Before I Fall Analysis

Romeo and Juliet both suicide after seeing each other dead. After Romeo hears about Juliet’s death, he goes to her tomb to see her one last time and kiss her before he suicides. “Here’s to my love. O true apothecary,/Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die”(V.iii.119-120). Romeo should have overlooked his quick thoughts of suicide, and should have realized how much he still had to live for. The aftermath of this action was that both Romeo and Juliet both end up dead in the final tragedy. After Juliet sees Romeo dead, she decides to kill herself with a dagger. “Yea, noise? Then I’ll be brief. O, happy dagger,/This is thy sheath. There rust, and let me die”(V.iii.174-175). This evidence is an example of the consequences that can occur after a hasty, sad-driven decision. If Romeo did not suicide while under the influence of his emotions, both Romeo and Juliet would have lived, and the ultimate, final tragedy of the play would have been avoided, but instead, Romeo’s emotions misguided him to choose the awful decision of suicide. These actions reveal how quickly sadness leads to horrendous repercussions due to the actions that it

On the morning of September 11, 2001 millions of people were in shock the moment they received news that the World Trade Center was hit. The images from this horrific day flooded the media’s television screens and newspaper articles. Perhaps the most gruesome images shown were those of people jumping out of the building as they were collapsing. Tom Junod, a writer for the Esquire magazine, illustrates his perspective of this shocking incident through pictures, media coverage, and depicting people’s reactions in his article The Falling Man. Tom Junod’s article should be read by anyone who believes they have felt all there is to feel from the 9/11 attack. He will prove otherwise that there is indeed still much emotion to

But the similarities conquer the differences. Obviously you don’t always end up dead like Romeo and Juliet if you move too quickly, but things could go downhill really fast. In modern life and Romeo and Juliet alike, there’s always going to be consequences in people’s actions. In the end of play, Romeo and Juliet, they both kill themselves. In my brother’s case, he gets grounded. In the play Romeo thought Juliet to be dead. He took everything too fast, didn’t think about what he was doing and killed himself moments before Juliet had waken up from a sleep potion. If Romeo had slowed down and taken a second to think, he would’ve realized Juliet had taken a sleeping potion and didn’t really kill herself. And because Romeo killed himself, when Juliet woke up, and found her true love laying on the ground dead, she killed herself. (5.3) Once again if Romeo had taken time to think, he and Juliet wouldn’t both be dead. The same goes for my brother. All he has to do is think about the outcome of his actions. If he would just stop and think before he does something, he wouldn’t always be grounded. In both Romeo and Juliet and in modern life, if you constantly “Live life to the fullest” anything could

Fall On Your Knees is a novel that covers many themes and concepts, such as forbidden love, racial tension and isolation. MacDonald writes in a way that leaves certain moments in the story up for interpretation and unresolved till the end. Most of the time she is not direct with what she is trying to portray and leaves both the readers and the characters with just the facts. While some stories capture strict gender roles and policies, Fall On Your Knees uses several characters to reinforce and defy gender. Through representations of gender, it helps to uncover the truth behind the facts of the story. James character reinforces the binary between men and women by emphasizing the idea of patriarchy and male superiority and Mercedes accepts her role as a woman, while Frances denies hers, which help to explain and understand both of their behaviours.

This story made me think about how, even though you may not be there, time still passes on and does not stop for anybody. Throughout the text, it continues to refer to the time of day it is, and elaborates on how the day is progressing, like one of the first lines, “Tick-tock, seven o'clock, time to get up, time to get up, seven o’clock!” Everything, apart from the fact there is nobody around, seems completely normal, and a routine is still kept in place. The house continues on as if what’s going on is completely normal, as it knows no different from what it has been programmed to do. The writer makes me think about how we need to make the most of our time on our Earth. We never know when our last day will be, and our lives are honestly quite fleeting. I personally know that I don’t like or enjoy coming out of the routine I have set for myself on a day to day basis, although this makes a lot of my days feel the same in an overall sense. The message about how time won’t, and can’t, stop for anybody, and how life is so fragile, makes me think about how, maybe, I am not living to my fullest potential. This is the case for a lot of other people as well, and is a wide

In Robert Cormier’s novel, We All Fall Down, is a young-adult thriller that explores the evil side of humanity through a number of corrupt characters. Cormier, to a large extent, accurately depicts manipulative and dishonest behaviour whilst also showing the evil lurking within the prominent characters of Harry Flowers, Buddy Walker and Mickey Stallings who showcase the dark side of humanity. Cormier explores this through Harry Flower’s manipulative actions that result in the suffering of others. Additionally, the constant dishonest behaviour is shown predominantly through the main protagonist of Buddy Walker, who deceives the one he loves. Cormier continues to depict the evil lurking in society through the theme of appearance versus reality through the seemingly harmless character of Mickey Stallings. Cormier successfully depicts manipulative and dishonest behaviour as well as showing the evil lurking in the dark side of humanity.

Musicians often use their music as a way of expressing their emotions and thoughts to others in an entertaining way that is appealing to others. One band that does this is Falling in Reverse, which is led by the lead singer Ronnie Radke. Radke had a difficult childhood being raised by his single father after his mother left. This incident has severely affected him, which is revealed in many songs why he became a drug addict and he is still getting over it today. That occurrence altered the way he looked at society eventually giving him a pessimistic world view. Radke uses his music to talk about how he views society around him, and how he feels like humans have become overly violent and shut off from one another. That theme and overall message of societal hardships and mistakes humans keep making is clearly talked about in his song, “Wait and See.” The song whole-heartedly embraces Radke’s world views as he tries to show his listeners the mess the world has become, and how they have gotten themselves into their predicament. Radke conveys his thoughts through the use of numerous literary devices to create a meaningful and enjoyable song to try and spread his concerns to all.

In “They’re not your husband”, Earl told his wife “I think you’d better consider going on a diet. I mean it. I’m serious you could stand to lose a few pounds” (Carver 2). This example clearly showed the comments from the businessmen impacted Earl in wanting his wife Doreen to look a certain way and fit in with society.

The purpose of this critique is to analyze the various aspects of a modern family through the film, “This is Where I Leave You”. Different components of marriage, families, and relationships will be explored to better understand the central theme of the movie.

William Faulkner’s, As I Lay Dying, is a story of the Bundren family making their way to Jefferson to bury Addie Bundren. Along the way they come across many problems that delay their journey. Fifteen different characters narrate providing different viewpoints of the events that occur. Cash’s communication evolves from action to language when he becomes unable to act.

To fit the Category of a book with a parent to child conflict I picked the book As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner. I took this topic a bit differently as written above. I wrote about the relationships between the family members relating back to the mother and conflicts the family faces to please the mother. The book itself covers this topic pretty well- the mother of the family, Addie, passes away leaving the family to grant her burial wishes. The story is told in the perspective of the people that knew her, especially her direct family. Even Addie narrates the story in the beginning before she passed.

Beauty is determined by society and their standards. Women are expected to be skinny, pretty and to be a thin size which puts pressure on women. The pressures of society persuade women to go through extreme measures to fit in with society standards. This is evident in the short stories “The Falling girl” and “They’re Not Your Husband” as the main characters are impacted by social expectations, insecurity and peer pressure.

Falling Down is a film about a man who we know very little about (at

The movie Falling Down portrays many examples of the movie reflecting, influencing, and changing society. The movie reflects society's many flaws such as inflation of prices and unneeded budget spending. The movie also influences others to point out society’s flaws by using force. Finally, the movie changes society by showing the movie in the point of view of a person that is classified as a realist.

Now in our lives music has been such an enormous impact in our lives. Music has had a vast impact is making someone feel comforted when they are depressed, making someone less insipid and become more exciting, or making them strive for more. Here are some examples how music plays an immense role in our everyday lives.