Betray the Night: A novel about Ovid, was part of a series composed by Benita Jaro. Her works mainly include historical novels, but she also has works in poetry and other forms of literature. Betray the Night was written as a historical novel, but Jaro managed to weave poetry into her classic. The story begins with Pinaria, the second wife of Ovid. Ovid was perhaps the greatest poet to come from the Roman empire. He was renowned even in his own time and his works are still incredible. Pinaria is trying to keep the house together and take care of the beggars that came to her home, when her husband returns from a trip to the estate of his friend’s father. He is hungry, but there is little food left because most was given away to the poverty-stricken. Pinaria senses that something is wrong with her husband, but he says everything is fine. The next day, Ovid is exiled from the Roman Empire and leaves for a new life outside of Rome. He does not directly state his troubles, but it is revealed that the content in one of his poems upset Augustus. Due to this, he is relegated. From there, the story is told through Pinaria, as she tries to find her husband and bring her him home. She is burdened by being a woman in Roman times. Even though she is married to a famous poet, she is seen as nothing to society. She is left to find answers on her own, unsure of the reason behind her husband's banishment. She visits her relatives who are close confidants to the Emperor, but even they
The book is called Secrets in the Shadows by the author Anne Schraff. Anne grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. She got a bachelor's and master’s degree from California State University. Since college she has been writing many books including one of the most famous written series called the Bluford Series. Her stories are written basically on her background and how she grew up as a child. A middle class neighborhood including African Americans, Mexicans, Arab, and Filipino’s. From reading some of her books her stories are from a real person’s point of view and the struggles they really go through. Some of her lessons in many of her books are topics such as finding love, value education, respect towards others, and the importance of family.
Not only does the novel use the Party’s intolerance of betrayal to its ideologies as a method to facilitate the feeling of alienation and loneliness, but also that of the individual characters’ betrayal of one another. There are several examples of this throughout the novel. Some of these examples are when Charrington betrays Winston and Julia, when Parsons is betrayed by his children, when Winston and Julia betray one another, and when Winston finally betrays himself. George Orwell used these examples to demonstrate how the party was able to sever any type of loyalties between people and even one’s self. This betrayal only perpetuates the fear of relationships causing people to welcome isolation.
Have you ever felt overwhelmed or frustrated because of a paper? Many people struggle with writing. In Late Nights, Last Rites, Thomas Osborne talks about his difficulty with writing. I agree with Osborne that it takes a lot of time and thought to write a paper. However, many other people find it natural and easy to write a paper on their first try.
In the novel, “The Left Hand Of Darkness”, by Ursula K. Le Guin, a major theme presented throughout the story that is an aspect of love is betrayal. Betrayal is the “action of betraying one’s country, a group or a person”(Dictionary.com). This theme teaches us that in order for they’re to be betrayal, there has to be love and trust. A scholar that has analyzed a different angle of betrayal believes that Le Guin betrayed the whole women society in the novel. After reading his critic, I support the claim he has made from evidence in the story.
Patricia Bray uses several different writing techniques to convey a mood of suspense in the story The First Betrayal. She uses diction or other word choices in order to create the mood. She also uses imagery to see inside of the story. Lastly, Bray uses appropriate details to help create the mood. By using these techniques she creates that darkening mood.
Brandon Bocanegra Mrs. Leeman English 1 (Period 3) March 4, 2015 Night: Theme Analysis The theme I had decided to analyse in the book “Night” by Ellie Wiesel is the theme of “Faith.” The reason for me deciding to choose this theme is solely for the purpose of how expressed it is shown in the writing of the entire book not to mention this theme is dynamic enough to be applied upon nearly every character that is mentioned and described in the book “Night” by Ellie Wiesel. I will now first start drafting out onto detail on what I currently mean by “Faith.” Before I start I would also like to mention that this type of faith in the theme also reaches out to more than just the religious spectrum to a wide variety of instances such as families
Good Morning Hilliard School Board. Today we will be discussing the Novel Night, by Elie Wiesel. This is a novel that some may believe shouldn’t be read in class. I, however, think that that we should continue to read the book in class. In my opinion, Night was an engaging and inspiring book. It shows and tells people what happened during the Holocaust through a first-hand account which is important. The reason it’s important is because it reveals to you the emotions behind it. You comprehend the the effects on people through their actions and thoughts, which you don’t get when learning about the Holocaust in World Studies. For example, Elie loses a lot of hope throughout the novel. By the end of the novel, when he leaves the Holocaust,
During World War II, Hitler was putting Jewish people in concentration camps and was ultimately trying to wipe them out. Many Jewish people didn't want to believe what was happening to them. The book Night, by Elie Wiesel, shows just how many people deceived themselves to continue to have hope. Many Jewish people believed things would get better, and didn't actually believe that things could very well get worse. By having this deception, they didn't think ahead to what could happen to them or how bad things could turn out for them. The Jews showed self-deception by not believing Moshies warnings, when they were forced to give up some of their everyday rights, and by having false optimism when they had to move to the ghettos.
Lonely. Confuse. Disappointed. In the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel. Elie's family was sent to concentration camps, which drove the family to suffer. Elie had to experience traumatic events, which made Elie change. Elie's faith before the Holocaust was strong, then he started questioning his faith, and ended up losing his faith.
John Berendt’s novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil follows a New York native reporter as he investigates in Savannah. The story tells us, the readers, how the people living in Savannah deal with a murder case between a well-known man and a well-known hustler. The book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil shows the reader the various speakers, the impersonal tone, and the occasion of the trial.
Before Night Falls tells the story of Reinaldo Arenas, a Cuban writer who suffered for many years and dealt with tragic circumstances all throughout his life. Living during Fidel Castro’s harsh regime as a homosexual male led to several years of torture, for he was imprisoned, but ultimately set free. Additionally, his writing was bold and went against everything that Castro represented, and he took extreme risks to get his work published in other countries. The world heard the prolific voice of Arenas, while the Cuban government, his fellow writers, and even his lovers tried to silence him. Arenas was an extremely important figure in Latin culture. This is not simply because his work was profound; his life gives us a deeper look at the difficulties of struggling with homosexuality, masculinity, and finding freedom. He embodies resilience, charisma, determination, and at the same time fragility, weakness and pain.
Elie would have that feeling in the future, being that the liberation was coming soon, so he will be able to catch up with other people that would be liberated with him. Before liberation would happen, the resistance movement in the camp decided to act and fight the remaining SS in the camp. By the afternoon of that day, all of the SS had left or was dead. In the light of the resistance taking over the camp, “Around six that day, the first American tank was at the front gates of Buchenwalden” (Wiesel 115). Thankfully, no additional lives would be lost in order to liberate the prisoners. Three days after the liberation, Elie became ill with some form of poisoning. From there, Elie was transferred to a hospital going back and forth from life and death like his father in his last days. Elie ends the book in such a symbolic way that will make the reader remember that the Holocaust made such an immense impact that Elie will not forget how he looked in the mirror afterwards, “From the depths of the mirror, a corpse was contemplating me. The look in his eyes as he gazed at me never left me.” (Wiesel 115).
Inherited money is held in much higher esteem than earned money in Savannah, Georgia. This is a theme seen throughout Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, John Berendt's non-fictional account of life in Savannah. Characters such as Jim Williams, who worked for their money and brought themselves up the social ladder, are seen as being beneath those who inherited their money, such as Lee Adler. The old wealth tend to look down on anyone who wasn't born with their money. Their views of just about everything, including laws and punishments, differ depending on whether the person in question is of wealth due to blood or sweat.
One of the main themes throughout the book is the title of the book “Night”. There are references from Eliezer about night during the book, which are full of symbolism. The word “night” is used repeatedly, and Eliezer recounts every dusk, night and dawn through the entire book. For instance, Night could be a metaphor for the Holocaust—submerge the family and thousands of Jewish families in the darkness and misery of the concentration camps.
Throughout the story The One Thousand and One Nights, it portrays common theme that people deal with in today’s society. Betrayal is one of the most feared things you will face in life, and no matter how old the tail is you will always have betrayal in life. This Arabic tail, has stuck around not only because it’s a tail that gets passed down, but it has meaning and things you can learn from to go along with it. For instance, any relationship that you put yourself in, you never really know the person, you can say that you have taken the time and have been around that person long enough to get to know them, but in reality a year down the road, that person could cheat on you, while all along you thought this person would never do such a thing.