Literary Analysis: Matty's Traveling Through Forest

The initial impression gathered from the passage is bizarre and very dreamlike, perhaps chiefly because it is an excerpt from a novel or a larger literary work. Upon further analysis, the passage develops an eerily violent tone. The events appear to take place in the home of Dieter Bethge, during a stormy night while he is sleeping. Immediately the rain is described as falling with “sodden fury”, introducing the negative tone. Shortly after this description, Mrs. Hax adopts the persona of an animal stalking its prey. She “methodically trimmed the glass out of the frame” eerily without emotion, despite the fact that she is on her way to cause harm to Dieter, as

forest-path". This image alludes to that of Adam and Eve being led out of the

mystery and remained an enigmatic piece of literature even in its conclusion. The point-of-view, plot, and figurative language developed by O’Brien were critical in maintaining the mystery as consistently and effectively as was evident in, In the Lake of the Woods. The main character, John Wade, believed he was a magician from early childhood and throughout his development into adulthood. He was the ultimate magician both personally and in his perception of his vocations of soldier and politician.

In the Lake of the Woods is a fictional mystery written by Tim O'Brien. Through the book we learn that our lovers, husbands, and wives have qualities beyond what our eyes can see. John Wade and Kathy are in a marriage so obscure that their secrets lead to an emotional downfall. After John Wade loss in his Senatorial Campaign, his feeling towards Kathy take on a whole different outlook. His compulsive and obsessive behavior causes Kathy to distance herself from him. His war experience and emotional trauma are a major cause for his strange behavior. We remain pondering about Kathy's mysterious disappearance, which becomes fatal for her. Possible scenarios are presented in eight

In the excerpt above, Krakauer cites Roman Dial, a professor at Alaska Pacific University and renowned backcountry adventurer, to further support that people should not judge and assume that McCandless was incapable. In fact, McCandless’s ability to live in the wild for months was actually an impressive achievement. Krakauer and Dial recognize that McCandless did make fatal mistakes, but critics fail to give McCandless enough credit for what he was able to accomplish.

Novarre Scott Momaday's book The Way to Rainy Mountain is both a personal and anthropological exploration of the ways of the Kiowa Indian tribe. Momaday was raised on a Navajo Reservation, but was educated within the 'white' university system, where he first gained a reputation as a poet. His work straddles the borders of the genre of autobiography and ethnography. The book is the story of a tribe, a chronicle of both history and myth. "There are on the way to Rainy Mountain, many landmarks, many journeys in the one" (Momaday 4). Although about a people whose lives have been displaced and forever changed as a result of colonialization, the book functions less as a political critique and polemic and more as an internal spiritual journey. "Rather, it describes a process: a people, one person and one family at a time, preserves essential aspects of its heritage, connects through imagination to that heritage, and in so doing, assures its survival" (Charles 66).

Not excluding death.” (p 136) McCarthy also uses this connection of blood and nature to produce an feeling of something is slowly dying as the novel progresses: “The sun to the west lay blood red among the shelving clouds and the distant cordilleras ranged down the terminals of the sky to fade from pale to pale of blue and then to nothing at all” (p.59) This is a representation of John Grady’s dying childhood. His decision to embark in this journey is partly due to the fact that his relationship with his family was distant; he and his fathers seemed like more like merchants, their talk was nothing but business. John Grady went out in search not only for love of land and beast but also love of people.

been wondering about for most of his life. The forest is a symbol of nature, the forest has the

brings out a different side of the forest, however the forest also brings out a

The author writes a cute and comical essay remembering her teenage years listening to stories told to her by her Grandfather and then a happenstance meeting with a supposed Hee Haw Honey in a Waffle House in Erlanger, KY later in her life. In her adult life she was a reporter at one point and then switched to writing creative nonfiction, this piece of work is a creative tie between the two worlds bonding fact with fiction. She knew the stories told by her Grandfather were all fictional and she grew to distaining lies in general, large or small. Her dilemma is that her Grandfather made up stories but ends up writing about him and how she responds when faced with a person who is flat out lying

“The Thing in The Forest” by A. S. Byatt is a short story that takes place in London, it is about two girls who were send away by their parents with no clue why they were send, is it a punishment or vacation. The two girls become friends as soon as they met each other and they were always together and did not want anyone to be friends with them because when Alys wanted to be friend with them they did not let her become their friend. One day when they went to the forest they did not let Alys some with them and that’s when she disappeared in the forest and nobody knows why and how she disappeared. When you read the whole story “The Thing in The Forest”, you will start questioning yourself these questions the following questions: do the thing is really exist or the two girls are imagining it? Did the boys that the girls named them ‘the gang’ did something bad to Alys and the two girls witnessed it or was it a soldier? Was Alys doing something bad or witnessed something that caused her death?

The speaker states “Smokey the Bear heads / into the autumn woods / with a red can of gasoline / and a box of wooden matches,” and immediately presents some irony to convey a deeper level of interpretation (1-4). The emblematic mascot, Smokey the Bear, normally known for promoting campfire safety is shown in an ironic light; after relentlessly reminding people about the dangers of forest fires to no avail, he grabs materials needed to start a fire and foreshadows that he will ignite a forest fire. Furthermore, saying that “his ranger’s hat is cocked / at a disturbing angle” the speaker depicts a sarcastic and peculiar tone to the poem (5-6). The speaker also states that Smokey “is sick of dispensing / warnings to the careless, / the half-wit camper, / the dumbbell hiker” to suggest that society and its people are the antagonists of the poem (12-15). The frustrated bear is fed up with the fact that people fail to acknowledge his warnings about maintaining the well-being of the forest, and thus “shows them / how a professional does it” and starts a fire himself (16-17). In reality, Collins is expressing his exasperation with the members of society who, although are given a superfluous amount of warnings of the destruction they can cause in the environment, continue to act like “half-wits” and “dumbbells”. In this version of Smokey the Bear, Collins’ allows Smokey to show the uneducated masses the true repercussions their actions can have. Overall, Collins’ use of vivid imagery and ironic humor in the poem present a much more abstract meaning. Through using these literary devices, Collins demonstrates a sarcastic outcome to the effects of not helping protect the

This blood being the ones of those in the family tree, their forefathers: “I dream/ of my fathers out of Bohemia”(20-21). She then goes on to reference the work their forefathers had done, hard labor in the fields, filling them with vegetation. At this point it is apparent that the tree symbolizes the dreams, blood, sweat, and tears of their ancestors. To cut down this tree, they would be betraying all that their ancestors, and they would “crawl with shame/ in the emptiness we'd made/ in our own and our fathers'

Book by James Lapine was a great story overall. I truly enjoyed watching the show especially when the Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim played perfectly during the show. Director Eve Himmelheber was able to put out a such an amazing show. I really enjoyed watching Into The Woods because it was colorful, every character was really great with their role, and so much more. I could not be more amazed of how beautiful the production came out. Musical Director Mitchell Hanlon was really great with every musical that played throughout the show. He was always in time of making the sound when a character would kick the floor or any action that was necessary during the play. Scenic Designer Mauri Anne Smith and Ashley Strain created such an amazing setting for the production. The scene looked very realistic, which is really great because it gave me a different feel of the show. Costume Designer Michelle Kincaid created such beautiful costumes for every single character. Whether the costumes were bought, hand made, or both it still came out pretty good. The costume definitely matched the theme of having several characters from different show. Lighting Designer Ben Hawkins made the interior and

Once on the tree it can either jump foot by foot up until they reach safety, or slowly climb to any given point in the forest by climbing from tree to tree.