Analysis Of The Book ' The Winter '

Dry September is a story where citizens of a Jefferson, Mississippi have heard a rumor that Will Mayes, a black man has raped a white woman named Minnie Cooper. The story explores the reactions of the town’s citizens as this rumor is spread. Individuals begin to make individual conclusions and assumptions drawing hasty ideas based on insufficient or miniscule evidence, even going as far as to make up some of the evidence to draw a conclusion. There is a relationship between racism and violence in the world of the text.

Charles Frazier’s first novel, Cold Mountain, has earned him a great amount of notoriety. From having a film adaptation of his novel in 2003, to receiving a National Book Award in fiction in 1997. Cold Mountain opens with a quotation from a journal entry by Charles Darwin: “It is difficult to believe in the dreadful but quiet war of organic beings, going on in the peaceful woods and smiling fields.” And indeed, Frazier’s acclaimed novel describes a war of beings built of flesh and blood–of course not only in the sense of the Civil War. While man’s lone task in war is to destroy the opposition, Frazier’s novel is also dedicated to the struggle which an individual must face in order to survive in a natural environment. From Frazier’s standpoint, the usage of this particular quotation could be a confirmation of Darwin’s influence on his literature. The term naturalism describes a category of literature that applies scientific principles of detachment and objectivity to its reading of human beings. The literary movement of naturalism got its foundation from Darwin’s theory of evolution. In his novel, Frazier makes use of real historical backgrounds and geographical locations. Combined with a style following realism, amidst extensive passages of naturalistic descriptions. There are clear similarities between Darwin’s conclusions and the plot of Cold Mountain.

World War I, has been interpreted in a variety of mediums. One way is the novel by Maria Remarque All Quiet on the Western Front. In his novel Remarque’s describes the war as a horrifying experience, one in which soldier’s live in horrible conditions and are prone to fits of hysteria. A place where there is little glory to be had, and men do not understand what they are fighting for. These opinions contradict the description of the war presented by Ernst Jünger’s memoir Storm of Steel. The events that both Remarque’s characters encounter and Jünger’s describe are similar, both bringing attention to the troubles of trench life. The effect artillery had on the battlefield as well as on the soldiers. The pair of author’s separately describe

Throughout American history, there have been unrelenting efforts to force Native American peoples to surrender their tribal existence, national sovereignty, land ownership, tribal land relations, and indigenous tribal religions by turning to western ideals of the Christian religion. Black Elk Speaks by John G. Neihardt is a literary text of considerable significance especially on American culture and religion that tries to examine how Native Americans reconcile their sentiments regarding these unrelenting forces. The book’s main character, Black Elk, a Lakota holy man who is raised in the Lakota Sioux nation’s Oglala band, uses his visions to prescribe solutions for his people. He witnesses various events that shape his life such as the massacre at Wounded Knee and the Ghost Dance. Black Elk is an uncharacteristic member of the Sioux nation, particularly due to his youthful visions and final emergence as the Sioux medicine man with healing and prophetic powers. His great experiences give a deep insight into how the Sioux related with nature. By the time Black Elk is interviewed by John Neihhardt, he is in the twilight years of his life. He is risking a lot by revealing some sacred details about his life to a white man. However, he feels compelled so that he can preserve his sacred visions and thinking for posterity. He uses detailed symbolism as well as instructions passed down

“Hunters in the Snow”, by Tobias Wolff, is a short story that revolves around an ill-fated hunting trip between three friends. Wolff is known to be a fantastic writer, who utilizes various literary devices, as well as an exemplary setting description that really sets up the mood of his stories. Although this short story is rife with powerful literary devices, there are four very powerful symbols that I feel are the most relevant to the story. The criteria in choosing these symbols lies solely on how they drove the story, and represented the most pivotal moments. The symbols (In no specific order of significance) are the snow, the “No Hunting” sign, the truck, and the dog.

As is true with most forms of creative expression, art is inherently subjective; the written medium is no exception to this rule. Despite this subjectivity, certain aspects of writing hold objective worth. Literary merit refers to the characteristics which determine higher quality writing and, by doing so, serves as a differentiator meant to apply objectivity to a traditionally subjective topic. Such an approach can be extended to distinguish the value of two popular short stories, "The Most Dangerous Game" and "Hunters in the Snow." Whereas Richard Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game" delivers a formulaic example of consumer-driven commercial fiction, American author Tobias Wolff provides a stunning illustration of precisely how literary merit manifests itself in the written form with his short story, "Hunters in the Snow." By comparing the character relationships, story progression, and moral statements of the two pieces, it becomes apparent that "Hunters in the Snow" is a far superior representation of literary fiction than "The Most Dangerous Game."

In the book A Long Way Gone the children are being stripped of their childhood. They do not get to experience the carefree childhood that most children have. They deserve to be having fun with their families and and not be scared and alone while being dragged into the war. A quote from the book that really explains how the children are living a stressful childhood is “I was afraid to fall asleep, but staying awake also brought back painful memories.” These children should not be sleep deprived nor terrified to fall asleep, this will cause growing problems for the child. They will not have all the physical and mental growth they need in life especially if they constantly stressed. Another example of them not having a carefree childhood is they’re

T.S Eliot’s poem, “The winter evening settles down” is a short, simple to read poem with several different examples of imagery. Eliot uses descriptive words, for instance, “withered leaves”, “broken blinds”, and “lonely cab-horse” (lines 7-10). He paints an extremely bleak image of a town that seems to be deserted of people. The tone of the poem plays hand-in-hand with the imagery used. This town is an unpleasant place where it has seemed to be neglected for some years now. Eliot’s use of imagery takes the reader to this deserted, torpid place; however, at the same time, his goal is to bring the life back into this grim town.

Winter’s Bone, is a book that was written by Daniel Woodrell, and it examines how the destitutions in life are time and again a facilitator for personal character development. The setting of this book is in Ozark Mountains’ backwoods, and the story is filled with adverse characters who involve themselves in in drugs, crime as well as domestic abuse on a day-to-day basis. The star of this book is a young girl, Ree Dolly, who must take a daring stand for her family’s survival. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins details the exploits of Katniss Everdeen, who has been forced to take part in a fight-to-the-death contest against other children. The setting of this novel is in Panem, a nation built on what was at one point North America.

All Summer in A Day by Ray Bradbury is about how a little jealousy can turn into rage and reveals that children, along with adults, can be blinded by something so simple.The author of All Summer in A Day believes jealousy and bullying are the key emotions played in this short story. Bradbury claims that the main characters, Margot, is being bullied because she was Earth longer. Whereas, the other students don’t even remember Earth because of how early they all moved to Venus. When Margot arrives, she was four. The other children had arrived two years before. The author describes her as “a very frail girl who looked as if she had been lost in the rain for years and the rain washed out the blue from her eyes and the red from her mouth and the

"The forget-me-not summer” is told in a third person point of view. There are roughly 5 main characters in the story, marigold, Zinnie, Lily, Aunt Sunny, and Peter. Marigold, Zinnie, and Lily are the three sisters who live in Los Angeles, that were sent to pruet Massachusetts for three weeks during the summer. They stay with their loving and warm hearted Aunt Sunny, who they do not know very well at first. Peter is a sailor and baseball fan that Marigold and Zinnie happen to run into at the very beginning of their trip. Lily is the sweetest and cutest sister, who is only five years old. Marigold is the oldest sister at 12 years old who has a very supercilious personality, is very independent, and

Fall arrives in the city with crisp winds that brush leaves from the ground into the air in a slow churning whirlwind causing them to dance about, descending to the moist ground. A yellow cab is patiently circling the neighborhood in search of fares, which has been a twenty-year practice of Max – a stout, older man with a protruding belly that strains the buttons of his faded, much-wrinkled shirt. He slowly drinks a cup of lukewarm coffee and looks up at the dark, overcast sky, “Looks like rain today” he says. Knowing the streets of the city better than anyone, Max prefers to work on the east side around the old Elmhurst Cemetery. People don’t venture close to the cemetery claiming that they often see a young woman walking through it. Convinced she is a ghost looking for revenge, but this story never bother Max nor has he ever seen this ghostly young woman.

One cold,windy winter afternoon Hunter: a loud obnoxious little kid who is funny by his stupid ways, Risa;a scared adventerous teen waitng for amusement, Adriana:an annoying pale crazy teen who is loud and always is in trouble , Camryn:a boring,scared, tired girl waiting for amusement, Colton: an ugly troubled teen, who loved Camryn, always trying to get her attenion, Romeo:a funny kid who was very popular, and I were hanging out at Hunter’s and Risa’s house.We were all bored and desperately looking for something to do.We were all sitting in the living room,all talking and throwing out ideas of what to do.My dumb ideas were jokes at first but as I kept throwing out ieas they picked one out to do,we all knew we would get in trouble if we got caught,but none of us cared we were all just bored and anxious to get out of that creeking,boring,freezing house.We all slipped on our jackets and shoes and darted out the house.

Retributive justice is a very common element found not only in literature but in almost all text that tries to evoke moral values. A nemetic ending is often used to provide the reader or spectator the satisfaction of seeing the hero be rewarded for his or her virtuous actions. Alternatively, the evil or malicious characters are usually punished thanks to the hero 's actions and thus brings a somewhat “happy ending” to the conflict. Many authors and playwrights would mostly hesitate to bring an unpleasant end to their stories so that the audience may leave their seats with a more positive outlook on the play. Nevertheless, it might be debatable if a standardized nemetic ending would transmit a more poignant message to the spectators, numerous plays that do not follow this norm are well known to have a very similar, if not equal, impact. To illustrate this tactic, we will mostly focus on the ending of “Snow in Midsummer” by Guan Hanqing that may end in a slightly ambiguous note rather than directly rewarding our hero Dou Er. Henceforth, we will also look over the case of Oedipus the King by Sophocles, that challenges the ideal retributive justice at the end of the play. We, as spectators, have a desire to connect with the characters and the issues they try to get through, as long as the heroes remain praiseworthy and villains fall and get defeated.

Every story that begins must eventually come to an end, and that is true for both literary and commercial fiction. In literature, there are three types of endings an author can provide within their writings: a happy end with the protagonist’s conflict resolved, an indeterminate end where the resolution is inconclusive or undefined, or an unhappy end where the conflict is not resolved at all. These three types of endings can be found in both types of fictions, with literary fiction characteristically possessing unhappy endings, and commercial fictions ending more on a happier note. In Tobias Wolff’s story of “Hunters in the Snow”, the author clearly depicts an unhappy end resulted through his characters, conflict, and overall story