Throughout this year, I’ve ready numerous bodies of text varying from poems, plays, novels, and essays, which were all meaningful literary pieces with profound influence on pertinent topics as well as controversial ones. These literary pieces, alongside the work of Miranda July, an author who best represents my current generation (millennials), aided in unveiling the universal theme: reality is dictated by your perception. This paper will discuss the texts read and analyzed throughout my English class, as well as explore any similarities between the overarching theme and Miranda July. Literature Review Miranda July is an American film director, screenwriter, author, actor, and artist, who owns several award-winning books, such as her most …show more content…
Her audience is completely engaged, each audience member seems to play an actual citizen in her new society, and many jump into the stage from their seats to participate. Participation varies from death, birth, and kissing between audience members. (2014) Overall, Miranda July’s presentation is a unique community-creating process that brings together unfamiliar people and puts them in a situation that emulates the creation of a society. Miranda July’s most well-recognized book is “No One Belongs Here More Than You”, which is essentially an anthology of short stories written by July, which, according to Josh Lacey, a book reviewer from The Guardian, “are populated by sad, lonely, isolated people who feel a terrible dissatisfaction with the failure of their lives to match the drama and intensity of their dreams.” (2007) Moreover, an excerpt I read from the novel described an idealistic situation in which a “person” is imminently going to have something tremendous happen to them, as they can sense it. In conclusion, her novel seemed set in perfect situations, which is reminiscent of fantasy. Her website, on the other hand, is quite normal. It contains a simple interactive list of her upcoming and past events, as well as an “About” page which contains information regarding Miranda July. It also contains contact information,
I believe that one of her strengths are that she stays strong, even through the tough times. This trait is shown when some of her loved ones left her, whether it be leaving the state to go south/west or dying, she uses this as a reason to continue living and helping her family survive. Miranda is also very loyal to her family and loved ones.
It is the future, and society has been ruined. The word “I” has been erased from society; the only replacement being the word “we”. Ayn Rand’s novel Anthem explores the effects of a horrific, totalitarian society. Children are separated from their parents at birth, careers are assigned, not chosen, and free will is the ultimate crime. Living within this structure, Equality 7-2521 finds himself lost in contradiction; collectivity should lead to happiness, but for him, individuality seems to be the key. Through vivid setting, a provoking major character, and symbolic details, Ayn Rand’s writing is focused on one thing: to show “the meaning of man’s ego.”
Mike Lupica, ESPN commentator and well-known sports writer for young adults, wrote Summer Ball. Summer Ball is primarily set at Right Way Basketball Camp. The main character, Danny Walker, and his friends, Ty Ross, Will Stoddard, and Tarik Meminger go to Right Way along with boys from all over the country to improve their basketball skills. They also hope to make new friends and possibly catch the eye of college scouts over the length of summer camp. Right Way helps Danny learn how to prove himself against outside expectations and self-doubts. Danny experiences his troubles when his Right Way coach, Edward Powers, doesn 't believe in Danny and tries to break him down any way he can. Coach Powers represents all of Danny 's fears around basketball and his place as a basketball player. At Right Way Camp, Danny and his friends work hard and struggle through tough games in order to prove themselves as basketball players.
This disinterest supports Pfeffer’s indication that Miranda is apathetic and also highlights the way her attitude towards the situation changes later in the novel. Along with apathy, Miranda tries to avoid thinking about “lifetime commitments” which addresses the fact that she denies responsibility (6). After hearing that this “is going to be the biggest asteroid ever to hit [the moon]”, the family experiences a combination of excitement, anxiety, and suspicion (11). While Miranda and her family await the impact, Miranda’s skepticism foreshadows something going awry. Proving her prediction correct, Miranda is uneasy when the moon is forced off-center, but she also contributes to the theme of fearing the unknown. CLINCHERRRRRRRRRR.
Throughout life, one is faced with many experiences, and how one deals with those experience shapes one’s life. Laurie Channer’s Las Mantillas and Margaret Atwood’s It is Dangerous to Read Newspapers share the same theme of action versus inaction, however they define it from opposing perspectives. Action and inaction are complete opposites thus leading to completely different results. Whether taking action or remaining passive, strong feelings occur that can impact one’s life. Distance is also a huge factor in whether a person takes action or not, which is explored in both texts. While Channer’s Las Mantillas emphasizes the positive impact taking action has on an individual and society and Atwood’s It is Dangerous to Read Newspapers critiques the effects of inactivity, both agree that when faced with injustice it is vital to take action for one’s beliefs.
Literature is the window to realizing the negatives of society and how destructive certain norms can be. Readers are brought into a completely different story than their own, but by using similar issues in today’s world, the readers can actually learn from the story and its overall message. All writers write for a purpose, whether it’s for a new meaning to life, to live a different life than our own, or to impact others on an emotional level by teaching them to see the importance of the little things. As a reader, you search for pieces of literature that interest you whether you find the story like your own, or wish you lived the life in the story. By using issues in today’s within their works, authors are able to grab the reader's attention long enough for them to get across what they wanted to get across. Often in many works of literature, writers use societal issues as their basis for the work’s themes and symbols. By doing so, this allows the reader to question the morality behind social norms and how impactful certain ideals can be in people’s lives.
Sarah got Bella 's text and went down stairs to let her in for their sleepover. They went up to Sarah 's bedroom. "So is there any boys you have a crush on Bella?" Asked Sarah giggling. Bella nervously responded,
But ever since she started writing most of her stories were based on The Lewis and Clark Exposition that happened in 1803-1806. Her very first book she wrote was first released in Minnesota called Betrayed. In all of her books she has written they have all been about Indians and her culture because she wants more people to know that you can be anybody you want and not feel bad about it or self-conscious . She always tries to ryhm in her books with poetry because she likes the poems. In August 2011 “The Christmas Coat” was the first hardcover book to ever come out all over the world, that book was written on her ancestors. If you read her books most of them talk about the different types of religions and how they are all important. When her daughter had a daughter she had just figured she would start writing little kid books too because they would understand it better. Virginia has painted all the covers to her books since she even started writing books. www.wordpress.com http://freshfiction.com
Books Deborah Wrote Include: The Breadwinner, Parvana’s Journey, The Heaven Shop, Looking for X, Shauzia, True Blue, No Ordinary Day, Kids of Kabul, Women of the Afghan War, My name is Parvana, Children of War, Mud City, Click, The Best Day of
She is very private about her life, however, we do know she writes books people find scary, even though she’s never meant for it to be that way. Katie Alender’s writing
Miranda was born in a Hispanic neighborhood in northern Manhattan to parents of Puerto Rican origin. His parents weren’t financially able to see Broadway shows often, yet at 7 years old Miranda saw Les Misérables on Broadway,
Reality can have a more fluid and complicated definition than we might realize. Instead of being a concrete ability to see 'black-and-white' differences between ideas and basing beliefs on outside evidence , a person's conception of reality might accommodate contradicting beliefs, reject and ignore truth when convenient, or embrace concepts seemingly preposterous in a 'sane' world. A postmodern work of fiction allows for the shifting and changing of reality, thus giving the audience an alternate reality to compare to the perceived reality outside the work. To this end, postmodernism employs the simulacrum to blot out reality and insert a fabricated concept in its place. In a
Miranda’s entire life revolves around her affair. Once Dev’s constant presence decreases, she has no idea what to do with herself. Everything is associated with him, and she even goes so far as to explore Indian supermarkets and learn to write her name in the Bengali dialect. Wanting to impress him, she buys provocative clothing, but she is merely playing dress up. Her garments are a means to make her seem more mature and to make her a woman instead of an adolescent, but it remains unused. In particular, the silver dress hangs in her closet with the tag still attached; it continuously slips off the hanger, and it foreshadows the falling out of their relationship. One of the main reasons Miranda “loves” Dev is because of his race. She is fascinated
Have you ever wondered why our society is built on about what other people think? Well it’s probably because they’re too afraid to stand up for what they think is right. During our generation the use of fiction has influenced us in such a way that it can mirror and reflect the fears that plagues our society to this very day. Two short stories that display this is Once Upon a Time by Nandine Gordimer and The Lottery by Shirley Jackson. The writers creation behind these stories helped engage people’s minds and enlightened them to the social concerns in a certain way that reality could not. They shaped fiction into a whole new direction that it reflected the cultural values, societal fears and the current events for the public to envision. Yet it also provided a mirror for real life.
We see from the passage above that Miranda is not sure whether her life before the island was a dream or whether it was reality. She is a character who is associated with the distinction between the two, because she lives on the island with