Essay about Clancy of the Overflow

In the 1800’s there were very few major towns in the Ozarks and many of the people relied on the mills and church to hear about news and to tell their own stories. Wright harnesses this key factor of the Ozarks to set up several scenes with Jed Holland and Young Matt. The mill is also the place where Young Matt shows off to the people and gives Wash Gibbs motivation to get back at him and his close friends (Chapter 10). This wouldn’t be possible without the idea of an entire community coming together to gather at the mill and show off to one another while they have the chance. The isolation factor also contributes by providing a huge gap of knowledge in between the city and the rural country. The Ozark natives are awed and amazed by the city and feel as if the people who live there are all incredibly educated and have more valuable knowledge than the average outdoorsman. Meanwhile the strangers from the city come to the countryside to enter into a life of peace and beauty. Both Daniel Howitt and his son loved the Ozarks because of the life-changing experiences that occur there. This gap is caused by the isolation of the Ozarks and creates a two-sided story. On one hand the city appears to be the ultimate goal for some woodsmen, while on the other the people leave the city and come to the country because of its remoteness from the hustle and bustle of the city. This

They find it difficult to fit in with the new environment. This is in correlation when ‘Tom moves from hometown to Coghill and finding it hard to cope’. Primitively, the young couple entrenches a negative attitude towards the village, evident in “When they first moved in, the young couple were ‘wary’ of the neighbourhood," which uncover their cautiousness towards the place and people and also showing that they are judgemental. Their negative attitude is fortified in the simile, “It made the newly-weds feel like sojourners in a foreign land”, the word ‘foreign’ has a derogatory nature because the couple feel like outsiders which coincidentally/fortuitously expose the couples fear of the neighbourhood, thus creating a physical barrier between them. As they live together longer, they experience the kind side of human nature, the neighbours helped fix the couple’s broken chicken pen and generously offered them free vegetables. Eventually, the couples “no longer walked with their eyes lowered. They felt superior and proud”—depict a sense of liberation as the couple no longer need to live with wariness, the emotive language ‘superior and proud’ delineate their reshaped positive attitude toward the

In Yusef Komunyakaa’s “Blackberries,” a youthful speaker seems to be living past the boundaries of city life and exhibits qualities of rural living. The poem tells of the speaker’s adventure of picking blackberries from a thicket and encountering the duality of urban society. Readers of “Blackberries” might at first be puzzled by the speaker’s youthful memory of picking berries, but a closer analysis of the poem allows readers to recognize that the speaker’s internal conflict originates from strict societal boundaries and the loss of his childhood innocence.

From a nag to being a phenomenal race horse. Seabiscuit is not well known these days, but Seabiscuit is legendary in the Great Depression. He was a symbolism of Hope. Seabiscuit was one of the greater things that happened at this time. He had a rough life along with the people growing up in the great depression, where he was bred at Wheatley Stables, didn't like how he moved so they took him away from his mother. Later on, Seabiscuit’s trainer Omaha told his jockey at the time to beat him on his left side for a quarter mile, and see if Seabiscuit will accelerate in his speed. Seabiscuit's things that helped him get this far in his career was Seabiscuit early life, His amazing training by Smith, Seabiscuit's early career, Middle years, then his Late Years.

Being passionate is a characteristic one may hope to never lose. In the excerpt from South of Broad, the author uses figurative language to develop the central idea. For example, “There is a tastefulness in its gentility that comes from the knowledge that Charleston is a permanent dimple in the understated skyline, while the rest of us are only visitors” (lines 39-41). Here the author uses imagery to show that as the people come and go, the exquisite town will always be there. Throughout the excerpt, South of Broad, by Pat Conroy, figurative language is used to develop the central idea of being able to connect and love something that others find small.

She became accustomed to the perception of a desert being portrayed as dull and lifeless (Being raised in Kentucky) until this trip. Throughout this scene, she expresses her fascination for nature, and uses a tone of awe and allurement while describing the attributes about the land with metaphors. This narration occurred following the first rainfall, when Mattie and Taylor decided to go to the desert. This passage which is distinctive of Kingsolver’s portrayal of the natural landscape shows her sudden awareness diverse atmospheres. By linking to the scenery to “the palm of a human hand”, the author uses the literary device of personification with the mountains and the town. Her phrase “resting in its cradle of mountains” associates the basin to a child, and the phrases “city like a palm”and“life lines and heart lines hints a grown-up. The terrain exemplifies a life from the beginning to end. Taylor describes the land my linking each attribute with lots of metaphors, which then confirms that the tone is “wonder and allurement” because it demonstrates that she is emotionally connected to the

Both speakers ply nature as setting to express their emotion.the speaker in the poem “The Lonely Land”apply “cedar and jagged fir’s action” as setting to express the lonely environment of the poem and the negative attitude.

Another interesting point of this piece is the use of an old music, Capetown Races. Capetown Races resembles the tune of nursery rhymes and introduces an innocent, childlike sense. In The Banjo, the main melody of the old song comes from the right hand region and are expressed through octave chords. As the main melody repeats, the notes

I will start by looking at the poem called Tree in the City by Thomas Shapcott and what is revealed about suburban life by it. Initially, the poem appears to be depicting a positive outlook on suburban life, and its integration with nature, and having not lost the connection to it that children have had for years. While remaining ambiguous in its ideas, upon closer inspection, there are numerous occasions where the poet is insinuating how nature is fading out as the buildings of urban life take over. As can be seen here (the screen) by the highlighted words, the poem focuses on the restrictions and changes that urban life has made to nature, as well as how important this fading element is. For example, “small span” refers to how the city branches of

In this poetic memoir, Engle shares her memories of her childhood in meticulous detail. She is a person who comes from two different cultures -- Cuba and California. In the quote below, Engle describes how she falls in love with the Cuba farm and how much the farm means to her. Writing in the “Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Win”, Engle said: “ I fall in love with the farm where my abuelita and her ancient mother were born. My dazzled eyes absorb the lush beauty of a land so wild and green that the rippling river on my great-uncle’s farm shimmers like a hummingbird, all the dangerous crocodiles and gentle manatees deeply hidden beneath quiet waters. Surely there must be mermaids here, and talking animals, the pale, humpbacked Zebu cows and graceful horse that roam peaceful hillsides, moving as mysteriously as floating clouds in the stormy tropical sky.” (Engle, 9) This quote shows Engle falls in love with the Cuba farm because she extols beautiful farm landscape, quiet countryside, and untrammeled animals. At first, Engle describes the green river, crocodiles, manatees, Zebu cows and horse with five different adjectives -- “rippling”, “dangerous”, “gentle”, “humpbacked” and “graceful”. Five different adjectives show the characteristics of these five things and show the first reason to fall in love with the farm -- Engle loves this beautiful and harmonious Cuba farm. The benefit of using adjectives is that the readers can easier to imagine a vivid picture of the beautiful riverside scenery. The second reason to fall in love with the farm is Engle loves mysteriously things on the farm.

The writer of “Dustland Fairytale”, Brandon Flowers, best employs allusion as well as diction to prove the theme not everything in life goes perfectly. Throughout the song, Flowers changes the music to represent different events a couple may face, while using diction, specific word choice at certain points, to metaphorically represent the situations the couple, which turned out to be Flowers’ parents, may be in. The song starts off softly, using word choice like “some kind of slick chrome American prince”(Flowers 7) to paint a picture of the perfect fairytale-like couple. The story then takes a darker turn using words such as “Out here the good girls die” (Flowers 32) to represent his mother getting a brain tumor, and how it would affect the

In one metaphor, he compares budding street thugs to small infants (Staples 543). These two beings, though they both exhibit drastic physical differences from one another, demonstrate one key mental parallel. To discover the joy of recklessness, to discover the fantasy in reality, that is the trait that connects these two beings. The “intimidation” of a tough guy is reminiscent of a baby’s behavior; naive and new to the world, unaware that actions have consequences. Using this metaphor, Staples illustrates the sad truth of how childish a young thug truly is in the world of menace, and how the perceptions of the reality around them only fuel that fantasy. Another use of metaphor is in his ironic choice of final words: “[Whistling classical music] is my equivalent of the cowbell that hikers wear when they know they are in bear country”(Staples 544). As hikers traditionally wore cowbells in order to warn bears of their presence; Staples whistled to make his presence known. Warbling pleasant, popular classical tunes is his version of the cowbell to warn pedestrians of his “suspicious” demeanor. Ironic, however, that he almost implies fellow street walkers are more of a threat than he himself. If he is the hiker, they are the bears, capable of mauling his identity and his reputation if he refuses to tread lightly in their

Seamus Heaney and Thomas Hardy both depict images of rural life as difficult and uncomfortable. In their poems ‘At a Potato Digging’ and ‘A Sheep Fair’ they describe different aspects of rural life; these were elements of life that would have been familiar to the poets and ones that they would have experienced. In their poetry Heaney and Hardy

Commanding heights: The New Rules is the third film in the series and is about the 21st century economy. PBS sponsored the film under the direction of Michael Sullivan to inform the public about the economic situation. They speak about how the economy adapted to what is today. How the world nationalized third world countries allowing exchange and investment. Episode 3 addresses the current and future problems of a globalized world. That's the structure of the film. The film clearly, thoroughly, and excitingly explains this through historic facts and stories told by citizens who lived during the changes. This is not an economics lesson but rather a high dramatic event that impacts peoples lives. Commanding

Melissa Hamilton, a journalist for the Australian newspaper recently wrote an article tilted This (Transplanted) Life, which is a physical, inner and spiritual journey. It is a recount of her journey home, it’s written in first person to personalize her journey and evoke mood and tone with her audience. The composer uses juxtaposition to compare the city to her country home, “When we arrive I stumble with soft city feet over the gidgee stones” and to compare the people of the city and country “the quite is loud enough to keep them up at night.” Through her thorough description of the country surroundings and the lifestyle of the people that live there, she takes us on a spiritual journey of her hometown. The composer also uses creative language such as exaggeration, repetition, alliteration, personification and a metaphor to establish her love and knowledge of