Julia's Overpopulation

The novel is able to share how music is of great importance and is able to affect people’s moods and thoughts.

“James,” he says. We begin walking where there is a bundle of people and he looks concerned. “How about I send you to the sheriff’s station? They will surely help you out,” he says. “If it will help,” I say. The chirping of birds seems to follow me, it triggers a memory of home. When Mama and I would take short walks through the meadow behind our home. Whistling along with the bird's melody is what we did. Back then, I had no worries at all. Now, all I have is worries.

The natural world has a rhythm that ebbs and flows; it is this rhythm that all of nature follows. It is the natural order of life. It is where when left to itself, life finds its balance. The beauty of nature is all around us, and yet; we are unaware, too caught up in the rush of day to day living that we forget to look at what is right there in front of us. The pressures of society, friends and family, paying the bills, work, school, news events, the harshness of the world; we fail to see the softness, peace, beauty and the balance of nature. It is in nature where we find our true selves, our inner peace, our inner voice, our balance.

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 the book “A Long Way Gone” music plays a role as a healer and a saviour.

This causes Pearl to refuge and bond with nature. To her, nature is her only home; a place where she is free from the malicious prejudices and ridicules of society. Nature offers Pearl hope, when she sees loved ones struggling with the truth; comfort, for when she feels the innate burdens that came with her birth; and growth, allowing her to become even more perceptive, and explore and ponder in thought. In nature, when she plays with toys, she uses

From the creation of harmonies to singing to instruments, music has been an abstract form of human expression. Although an auditory collection of pitches and volumes, musicians can manipulate the same notes and bring them alive for their audiences. The true emotion and energy that’s felt in music really comes from the player as feelings are transferred to and through the listener. This interaction between performer and the house is catharsis, the complete release of strong repressed emotions. Thanks to the musician, music has the ability to grasp people and cause them to sense emotions and feelings without lyrics or images even being necessary. Although it’s believed we can only hear with our ears, something about music makes it emotionally if not physically tangible. In James Baldwin’s short story “Sonny’s Blues,” a narrator certainly unaware of the impact of music invites himself to experience jazz for the first time. Baldwin uses the final scene of his story to argue that music has an effect on those who are able to experience it. Baldwin does this in one single moment by letting the fixed, practical minded, “well-intentioned” narrator experience catharsis from jazz as his growing, free-spirited brother communicates with him through jazz.

Birds are shown throughout our culture as symbols. Simply by their appearance, they can spark feelings of love, freedom, or wonder in the hearts of people. Birds are creatures that have attributes similar to the beings on earth that are so fascinated with them. Humans are full of constant bewilderment and curiosity, so it is no epiphany that they are entranced by such graceful creatures of the sky. People tend to use birds as symbolism, given the stark similarities between the creatures in the sky and humans. Each can fly with the desire to soar above in the sky and see all that is hidden down below. Both humans and birds can sing songs of revelation to their neighboring friends. Additionally, birds and humans can find themselves being restrained by something. Although such a comparison seems bizarre, Anthony Doerr captured the essence of birds and its connections entirely in his novel, All the Light We Cannot See. Almost every character that is spoken of has an aspect of freedom and flight deep in their story. Doerr’s novel follows the life of two teenagers as they travel through life during the disaster of World War Two. Many characters in the novel exhibit actions and situations in which a bird might find itself in. Werner finds himself fighting restraints, as a bird would to its cage. Marie-Laure is a young birds stretching her wings for the first time. The surrounding friends and characters also face the issues of the war, similar to which a bird struggles with the

However, Edna admires Mademoiselle Reisz and longs to have the same adventurous and carefree lifestyle of her. The music and life of Mademoiselle inspires Edna. Each time Mademoiselle plays, Edna is moved and brought to tears but the freedom and passion of the music. The music aroused the very passions “within her soul, swaying it, lashing it, as the waves daily beat upon her splendid body (page 26).” Mademoiselle Reisz foils the type of person Edna aspires to be. After seeing the freedom within Mademoiselle Reisz, Edna feels empowered to make a change.

Sometimes the world offers solace to whatever miseries life has given you; sometimes with the knowledge that you’re alone, sometimes with the knowledge that you’re not. Often, people find their way outside, submerging themselves in the wild, cultivated

The bird, in itself, is a symbol of Mrs. Wright’s life and her happiness. The event of the bird’s death shows how Mrs. Wright’s husband killed what she loved and how he was oppressive to her. He took away everything that was valuable to her like her bird, and her love for singing. “No, Wright wouldn't like the bird," she said after that--"a thing that sang. She used to sing. He killed that too.” Mrs. Hale even admits that he “killed” Mrs. Wright’s singing (Glaspell 12). “The women reason that the strangled bird

(p.75) In this excerpt, it shows how the music sent her back, deep into her subconscious to the girl she once was. The music from the cellist reminded her of who she really is underneath the rigid exterior - a happy, careless young

From an audience perspective, it appears the movements were based off bird like movements as the music has nature noises highlighting bird calls. The dancer’s movements embodied the bird like qualities and movements. Furthermore, the dancers were also not afraid to let their bodies go, there was no holding back with their movements.

Additionally, Julia has a radio and abundance of tools and supplies that are crammed onto this 6’8 platform. This platform that has become her home is a constant reminder of her connection with nature and although its uncomfortable and painful at times, she is protecting nature and in doing so connecting with people like her. Nature just like Julia is faced with pain and suffering, as loggers attempt to cut them down, but this feeling of agony is what brings Julia to mutually understand her relation. The weather is another constant reminder to Julia of knowing through will and this attention to the way in which she is connected with nature. Julia is exposed to frigid temperatures and deadly winds that attempt to push her away from her conscience, but

On April 16th, Haskell observes the songs of the birds in the forest. “The dry buzz unleashes a confusion of songs from all directions, a jumble of tempos and timbres.” (Haskell, pg 81) Haskell describes how birds use these beautiful songs to mate. Male birds, he explains, take years to perfect this song. The songs are used to help attract female birds for mating. In the larger scale, these songs are a daily normal in the morning. Most humans wake up on a daily bases hearing birds sing their song, but they never bother to pay attention to it. However, when taking a closer look, we understand the purpose for these songs, and thes songs become even more beautiful and unique.