David Updike's 'Summer'

Billy Collins’ “On Turning Ten” is a coming of age poem from the perspective of a nine-year-old boy who is unenthusiastic about his tenth birthday. Collins’ “On Turning Ten” uses structural irony to juxtapose childhood with coming of age to suggest that the uneasiness of the inevitable passing of time is difficult to come to terms with, as the imaginative nature of youth is lost. The speaker uses various literary devices to strengthen the use of structural irony throughout the poem.

Endless Summer by Rick Bragg is a story told by an adult through the thoughts and emotions of his younger self telling about his feelings towards summer and growing up, also the adventures he had during that time. In this story the author uses shifts in his writing to show specific feelings and emotions he had towards summer during certain times in his life ,additionally to better show his overall metaphorical idea of growing up. For example Braggs writes “ in a time before jobs locked us in chains and girls robbed us of our sense” which is the first time in the story you can for certain say this is not from the perspective of a child but,instead from someone who once was. This is clear because children in the age group earlier defined in the

One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia is a powerful, emotional, and humorous book about the experiences of three young girls in Oakland, California, in 1968. The book is about Delphine, a young eleven year old girl who is quick, witty, and responsible (Williams-Garcia, 2010). Delphine, along with her two younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern, are sent away to spend the summer with their mother Cecile (Williams-Garcia, 2010). The three sisters are hesitant to live with a mother who abandoned them (Williams-Garcia, 2010). Delphine understands her responsibility and is trying to take care of her sisters amidst all the chaos that comes with Cecile’s world (Williams-Garcia, 2010). Rita Williams-Garcia writes a heartwarming story about family, while

p. 82). Therefore, the adult narrator’s ability to comment and reflect on his child-self effectively emphasizes the naïve and vulnerable nature of youth, and contributes to the mood of foreboding and suspense throughout the novel, ‘now I was over confident. I expected things to go my way’ (Chapter 1. p. 28).

Characters in ‘The Story of Tom Brennan’ and how they deal with aspects of growing up or transitions into new phases of life and a broader world.

Childhood is arguably the most exciting time of a person’s life. One has few responsibilities or cares, and the smallest events can seem monumentally thrilling. Often, people reflect on the memories of their youth with fondness and appreciation for the lessons they learned. Sarah Orne Jewett captures this essence perfectly in the excerpt from “A White Heron.” Jewett uses many literary devices, including diction, imagery, narrative pace, and point of view to immerse the reader in familiar feelings of nostalgia and wonder, and dramatize the plot.

In Dobson’s “Young Girl at a Window” discovery emerges through provocative realisations about the impact of time and change on the human life journey. Dobson links discovery to moments of transition by emphasising the youthful persona’s need to overcome her uncertainty and embrace the opportunities of adulthood. The use of the imperative voice in “ lift your hand” reinforces the importance of moving beyond the protective metaphoric “window” of her childhood. The image of “more the mortal swords are crossed” layers the process of discovery with potential conflict and deep metaphysical questions about the vicissitudes of life. Dobson gives this impetus through the rhyming couplet in “the failing air is stained with red” and “Since time was killed and now lies dead” to express the loss of freedom as

death, there is a discovery of Homer’s dead body laying in the bed upstairs. It appears

In a country where Divorce is more normalized than ever before, one can be guilty of neglecting to consider the pain it can cause, not just the couple, but also their children. The short story “Hot or Cold” by Maile Meloy is a remembrance from the author's life which communicates the divorce of her parents represented in a nostalgic memory from her past. In the piece, the author’s young self plays in a van while her parents deal with an unexpected encounter with a bear. After a brief chase, the parents escape and the family drives away. The author masterfully develops the story by hinting at the nature of the parents relationship by adding clever metaphors, until it is apparent that the parents eventually divorce and that the story is only a dream. In the short story, the author utilizes juxtaposition, a motif, and metaphors, to suggest that memories create narratives, true or otherwise, that help one comprehend events that are otherwise incomprehensible.

The short story Through the Tunnel by Doris Lessing is full of symbolism about the transition out of childhood. Doris accomplishes this by writing about a young boy named Jerry and his journey swimming through the tunnel. During this difficult transition the main character gains the tools he will need during adulthood. Lessing uses symbolism abundantly in Through the Tunnel to emphasize on the theme of the transition from childhood to adulthood.

The author also effectively supports his thesis through pathos. To evoke strong emotion in his readers, Jones appeals to the audience’s feeling of vulnerability in their youth. Recognizing that during adolescence most people feel powerless, he tells engaging stories of his own and his son’s rise to power through comic books to give the audience something to connect to. As these stories are told, readers reminisce about those days, and feel joy in knowing that there was a happy ending. The feelings created make the audience look positively at the essay and relate to it.

Often times in life, people begin to appreciate relationships when reflecting on one’s previous actions and regretting what one has done. In “Those Winter Sundays,” Robert Hayden describes how a son remembers his father’s sufferings and sacrifices that he did not appreciate in the past. Hayden uses visual and auditory imagery, personification, alliteration, and drastic shifts in tone to show how the son recognizes his father’s physical and emotional pain, and regrets his former indifference.

In the story, All Summer in a day, by Ray Bradbury, the setting helps develop the mood of sadness, and depression. The author does this by making the setting dark and stormy everyday on venus. The setting makes the story gloomy at first, but when the sun comes out for one hour, it makes the reader hopeful, but the main character missed the sun. That makes the reader’s mood depressed and sad.

When, much to his surprise, he discovers how the lake in the woods was still the same, how the bedroom still smelled of lumber, how the girls were still fifteen, as if “no years have gone by” and the only thing that changed was the man. That it is his son who sneaks out in the morning to the sweet outdoors now, who explores the streams, who gazes with childish awe at the thunderstorms, who runs out in joy and relief to go swimming in the rain. And that it is time to move on and realise that he can’t relive those moments as the figurative ‘right’ to do so, has moved on to the next generation. That in this moment he can only be the father, no longer the son. “The Brown Wasps” has the writer experiencing sorrow and despair due to a place, that is primary to his being, being non-existent and thus, the essay focuses more on the effects of time on the world around the man, rather than the man

Homer experienced things that cannot be studied in any book, or even learned from the best professor on the most prestigious campuses. Homer grew more mature by becoming intimate with Candy while Wally was at war. This was a step up, because the only other female that was interested in Homer was a young girl at the