Griffin’s story mainly involves specific figures in history, but some stories involve members of her own family interacting with her. This happens due to the fact that during some events mentioned, like Himmler’s participation in the Holocaust, Griffin was not old enough or even alive. Thus she has to use some of her family’s opinions and existence during the time period to show more era-related secrets. For example, both the story with her grandfather and the story with her mother’s mother are technically not her own; however, she uses her role in the stories to interact with the culture at that time. Griffin’s personal story interacts with cultural stories because she effectively manages to connect two or more experiences that seem completely and utterly different while drawing parallels. …show more content…
This may seem completely different from stories like the one with her grandmother, but Griffin manages to compare them and uncover their similar characteristics. For instance, Griffin’s maternal grandmother used to bring the whole family together, and when they were together they would take “photographs [that] were posed” (Griffin 389). The secrets behind these posed photos lay in Griffin’s mother and father’s faces as there can be so much hidden behind a fake smile. Griffin compares this action to Himmler writing in a “polite manner” (Griffin 388) within his diaries. In particular, Himmler had numerous more thoughts existing in his head while writing in these diaries that were never expressed. A random reader would never be able to uncover his true nature by reading his diary, just like a random onlooker would never assume that there was more to Griffin’s family than what met the
Throughout "Our Secret" Griffin explores the different characters' fears and secrets and she gives specific insights into these "secrets". Through examining others Griffin comes to terms with her own feelings, secrets, and fears. She relates to Himmler, Leo, Helene, and everyone else even though she is different than all of them. One fact that can be made about all of these characters is that they all represent humans and human emotion
Griffin’s family was not involved in the Holocaust; however, she feels that she is still connected to the time and has still been affected by those involved and those who were killed. Like other characters Griffin uses in her piece, she herself had an irregular life. Her family was not accepting that they were related to one another, they never discussed their issues even though they were undoubtedly there. Griffin’s mother was often drunk and her family only kept up with their appearances and behavior because of her grandmother’s coaching. Another thing Griffin does in her piece is compare her lives to those involved in the Holocaust. For example, a character named Heinrich Himmler, who played an excessive part in the Holocaust, had similar life. Griffin states that “just as in my family, the Himmlers’ gentility was a thinly laid surface, maintained no doubt only with great effort”(389). I believe Griffin uses this point to show that even though she also had a rough life, she did not retaliate and partake in something like the Holocaust. Instead she attempted to better her life. She uses this point to show that Himmler had other options and his family was not to blame for his actions.
Where Griffin lived it was very sketchy, “ the house smelled funky, like mold, bacon grease, and cigarettes. The floors were bare “ (pg.36). Also, around the house there were car scraps; “ a Honda that had been relieved off of it’s wheels, door panels, seats, and stereo- sitting midway between the house and the barn “ (pg.43). Because of these surroundings
I am Martin Griffin, I was born in County General hospital San Andreas Twenty Five years ago. I grew up in a American-Italian Family Known as the Splitzers, We had a hard life living Side by side with the black gangs of San Andreas in ganton, There was 8 of us in one house. So up until the age of 18 all I ever knew was the gang life style, Truck Raids Robberies Racing That kind of thing. I never thought about the cop lifestyle at all Until a tragic event happened, When a gang attacked the gang living next door to us. It was Arson the family home I grew up in was totally destroyed luckily we all got out alive. One thing that upset me was the fact that the gang was never caught due to the fact that it took the LSPD seventeen minutes to get to the scene. That made me pursue The career of a Cop So I decided to search for any available cadet apprenticeship.
After the publication of this book, one event was when Griffin was standing by his car when his tire he had a flat, and a group of men came to approach him. He thought they were going to help him, but instead they dragged him from his car and beat him with chains and left him for dead. It took him a while to get healed from this horrific assault, but it was not just a random beating. It was because Griffin exposed the truth, and many did not want the truth to be exposed. They wanted everything to stay hidden and undercover. No one likes the truth because it’s a hard pill to swallow and people reacted violently to this truth.
While communicating her main story, Griffin puts into words two other incidents in order to help the readers understand her notions. These two storylines are placed seemingly in a random way in italicized sentences between passages throughout the essay. The first are descriptions
In today’s society many kids have live within a broken home. For instance the character Jared in The Accent by Ron Rash deals lies with parents that abuse drugs on a daily basis. Kids that live in a stressful environment tend to find themselves creating a fantasy world to escape his or her problems. On the other hand some kids may tend to find a physical place of sanctuary to cope with feelings of distress. Some kids develop distrusting thinking towards mankind which may cause many conflicts between them and society. Furthermore, it’s not healthy for any child to live in a mentally unstable environment.
In “The Power of a Story,” Nathan Alling Long had lost faith in everything when his dog, Gracie, ran away one afternoon. That day, he scoured the neighborhood for hours and put up signs, but she was gone. On day two, Nathan called his vet and the animal shelter to see if anyone had brought her in, but no luck. On day three, he checked the woods with his friend, Rhea, who said that maybe Gracie was on a great adventure. As a writer, it restored his faith in the power of a story as he remembered that he used to tell people Gracie was half wolf and half dog, which made it easier to believe she was out exploring her wolf side. On day four, he found a nickel which he believed to be a good omen for him and thought Gracie would be back the next day.
I found the title of the story to be kind of ironic. The title led me to believe that the misfit would spare the entire family's lives. However, he in cold blood killed all of them. I also thought that the grandmother calling the misfit a good man added to the irony of the story, but it could also indicate her own fear. Also, the misfit saying "She would of been a good woman" was ironic towards the story. Another, ironic part of the story was the grandma's death. The moment that she touched the misfit in an attempt to show him some compassion and says "Why you are one of my babies. You are one of my own children!" she is shot. I was surprised at this because I was secretly hoping that she would
For my response to Cate Kennedy’s short story of flexion, I have written a short story of exploring what make have happened if Frank had have passed, and attempted to answer the question ‘would Mrs Slovak’s life be different?” Within Kennedy’s story, she explores the theme of power and how the power has shifted between the two individuals. Within my short narrative I have also explored a shifting power dynamic – I presented Mrs. Slovak as someone who is now regaining their power. This theme compares to Cate Kennedy’s work by as she used power in her short narratives – she introduced Frank as the individual who is used to having all the power.
It is true that Griffin did some things which are not acceptable but at the same time on should remember that he initially started with a good purpose. Leaving this one can also argue that the novel is not only a book for the entertainment of but also teaches a moral lesson that only being one the good path is not enough but one should consider and think of humanity as well.
In the short story ‘Gentlemen, Your Verdict’, by Michael Bruce, Lieutenant-Commander Oram was forced to make the complicated decision of saving five members of his crew, or allowing everyone to die due to a mine accident that damaged their submarine. Commander Oram made the right decision to a great extent due to there not being a way out of his situation that did not result in the death of his crew, he did not inform the 14 crew members that were to die, that they were being killed, and he spared all but one of his married crew members.
Griffin also uses examples from her own family to expand upon the title’s meaning. Griffin claims her family was constantly pretending to be happy, perfect or aristocratic. In family photos, everyone smiled together and attempted to make it seem like nothing was wrong. The author claims that looking back on these pictures, this was clearly not true, as she can see the pain her father his hiding in one picture, or signs of trauma in another. The real conflict underneath was never truly revealed. The family also made attempts to appear aristocratic and high class when they really were not. Griffin claims that the family was aware that this was not true, but still attempted to keep up the ruse. Griffin writes:
Griffin and Dr. Kemp are similar in that they ambitiously want sole notoriety for their passionate work in bizarre and idiosyncratic aspects of science, though their main difference lies in their approach and demeanor towards achieving that exclusive notoriety, one seeks to be renowned while the other seeks infamy for the distinct purposeful use of their discoveries. They both share a self-centeredness to isolates them from current society, one seeking to cure his self-induced condition and the other seeking a fellowship with the astute Royal Society. While Dr. Kemp displays a cool, calm, and collected demeanor, Griffin is the direct opposite in the fact, the he has no control over his negative emotions and acts on them instinctively which leads to his demise at the end of the story. He seemingly gets more violent and has no control over his negative behaviors. Dr. Kemp is a respect decent man contributing positively to society whereas Griffin is an odd duck, lonely, spiteful individual.
In Kate Chopin’s “The Story of An Hour”, there happens to be a gender issue. Louise Mallard has just learned the news of her husband dying in an accident and she honestly does not know how to feel about it. In the essay, there are two literary terms that stand out more than the others. The two terms are foil and mood. Chopin sets the mood early in the essay by stating that, “Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband’s death” (Chopin 13).