Meaning Of The Mastrian's Short Story

Within the three stories, the characters and their thoughts and actions help to guide the story. In Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket, the main character, Tom, is very stubborn as well as completely obsessed with his work. He spent weeks on a project that was not even assigned to him. He wasted his life doing pointless things. In the story he thinks, “Nothing, then could ever be changed; and nothing more- no least experience or pleasure- could ever be added to his life.” This attribute of Tom caused the plot to move and the main events to occur. In The Pedestrian, Leonard, the protagonist, was different. He did not conform to his society. The text says, “…one house in an entire city of houses that were dark, but this particular house had all of its electric lights brightly lit, every window a loud yellow illumination, square

The story gives us an example of all that was said in class about the slaves, and that most of them do not even remember much of where they came from, since was captured as a child or very young. It also reinforces the fact that the economic, political and social power always has been the command of the society when is shown that only the important men was really heard in the court, and the poor slaves that did not have education and a good vocabulary was discriminated because of their conditions.

believe out of the many themes the biggest one is pride. The story showed pride

When someone feels like they have earned something they will take it even if it does not belong to them. Women are not prizes to be won and owned. The setting of the story affect attitudes toward women and their role in society. The setting of the story is during the first-wave of feminism when women were getting the right to vote and other legal liberties.

The political issue in this story is very similar to the historical place and social issues. The reason why it is very similar is because the political problems were always about social classes, and where they lived. It was always about the rich or poor class, and alcohol was also a political issue. It also had another issue which was cultural issue. I think the cultural issue in this story is in the place, which is New York. There is many things that happened in the book that still happen in this actual times. For example the phrase everyone says “you have to have money to live there”, that was happening back then and still is now problems and difficulties with social classes is similar to the cultural issues. They both share the same opinion about being in the city, with the poor or the rich. Finally the author’s portrayal of reality, this is a deep meaning to me because the author is very intelligent. He wrote the book like we are on a daily basis, except were living the actual time. In the story he sends a deep message which of course has a deep meaning, which everyone knows how they should be and how they are

Can you tell us more on some of the themes as it relates to today’s societies?

Because even in this century, economic and social injustices still exist, I believe it would have been great to discuss this all so known topic. I grew up in poverty, so I know first-hand how unfair society can be. My family had to work hard for what they had. We also were considered minorities. My family struggled to make ends meet, things weren't handed to us. We had to earn them. I was able to experience how easy things were for those who were wealthy. I also remember seeing my family struggle to put on the table. They always did what they could to ensure my siblings and I had what we needed. We had no money for frivolous things. I also as a young child would go into stores and look at toys, wishing I could afford them; questioning why the wealthy had the privilege of spending money on unnecessary things. It was just like the kids from the story; wondering why would people spend that kind of money on something that seems worthless to them.

This is an incredibly powerful story because every time you read it, you take away something new that you hadn’t previously realized. Sammy’s act of “bravery” definitely left a lasting impact on everyone involved and everyone who reads it too. One can use their own experiences to discover themselves and how they react to social expectations and living in a conformist society. It was never really about the girls, rather seeing their reaction to the norms which triggered his reaction to the same norms.

There are so many good elements to this book its why its so popular. You can't make a good book if nothing about it is that good. I think the best element in this book is the fact that it is timeless in the sense that those events can still happen today. False accusations, the brutality against African americans. The book is just too relatable today's standords and views not to be acknowledged. It makes you stop and wonder, this book was made nearly 60 years ago and these events still happen to this day then how far have we really come. I think we all need to stop and appreciate who we

The literary device of setting is often overlooked in its impact towards the plot and character development of a story. However, as can be extrapolated from the assigned readings thus far this semester, setting plays a vital role in determining the direction, feel and structure that a particular story invariably takes. The setting is a reflection of many significant pieces of a work: time, location, culture and tone, thereby immediately creating an ambiance and establishing connotative emotions within the reader. Characters are a direct and ultimate byproduct of the communities and surroundings in which they live. They can be put at ease by pleasant accommodations or, as in the cases of the two works at the base of this paper, place a

Describe an important theme in your text. Explain how this theme helped you understand an important lesson about life The film Stand by Me, directed by Rob Reiner is a coming of age story about four boys finding the body of Ray Brower and going through many obstacles in their personal lives. Set in the small fictional town of Castle rock, Oregon, USA; Gordie, Chris, Vern and Teddy set off to find the body of Ray Brower, a student in their school not much older than the boys. One of the main themes throughout the movie is the value of friendship.

The setting was important because my novel was about slaves and how they lived and the setting really made the story more realistic. There was one part of the novel where the master was talking about how he was gonna sell all the slaves because he had a feeling the North was going to win. That part just really put things into perspective for me.

the narrative. The description of the city emphasizes its social problems, and the choice of

The theme of this book is survival.survival is important because a lot of people try to survive in many different things for example in this book miranda and her family were trying to survive from volcanos erupting,tsunamis,earthquakes and the flu the flu killed a lot of different people it killed peter.and it was about to kill miranda’s family and miranda was taking care of them.

It deals with the very prominent issue of poverty in America, and specifically during the Great Depression. The movie is a giant metaphor for the entire population and the suffering they endured. Everywhere the family went there was starvation and no one with jobs and how the companies were trying to screw them. One scene that held the most power to me is when they finally get a job picking apples and have a place to stay, but they only get paid for how many buckets they fill which is very little. What tops it off is that there is a monoply the apple farm has because they own the only grocery store in town and everyone has to shop there if they like it or not. What ends up happening to the store is that the prices of the food is way over the top and they can get away with this because no one can leave the place. The movie opens the eyes of the viewer to poverty. A very powerful movie with no