Katharine Brush's Essay Birthday Party

In the opening scene of “Muriel’s Wedding”, directed by P.J. Hogan, ideas of searching for self-worth and one’s identity are explored through the setting, Tania’s wedding. This is symbolic of new beginnings, which is what drives the plot and the character, Muriel, who is seeing herself and a new identity through engagement and marriage.

Katharine Brush’s short story “Birthday party” depicts a man treating his wife rudely after his wife surprised him for his birthday. Brush tries to show the readers that people shouldn’t be rude or ungrateful when a loved one tries to impress them. Brush used imagery and assonance to achieve her purpose.

Also, Hawley discusses how the Bride was not in the film for long showing how the film was sexist by having most of the screen time be men only. Even though she was only in the film for a short period, the Bride was the main focus of the film. The whole movie was about her creation and centered on her;

First, Brush starts off the story by describing the couple that were at the restaurant. “They were a couple in their late thirties, and they looked unmistakably married.” “The man had a round, self-satisfied face, with glasses on it; the woman was fadingly pretty in a big hat.” Brush has now provided us with an image of the main characters in this short story. Furthermore, he became “hotly embarrassed” when he realizes what is going on. Towards the end of the story the wife was “crying quietly, and heartbrokenly and hopelessly, all to herself, under the gay big brim of her best hat>” When her husband did not appreciate

Didion’s continuous derogative tone towards the Las Vegas wedding scene places her above the newlyweds of the absurd weddings. She differentiates herself and the implausible and bizarre captivating wedding scene that’s unlike any other. She describes the Las Vegas wedding an illegitimate ‘expectations’ for brides and grooms. The use of quotations surrounding the word ‘expectation’ sarcastically details her anecdotes. She even goes as far as to describe the Las Vegas wedding as a children’s game. After noticing “actual wedding parties”, Didion judges the weddings on the basis of her expectations and builds skepticism of the wedding industry. She criticized a young pregnant bride that outspokenly said, ‘“It was just as nice as I hoped and dreamed it would be’”. Sadly society has diverted away from tradition and has been blindsided by business and industries that take advantage of insensible and oblivious citizens.

He describes the dresses and the cheep fabrics of “nylon” and fake colours “lemons mauves and olives” and from the way he uses foods can be interpreted to have a significant symbolic meaning in the sense that these organic foods become out of date in time, which could be suggesting he has a bitter opinion on marriage that it will soon become dull over time and never last. In the penultimate stanza he writes how “none thought of the others they would never meet or how their lives would all contain this hour” he really expresses Larkin’s view on marriage and commitment, as he appears to feel that marriage limits chances and options it also raises the question as to whether he feared marriage and the change it could have on his life and freedom. This would suggest that as opposed to hating marriage Larkin merely feared it. The line “ sun destroys the interest of what’s happening in the shade” metaphorically could be interpreted to show how fabulous display of a wedding can “destroy” or distract what happened out of view from the public like the stress, disputes and reality of faults in the relationship. The imagery of the sun also creates a bright beautiful link with weddings that people see on the surface juxtaposed with the reality of dullness as the years go on.

The woman in “Surprise” is in denial about her husband’s behavior. On the surface, the poem is about a woman whose husband gets her out of the house while their friends gather in secret for a birthday party. She goes along with his ruse of going out for breakfast, followed by a walk. She doesn’t seem to be aware that a party is in the works, even though her friends are arriving, their cars “pulled close along the sandy shoulders/ of the road” (5-6). This willful blindness on her part

Stanza three opens with relating “menthol” and “eggshell” (9). Other than what “menthol” actually is, the reader is obligated to figure out its characteristics (9). I would say its traits are minty and fresh. And how would one define “eggshell” (9)? What’s leftover? This could easily be an argument stating that he is original and new, while she is always a little more bland and derivative. The next sentence states that while the bride is “atrocious”, he is equivalent to “spellcheck” (10). This is a statement that means that whenever

In the novel The Member Of The Wedding is about how the family has to go through difficult faces.

Alterations: Comparing the Changes Caused by Marriage of the two Bessie Head Short Stories, “Life” and “Snapshots of a Wedding”

A major emphasis of the passage is mocking the actions of Carol and Howard. Right from the start of the passage, the most desirable proposal is depicted as “a scene that involved all at once the Seine, moonlight, barrows of violets, acacias in flowers, and a confused, misty background of the Eiffel tower and little crooked streets.” This clearly depicts how society pressures people to propose and get married, when in reality Howard “had proposed at lunch, over a tuna-fish salad.” This argument about society creating the standards for an ideal marriage is further qualified by the fact that Howard only knew Carol for less than three weeks and their conversations had been “limited to their office…and the people in it.” Gallant used this to show how ridiculous it was for Carol to say yes, but she had to since society put her “under the illusion that she would be so old no one would ask her [to marry]

Through the explanation of Carol and Howard’s marriage, Gallant employs a mockingly informative tone which suggests her disagreement with their relationship. Within the passage, specific diction helps to form the mocking tone, such as “an astonishing coincidence.” This sarcastic

For example, in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Burton uses imagery to show that though the family is poor, they don’t need to meet society’s expectations to feel happy. This technique is demonstrated in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory when Charlie receives a Wonka chocolate bar as his

In the fifteenth century, Christine de Pisan dreamt of building an ideal city for eminent and virtuous women, and with the help of her three "muses," the sisters Reason, Rectitude, and Justice, she reflected on the many women in history and mythology who might live together in this Cité des Dames. Almost exactly four centuries later, the American sculptor and feminist Harriet Hosmer envisioned a beautiful temple dedicated to the achievements of women. Now such a grand idea has been realized.

     The process of planning a party takes a lot of time and focus to get every detail covered. First of all, you must decide where you will have the party, maybe a club house or your own home. When you have that decided then there are several other steps you must take in order for your party to be successful.