Holes By Louis Sachar Analysis

Nevertheless, in the poem ‘Nesting time’, Stewart interprets a personal experience in first person of the appearance of a bird that lands upon his daughter and forgets the thought of the harsh world. Stewart’s descriptive language repeatedly explains the poem as if seen in his viewpoint, beginning with an interjection, ‘oh’ communicating of his incredulity of an ‘absurd’ bird. Symbolizing the bird with strong coloured imagery its ‘mossy green, sunlit’, described to be bright and joyful, with sweetness shown with the type of bird, ‘honey-eater’, Douglas Stewart takes the time to describe its admiration juxtaposed to the dangerous world surrounding it. While visualizing the birds actions, ‘pick-pick-pick’ of alliteration and repetition of its

n ‘Holes’ by Louis Sachar, between the book and the film, there are numerous differences, specifically in Chapter 30. For starters, on page 131 (Paragraph 3 and 4), when Zigzag claims that it his birthday, in the book he receives an additional carton of Orange Juice from Mr. Sir whereas in the film he doesn’t. On page 131 of the book (paragraph 8), whilst Zero dug Stanley’s hole for an hour or so, Stanley wanders around and occasionally sits somewhere off in the distance. Whereas, in the film, Zero and Stanley dig Stanley’s hole together, but he still gained rude comments from the other campers in Group D in both instances. Plus, Stanley isn’t fat or even slightly overweight whilst in the book he is so it’s as if Stanley is portrayed as a different character entirely!

The poem “Love Song” by Carol Muske-Dukes is about lost love. She uses a sparrow that lost its family. The life in this poem is being lived in a house in a village. The poem suggests this when it states, “He and I had a blue landscape, a village street, some poems, bread on a plate” (stanza 5). The poem doesn’t tell us when this poem takes place only where it happens. The tone of the poem is nostalgic. The bird misses its family. Two times the poem shows that the bird is nostalgic, “All day it pecks at the tin image of a faceless bird.” (stanza 3-4), “Love was faceless even when we’d memorized each other’s lines.” (stanza 6) The 1st quote shows that he wants his family back because all he does is stay with a tin bird which is the only resemblance

The poet orders his listener to behold a “solitary Highland lass” reaping and singing by herself in a field. He says that anyone passing by should either stop here, or “gently pass” so as not to disturb her. As she “cuts and binds the grain” she “sings a melancholy strain,” and the valley overflows with the beautiful, sad sound. The speaker says that the sound is more welcome than any chant of the nightingale to weary travelers in the desert, and that the cuckoo-bird in spring never sang with a voice so thrilling. Impatient, the poet asks, “Will no one tell me what she sings?” He speculates that her song might be about “old, unhappy, far-off things, / And battles long ago,” or that it might be humbler, a simple song about “matter of today.” Whatever she sings about, he says, he listened “motionless and still,” and as he traveled up the

In “A Barred Owl,” Wilbur constructs a singsong narrative of two stanzas with three couplets each. This arrangement provides a simple and steady rhythm that echoes the parents’ crooning to their child when she is frightened by “the boom / [o]f an owl’s voice” (1-2). A light-hearted tone is established when they “tell the wakened child that all she heard / [w]as an odd question from a forest bird” (3-4). The parents’ personification of the owl makes it less foreign and intimidating, and therefore alleviates the child’s worry. The interpretation of the hooting as a repetitive and absurd question — “Who cooks for you?” — further makes light of the situation (6). The second stanza introduces a more ominous tone by directly addressing the contrasting purposes words may serve given a speaker’s intention. While they “can make our terror bravely clear,” they “[c]an also thus domesticate a fear” (7-8). This juxtaposition is

“Our mouths opened and shut and we froze where we sat. I suppose we could have honked and waved and it wouldn’t have raised any more pandemonium than this poor mother already had to deal with but instead we held perfectly still. Even Turtle, after a long minute or two the quail got her family herded off the road into some scraggly bushes” (96). The birds are significant symbolism in this book. They often appear in the book to symbolize Turtle; Kingsolver did this to show Turtle is a strong survival instinct child. First, when Taylor took Turtle to doctor and discovered that she has been abused and raped. As she makes this discovery, she sees a bird nest on a cactus. This shows that Turtle, in spite of her surroundings she keep persists. Also, when Turtle met the robber, a sparrow got caught in Lou Ann’s house, the bird getting scared shows the Turtle’s confusion and fright. But sparrow survives and leaves the house; this shows that even though Turtle is going through confusion she will survive. Finally, the quote shows the moment when Lou Ann and Taylor found a family of birds on the road. This quote symbolizes how Turtle is satisfied with her small family, feel safe, and she is happy.

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

Birdsong is a novel set in the period before, during and after the First World War. Automatically one would think of the loss of life that was suffered during this time, but the loss of life is not the only form loss suffered during this time. Standing side -by -side with the loss of life is the loss of love and the loss of faith. Faulks uses vivid descriptions and contrasting images to place the reader at the scene and make them empathise with the characters. Loss is one of the most poignant themes in the book, and is one that fuels a majority of the lines written.

“I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” depicts two birds which are used as metaphors to express the state in which the two classes of people live. In one description the poem describes the standard of living of a bird of privilege which alludes to the lives of whites. Then it describes caged birds whom of which are crying out for freedom, and are meant to represent African Americans during this time. It describes the feeling of being trapped and calling out for

"Nursery rhymes rely on meter and rhyme to stick into our memories" ("Twinkle Twinkle"). Yet, much like our own experiences, "we do not remember just the words; " ("Twinkle Twinkle") or events, we recall the many actions and movements that bring each tale to life. Two Little Dicky Birds exemplifies this notion, as the physical actions associated with each line resemble the many travels we make throughout our lives ("Twinkle Twinkle"). Being together, exploring the world and coming home, are all stages of our lifelong journey. However, the mimicry of the characters (Peter and Paul) imply the necessity of companionship along this voyage.

In this short story, motive played a big part as that is what caused the conflict between the cameramen and the family as the cameramen would not stop filming no matter how many times the were unwelcomed. Despite the use in ‘Blues Ain’t No Mockin Bird’, motive is better exemplified in ‘Checkouts’ because we know what the girl and boy are thinking and it is directly told to the reader requiring less inference and more facts. In addition to motive, symbolism was also significantly used in ‘Blues Ain’t No Mockin Bird’, as the chaos and nuisance happening caused by the cameramen pestering the family is like the hawks who invaded Granny and Granddaddy Cain’s property which caused unwanted disturbance. Although symbolism is used in ‘Blues Ain’t No Mockin Bird’, ‘Checkouts’ better demonstrated it because the events happened are more likely to happen to the reader, allowing the reader to have a connection with the story. For all that, motive and symbolism does not personify ‘Blues Ain’t No Mockin Bird’, as the true motive/intention of the characters and story is not clear and majority of the people will not and cannot relate to a hawk and chicken-hawk disturbing their

The bird in the story represents someone who lost hope in receiving freedom. That concept is best shown in the story, “But the swallow no longer believes what people say”. The bird lost complete hope. The bird is promised that he will be taken care of, but each time he finds himself in the hand of a new owner. In each situation he begs to be freed but no one seems to understand him. The

In the novella “Down the Rabbit Hole” by Pablo Juan Villalobos, the story revolves around the concept of innocence. What makes this novella different from other literature that discuss innocence is that the main character Tochtli does not actual move from innocence to experience but rather stays innocent but as the audience reads on they figure out that tochtli has moved further and further away from pure innocence. In the beginning of the novella in the short notes ahead innocence is explained in the context of the novella as being incomprehension. This is a theme that is revealed throughout the entirety of the novella. The novella Down the rabbit hole sets the scene inside a palace of a later understood drug lord, who is the father of tochtli, the main character. Tochtli is only seven and therefor does not have an exact grip on what is happening around him. Juan pablo Villalobos however reveals information in such a way that the truth escapes the innocent mind of tochtli but screams out to the readers.

This stanza portrays a feeling of being enclosed in a room. The icicles that fill the window remind us of bars on a jail window, which portrays a closed-in feeling. How does this affect how we see the blackbird? Through the window we cannot see the blackbird itself, possibly referring to the beauty of inflections in stanza five. We can, though, see the blackbirds shadow, possibly the beauty of innuendoes? This closed-in feeling depicts how, many times, we limit ourselves to our own preferences and opinions. As you can see, Stevens uses his imagery to present symbolic elements in his work. In the song "Blackbird," Lennon and

In the book Holes, by Louis Sachar, I chose the character Miss Katherine Barlow also known as Kissing Kate Barlow. Miss Katherine was first a schoolteacher, but then was the most feared outlaw. In the book you find out the story of how she became an outlaw from a schoolteacher.