Analyzing Jib Fowles 'Pop Song Ice'

In the beginning, there is very little light. It is almost dusk, and the speaker describes the smell as “dark” (7). Towards the middle and end there are various lights: lanterns, lamplight, fireflies, lamp (9, 11, 13, 20). This change over time depicts the storyteller’s significance to the speaker, because she brought enlightenment to his life. In this poem, light is a metaphor for knowledge, while darkness is a metaphor for ignorance. At the end, the old wise storyteller, who is the embodiment of wisdom, “was the lamplight” (20). In contrast, the two boys, who are young and ignorant, are “in one shadow” (21). The juxtaposition of light with darkness shows that the speaker and storyteller are opposites in their insight. Additionally, it is strange that she is a light before them, yet they are still shadowed. What is blocking the light from them? This metaphor illustrates that it takes time for people to become sage like their elders. As the speaker says, adulthood is “childhood’s aftermath,” which means that the knowledge people gain in childhood will lead them to be wise adults such as the storyteller

Light is used in the story to symbolize hope in a world full of despair and dark times. “We could not see our body nor feel it, and in that moment nothing existed save our two hands over a wire glowing in a black abyss” (Rand 60). Equality has discovered electrical light which was destroyed and hidden many years ago. The light also meant to symbolize Equality’s new found in a society where hope is outlawed leaving people sad and depressed with no knowledge of other emotion. A light in a world of “darkness” has

“I stared at it in the swinging lights of the subway car, and in the faces and bodies of the people, and in my own face, trapped in the darkness which roared outside” (Baldwin 564). The immediate introduction of light and dark is introduced by Baldwin in the story to illustrate the contrast in the brother’s estranged relationship here. The narrator has been hopeful, possibly even submissive and avoiding, of his brother Sonny’s current condition and whereabouts. His hope and

She takes advantage of her passion for the darkness as a way of persuading her side of the argument, placing greater favor upon the peacefulness in darkness versus chaos in the light. Also her description of her emotions when she is surrounded by darkness suggests that our busy lives in the light have taken relaxation away from our lives; darkness helps us fall back into simpler times and serenity.

The darkness in this quote represents the negativity and disadvantages that surround both of their lives in Harlem. The light and darkness in this story both symbolize the hope and struggles that they will continue to face throughout their lives.

In this quote, the narrator is showing that with the light comes knowledge of the world for the child. The light is bleak and not always encouraging. When the child exposes himself to the world he loses part of his innocence and childhood. Therefore, the child may wish to remain in the darkness. The darkness in this specific excerpt is personified as a slow and gentle relief. The narrator attempts to convey the concept that darkness, which is reality, means nothing without light to illuminate it because the light makes one aware of the dark, and therefore comprehend reality.

Their shadows come primarily from the experience of their father, whose brother was killed by a car during a night particularly bright because of the moon. One understands that the battle between light and dark originates from generations before the two brothers, and has critically affected both the life of their father, and now their own lives. Also, the narrator understands how light and darkness go together, because as much as Sonny has done wrong, there is still hope for him, as well as for himself. They both need to accept each other's faults to allow themselves the ability to face the harsh reality of their existence, as well as support each other throughout the bright and dark moments that are to come, because in the segregated Harlem of their time, they truly need to stick together if they want to have a future. Their story is a perfect representation of the situation Harlem presented before the Civil Rights Movement, and it is interesting to learn how rough the life in the neighborhood used to be, as well as how much it has changed compared with

Children filled with hope, feel that they can engage in any profession they want and are naive to the despair of their lives. One of the first uses of light and darkness imagery is in the following quote, describing how the movies shine hope upon the lives of these children. "All they knew were two darknesses, the darkness of

When people carelessly and blatantly make a choice in which they forget their beliefs, in order to attain a goal, they are punished for their selfish actions. Lady Macbeth would have done anything in order to get what she desired. She proved she was very manipulative and calculating during the plan to murder the king. Lady Macbeth made Macbeth feel less of a man and viewed him as a coward because he showed hesitation in carrying out their plan of murder. Lady Macbeth convinced him to move forward with the murder on the night of the feast despite his reluctance and belief that it was not the right time to execute the murderous plot.

In the Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien made use of light vs. dark to depict the Christianity theme, characterization, conflict between good vs. evil, and the setting of the story. The light vs. dark allows readers to interpret different key aspects of the novel and move into a deeper level of those intended influences by amplification.

Let’s say that you are conducting an experiment and you have to identify the soluts, solevent, and solution. The experiment involves you having salt, water, and a glass. In the experiment you put the salt in the water and watch it dissolve. Now that you have done the experiment try to figure out what id the solute, solvent, and solution. The solute is the salt in the experiment because is dissolves into the solvent of the experiment.

The poem, "She Walks in Beauty," plays with the opposing forces dark and light. Immediately the poem begins by the speaker saying that "the best of dark and bright meet" in the woman's eyes. Additionally, the words "shade" and "ray" in the first line of the second stanza make the reader think of dark and bright. Further into that stanza, once again, the opposites are combined when her "every raven tress...softly lightens o'er her face." "So We'll Go No More A-Roving" also plays with the contrast of both dark and light. The poem takes place

In the beginning of the story, Lahiri states the fact that Shoba and Shukumar avoid each other and the blackout has force them to communicate. They play a game that requires them to share secrets about themselves. In contrast, when light is present, they break apart and ignore each other. Shukumar says after reading the notice about the line being repaired, “I suppose this is the end of our game.” Shukumar feels that with light their connection has ended. People usually see the light as a good factor, but in the story Lahiri uses the light as a negative factor. For Shukumar and Shoba, light is where they have to face each other, and also face their grief. Grief that they cannot handle which makes them avoid each other. The light has brought them back to the way they treated each other after the tragedy. Moreover, at the end of the story, Shoba turns the lights on and tells Shukumar that she is moving. This shows the real intention of Shoba. The real motive of the game was to tell Shukumar that she wants to move. Lahiri shows how the light brings out the reality of their relationship, the relationship that is already

An idea that interested me in the song “Fix you” by Coldplay was how you will always have someone to lean on no matter what. When Chris sings “lights will guide home” he is using personification in this line because saying the lights will guide them is a human thing to do, as people guide each other which I think Chris is trying to demonstrate when he sings the lyrics “lights will guide you home.” It shows life itself because no matter how big the mistakes you make, no matter how bad life may seem, there will always be someone that will have your back. This reminds me of my friends who are always there for me whether its for when I’m feeling down or if I’ve had a bad day. These lyrics also emphasize that everyone goes through rough patchs in their life and they should let people try to help them. When my dog died this year, I didn’t take it well and I was distraught, but it made me going through the loss easier

People tend to be extremely attentive when religion is involved. In ‘We are all Guilty”, the author, Azmi Ashour, illustrates how the ethics of Islam are being neglected and distorted. Although Azmi Ashour succeeded in triggering the audience’s sympathy by stressing on the fact that Islam is being used to justify terror and the young are brainwashed, he failed in specifying his audience, thus the article lacked quality of information.