Dr. Bird 's Advice For Sad Poets

Black Swan Green by David Mitchell is a story of a teenager named Jason who writes poetry, and Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke is the story of an experienced poet who gives advice to a young poet looking for some advice. In both stories, ideas of beauty are introduced and developed, and while the idea of “beauty stems from within” are the same, their developments are very different. While some differences are small, these differences create a different mood in the overall presentation of the central themes. These changes in development style showcase each author's literary prowess, but even with all these changes in style and mood, the central idea of beauty still remains the same in each story.

The pieces I chose to analyse were the film ‘Over the Garden Wall’, directed by Nate Cash and ‘More than just the Disease’, written by Bernard MacLaverty. These two pieces explore the topic of Teen Angst in varying ways. Cash and MacLaverty both establish their core theme as teenage anxiety throughout their texts and their protagonist’s actions. In ‘Over the Garden Wall’, Wirt is the older brother of Greg. Wirt is the protagonist of the film and is a pessimistic realist who is easily scared; Greg on the other hand is an overly energetic young boy who is always seen to be unconcerned in the face of danger and always remaining positive, if not oblivious, throughout the film. The brothers meet a very irritable bluebird named Beatrice along their quest to escape the ‘unknown forest’ by travelling across the land to find the woman Adelaide, who can undo the curse and show the brothers the way home. In ‘More than just the Disease’, Neil, the protagonist is a boy who is afflicted with psoriasis and overcome with insecurities because of this. He lacks

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By including words such as, “beautiful lesson” and “happiness”, Gladwell touches upon the hearts of the audience, which also demonstrates his usage of rhetoric, in this case, pathos. It allows him to argue passionately that there “will be a surer way to true happiness.” He continues his usage of rhetoric through ethos by mentioning a psychophysicist named Howard

In her story she uses sorrow as a theme, Jay was sad that he had an argument. She also shows sorrow when Bird’s stepfather leaves because her dad already left her and her mother. Another theme is love, Jay, Ethan and Bird are similar in ways of how their hearts are all hurt. Bird is hurt because both of her father's left, Jay is hurt because his brothers loss, Ethan has a health problem so his heart is physically hurt. Bird made friends with Jay and Ethan but she also became friends with an elderly lady, Mrs. Pritchard. Mrs.Pritchard was living at home alone because her husband had to move to a nursing home. Bird was very nice to Mrs.Pritchard and treated her like a friend, and gave her a friend she didn't have. A few other themes/feelings in this novel are warmth and kindness. CCBC calls this novel, “a strong and delicate story about love, loss, and letting

In Sympathy, a poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar, the narrator speaks of his feelings that sympathize with how a caged bird feels and why he does what he does in his cage. The author uses style to convey the theme of oppression and imprisonment and the tone of pain and agony through the use of imagery, diction, and repetition.

This poem I wrote represents the thematic statement I chose; "Somethings are not what they seem. Sometimes there are more meaning to it. Sometimes there are hidden stories that create character". This poem uses an old book as a metaphor for humans. As books, especially old books, are one of those things that are commonly misinterpreted, just like people. In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hilton, there was a great example of misinterpretation. Ponyboy misinterpreted Dally's care and love for him to hatred and disgrace. "'He likes Soda - everyone likes Soda - but he can't stand me. I bet he wishes he could stick me in a home somewhere, and he'd do it, too, if Soda'd let him.' Two-Bit and Johnny were staring at me now. 'No...' Two-Bit said, dumbfounded, 'No, Ponyboy, that ain't right... You got it wrong...'"(Hilton 50) This quote shows how

In the book “The Pursuit of Happyness” author Chris Gardner writes a self-memoir. He discusses about the issues of fear and the uncertainties he

The background of this story is the Bird because it makes him think about himself. In the story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst The character Doodle reveals through (dialogue/appearance/inner thought/revealing actions/interaction with others) that he/she is Brave and Dependable. In this story the two traits for the story I Chose were Brave and dependable. I chose these traits because since he can't walk he is brave for that because later in the story his brother tries to teach him how to walk and he Started to catch on and he had to try to stand up 100 times a day. For the other trait he is dependable because he depends on his brother for help because without him he can't do anything because of his leg.

Although a lot of the story is pretty straight forward, she does use literary devices to help the reader understand the life of Birdie a little better. For example, in the end of the story she describes the vision of herself on the swing set outside of the hospital in saying, “Each time, the girl went fuzzy like an image on the television set with poor reception.” This simile allows the reader to really see what she saw or felt because we all can picture that type of image. Another time she uses a simile saying, “The swing is swaying gently, as if someone had just been on it.” These subtle literary devices help the reader to understand little things about the story in order for them to see the situation Birdie is in. However, there are not as many metaphors or a huge amount of other literary

People often believe teachers, friends, and parents are the ones that teach them the most in life. Although this may be true, a work of literature can also teach a person many valuable life lessons that no one else can. In a work of literature, all themes connect to one significant lesson. Lawrence and Lee’s Inherit The Wind has rich themes that demonstrate the world resist change. One important theme is to always be open-minded. Equally important, is the theme that differences can tear people apart. Not to mention, freedom of thought is also a critical theme. Therefore, themes in Inherit The Wind shows the struggle of change to occur.

Literary elements take up substantial fragments in stories today. In the novel “To Kill A Mockingbird”, there is a young boy named Jem Finch and throughout the story, you start to realise that he’s growing up, not physically, but mentally, we call that ‘the coming of age’. Jem’s coming of age experience is developed at Mrs.Dubose’s (a bad tempered old lady) house through conflict, irony, and symbol.

The people in this society have everything they need to be happy, yet they aren’t. They are missing something. Bradbury illustrates this idea by the symbolism of books. For example, “We have everything we need to be happy, but we aren’t happy...So I thought books might help”(Bradbury 78). These books symbolize the knowledge the citizens need to achieve happiness. Without books or the knowledge inside them, they will never achieve true happiness. This idea is also acknowledged by Bradbury through the emphasis on

During times of disorder, it is natural to feel a sense of fear and loneliness that requires you to search for control in your life. These emotions send you to the point of having to isolate yourself, as you believe if you do so, you have control over your life. In Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 psychodrama film “The Birds”, Melanie is a young woman who travels to Bodega Bay to reunite herself with a stranger by the name of Mitch. Melanie uncovers that he had a romantic relationship with Annie, the woman she claims to have come to town for. Annie advises Melanie that her relationship with him did not last due to Lydia, his mother, fearing that he will leave her now that her husband has passed away. As Melanie and Mitch’s relationship begins to develop, birds within the town being to attack them along with everyone else who lives in Bodega Bay. Melanie, Mitch, and the town’s people begin to question why the birds are attacking them. Annie’s body is discovered outside her house as a result from her being killed by birds. By the end of the film, Melanie and Lydia have a close relationship leave the bird infested town with Mitch and his sister Cathy. Alfred Hitchcock uses the these three women to remind us that chaos will always enter our lives no matter what actions we take to keep order, but deep relationships will help overcome the feelings of fear and loneliness.

The main character in Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets is James Whitman. James is an anxious teenager who reveries about a talking bird therapist. One of his worst traits is his constant self-doubt and anxiety; however, one of his best qualities counteracts this. One of James’s best attributes is how well he bounces back from hard times. He balances them out and, together, they make for a decent character. (by that I mean character as in a person has a decent character, not that he is a character in a book (although he is)) I would absolutely be friends with him, he is funny, nice, caring, thoughtful, and very similar to some of my other