A Long Day 's Journey Into Night And Birdman

One needs to imagine their favorite book or movie. Now they must think, does this story contain a main character who leaves his normal reality, faces trials or hardships while in this unfamiliar land, and eventually return to their original grounds? The answer is most likely yes. This is due to Joseph Campbell’s realization of what hero’s or other characters almost always go through while being seen in tale or story. This is seen as the hero’s journey, in which there are steps that one could place in certain spots to parallel pretty much any reading or movie they want. One example of this is seen through the movie 10 Cloverfield Lane. This is the adventure of a young woman, Michelle, who leaves her husband and while

The idea of light and dark plays a significant role in the black society of the 1950s that the narrator and Sonny grew up in. The narrator once speaks of a time when many family members and friends would get together to chat and eat Sunday dinner at his parent's home after church service. He alludes to the darkness once again by saying that moments would occur when the stark silence of the adults brought on by a serious conversation or a dismal revelation, perhaps about a death in the community or some other dark happening that penetrated the light that they had just before talked and laughed so freely in, threatened to prematurely alert the children of what the world around them was really like (98). At this point, the children are completely oblivious to the racism and other immoralities that thrive in the world they will soon have to venture into, but they are able to sense that something very distasteful is imminent, hence the child wishing that "the hand which strokes his forehead will never stop - will never die" (98). This idea of being an innocent child during a very tempestuous time was more than many young men could cling on to. The narrator was able to escape from the lifestyle

A re-acquiring idea in fiction is the struggle to achieve dominance. In Helen Porter’s “Moving Day” the idea of achieving dominance is also present but this is mainly caused but the family disagreeing over the mood, this also ties into the mood. In Helen Porter’s “ Moving Day” the use of literary elements and personal expression will have a negative effect on the family and their ties.

Crossing the Threshold; the hero commits to leaving the Ordinary World and entering a new condition with unfamiliar rules. Hazel makes the decision to leave at moonrise to escape the possible danger of staying in the Sandleford Warren. He commits to the adventure and is confident in his decision.

The first passage reveals the parallel suffering occurring in the lives of different members of the family, which emphasizes the echoes between the sufferings of the father and the narrator. The narrator’s father’s despair over having watched

A Long Day’s Journey Into Night, by Eugene O’Neill, is a deeply autobiographical play. His life was rampant with confusion and addictions in his family. Each character in this play has a profound resemblance, and draws parallels and connections with a member of his own family. The long journey that the title of the play refers to is a journey into his past. Fog is a recurring metaphor in the play; it is a physical presence even before it becomes a crucial symbol of the family’s impenetrable confusion. It is referred to in the text as well as stage directions in this play. It sets the mood for the play in all its somber hues.

The further the poem is read, the more consuming the impacts of separation becomes to the narrator until they now desire to recede from their past. The title of the poem confirms this desire through insinuating that the path of separation that they are on is perpetual and therefore, shows no clear destination. This ending consequently leaves a feeling of hopelessness for the reader that is meant to mimic the hopelessness that the narrator feels over their situation. However, in the conclusion of my personal response, I recognize the impacts of separation and the need to correct them. Whilst not wanting to vanish from society, I admit to the difficulty of returning to society due to now being accustomed to the feeling of separation and the nothingness that it creates within me.

A confronting transition can force an individual to reevaluate their values regarding relations, due to an emotionally provocative realisation. These transitions have the potential to allow individuals to accept their stances in life. When one accepts these circumstances, they can then capitalise on their lives, causing unparalleled personal reward. The Story of Tom Brennan constantly depicts these notions, as Tom has his value of family hindered, as he experiences an extremely emotional transition where his family bonds deteriorate due to the Brennan’s inability to detach themselves from their past. When Tom becomes enlightened towards this deterioration a reevaluation of this

In the text Three Day Road, Joseph Boyden develops the idea of the characters restoring their honor and certainty after traumatic events. Showing how humans are capable of flaws without fault, as they move deeper into the darknesses that are haunting them. Explaining the character’s thoughts as they slip farther away from who they are. A fight to keep their honor while faced with addiction, keeping a relationship with family, friends and keeping the loyalty they owe others.

Frost presents the traveler's choice of paths as a metaphor for the difficult decisions a person must make in life. The divergent paths are the choices to be made at various points along the way. Regardless of how he tries, the traveler cannot see beyond where the path is "bent in the undergrowth" (5). Likewise, nobody can predict what effect one choice will have on his life. The traveler sees the two paths as very similar or "just as fair" (6). As much as the traveler would like to return to the diverging roads, he realizes that he will not get another chance to travel the other path. With maturity comes a resignation that a choice has affected a person's life and there is no going back. He also tries to make the best of his decision by saying that it has "made all the difference." (20).

To begin, in the book Night, the Jews were being judged because of the way they looked, the religion they followed, and their ethnicity. Moishe the Beadle was deported because he was a foreign Jew. Rumors were spreading about Nazis coming into towns and taking over. After some Jews were deported, life became normal again. Everyone was doing everyday activities. “The deportees were quickly forgotten. A few days after they left, it was rumored that they were in Galicia, working, and even that they were content with their fate. Days went by. Then weeks and months. Life was normal again. A calm, reassuring wind blew through our homes. The shopkeepers were doing good business, the students lived among their books, and the children played in the streets. One day, as I was about to enter the synagogue, I saw Moishe the Beadle sitting

‘Break of Day’ is a novel written by Tony Palmer. The story takes place during WW2 on the Kokoda track in Isurava, and looks at the struggles that are involved with family, bravery and death. Throughout this book, we follow the life story of Murray Barrett and some of the struggles he faces with his family, about believing whether or not he is a coward and the effect that death has had on him and the people around him. You can see many examples of family, bravery and death throughout the text and we will be exploring some of those. “If I told them about your father’s death, the fire and the farm.

“The Threshold” is written by Amy Frazier and published in The Monarch Review. This story has major elements of juxtaposition and uses it to push the story forward. Two types of juxtaposition are character development and building suspense. These types add to the story and enhance it by creating contrasting images.

In the movie Birdman directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, which won an Academy Award for Best Picture, it is about a former superhero actor who is performing a Broadway play in hopes that it will rejuvenate his dying career. The main character Riggan Thomson (Michael Keaton) struggles with being relevant in the world today where so many want relevance. Thomas starts to realize that the production he is putting on is an exact representation of his life. In Birdman the camera angle and performance on stage, play a vital role in the movie and allows the audience to see Riggan Thomson’s personal life and struggles.

The ‘threshold’ for this narrative begins as the story opens, as there is evident tension between the husband and wife. The narrator (wife) has short, stilted dialogue whilst the husband is constantly defensive of his actions although still indifferent to the event. It is this opening tension, which engages the reader as they are drawn into wanting to know what the issue is and this sets up how the rest of the story continues. The narrator learns of a new side to her husband, which leaves her wondering if he has dark side. ‘…“She was dead,” he says, “And I’m as sorry as anyone…But she was dead.”…I rake my arm across the drain board and send the dishes to the floor. He doesn’t move’ (Carver, R. 1989 pg. 80). The reader can clearly see the narrative conflict as being the shocking revelation to the narrator of how detached her husband can