stop spreading their warmth and kindness to the people around them. In “Little WOmen,” Louisa uses the trials that they go through to show us how important love and support is whether it is from your family or someone else.
ReplyDeleteOne of the more obvious tactics that the author used in this book was Setting. All throughout the story you could see the love and care that they created in their home. There is a particular part in the beginning of the story where Laurie talks about how he used to watch through his window into their house and see how the girls played together. Laurie then goes into detail about the love he felt coming from their family and how he wished he could feel the same. The family not only shows love to each other but to total strangers. Another example of this is of a widow who had a little infant and kids. They didn't have anything to eat on christmas morning so they gave up their extravagant breakfast to the family and ate a simple meal instead. The Alcotts did have shortcomings but they made up for those in love,kindness, and compassion for others.
Another strategy that Louisa used was multiple perspectives. Which allows the reader to know what several characters are thinking while the characters in the book are unaware of each other's thoughts. A few good examples can be found in the marriage of Meg and John. One of them being when Meg had the twins she put all of her energy into them and had little time for John. He then sought refuge at the house of one of his friends. Meg did not realize how she was making Jhon feel and instead got upset at the misunderstanding. Things turned around when Meg consulted her mother about it, giving her the chance to get another perspective on the situation. Her mother then went on to explain how John might feel. Now through that whole dilemma we knew what was going on in each of their brains so we are able to perceive the thoughts and feelings of both of the characters while they remain ignorant. This helps the audience to better discern the situation because we have multiple perspectives.
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ReplyDeleteLouisa May Alcott also uses Empathy to stir our feelings and to create the feeling of love and loss. In this book that same widow has a baby with scarlet fever. Normally it would be Mrs. March that would go and help tend to the baby but she was away taking care of a bead ridden Mr. March. Beth then took it on herself to take it. Sadly the baby died, once the other girls found out that they had their housekeeper tend to Beth to make sure that she did not contract the fever. Unfortunately fate was not on their side and Beth did contract the fever. Beth did recover from it but she never had the same strength and later died at the young age of 18. Her death devastated the whole family. The vivid description of the pain and the loss that Jo felt could bring tears to the audience . This is the most extreme part in the book where she used empathy however it is all over in the book. Though it could be argued that the theme of this book was to cherish your loved ones while you still have them “Little Women '' is undoubtedly about how people need to feel loved. Louisa has embedded that into every single part of this story. The most evident one is with Larie as he spent much of his childhood alone without any friends. He became a recluse boy who did not leave his house often. Nonetheless one he experienced the love that came from the Alcotts he turned into a boy that everyone could love.
The affection that this family shows to each other can be seen in their house and wherever they go. They also keep each other in their thoughts and they are always trying their best to better themselves for the ones they love. They suffered through great loss but instead of getting bitter they support and comfort each other. This is how we should treat the ones we love. If they had not had each other throughout the duration of their lives they would have become people with different values and personalities.
Pt. 1- The story Flowers For Algernon Is about a man who is mentally disabled and he has a very low IQ. There are doctors who found a way to have a surgery and it will raise your IQ. They performed the surgery on a mouse named Algernon and his IQ was getting higher as the days went by. Now it was Charlie’s turn. In Daniel Keyes’ story he tries to let his audience know that sometimes you have a hard time in life, but all you can do is hold on to hope for the best. He shows this by using spelling and setting up a problem to show that Charlie hangs on to hope.
ReplyDeleteIn Flowers for Algernon the author uses repetition to show Charlie’s IQ. We see in the book that Charlies writing is not correct. The spelling is wrong and so is the grammar. He repeated the bad spelling and grammar until Charlie had the procedure and started getting smarter. Instead of just saying Charlie is not good at English or writing they use the words in the book to show he can’t write. In the story you can tell that Charlie is aware that he isn’t as smart as other people at his work or anyone surrounding him. He is self aware. In his writing Daniel Keyes uses words and repeats them to show that Charlie’s progress reports are getting better or worse at the start. Keyes uses the incorrect spelling and wrong grammar to signify how intelligent Charlie is at a certain point in the book.
Pt.2- Daniel Keyes did a great job setting up the problem in this story. The workers at Charlie’s job are very mean and tease Charlie around, and the author uses that to show how Charlie had no idea that they were being mean, he thought they were just being funny and having fun with him. He doesn’t let Charlie know the problem until he starts becoming smarter and then he soon realizes that what his “friends'' were doing is very wrong and not nice. The problem was that he didn’t realize some things are bad in the world that he doesn’t know. Once he finds out they are mean he feels bad about himself because he didn’t know what was going on.
ReplyDeleteAt the end, Charlie becomes smart, but Algernon gets sick and elderly. He sadly passes away. Charlie lives on to go to meetings and school to be a wise business person. Keyes shows his audience that Charlie kept his cool and he kept hoping that it would work. Oneday he could be smart. Flowers For Algernon shows the reader that in a hard situation you can only hope for a good outcome, and hopefully everything will turn out as good as Charlie’s IQ did.
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ReplyDeletePeople need to realize what power can do to a person. No one person should have too much power; otherwise they will stay in power, and could end up doing the wrong thing. They can keep going after more power, and end up hurting others along the way. In Animal Farm by George Orwell the animals take over the farm, and kick out their leader; they figure out how to live together, and run their lives on the farm. Orwell uses the characters and the farm to create an allegory. The animals are used to symbolize people and groups of people from the Russian Revolution. The overall effect of the book is to show what power can do to a person. Those on top will stay there, and not let anyone else in if they are just in it for the power. They will hurt other people that they might see as a threat, just so they can stay there. Those on top will stay on top, even at other people’s expense.
Orwell symbolizes the Russian Revolution through the animals, and the people on the farm; and the actions each character makes. The whole book relates back to Russia and the Soviet Union in 1917 to 1923. The idea is the same. It shows the leader, which in the book is Jones, and how bad of a leader he was. The animals banded together to overthrow him, and take control of the farm. Jones is just like the previous leader of Russia, and the people want him gone. The pigs are the animals that take charge, and say they know what to do. At first they say they are going to stick together, and they all will be treated equally. There are two pigs that each want to be in power, Napoleon and Snowball; and they cannot get along. Napoleon trains the new born dogs, and the dogs learn to follow him. They eventually kick Snowball out, and Napoleon takes over. He makes everyone think he knows what is best for them, but he really just wants power. Napoleon tells everyone that he wants the best for the group, and all the animals believe him. Napoleon is an example of those that are on top will do anything to stay on top. You get power. Then you just want more and more, so life can end up going bad. He was willing to hurt others to stay on top, and he did. He followed the example of the leaders that came before him, which were the humans. They were bad leaders, but the pigs did the same thing, so they could be on top. Napoleon is created after an actual person from the Soviet Union who was willing to do anything to stay on top as well.
The farm and the characters outside the farm as a whole symbolize the Soviet Union; but each character plays a special part, they each are created after a real person from the Russian Revolution. For example, Jones, he correlates with the old leader of Russia, Czar Nicholas the second. They were both bad rulers, and the people under them got together to overthrow them. Another character that relates to someone from real life is Old Major. He is the one that recognized that Jones is a bad leader, and he told everyone about it. Old Major correlates with Karl Marx. Old Major created the concept of animalism; Marx founded communism; and animalism is the same thing as communism. Old Major and Marx each wanted the same thing; a change in the government. Even though they just wanted the pigs to be the new group in charge, and that is why they created communism. At the same time they were both pretty old to try and change it. After the animals kick out Jones, Napoleon takes over and becomes their leader. This is important to realize because if people below the government hate it as much to kick out their previous leaders, and start over; they will do so. The animals did not like Jones, so they kicked him out. The pigs took over, but they knew what they were doing. They did not like the humans either. They just did what the humans did, so that they could have all the power, and the other animals would be too scared to try and stop them.
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ReplyDeleteNapoleon correlates with Joseph Stalin, they both are in charge, and think that everyone else is below them. The pigs knew how the humans did it before them, they ran the farm through fear, so they had all the power. The pigs realized that, and wanted the same thing. They took over in charge, after they got the rest of the animals to believe that their previous leaders were bad leaders; and that they knew what was best. Then the pigs did the same thing as the humans and ran the farm through fear. Most of the pigs were fine with Napoleon being on top, except Snowball. Snowball also wanted to be in charge. Since Napoleon trained the little dogs from a young age, they followed him. The dogs grew up to be vicious animals, and did whatever Napoleon wanted. The dogs are created after Stalin’s commanding officers. Snowball is created after Leon Trotsky. This is what happens in real life, the person in charge sees a threat to their position, and gets rid of it as soon as possible. Napoleon did just that, he saw Snowball as a threat, and got the dogs, and then the rest of the animals on his side. Then he kicked Snowball out, and remained on top. This happens in real life, those on top stay there, and they follow the example of people that came before them. They do whatever they can to keep their position on top.
The pigs are a key part of the group overthrowing the government. They symbolize the Bolshevik leadership from the Soviet Union. This is the group that was on top, and they were in charge of everything. They kept everyone else lower than them to stay on top. Bolshevik means “those who are more”, and the pigs made the saying “all animals are created equal, but some are more equal”, referring to the pigs. The pigs made this saying to scare the other animals into doing exactly what they say because the pigs already got the animals to believe them. They just wanted it to be known that they were in charge because they were “more equal”. This shows that those in power will do whatever they can to stay in power. However it can be argued that the overall effect is power corrupts because you can say that the pigs with all the other animals wanted the right thing at first, but the power they got corrupted them. Even though the pigs knew exactly what they were doing. They saw the humans do it, so they thought they would try to overthrow the humans, and be the new group in charge. They just wanted power, they wanted the humans out so they could get it. They did not even care about the other animals, just that they did all the work. Then the pigs benefited, and got everything.
In Animal Farm the characters and the farm create an allegory, and it symbolizes the Russian Revolution. How they want a better government, but they do not know how to create it. The animals in Animal Farm overthrow their government in hopes for a better one. Little do they know that the pigs are just out for power. The animals end up giving one pig too much power, and letting the pigs be in charge. The animals do all the work, while the pigs are the ones that benefit. The pigs got power hungry, and no other animal knew how to stand up to that. It makes you feel bad for the other animals. That is what happens in real life, one person gets too much power, and the top group of people brainwash everyone to do what they say. This is what animalism or communism is. This is not the right type of government. Every person should have a say in the way their government works, and the way their country is run.
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ReplyDeleteEveryone goes through tough times, sometimes not knowing what to do, how to get through it, or need to find a solution to it. In “The Call of Cthulhu” by H.P. Lovecraft, all of the main characters somehow find out about Cthulhu, and it affects all of them. They all find out about Cthulhu separately, but what else they find out about Cthulhu, is separate. Legrasse finds out about it from Dr. Webb when he shows the strange statue, professor Angell finds out about it from a sculptor who saw R’lyeh, the place Cthulhu lives, in his dreams, and his nephew finds about it from his writings when he went through them when he died. Legrasse finds out about Cthulhu as well, and the others learn information about him, but never see him. One man lived and saw, which was Gustaf Johansen. They all have very different ways of finding him, but their ending remains the same, death. They are possibly killed by Cthulhu or his cult, or of other causes. This shows the proverb “all roads lead to Rome” since they each find out about him, but in different ways.
In the Call of Cthulhu, we see that all roads lead to Rome through multiple perspectives, starting with professor Angell. In the book, a man named Wilcox comes to him with a strange tablet, and when he studies it, it appears to be of no ancient rock. The reason was because he had made it, and he made it because he saw it in a dream. The dream was of R’lyeh. He finds out about
Cthulhu, and studies him, studying people’s dreams, all about R’lyeh. He soon figures out that that is where Cthulhu is. Legrasse finds a strange statue of Cthulhu, and brings it to a science convention, where Dr. Webb tells him that it is Cthulhu, and that there are cults that worship him, and he has met one. All of the cults have found out of Cthulhu as well, since they are worshipping him. Gustaf Johansen, the man who met Cthulhu and survived, had captured a ship, and used it to escape Cthulhu with his companion, but he died on the ship, and he was already insane, so he could not help with navigating the ship. They all have some connection to Cthulhu, whether it be the knowledge of his existence, or seeing him themselves.
The last way he shows this is with multiple plot lines. Not all of the characters meet each other, or they might have met the other, but still have different reasons to learn about Cthulhu, like how professor Angell does it out of curiosity, Legrasse does it for his job as a detective, Johansen finds Cthulhu on accident. They all have different reasons, and different ways of learning of him, but they all still are. Of the people that did see him, they went insane or died, or both. They were left scarred, and Angell’s nephew thinks that Angell may not have died of natural causes, but because of Cthulhu, or his cult. This also could be the “Rome” in the proverb, but I think that the learning of Cthulhu is Rome, because all of them found knowledge about him.
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ReplyDeleteIn The Call of Cthulhu, H.P. Lovecraft uses multiple perspectives, symbolism, and multiple plot lines to show that all roads lead to Rome, and that while the path is different, the end was closely the same. Cthulhu is powerful, dangerous, and turns people insane at the sight of him. Him being like this makes him a lot like knowledge, all of it is enough to make a man go insane, from the capacity of it, and the knowledge of all the terrible things that happen. All the characters symbolize people who wish to gain all this power, but might not realize that that amount of knowledge would drive them insane.