A Picture Of The Shadows

. . took on, over time, the nature of one more hillock in the dramatic rise and fall of the coastal landscape.” (141) Expressed in this statement is the idea that although the Larkins experienced a tragedy that held the town‘s interest for a period, adversity is a natural part of the unpredictability and ups and downs of life. In other words; tragedy and adversity are part of the landscape of life.

Thomm Quackenbush said “The seed of an urban legend find fertile soil at the corner of tragedy and imagination” in his book We Shadows. The image of Slenderman was created both in Anissa’s and Morgan's head and that eventually lead to the stabbing of Payton Leutner. Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser believed in the urban legend of Slenderman, causing them to commit this horrid act. Slenderman isn’t the only urban legend told to scare individuals the Grimm brothers introduced urban legends idea during the 19th century. Throughout the years children have become more interested in urban legends due to technology and that is why this legends sparked Anissa and Morgan to almost kill their friend.

Here, author Truman Capote delves into the ramifications of “four shotgun blasts.” He begins with the obvious––the Clutter family is killed––but soon shifts his focus from the immediate consequences of these “somber explosions” to the metaphorical “fires of mistrust” that they spark within the people of Holcomb. Through his specific language (i.e., the words “blasts,” “explosions,” and “fires”), Capote conveys the violent and irrevocable havoc that the simple pulling of a trigger can wreak. Overnight, the entire town’s faith and sense of security is lost: neighbors have become strangers, and unlocked doors are now a thing of the past. What’s more, Capote foreshadows Dick and Perry’s eventual doom when he mentions that the shotgun ended six lives. However, he counteracts the grim reality of the events described with an almost dreamlike narrative, which ensures that his readers feel curiosity rather than dread at what is to come.

Motif (or unifying device) - an object or idea with symbolic meaning that repeats itself throughout literature. They may come in the form of recurring imagery, language, structure, or contrasts. In a drama, they might be repeated music, visual components, or physical movements.

A motif is a repeating symbol that takes on a figurative meaning. A motif can be an object, a color, the weather, or even an idea or a concept. Motifs are usually used to establish a certain mood or a theme, and they have a symbolic meaning. For example, in a fairy tale, some motifs would be: the handsome prince, the wicked witch, talking animals, and magic fairies. Another example would be the song “Beasts of England” in Animal Farm by George Orwell, and it is a motif that mainly serves as propaganda to the animals. In Macbeth by William Shakespeare, motifs are seen all throughout the book, like the motif of blood and how it represents guilt. The motifs of blood, sleep, and birds affect the character development and relationship of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.

Davis’s “Life in the Iron Mills” similarly paints a disturbing picture of capitalism’s detrimental effects upon the human condition. Like Bartleby, Hugh Wolfe is separated from nature’s beauties and consequently suffers under capitalism’s weight. He and his cousin Deb are “filthy” Welsh immigrants who live as many others who have become capitalist tools (Davis 1708). Their lives consist of “incessant labor,” and they sleep in “kennel-like rooms,” forced to survive on “rank pork and molasses” (Davis 1708). Hugh’s low station in a capitalist society is further illustrated through his drained and unhealthy appearance. The narrator points out that Hugh has “already lost the strength and instinct vigor of a man,” his muscles and nerves are weak,

Excepting by sight, the females hold but little companionship with each other.” While this source is limited because Harriet doesn’t have any previous experience in millwork, Harriet’s analysis of the suicides does provide a valuable perspective on the disadvantages of factory work. The source is historically significant because it questions the effect that factory work may have on its employees. This source further supports Mary’s claim regarding the harsh conditions of factory work because Harriet suggest that the dull and monotonous factory work played a large role in the suicide of the two

Motifs are recurring structures, contrasts, and literary devices that can help to develop and inform the text’s major themes.

We are instead left with a brief glimpse, just like a photograph. The passage that begins near the bottom page 130 and continues onto page 131 shows this. Detailing the labours of dryers as observed by patrick, this passage expresses one of the key ideas of In the Skin of a Lion, namely that a photograph is not a substitute for a story.

Ondaatje uses darkness and light as a recurring motif throughout the novel that proves to be very prominent. At first, it seems void of meaning, for example, Patrick describes his evening as “The house is in darkness except for the bright light in the kitchen”, soon followed by “He walks back into the bright kitchen and moves from window to window to search out the moths against the screens, clinging to brightness”, this is the first instance in which the reader notes Ondaatje’s use of the contrast between dark and light. I found this particular motif to enhance the mood of the novel in a number of plot areas. The juxtaposition between dreams and reality is very common throughout the novel, and when Rowland Harris is imagining the finished

Based on the personality quiz, the color that best describes me is gold. The characteristics that I possess of the color gold are that I am detail oriented, trustworthy, punctual, predictable, organized, dependable and reliable. On the other hand, the color that relates the least to me is orange. I believe orange is my shadow color because I am not a risk taker, impulsive, and playful. I believe that I will be able to deal and understand orange students because I am conscious of their characteristics. One of the characteristics of orange students is that they enjoy expressing themselves. Therefore, one of the things I will do to deal with orange students is to incorporate student participation during lessons. Other important attributes of orange

When the narrator’s conscious tries to talk with his unconscious they don’t quite understand each other. This is made obvious when the narrator tries to talk to Daniel about the sea, a topic that he knows interests Daniel. The narrator reflects, “Even when we talked about the sea, the conversation didn’t interest him for long. He’d listen for a moment, ask a question or two, then realize that we were talking not about the sea but about swimming or deep-sea fishing, about beaches or sunbathing....That wasn’t the sea he wanted to hear about. He was interested in a different sea—we didn’t know which one, but a different one” (Le Clézio). The conscious is not able to communicate well with the subconscious, and vice versa. The unconscious is unable

One of the most distinguishable characteristic of German expressionist films is its very distinguishable mise-en-scene. In a lot of German expressionist films the mise-en-scene tends to be very dark and has more of a gothic like look to it. Harsh Shadows are used a lot in German expressionist films to help portray and explain things. In Nosferatu Muranu is able to do this by using shadows and silhouettes to “create the aura of a creature belonging to another world and convey a paranoid sense of evil omnipresence” (Blakeney). One example of this from the film is then we see

There has been much debate over the years over the very existence of Jesus, and whether he was a real man than walked the earth or whether he was simply made up by the writers of the New Testament. This is a very serious argument, since if it can be proved that Jesus never existed, then the entire Christian faith would collapse upon itself and the question of Jesus’ divinity would become completely irrelevant.

Following this darker look on nature, Williams begins to question the reader on whether it is too late. These repetitive questions reaffirm the previous guilt and inevitably to recover the already impacted environment. This aggressive accusation makes readers feel as if they were the cause of the doom and persuades them to find a ray of hope. In turn, these questions also allow William to directly give suggestions on how to act in the