Kate Chopin's Ripe Figs

In Mary Oliver’s poem The Black Walnut Tree, she depicts a deep meaning in the relationship between a black walnut tree and the family through the synthesis of poetic devices and figurative language. A debate between mother and daughter, on the issue of selling the walnut tree to pay mortgage. A transition occurs going from the literal sense of needing money, to the tree symbolizing their family tree and ancestors. Metaphors and symbolism spark a new meaning to the conflict associated with the tree, arising a new issue of the shame and betrayal that would be if they were to sell the tree.

Part of the attraction that Pecola feels towards the flowers derives from the attitude they seem to display – bright and happy despite their low status in the flora hierarchy. She identifies a certain threatening aspect of them when she supposes that “Nobody loves the head of a dandelion… because they are so many, strong, and soon” (pg. 47). There is a resilience and perhaps a defiance in these weeds that people, according to Pecola, sense and therefore try to eradicate from their yards. Here she brings up another recurring issue of the novel: the contrast between the views of young people and those of adults. Claudia even more so than Pecola has also not yet succumbed to the cycle of race hatred that has consumed the adults of the book and even her older sister. This trend is worked into the dandelion analogy in that it is the adults who despise the dandelions, who “go into the fields with baskets to pull them up” (pg. 47). Significantly, the women she describes tearing up the dandelions to make soup and wine, who the reader might assume are black women judging by of their lower-class manner of acquiring food, “do not want the yellow heads – only the jagged leaves”; they discard the part of the flower that gives it a beautiful

Mildred Taylor uses Figurative Language to demonstrate that when people face challenges they are forced to grow up faster, whether they want to or not. In this scene, Papa is giving Cassie some words of wisdom. On page 205-206 the text states "You see that fig tree over yonder, Cassie? Them other trees around... that oak and walnut, they're a lot bigger and they take up more room and give so much shade that they almost overshadow that little old fig. But that fig tree's

The vivid imagery and intimate language used to convey the intensive labor also creates ambiguity because the poet explicitly describes his experience without elaboration. This is all done whilst exploring multiple abstruse themes such as adolescence, greed, and death; all portrayed through the simplicity in the act of picking blackberries. There are many ways to interpret the blackberries. The cycle of growth the blackberries as they go through maturation; as the poet states, "... the blackberries would ripen" (2) and describe, "You ate the first one and its flesh was sweet... Leaving stains upon the tongue and lust for picking" (5; 7) subtly referring to the poet's curiosity of women and sexual maturation. Because the poem is obscure and vague with its meaning, one might consider multiple metaphors, such as: hunger, gluttony, self-control. In lines 9 and 12, "Sent us out with milk cans, pea tins, jam pots... We trekked and picked until the cans were full," using exaggeration to portray the excessive amounts the speaker hordes in the barn. The speaker knows no restraint; instead of picking the berries in moderation becomes greedy and realizes in his disappointment that all of the berries have rotted.

“There’s no such thing as aging, but maturing and knowledge. It’s beautiful, I call that beauty.”- Celine Dion. Lizabeth, the protagonist, experiences a change in her life through emotional hardships as she grows up and starts to understand more about life. Children are innocent, they don’t realize how mean and disrespectful they are at times. Maturation plays a big role while growing up and changes many things. Maturity is a life-long process of learning and experiencing new things, but also brings responsibility and discipline. In “Marigolds” by Euginia W. Collier the experiences of the narrator support the theme that maturity changes the way one perceives life.

Mama’s little plant is very significant to her for a multitude of reasons. Her plant symbolizes members of her family and her future plans for them. To Mama, her plant represents her future goals of growing a garden and moving into their own house. Originally at the outset of the play, the plant is described as a “feeble little plant growing doggedly” and “old”, which represents how the Youngers are barely surviving in their condition (39-40). Mama also declares that the plant would “never...see spring again”, if the plant didn’t receive more sunlight. Reminiscent of the plant, the Youngers are involved a very similar experience, where they are bogged down due to their life of poverty, and don’t have any way to improve their life without sunlight

Kate Chopin’s novel, The Awakening depicts sexual affairs, inner struggles, and the conquest of motherhood that most women face today. The conquest of motherhood involves the battle between being a supportive wife and selfless mother. The story revolves around the characters’ dialogue and appearances described beautifully throughout the novel by Kate Chopin. The story is a familiar one that, sadly, most women can relate to: A woman is married without knowing what true love is. Her husband treats her kindly and respectfully; however, views her as a possession more-so than a human being. The husband, caring more about his duties, job, and money, leaves his wife struggling with her domestic responsibilities such as raising a family, being a good mother and wife. Characterization contributes to Edna’s struggles because each character described by Chopin affects the way Edna lives her life. Robert has a passionate effect on her and gives her that temporary confidence and “fire” that she needed in her life. Her husband’s description by Chopin reflects just how neglected and lonely Edna felt. The other Creole women that are explained by Chopin also shows the readers what the “perfect mother or wife” should be. Chopin’s mechanism of using characterization throughout the novel does not reflect the character’s personalities and motifs. However, Kate Chopin uses direct and indirect characterization as the anchor of the novel that supplies the reader with the benefit

In the short story Desiree’s Baby by Kate Chopin, the titular character is the wife of slave owner Armand and the new mother of a baby boy. The story follows Desiree as she finds out that her baby is of mixed ethnic background, and the aftermath of having a mixed-race baby in the 1800’s. In regards to the relationships between Desiree and other supporting characters, only one aspect remains constant; tension. While the relationships between Desiree and her husband, her mother, and her son are all extremely different, personal tension is featured often enough to be noteworthy.

Kate Chopin’s “Désirée 's Baby” was set in the days before the abolition of slavery, at a time when the ownership of another person was not only acceptable, but also economically impactful in the south. It was normal to see big plantations owned by whites and tendered by black slaves. We see all of this and more in “Désirée’s Baby”. One of the characters, Monsieur Valmonde finds an abandoned baby one day while out riding. His wife, Madam Valmonde, does not have a child of her own so she takes the baby in and names her Désirée. Madam Valmonde and her husband, Monsieur Valmonde raises the child, until she is old enough to become married. Her attractiveness and especially white skin attract Monsieur Armand Aubigny, a plantation owner, and they immediately become married and have a child. Désirée and Armand both originally associate themselves with the white class, but once the plot unveils their black heritage they are faced with uncertainty, and ultimately their lives become meaningless and not worth living. Throughout the story, Kate Chopin uses symbolism to convey her themes of racial biasness and social ladder in a society. The characters and the setting in this short story help provide the readers with more understanding of how racially charged our society was at that time.

This essay will focus on the short story by Kate Chopin and its use of symbols, setting and characters. Desiree’s baby was perhaps one of the best stories I’ve ever read. Analyzing it was not easy at all. Its use of symbols was very hard to comprehend. At first, it doesn’t make sense. But as you think critically, all the symbols, and setting and the characters in this literature plunge together in one amazing story.

As one can see, Sandra Cisneros shows great use of metaphor in the vignette “Four Skinny Trees,” because she shows that people can bloom even in rough situations. “Four who do not

One of the most common interpretations of the fruit is that it represents sexual temptation. Goblins are only men that sell their fruit at the market but only to "maidens" who hear their cry "come buy, come buy". Lizzie is aware of the evil men because of her friend Jeanie who ate the fruit and slowly passed away. Because of this, Lizzie tries to protect her sister and warn her about the goblins, "You should not peep at goblin men...Their offers should not charm us, their evil gifts would harm us.”( Rossetti 49. 65) Despite her sister's warning, Laura cannot resist the temptation. Laura trades a lock of her hair for the fruit, which symbolizes losing her virginity and paying with her body. “Buy from us with a golden curl. She clipp’d a precious golden lock ... Then suck’d their fruit globes fair or red". ( Rossetti 125-128) Laura has never tasted anything like that before and soon she wants more, like an addiction. "Her craving for the fruit becomes like that of an addict, her inability to be satisfied causing her to be completely debilitated. She becomes "listless" (297), and unable to work because her hope of again eating the fruit is destroyed."(MPhill par 3) The "feast of fruit" symbolizes her transition from a maiden

During the late nineteenth century, the time of protagonist Edna Pontellier, a woman's place in society was confined to worshipping her children and submitting to her husband. Kate Chopin's novel, The Awakening, encompasses the frustrations and the triumphs in a woman's life as she attempts to cope with these strict cultural demands. Defying the stereotype of a "mother-woman," Edna battles the pressures of 1899 that command her to be a subdued and devoted housewife. Although Edna's ultimate suicide is a waste of her struggles against an oppressive society, The Awakening supports and encourages feminism as a way for women to obtain sexual freedom, financial independence, and individual identity.

This essay will focus on the short story by Kate Chopin and its use of symbols, setting and characters. Desiree’s baby was perhaps one of the best stories I’ve ever read. Analyzing it was not easy at all. Its use of symbols was very hard to comprehend. At first, it doesn’t make sense. But as you think critically, all the symbols, and setting and the characters in this literature plunge together in one amazing story.

Women in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s had specific roles determined by the males who were dominant in their society. Women began to write stories which told their gender roles in that era. The authors of these stories lived in this time period and their stories reflect a lot of the traditional roles that were expected of them. The author’s purposes, were to tell about how marriage imprisoned women in this period of time. Kate Chopin and Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s stories provide examples of the gender roles. Their reasoning of writing these stories was to call on women of this era to learn how to empower themselves in this society.