In The Novel, Light In August, Joe Christmas Is Depicted

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story, “Winter Dreams,” ambitious, “desirous” Dexter stands at the threshold between admiring “glittering things” and finding out that the “glittering things” he admires fade away sooner or later. Dexter‘s character throughout this short story, changes in many ways, from being unaware of what he really wanted in life to being aware of what he actually became.

A sequence of events leads up to Joe becoming almost completely isolated from the outside world. During his time in the isolated continent, Joe becomes addicted to narcotics; he escapes his pain and anguish by succumbing to detached and paralyzed state of mind. Throughout his journey in this secluded continent, he is faced with his hatred of the Germans and his desire to enact vengeance upon them for all that he has lost. When he meets a German geologist exploring the frozen tundra, he inadvertently kills him. Joe experiences ironic feelings of remorse after so many years spent obsessing over the destruction of the Germans. There was no gratification or fulfillment, for Joe, in the German man’s death. Joe felt repulsed and an abhorrence in himself for his

She knows the Mrs. McGrath will try to scam the people, but Nora catches her in the act and makes her feel guilty by telling her that with her “little accident there the way your hip pressed against the paper and you didn’t even know the paper was pulled down a bit.” (67) Nora through her sincerity helps out Angela who is currently struggling with getting over the grief of losing a child. The Italian grocer was also a stranger who took pity on the McCourts and did an act of good deed by giving them “bag o’ fruit. I don't give it to you I trow id out” (32). The grocer does this act of kindness just for the sake of helping them out. He even gave them credit so that they don’t go to sleep on a hungry stomach. Altruism is also developed into the theme: altruism causes the strengthening of family bonds. When Malachy Sr. brings home the box of chocolate, the piece of chocolate Frank got had a nut in it. Although his younger brothers were originally complaining about not having a nut, when Angela told them the nut will help his eyes, they say that “If I had another nut I’d give it to him for his eyes.” (271). The concern Frank’s brother have for Frank further develops altruism causes the strengthening of family bonds

The whole time they were growing up he was the only thing that stayed the same in his ever-changing life. “… but it was the only childhood I was going to get. And Joe was just about the beginning and end of it. And now somebody had killed him. I sat there in the back of the police Chevorlet listening to a tiny voice in my head asking me what hell I was going to do about it.

Charles Dicken’s A Tale of Two Cities and Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner both utilize contrasting events and emotions as well as distinct imagery to enhance readers’ ties to the book and ultimately prove that misfortunes predates joy. In A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens’ frequently follows joyous scenes with a devastating turn and Hosseini does the same in The Kite Runner with jubilant events preceding tragic consequences. Furthermore, the distinction between light and dark imagery often foreshadows imminent developments and enhances the reader’s desire to continue reading. This implementation of contrast enhances the emotions of readers and allows them to feel a strong connection to the characters and to the story.

The two poems, “Summer Silence” by E.E. Cummings and “End of Summer” by Stanley Kunitz both compare and differ in an abundance of ways. Both authors portray a negative perspective upon the end of the season of summer, though they each originate from different time periods in history providing the reader with a deeper understanding of the changes poetry has undergone. Cummings a respected poet and author who wrote thousands of poems moved from traditional romantic sonnets to an increasing display of unusual ways of arranging individual words. On the other hand, Kunitz’s writing style was radically transformed from extremely intellectual work to personal narratives displaying deep emotions. Additionally, the timely loss of a father has strongly influenced the mood and tone of the creative works published by the two poets.

As the novel, Light in August, approaches the end, we are told that Joe Christmas and Miss Burden have officially become lovers. This relationship, at first, shows signs of feminism to a point where these lovers meet at night to have sex. As there relationship reaches a climax, their passion begins to become more intense which eventually leads to sex on the outside ground. The mark of fall, represents a change in their relationship. One can assume that their romance was based on the time of year as well as the time of day, summer representing their peak romance and night representing their sexual drive. This part of the affair demonstrates a part of feminism to the point where the affair shows, at this time, more dominantly on passion, love,

Also, in Chapter Ten, a dispute between a woman’s husband and her brother is described. The husband claims that his wife ran away for no reason, however it turns out that she had been beaten repeatedly. The woman’s brother says, “Two years ago, when she was pregnant, he beat her until she miscarried... she ran away to save her life.” These are just two examples of the many dysfunctional relationships depicted in the

Edward de Bono once brilliantly stated, “Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic”. In other words, we individuals tend to view things incorrectly with our perceptions, rather than use our own common sense to determine the truth. In a society nowadays plagued with immoralities and injustices, it may indeed be plausible to say that Mr. Bono is absolutely correct after all. Prejudice is now an everyday occurrence, found everywhere from schools to streets. As human beings, we are now accustomed to seeing devastating and horrendous crimes featured on televisions and media, with perceptions and stereotypes lying at the root of the problems. It is a human instinct to analyze another`s appearance,

The McEachern’s, an older southern couple who raise Joe Christmas, are similar to Grant Wood’s American Gothic. Light in August by William Faulkner was written in the style of Sothern gothic and this painting is entitled American Gothic. The McEachern’s live on a farm similar to the family in the painting. Similar to the look the farmer man in the painting has, Mr. McEachern looks at a young, orphaned Joe Christmas whom he is about to adopt “with a stare cold and intent and yet not deliberately harsh. It was the same stare with which he might have examined a horse or a second hand plow.” Mr. McEachern relationship with Mrs. McEachern is one where he had all the power and “she had been hammered stubbornly thinner and thinner like some passive

In the novel, Great Expectations, two of the main characters, Joe Gargery and Pip, have a very close relationship that, rather than resembling a father-son relationship, functions as more of a close friendship. Joe is constantly looking out for Pip and trying to make him feel loved and cared about through all of the hurt and abuse that Mrs. Joe inflicts on them both. One evening, when Pip and Joe are talking by the fireplace, their relationship becomes a little deeper. Pip narrates, “‘I [Joe] said to her, ‘And bring the poor little child. God bless the poor little child,’ I said to your sister, ‘there’s room for him at the forge!”

Most people in the time of misery turn to depression and sadness, while few artistic minds can take those difficult feelings and turn them into a moving piece of art. This is what Billie Joe Armstrong did for one of their most remembered songs Wake Me Up When September Ends. Northrop Frye’s thoughts in his writing The Archetypes of literature can be related to this song as well. Such ideas include how different seasons can portray contrasting meanings, and how symbolic references are used throughout the passage to tell a story. All these ideas are supported in the song that Billie Joe Armstrong wrote.

Joe resolved to kill Joanna in order to escape her. “He believed with calm paradox that he was the

American businessman Clement Stone once uttered, “You are a product of your environment. So, choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective” (Stone). Free will represents an internal battleground constantly testing one’s acceptance of their actions. William Faulkner explores the extent to which deterministic forces sway free will among individuals in his novel Light in August. Joe Christmas faces an array of challenges in his childhood environment, resulting in patterns of abuse and self-destruction throughout his adult life. Hightower represents the dangers of holding onto the past, procuring a false existence of fate. Faulkner portrays two perceptions of free will. One through Hightower, who initially blames his family

The store that Jody and Janie owned had become a hang out for several of the men in Eatonville. It was a place for them to swap stories about their days and even their families. Jody, wanting to be an example of how an important member of society was to act, never wanted to be outdone by these men. He would not allow her to express her opinions or thoughts, and would not allow her to stand up for herself or women when she overheard the degrading conversations that the men were having. He made a constant effort to prove his control over Janie by