Charles Simic Summertime

In the poem Summer Solstice, New York by Sharon Olds, we can identify from the title that author going to address something about long summer day because she used “Summer Solstice”. Moreover she put New York City next to it which is the busiest city in the United States. Olds started the poem by telling a story about, a man who is standing on top of the building and ready to commit suicide. As he standing on top of the building and looking down, he sees thousands of people walking, talking, and busy in their own world. Olds represent him as a person who is tired of his life, and duties. “By the end of the longest day of the year he could not stand it” (line 1). In next lines of poem author explains what cause him to commit suicide. May be because he thinks giving up with his life is easier instead of living in this world. But suicide is not always a solution to fix problems in world. The theme of this poem is prejudice, because author stated at first the man is committing suicide, but he didn’t commit suicide because police stops him and tell him the real beauty of this world.

The way the author chose to tell the story reminds me of when you hear a story over a couple of beers with a close friend. Maybe the stream of time gets tripped up, maybe they backtrack or fib, but you know that you’re in for a good tale anyway. I like a story like that. It makes this story very relatable and personal for the reader.

In this short artifact “A Tale of Two Summers for Parents” by Belinda Luscombe I was able to get an idea of the different things that parents might be going through that us kids/teens have no idea about. Luscombe shares two stories about the struggles that parents were going through especially during the summer. The summer as we know is the hottest time of the year. For some states summer might just be different but I am aware that climate can be a challenge for some families. Having to change schedules and making sure to know where your children will be spending the day or after school may be your priority and I agree with that. Now a days I see kids walking home when the day is just simply hot. You can’t even go with your car window down because the warmth of the hot air hits you and it makes you so tired and stresses you out so much. No matter how much you try to be fresh the heat just really gets you making you upset and not thinking straight.

Overall, both authors used these elements in the correct way, and kept you on your toes wondering what’s going to happen next. Both authors made their story more interesting by using flashback and foreshadowing. Both authors use foreshadowing to create suspense and also using flashback to reveal something about the characters or an event that happened in the stories past. There are many ways to use flashback and foreshadowing to make a story more vivid and interesting for a reader. I think in “Old Ben” the use of foreshadowing greatly improved the story’s outcome and by creating suspense, it improves the story. The use of flashback in “Fox Hunt” also creates suspense when Andy’s mother tells him about his ancestors because it makes you think Lee is a fox. Narrative structures are the main key to making a good story, but only if you use them in the right

Authors often break away from the traditional narrative format and formulate a story consisting of flashbacks to give the reader insight on information and events not previously given to us. As shown in Oscar Casares’ short story, Mrs. Perez, flashbacks are combined within the story of her life.

The two essays I have chosen to compare are Peter Jon Lindberg’s “Summerland”, and E.B. White’s “Once More to the Lake.” In these two essays both authors talk about their experiences that started when both men were young (child and teenager) and evolved into a vacation spot that would become home for many summers. Each essay describes both the similarities of their summer trips from past to present and the differences of their trips as well. In White’s essay in the first paragraph he talks about the good ole’ days when he was just a kid going to the lake with his dad. He talks about how this lake was one of a kind and there were no other lakes like this one in the world.

I had a unique experience with this essay. I happened to disconnect my internet around the same time that I was assigned to read this essay. I saw first hand what Carr was talking about. When I

flashbacks from the narrator’s point of view and wondered what kinds of choices he would make

The Divide by Matt Taibbi In The Divide, it covers the major differences between the very high wealthy and the lower class. HSBC is the first thing that the book starts discussing. The company admitted to stealing around seven billion dollars.

Charles Simic writes “Prodigy” comparing a time in Simic’s life so horrid and unimaginable to a complicated board game that simulates war. Simic writes “In chess, too, the professor told me,/the masters play blindfolded,” and he previously states “The white King was missing,” as in God is no longer watching over. Therefore, it brings up the question of who is the master, better yet the great one, playing blindfolded on several boards? Who else, or what else, has equal or more power than God and would be able to control the board, or world, but with a darker sense of living, such as death and destruction?

I believe David Wallace Foster is trying to deliver in the speech, is how to think, think beyond on what is now, life will have it monotony,struggles

The use of flashbacks showing

I have a mixed reaction to this story. I did like the message that the story was trying to convey, but I did not like how the story was arranged. Despite its good message, I did not really like the story because for me, it was just too hard to follow. This story does not remind me of others that I have read or heard and I can’t relate too much to this story.

As each day of summer was flying by, I got so excited to work on my summer agenda. My family and I had so many things planned out. I got to choose where to go. I wanted to choose somewhere I could enjoy my time with my family. A congregating time for my family and consuming so much time so that it was a family wholeness

After reading the poem, “The Summer Day” by Mary Oliver, I could think about what I want to do for my own precious time. Life is only once, and I don’t want to regret what I have done so far or from now on. This poem is a good example to describe how I feel towards the future. It is important to think about what I should do or want to achieve in my precious life.