Category: Literature

Authors use different words in their works not by chance. The choice of words is usually presupposed by the meaning people want to cover. Writing stories, authors usually try to hide the main idea of their words to using metaphors, similes, oppositions, personifications, symbols, etc. and making people guess their real meaning.

Considering the line from Little Red Cap by Brothers Grimm, we are going to analyzing the words choice, their implicit and explicit meaning, and phrasing. Little Red Cap promised to obey her mother. The grandmother lived out in the woods, a half hour from the village. When Little Red Cap entered the woods a wolf came up to her. She did not know what a wicked animal he was, and was not afraid of him (Grimm 309) is an abstract under discussion.

The grandmother of Little Red Cap lives in woods which seems like unsafe place. However, the authors do not choose the word forest instead of wood, as they want to explain why mother lets their daughter to the unknown place. Woods are used for wood cut, so there might be people.

Forest is more dangerous place and the authors do not want to show mother as careless person. Mother lives her child and hope she is going to be safe near woodcutters. Furthermore, the word village is opposed to woods in the meaning of safe and unsafe, native place and strange one. The village is a place which the little girl used to live in safe, the woods is a new world to the little girl, full of with danger.

The usage of the word to obey should be considered, as children have to listen and to follow their parents saying. But, the very phrase Little Red Cap promised to obey her mother (Grimm 309) sounds strange and natural question arises, isnt it an everyday manner of girls behaviour?

The authors use the words to obey to emphasize the fault of the little girls mother and her way of girls upbringing. It seems that the authors want to underline that something is going to happen because a girl promised to obey (Grimm 309), but a girl is not aware of the real danger which exists in the woods. Mother says that a girl may fall down and break a bottle of wine, and nothing will be left for grandmother.

The word wolf metaphorically describes the stranger who will be harmful to the children. Nothing about wicked people was said, so the girl did not know what a wicked animal [wolf] was, and was not afraid of him (Grimm 309). Wolf is a symbol of strange people who may harm. The authors use this character to show that trying to be polite and gentle, strange people may be very dangerous and may cause harm. It is exactly what happens with the girls.

It seems that Brothers Grimm want to caution parents that they should pay more attention to warning their children about possible danger. The authors want to export a dangerous person in the real world as wicked wolf. Not only visibly violence people but also hidden wicked people are able to be harmful to children.

The fairy-tale under consideration does not only entertainments but also teachers lessons to the readers. Little Red Cap shows parents the importance of making young children get information of moral conduct subconsciously since early childhood. The authors hide the implied meanings and cover them up the word choices. If readers try to analyze the word or parsing, they get much information about the hidden meaning of the story and the lessons they teach. Close reading is required for understanding the lessons offered for people.

Works Cited

Grimm, Jocob and Wilhelm.Little Red Cap. Making Argument about Literature: A Compact Guide and Anthology. Ed. John Schilb and John Clifford. New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2004. 308  311. Print.

Life poisoned with a drop of despair is truly unbearable. Spreading like cancer, the feeling grips body and mind without letting one take a breath. This haunting emotion is something that one cannot deal with o his/her own  the incredible tension within breaks the person down, crushing the very stem of what makes a man  the belief. With his incredible ability to see the truth under the thick layer of lies, Thoreau managed to notice that despair is the integral part of what makes a man.

Considering Shakespeares most famous tragedies, Hamlet and Macbeth, one will inevitably see that Thoreau was speaking the sad truth. Despite the power and the fortune that the lead characters of the plays possessed, they were still seized by the tormenting feeling that was devouring their very self.

Hamlet is completely desperate, there can be no doubt about that. Surrounded by lies and treachery, with not a single person to trust in, he becomes an outcast, willingly isolating himself from the society. It is evident that the life with the people who have betrayed him once is completely impossible for him. The very strain of the situation that Hamlet got trapped in is burst out together with his lonesome cry: O God! God! How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable, Seem to me all the uses of this world! (Shakespeare).

Torn apart by the conflict within, Hamlet is in the pit of despair, and, like a fox pursued by the hound, he cannot stop being cautious even for a moment. Together with his fathers murder, he faces the necessity to live with the traitors and pretend to know nothing, which his grief and despair stems from. Shocked by the lies that his mother and his uncle were trying to feed the prince with, Hamlet seeks his consolation in his friendship with Horatio, yet even this one true friend cannot take away the pain within:

Thrift, thrift, Horatio! the funeral baked meats
Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.
Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven
Or ever I had seen that day, Horatio!
My father!  methinks I see my father (Shakespeare).

However, because of the threat that the prince is subject to, he must keep silent, which is why his despair is silent  as Thoreau said, this is the quiet desperation that is already interwoven into Hamlets pattern of life. This splinter cannot be extracted from Hamlets heart, and he is doomed to bear this dull pain till the day he dies.

However, together with the anguish, there is one more feeling that makes the despair even more unbearable, though it seems impossible, and that is the sting of revenge.

Tramped into mud and stamped on with the feet of his own brother, Hamlets father honor must be restored, which the prince understands  or, it should be said, feels  well enough. All pierced with helplessness and rage, Hamlets words show clearly that his despair is doubled with the need to take revenge on his uncle Claudius: If it assume my noble fathers person, Ill speak to it, though hell itself should gape.

And bid me hold my peace (Shakespeare). With his hands clenched in fists of rage, the lead character of the tragedy can do nothing; all that he is left with is waiting for the day of his own death to come. Growing increasingly suspicious, Hamlet becomes the prisoner of his own fears, which only makes his despair grown stronger.

Another specimen of how easily people get caught into the trap of despair is Shakespeares famous Macbeth. Although the feeling that nudges on the heart of the lead character is caused by different reasons, the diagnosis stays the same  Macbeth is destined to live with despair in his heart until he rests in peace.

Despite the entirely different settings and plot, this play proves Thoreaus idea of a man doomed to living with despair in his heart as well. This is even more incredible because of the dramatic gap between the characters, one of them a haunted victim of treachery, another being a cold-blooded murderer himself.

Even though Macbeth is definitely a man of great vice and a traitor, there is still something that makes one sympathize with his fate. What can be the route of this unnatural compassion? Perhaps, the character of Macbeth is much more than skin deep.

One might seek the root of Macbeths despair in the fear that the crime committed by his wife will finally come out; like a prisoner trying to escape, he knows his guilt, and the guilt presses on him hard. Yet the fear to be caught, punished and dishonored is to the only reason for Macbeth to feel desperate. Considering the following passage:

They have tied me to a stake; I cannot fly,
But, bear-like, I must fight the course. Whats he
That was not born of woman? Such a one
Am I to fear, or none (Shakespeare),

one can figure out that Macbeth fears not only the legal punishment, nor being lynched by the crowd. If tracing the roots of his despair more thoroughly, one can come to the conclusion that Macbeth is afraid of the twists of fate. Indeed, the feeling of being lead by the hand of the fate and commit the most terrible crimes as it has been prescribed by the almighty Parcae. Because of the sin that is looming over him, Macbeth must bear this burden for the rest of his life, which actually brings this character closer to Hamlet.

However, another fit of despair that seizes Macbeth comes after the news of his wifes death. This is quite a different feeling, with the air of recklessness and the will to end the sufferings. As Macbeth learns the news about his wifes death, it seems as if he would gladly share her fate:

She should have died hereafter;
There would have been a time for such a word.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death (Shakespeare).

Indeed, there is a distinct wish to end the vale of life and rest in peace in Macbeths words. Another trap of despair, this unwillingness to live roots both from the lack of inner strength and from the exhausting lies that Macbeth was entangled in. Like a man who is tied hand and feet, he struggles and knows that he is destined to lose.

Like Hamlet, Macbeth finally comes to the idea that life is merely a poorly written play, and that he has already played his part. The curtain closes, and the time has come for the final scene: Out, out, brief candle!

Lifes but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage (Shakespeare). Both characters played their part and decided to leave. Thoreau was right  each man is destined to suffer, bearing his own share of despair till death takes him/her away. Both tasting their share of suffering, Hamlet and Macbeth are perfect proof to Thoreaus wise remark.

Works Cited

Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. N. d. Web.

Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Macbeth. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. N. d. Web.

Introduction

The 10-1 approach is designed method aimed at integrating critical thinking, reading and writing about issues and scenarios in our culture. This approach mostly helps one to get well structured ideas in the process of analyzing and synthesizing a phenomenon. For the process to be a success there are some thinking skills brought into play. Writing is enhanced as it is treated as a tool of thought. This is to mean that for writing to be effective and quality, thinking should be used as a way of directing writing.

Also writing is perceived as way of learning and it is viewed that as learners write, they are in a position to learn. In essay Joyas Voladoras by Brian Doyle speaks of hummingbirds and hearts, the life of whales and the life of man, it also speaks of life, death and the experiences in between.

In other words, it examines the similarity of every creature on Earth, which is life is not infinite. Then the question remains on how the matter has been tackled and the procedure use with accordance to the 10-1 approach by David Rosenwasser (Rosenwasser and Stephen 56).

Discussion

There are different methods given by David Rosenwasser for analyzing the frame of the mind. The first one is analysis which is not taught at any point by a lecturer but is learned as the learner interacts more with the lecturer and writings. Rosenwasser tries to bring out the meaning of analysis and what it does as concerned with class work.

This is the first principle in use and there are five analytical moves that are aimed at understanding and perfecting on analysis. The insinuation of this article is best demonstrated via the following sentence: The price of their ambition is a life closer to death; they suffer more heart attacks and aneurysms and ruptures than any other living creature (Rosenwasser and Stephen 56). Its expensive to fly.

You burn out. You fry the machine. You melt the engine. each living thing on the globe has roughly 2 billion heartbeats to expend in a life span so that it can develop unfathomable thoughtful of scrutiny whereby a individual will be a position to make a distinction between an argument or case, synopsis and other writings. The second method used is the counterproductive of mind.

This tries to bring out the fears of uncertainty and actions that are blinded by the habit. It also looks at the judgment side of the mind as in analysis and the way of generalizing and personalizing ideas and assumptions. Two things are compared; opinions and ideas. It may be easy to have opinions but not ideas. The two latter words are complex with different ways of handling the complexity been given. In this approach the assignment is based on observation practice.

It also looked at how interpretations lead to drawing of conclusions. This is done inform of questions like so what? that aid in drawing the conclusion. Also the learners ought to differentiate the implications of words from their hidden meanings and thus get to understand the limitations of interpretation.

They should then work on writing an interpretive essay. The next method is on analyzing arguments. You cab utilize them little by little, just like how a tortoise does and end up having a life span of up to two hundred or choose to utilize then quickly and have a life span of two years only like a hummingbird.

In the paper, Doyle utilizes section one in to describe the key features of a humming bird and particularly how they use what they have so fast and end up having a shorter life span. It sadly draws in how those beautiful birds weaken and finally, its life is taken away after their flying trip. And this is where the important message lies on: Yes, it is very expensive for those birds to fly; it costs them a life closer to death for their journey.

However, they are willing to sacrifice it, because they know that their lives are too short. A procedure should be given about going over an issue that is been argued about. Nothing should be assumed about and the difference of ideas and opinions learned earlier come to play (Rosenwasser and Stephen72).

Personal response is necessary in this as they agree, disagree, compare and contrast and also define issues. This is part of what helps in developing the thesis of a topic or writing. They should then get assigned on use of analysis in topics and the modes of doing it.

The learners at this point have developed a good content and thus they are taken to a further step to understand evidence. They ought to be taught what it is and what it aims at. They did not choose to live a life such as a tortoise to live for two hundred years old. We all agree that tortoise is a kind of creature that represents for the fearfulness and the lacking of confidence.

Whenever it confronts with difficulty or danger, it just simply avoids it by pull back its head and covers itself under the shell. It doesnt dare to live its life bravely. Doyle compares between the satiric image of the tortoises timid life and the heroism of the hummingbird in order to help us to recognize a right path to fulfill our life (Rosenwassser and Stephen 234).

Different forms of evidence and how they are used correctly and at the correct time should be taught. Evidence should be aimed at what they have in brain and not what is obliged to be the reality. They should then be assigned on differentiating evidence and claims. Also, by contrast the hummingbird and the blue whale, the writer again urges us to live a life without the fear of consequences because we only have two billions heart beats.

Doyle describes the whale image so vivid; especially is its hearts description. Its big as a room or a child could walk around in it& From these descriptions, we can figure out right away how greatly the whale is; and we would think that the life of this biggest creature has to be aggressive and competitive. Ironically, inside this giant body, there is a shy and quite characteristic.

The blue whale always likes to maintain as a pair; it fears to go by its self. This habit represents for the weakness, and the dependence of the way we live in life.

However, we dont want to have a life like this, because according to the author, at the end, we are utterly open with no one, there would be nobody comes to save us, but only us with our own hearts. Thats why we want confidence, freedom and independence to make out the moment of our life. Just like the hummingbird, although it has the heart of a pencil eraser size, it acts freely, without the fear of a faint life (Rosenwasser and Stephen 109).

We also need to enjoy every moment of our life by listening to your heart and act upon its feeling. At the last part of the essay, Doyle carries out the fragility of our heart as a living being. He lists all the simple things or actions that melt you cold hearts easily such as  a childs apple breath,  womans second glance,  the shatter of glass in the road&, to prove to us that no matter how strong you are, what size of your heart is, your heart is still surely can be broken.

Therefore, we must not against the voice from our heart, it means that do what you think is right, chase what you want, follow your dream, carry passion to your life. All of this will make your life become more meaningful (Rosenwasser and Stephen 123).

Conclusion

Life is too short, a familiar statement that I always hear before, however I did not fully understand it only if after I read the: Joyas Voladoras. Life is just so priceless; therefore we must live aggressively, bravely, and listen to our heart to make this life worthy. This is the only way that helps you to bring out the true meaning of your life. Using the 10-1 approach, the matter can be researched with ease.

Work Cited

Rosenwasser, David and Stephen, Jill. Writing analytically. 5 Edn. London: Cengage Learning, 2008.

Summary

Authored by Jodi Picoult, The Pact is a must-read fascinating chef-doeuvre giving an account of three friends: Sampson Davis, George Jenkins and Rameck Hunt who met at Magnet high school where they were learning in their home town of Newark. The three make their pact while in the high school concerning how they can find a way to a medical school to pursue their career in medicine. The masterwork provides an inspirational account of young high school children who face challenges in life as they grow up.

The three narrate their episodes as they grew ranging from how they overcame challenges of crimes, drugs, and poverty to attain their success by taking their educational route to a better life (Baily 13). They have now become role models in their residences by inspiring kids to abscond engaging in drugs and joining criminal gangs but rather pursuing their education for a bright future. However, Sam seems to doubt his ability to succeed.

Sams Doubts

Sam has various doubts on his ability to succeed because of the minimal hopes in terms of financial availability to enable him attend the medical college (Goldsmith 147). He does not have a glimpse of where the finances to cater for his school fees will come from. This therefore makes him doubt whether his dream will ever become a reality.

Furthermore, the negative perception accorded to the black Americans diminishes his self-confidence of achieving his dream of becoming a practitioner. The surroundings also contribute to his self-doubt as he looks down upon himself and therefore cannot see him to succeed in his study of medicine. On the other hand, Rameck repeatedly makes choices that are not in his best interest despite his getting into college.

Why the Choices

Rameck makes choices that do not conform to his own interests because of the circumstances that surround him. Although he seems clever and witty, he seems cloned with many problems emanating from his family background and the surroundings. Further, he seems affected by the environment from which he comes.

For instance, he even passes for jail because of associating himself with drugs and criminal acts (Jones 50). Therefore, the episodes he passes through forms a basis of the decisions he makes. He makes decisions because of his current situations despite having different interests. On the contrary, George encounters fewer distractions in relation to Sam and Rameck.

Why the Fewer Distractions

George has fewer distractions while in college compared to Sam and Rameck because he, in spite of coming from a neighborhood flourished with drugs and crimes, distances himself from such instances. He is not able to fall culprit to such groups, which seem all able to deter him from his career path during his youth.

He also has a vision as opposed to the other two to which he sets his eyes fixed such that he cannot realize any barrier while in the college. At eleven years, he has already developed an interest of pursuing medicine to become a dentist. This vision keeps him focused while pursuing the dream of his life as opposed to Sam and Rameck who do not have a vision at that tender age. This also contributes to his encounter of few distractions in his life as Pumphrey and Burns put it (98).

Furthermore, George seems always occupied and determined to accomplish his dream, as he knows the programs that necessitate his joining of college and therefore utilizes most of his time seeking for assistance to ensure his entry into a medical school. Therefore, his evident busy and determined mind while in college cannot accommodate any distraction hence conforming to the adage determination knows no barrier. The book is heavy-laden with moral lessons.

Lessons from the Book

By reading The Pact, I have learned various lessons amongst them being the need to have goals to which one has to work towards attaining. There may be obstacles in life but by having a goal and working hard, one is able to achieve the objectives. The obstacles are no more than what one sees once he/she sets his/her eyes off the goal.

The claim stands out from the way the three doctors manages to overcome their challenges. Despite their coming form poor families, facing dangers of drug use and criminal activity to mention but a few, the three manages to overcome them successfully forging towards the attainment of their goals in life of becoming physicians.

Further, I have learned that everybody has a potential of achieving his/her dreams in life regardless his/her skin color or background provided he gets the opportunity. People have experienced restrictions or rather obstructions from attaining their goals due to the stigma that seems placed to them by the society (Johnson 9) in various cases.

This should not be the case. Instead, the society should be able to embrace the talents of everyone in its pursuit of assisting him/her to realize his/her dreams. For instance, despite the three boys facing some form of discrimination and racism from their colleagues, they manage to forge on and eventually realize their dreams.

I have further learned the importance of working as a group sharing ideas and visions with each other. This helps the group members develop one another, not only academically and socially but also psychologically and physically (Helem 9).

It also helps the members to give moral support to each other hence enhancing the attainments of their goals in life. These three doctors remain committed sharing their dreams, which eventually lead to the achievement of their dreams. Based on the expositions given about The Pact, it suffices to recommend it to others especially the high school students.

Why the Recommendations

I would recommend this book to other readers especially the young boys in high schools who are growing up (Bell-Russel 52). The book seems heavy-laden with an inspiring motivating message relevant to those kids that face various challenges in life feeling as not worthy in relation to their counterparts from wealthy backgrounds. Many youngsters at their adolescent stage remain prone to joining criminal gangs and even reverting to the use of drug and violent acts because of poverty and desperation (Dines 27).

Therefore, as illustrated by the three doctors whose backgrounds seem pathetic characterized by poverty, drugs and crimes, they too can manage to forge and attain their dreams: The three boys stand out as good role models. Hence, when the students read The Pact, they may be motivated feeling that they are not useless but rather worthy and all able to overcome obstacles that face them. Otherwise, the book is an informative piece of work.

Works Cited

Baily, Cate. The power of a promise. Scholastic Scope 52.13 (2004): 12-14.

Bell-Russel, Danna. The Pact. Library Journal 134.17 (2009): 52-52.

Dines, Kaylyn Kendall. Three Doctors from Newark offer hope to youth. New York Amsterdam News 95.4 (2004):27-27.

Goldsmith, Francisca. We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Pact Led to Success. School Library Journal 51.5 (2005):146-148.

Helem, Lisa. Sticking to a Promise. Newsweek 146.7 (2005): 9-19.

Johnson, Raelyn. Word is bond. Black Enterprise 33.11 (2003): 9.

Jones, Mondella. The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream. Black Issues Book Review 4.4 (2002): 50-50.

Pumphrey, Mark, and Burns, Ann. The Pact. Library Journal 127.20 (2002):198.

Introduction

The novel picture this by Joseph Heller is more or less written in relation to Rembrandts painting the Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer which in1961 was sold to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The themes that Heller actually focuses on are those of war, money and government. Another important aspect that he looks at is that of justice and just how much it lacks in the ancient democracies.

Joseph Hellers implications

Heller however mentions that Pericles was intolerant of written critism just like all the great leaders of democracies who were proud of their freedom of expression. He goes on to say that, he would have excoriated the press had it been there.

This in other words implied that given the role of the media which to this day is to monitor the activities of the government, Pericles having initiated a war did not want the interference of the media in his affairs. The Peloponnesian war which he initiated and made inevitable is what the media was shedding light on hence infuriating Pericles.

The writer, given the era in which this novel was written viewed war as a rather in inevitable act. The more land a nation conquered the better, since this was a way through which they could create an empire. Towards the end though, Joseph Heller tries to bring out the moral of the story which is that wars are pointless as well as destructive.

This is according to the previous experiences in wars which in most cases led to the loss of a huge number of lives as well as property. This loss of property in a particular nation would lead to an escalation of another war for it to be able to steal enough from its victims. He also tries to illustrate that very little can be solved via violence and war, in other words he proposes that diplomacy should be applied in order to avoid unnecessary loss of lives and property.

If Pericles had the audacity to mention that he would do something irritating had the press been there, clearly shows that this leader was rather irrational. More so, it seems like war and violence was a way of life during the seventeenth century all the way to the Second World War.

Significantly, we get to note that diplomacy did not have a chance of taking root during this time given the culture of violence that these ancient societies were used to. It was only after the devastating Second World War that the stupidity of violence was eradicated by the introduction of diplomacy amongst nations.

In his novel, Joseph Heller tries to bring out the aspect that most of the leaders of the then democracies did not abide by the principles of the democracy. Principles such as every individual has a right to life and that everyone within a territory had a right to freedom of expression were just but a fallacy to win over leadership positions.

Therefore, Pericles was following on the footsteps of his neighboring nations leaders as well as his predecessors in suppressing the rights of the individuals in his territory. According to Joseph, he did this by barring the media from criticizing his actions which included his fuelling of the Peloponnesian war.

From the above quotation, Joseph reveals that history has a way of repeating itself. This is as a result of the various wars that have been taking place from time to time over the same reasons. Hence, he goes ahead and mentions that this must be stupidity given the consequences of war are never positive.

Heller in his novel discloses that there have been pointless cycles of greed by the previous as well as the current leaders in the various democratic states. This is somehow accurate given that he was comparing in writing the different periods in history when these activities were taking place.

In another instance, Joseph is explains just how these leaders are proud of being heads of democracies yet they do not implement the principles. Excoriating the press are such strong words which mean that the leaders would do anything possible to do away with them which in most cases will be getting rid of them entirely.

We should also bare in mind that the barring by Pericles and other democratic leaders of the media to voice out their concerns or publicize their activities is more like denying the citizens their right to information. The media represented the voice of the millions and therefore, the leaders of these democracies were rather too greedy and ignorant to let the media do their work.

Conclusion

In brief, Joseph tries to imply that democracy is an ancient ideology that only became dominant with the fall of the Berlin wall. But in ancient times, the leaders did not care at all about the principles that democracy upheld given that most of them inherited power anyway. Therefore, important institutions such as the media had no or very little to contribute in the politics of the day.

Introduction

The story is about the Vietnam War and Thuys contributions towards peace achievement (Guthrie). The story reflects on a period of high instability as the American troops invaded the South Vietnam city, usually inhabited by poor peasants.

She was amongst the few North Vietnamese readily willing to fight for peace (Guthrie). The phrase last night I dreamed of peace was highly utilized during the fight for independence in Vietnam (Tram 2). The idea behind independence is attaining peace and liberty. Therefore, it is important to describe the key lessons learned and virtues illustrated by this story.

Thuys description

Thuy is the name mostly used by her friends. She was 23 when the American troops attacked the country. Participating in such a difficult undertaking at such tender age was relatively extraordinary (Guthrie). Being acquainted with treating skills as a medical science graduate, she deterministically put her skills in practice.

This depicts how significant it is putting our skills in practice for the benefit of the society. She walked for long miles devoid of knowing what might occur on the way. This immensely depicted her determination in any undertaking she was set to do. Guthrie describes her as a diligent person who never let any patient suffer as long as she could intervene by any means. In the hospitals of the Quang ngai, she could treat 80 seriously wounded soldiers alone (Guthrie).

Humanity

The humanity in her culminates to her preaching for peace. In her daily endeavors, she was highly convinced that peace would restore in future. Despite the bombing of the three key hospitals, the burning desire to support lives gave her more strength. It is a lesson for us that challenges are part of life and people should embrace them for a successful end in their accomplishments.

After the destruction of the hospitals, she ended up purchasing some of the necessities for performing the operations (Guthrie). She bought Novocain in place of anesthesia for performing both minor and complicated operations.

Hardworking and sensitive

Thuy portrayed hatred for the Americans by regarding them insensitive since they were killing innocent people. She depicted her desire for peace all through the war period. She considered the attackers as inconsiderate since they mercilessly killed young innocent fellows (Guthrie). She willingly devoted herself to saving the dying.

She extremely wept when defeated to save a dying soldier. Through this, it is clear that life is important thus not advisable terminating it. Additionally, she sympathizes with the Vietnamese soldiers at war. She was empathetic about their situations, which is a virtue lacking in many people (Tram 2). She described them as lonely and missing love from their dear ones. Thuy is sensitive in the sense that she could treat many cases at a time. Therefore, we learn the significance of such a virtue in our lives.

Caring

The source highly depicts the high level of intelligence she depicted thus her capacity to perform some extra ordinary duties easily. The idea that she attended a great proportion of soldiers depicted her caring nature, which is important in life. The story also depicts the importance of the parental love (Tram 3).

As indicated in the source, Thuy strongly yearned for the parental care despite her growing age. Through this, it is clear that living alone some times hard thus, the need for someone close to share the challenges in our lives. Thuy finally looses her life while fighting for peace. From Thuys experience, it becomes that people should embrace their independence that resulted to peace. This is because many people vanished for its attainment.

Conclusion

In summary, the story of Thuy presents numerous lessons that are important in our living. The author describes her as caring, determined, highly sensitive to peoples sufferings, and hardworking. She is a great peacemaker and ready to intervene in the fight, despite the challenges. She works with the goal of saving the soldiers lives with the sole hope of achieving peace in future.

Works Cited

Guthrie, John. Last night I dreamed of peace by Dung Thuy Tram. 2007. Web.

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Tram, Dung. Last night I dreamed of peace: the diary of Dung Thuy Tram. 1968. Web.

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Introduction

There are various platforms that are created by art for the various artists to give their view. One of such platforms is the novel writing. Like in many other artistic products, the themes, styles and topics in different novels are comparable. This is due to common forces that push ands inspire the author into production of the various works. An ideal example is the comparison between The March to the Monteria and The Factory ship. This paper is a brief analysis of the various common themes and styles that these two novels have.

Worker based

The basic common agenda that is possessed by these two novels is the use of the worker as the base of argument. The two authors have chosen their characters well with the main characters being persons in the employment industry being either the employers or the employees.

However, the plight of the worker is more dealt with the daily pains that he has to endure being brought out. The march to the Monteria has chosen characters from the plantations. The daily ups and downs that the workers in plantations go through are brought out. On the other hand, The Factory ship has got its characters being chosen from the marine workers. The author explains the life of a marine worker with the challenges that he endures.

The workers plight

A man has to go through many struggles in an effort to make ends meet. This is the point that is being delivered through Celso the main character in the march to the Monteria. The hardworking character hardly gets to enjoy the fruit of his labor. First his tenure savings in one plantation goes without his enjoyment as he gives it to his fathers creditor.

He does not give up but rather moves to yet another contract where malicious claims are laid against him so as to bind him in the working environment. He is bailed out yet he is entitled to lifetime labor to cleat out the debt. All these are things that are beyond the control of Celso.

On the other hand, the life of the marine workers in The Factory ship is a tragic. The maneuvers of the merchants and the vessel owners leave the marine workers with les to do to lift themselves out of the harsh conditions.

Style

The other common item in these two novels is the styles that the authors have used. Both the authors have carefully chosen the words that are used in the novels to include the terminology that is common in the fields that the novels are based in. the march to the monteria has a lot of jargon that is common in agriculture while and The Factory ship has words that are specifically meant for the marine life.

Also the sequence of activities is in order. This is against the tradition that many authors take of presenting recent information before the historical information. While the march to the Monteria was written in English, The Factory ship English copy is a translation.

Conclusion

The two books have a lot of item that are common and others that are different. However, it is evident that the many themes that are presented in the novel have a lot of common agenda that make them comparable. To be precise, the plight of workers is clearly brought out in both the novels.

The novel The Killer Angel relates the account of the war in northern Virginia in Gettysburg town. All the figures presented in the book are historical personalities of the era. The fight was among the biggest combat in American civil war history. It engaged the army of confederates , which resulted in countless individuals loss. The books is dedicated as the reflection on humanitys brutal history and guidance for the future.

The major reason for Michael penning the book is because he wished to feel the sensation of being in the fight. He hoped to comprehend the environment, feelings, and motivations behind the conflict period and wanted to obtain a peek at mens faces during that era. Michael crafted the book in the shapes of memoirs, diaries, and letters. The target audience of the work is generally academic. The Vietnam War participants utilized the book to comprehend events that occurred during their deployment. The book is also among the few suggested books for the US army to instigate professional development among officers.

The book argues that circumstances compel men to judge and behave under duress. The acts of such judgments bring harsh repercussions to the fight. The tale also brings forth the concept of similarities in characteristics among foes. In the novel, adversaries are more frequent than any of them think they are. Both the northern and southern armies have their good points. Both armies treat their opponents respectfully and fight bravely and humorously to triumph over them.

Shaara bases the work on the original sources left from the period. During his stay at Gettysburg, he learned about the fight and toured the battlefield. He gained perspective on the wars significance at Gettysburg and is moved to write the book as a result. Michael contended that, rather than developing effective means of resolving their issues, humanity has sought excuses for actively participating in warfare (Groeling, 19). Consequently, the authors goal is to demonstrate two distinct phases of warfare and the corresponding mental preparations of the two opposing sides. Michael moreover desires that the reader be aware of the repercussions of their choices on the battlefield. The two choices are to either use peaceful means to sort out the disagreement or battle with each other. Before actively engaging in the conflict, General Lee had this option, but ultimately everything underwent a brutal contact.

Work Cited

Groeling, Meg. Six Days In September: A Novel Of Lees Army In Maryland, 1862. Civil War Book Review 20.1 (2018): 19.

It is important to note that the given comparative analysis will focus on two versions of Susan Glaspells tale. The first work of Susan Glaspell is a one-act play, Trifles, whereas the second is its adaptation titled A Jury of Her Peers. The key literary element of comparison is symbolism revolving around the bird in a cage. The differences and similarities will be emphasized in how the symbol is treated in both texts to convey meaning and support the understanding of a character. The symbolic context, depth, and connection to the theme of patriarchy are richer in A Jury of Her Peers compared to Trifles primarily due to background information and narration.

Firstly, in Trifles, the birds symbolic nature can only be derived by paying close attention to the conversations between Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale because the meaning is conveyed by implying its purpose. For example, the author writes: Shecome to think of it, she was kind of like a bird herselfreal sweet and pretty, but kind of timid andfluttery. Howshedidchange (Glaspell, Trifles). A similar conversation can be noted in A Jury of Her Peers as well, where the link between the bird in a cage symbol and Mrs. Minnie Wright is established. However, when it comes to providing more context, the adaptation gives additional information through the narration before the events in the story itself commence. For instance, A Jury of Her Peers narrates that she could see the Wright place now, and seeing it did not make her feel like talking. It looked very lonesome this cold March morning (Glaspell, A Jury of Her Peers). This depicts an image absent in Trifles, which paints Mrs. Minnie Wright as being physically similar to a bird trapped in a cage.

Secondly, the stories are different during the culmination scene when Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale realize what happened and make a decision to side with Mrs. Minnie Wright out of empathy and womanly understanding. In Trifles, the emphasis of the decision is made with the rising of Mrs. Peters voice when she says: We dont know who killed him. We dont know (Glaspell, Trifles). However, in A Jury of Her Peers, the narration provides a stronger emphasis on the characters inner and voiceless thought processes. It is stated: it was as if something within her, not herself, had spoken, and it found in Mrs. Peters something she did not know as herself (Glaspell, A Jury of Her Peers). In other words, the latter provides a deeper context of how the decision to conceal the evidence of the birds killing came about, which is linked to something external. However, in Trifles, it seems as if it was Mrs. Peters who made the decision rather than their collective understanding of the character.

In conclusion, the explication reveals that the two versions of Susan Glaspells tale essentially tell the same story, but the symbolic meaning is conveyed richer in the adaptation compared to the original. A Jury of Her Peers showcases that the decision by the two wives to side with Mrs. Minnie Wright was made out of their mutual understanding of their collective suffering under patriarchy. Although a similar meaning of symbolism is implied in Trifles, it seems only one character takes an actionable step to make it a reality. Therefore, both the narration and additional context in A Jury of Her Peers enable a greater emphasis on the central theme of reconciliation under patriarchy.

Works Cited

Glaspell, Susan. Trifles. Medieval Fragments, 1916, Web.

A Jury of Her Peers. Medieval Fragments, 1917, Web.

Prose claims that reading To Kill a Mockingbird equals considering issues of race and prejudice from a safe distance (Prose 187). Nevertheless, she does not give any viable alternatives to consider such relevant and prevalent narratives, as described by Harper Lee back in the sixties. In Proses opinion, To Kill a Mockingbird does not provide a lot of insight into human morality (Prose). The characters in To Kill a Mockingbird illustrate how fast we are to criticize others and how little we grasp each other. History tends to be cyclical, and spreading information on the subject is the only way to stop past mistakes from happening again. Yet, Francine Prose seems as if she cannot see the value in reading stories about events that previously happened. If not, Harper Lees work would not have had the same immediate impact when it was first released in the twentieth century.

Although Prose assures us that we, the readers, will never embrace the racist beliefs held by the lowlifes of the novel, we nevertheless encounter virtually the same difficulties with racism in our contemporary realia (Prose). Hence, students will only be able to advocate for change or notice challenges in the real world if they comprehend the fundamental problems raised in American literature. The book, the Prose argued, is freighted with tons of sociopolitical ballast, and not enough attention was paid to the composition and language (Prose 188). There is no reason a novel with a moral message has to be boring. Of course, To Kill a Mockingbird is not meant to be a lecture. The lessons are delivered with an air of casual ease, yet they tackle the thorny topic of race with astonishing clarity and a firm grasp of reality.

Work Cited

Prose, Francine. I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read, by Francine Prose. Harpers Magazine, 1999, Web.