Misery Islands Themes

In chapter one, also known as ‘the hurting’, the author focuses on trauma that people have dealt with such as sexual abuse from a father or relative, failed relationships with parents, and difficulty with one’s self-expression. One of the poems in chapter one states that the girl’s first kiss was by the age of five and was carried out in an aggressive manner by the young boy, she assumes that he had picked that up from his father’s interactions with the mother. In the poem it says “He had the smell of starvation on his lips which he picked up from his father feasting on his mother at 4 a.m.” It is insinuated that the father uses forceful actions towards the mother during times that should be gentle and affectionate. In that specific poem she felt as if that was when she was taught that her body is only for giving to those who wanted out of satisfaction but she should feel ‘anything less than whole’. In another poem in chapter one, there is a family setting during dinner in which the father orders the mother to hush. This represents how women are constantly oppressed in their own

Main Idea: Continuing on top of the last chapter and adding a twist, Foster tells us that actually when a work of literature does involve an explicit sex scene, the event almost certainly contains layers of meaning that go beyond the act of sex itself. The action of writing explicit sex

Each piece is generally likable, fortified by the use of vivid imagery, curious characters and emotional vagaries that play out fairly well. Every story is a glimpse into ordinary lives that are

Another aspect that attracted me to novel was they way it was written. Although the book did have separate chapters, the way that it is written make the novel flow as if it was one big paragraph. There are moments in the story where characters converse but speech is not noted by quotation marks or paragraph breaks. This is a type of writing that even the most experience authors fail to accomplish, but Cole made it seem so effortless. Such a style of literature is bound to keep readers interested. If felt as if the reader was reading a diary versus a novel. Included in the novel includes forms of

So how can some books have sensitive topics like rape, death, or murder in them? Books like The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and Oedipus Rex by Sophocles catch the audience’s attention with their exciting thrills. The Kite Runner is mainly about a betrayal of Amir’s close friend/half brother, who was later murdered which led to him watching over his son when he passes. While Oedipus Rex is about trying to change a prophecy and trying to convince that he does not kill his father and to then marry his mother, but in the end the prophecy stayed the same and those events occur. As the books The Kite Runner and Oedipus Rex establish a common theme, validate the author’s treatment of the theme, and its significance it serves a purpose to the reader.

I took notice in the topic of sex trafficking last year when a club at my school started spreading awareness about this topic. I have always been aware of it but never really took it to my full attention. Once I started reading your book I became very intrigued fast. Going in depth and seeing the girls view point of actually going through the horrible tragedy. In the book you can tell these people in the book are really unaware of sex trafficking and most people are clueless of what is going on. I liked how each chapter was someone new and sharing how they are related to the story. One thing I did not like very much is how Aggie talked. It was sometimes hard to follow and it just kind of bothered me. I think the topic of sex

The Maze Runner Literary Analysis Universal themes are frequent ideas in literature that occur in plays, stories, poems, and movies – although the literature pieces were composed decades and possibly even centuries apart. In The Maze Runner, a film based off of the dystopian-fiction novel by James Dashner, universal themes of dystopian societies are increasingly apparent each time it is watched and studied. Some noted themes that this film possesses are heroic scenarios, odd elements, social cohesion, and a startle factor.

I’m sure there will be other books to come which will delve into this world and the explanations will be much deeper, but it was a little irritating in this story. The narrative is pretty rough and tough…not much sentiment in this story. This is a guy’s story, and the sex is definitely guys sex. For a while, I thought Buzz was going to be the third man in a love triangle, but only he and JT had a sexual relationship, well, not so much a relationship as a hookup. JT and Austin both have sex with other people multiple times in the book, so if this is an issue for a reader, you should probably stay away from this story. The sex is rough and smutty, nothing gentle or sweet between these

Upon the readings, two specific topics stood out for me. Although all the stories and passages all follow the same material there were two that really grabbed my attention one introducing me to the idea that women by history are really only defined as a man’s other half and the other is that women want to be raped. When reading Simone De Beauvoir, The Second Sex (France, 1949), and Susan Brownmiller, Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape (United States1975) it seemed both these passages possessed the same perceptions as the other readings and that really resonated with me.

Aside from the personal connection of the exhibition Self-Wrecked, it is also meant to carry a global connection. The wretched theme is influenced by all the controversial conflicts taking place in modern society such as, the increase of domestic violence, bullying both physical and verbal, and victims of eating disorders. Eating disorders including anorexia and bulimia are most commonly diagnosed in females in their teenage years and early twenties. That is why in most of my art works you will see only one female figure placed in the center to emphasize its importance. For example on both Blue Scene and in the Dull Ballerina there are one main figure of a woman which of both are bent down with their faces covered as if they were ashamed. These

Well this is likely the case, as many of the movie's themes serve as a warning of the things we prioritize too heavily in our culture, such as the societal reliance on drugs being a panacea, the use of short term solutions without thinking of the long-term reprocussions, and our infatuation with maximizing the use of time in our busy

When you attend a circus, you might be feeling aghast, enthusiastic, maybe even a bit apprehensive, wondering if the compelling acts will cautiously perform their act. By the end of show you are flabbergasted with a smile going from ear to ear, your on your feet, and applauding with your mouth dropped to the ground. I must admit, circus shows are quite fascinating and melodramatic, but little do you know, pain is represented. Suffering is a theme evident throughout the movie. The most conspicuous moment of suffering in the movie approaches when Marlene performs her first act with Rosie. She has to make an emergency landing and bruises her feet vehemently, but all the audience sees is a enchanting tumbling pass and a exquisite encounter with

In the short poem, “My Mother” by Robert Mezey is about a mother writing a letter to her son saying the importance of being successful and having a realistic job where you can be wealthy. The title, “My Mother” expresses the importance of the whole poem, which, is about a mother’s advice to her son in a serious, funny, and heartfelt letter. Mothers’ opinions about life are all too similar work hard, get a high paying job, and you will be happy, but where is the important part about always doing what you love, and that all the money in the world won’t make you happy. In this poem the message is clear the author throughout poem uses a genuine tone, a key to success theme, and the irony of happiness.

The main theme of the poem however, is the sadness and misfortune that accompanies everyone's journey through

It is through the physical pain that the reader understands the emotional strain and turmoil of the protagonist’s plight. The juxtaposition of survival and living are never more evident here. Her children are kidnapped; killed or sold. She has a body still recovering from the birth of a child, and she is forced to take her mother’s place, as a victim of domestic violence and sexual assault. Walker cleverly crafts this sense of desperation with Celie’s soul baring letters to god, the reader realizes she is has no one else to turn to; her writing only re-enforces her father's control over her. Her persevering spirit is what makes her survival so unique in the sense that she does not become embittered through any of it. “I look at woman, tho, cause I am not scared of them.” Telling god that she has not been traumatized at all by her mother’s passing, in fact, she goes further on “Mabey cause my mamma cuss me you think I kept mad at her. But I ain’t I feel sorry for her. (Walker, 5)” This for the reader is the most heart-breaking stance that she takes, as the reader is aware of the fact that her mother hated Celie’s guts with writing agony because her husband choose to rape her when she could not have sex with him. The reader singularly carries this sense of desperation for the protagonist as she continues to power through the intensity that surrounds her.