Why is vanilla ice cream with chocolate powder better than chocolate ice cream with crushed Oreo? Is it because of the combine, which makes one better than the other, or is because of you own habits, because you have been eating the vanilla ice cream with chocolate powder since you can remember. It is perhaps about the individual personality. If you are a person who likes it the way it always have been or if you are a person who live by the idea: “new is always better”, you might like old ritual like others. An example on this situation is the essay ‘My little bit of country’ by Susan Cheever, which was published in 2012 in the anthology ‘Central Park’. It is an essay about her life and how she grew up in New York near Central Park and how …show more content…
She is making the city hers by the way she always call it my country, my picnic spot, my dog run, my gym, and so on. It is very personal and it also appeal to ones emotion when mentioning World War II and her father: ”My earliest memories are of summer mornings in Central Park with my father after he came home from fighting World War II,” (Line. 1-4). Mentioning the War especially wake the American readers feelings, because of their for ever honour to the American army. It is her personal memory from her early days, which again makes it to her city. Making the essay so personal give the reader Susan Cheever sympathy when her parents force out of the city, it is not an objective perspective to the situation, which is why she has a very negative perspective to the life in a suburb. Unlike many others is she feeling very safe in New York and central park, even when she was running around alone as a little child. Years after she was told that when she assumed that she was alone, her parent were actually watching her the whole time, so her parents defiantly did not have the same feeling about the city as …show more content…
He was so right!” (Line. 140-145). Susan Cheever is here explaining why her essay is called my little bit of country. The proverb by Andy Warhol seems very special to her and is kind of summarising the essence of the essay. The use of a famous man as Andy Warhol also supports her appeal to the reader about the city being better than the suburb. The essay is in general an essay about the changes, which is going on in the world, and Susan Cheever is justifying the changes. It is about urbanising and how the modern people are moving away from the traditional suburbs. One of her reasons to hate the country life is because she is scared by it. ”I have to confess that in the real country, far from other people and the cozy hum of electric generators and the clatter of traffic, I am often frightened. The nights are impossibly dark, and the animal noises from the deep woods (...) terrify me.“ (Line. 284- 294). It really says something about her as a person. She is a very social person who does not like to be alone with her thoughts, which gives you the idea that she is not too mental strong. Even though the fact that she does not like to be left alone on the country does she like to run around alone in the city, but in the city are you not totally alone, there are always some
“Being Country” just those two words together come with many discussions, but the book brings another discussion. This book “Being Country” by Bobbie Ann Mason honestly had me thinking and wondering if everybody’s perspective about changes in life is the same. The main outlooks I took from this book was; When your surroundings have changed your identity will also, Sometimes a reflection of the past can help your future, and whoever you are going to be will not change.
In 1999, American author Bobbie Ann Mason wrote the short story “Being Country” to satirize the notion that the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. Mason, who was the main character and narrator of her own story, was very unhappy with her life on the farm, as demonstrated through the discontented, critical tone of her narration. She insisted a countrywoman could only have an impact on the world if she took initiative and questioned her womanly duties.
Throughout the course of the book, A Long Way Home, Saroo Brierley, the author, encounters a series of traumatic experiences that lead to bittersweet moments. Unlike a normal child’s infancy, Saroo was physically and mentally consuming. Through his experience, we are able to get a glimpse of the many struggles and hardships young children live in India daily. His petrifying experiences of living on the streets, Liluah, and Nava Jeevan finally lead to his safe haven of being taken by the Brierley’s.
Dorothy Allison’s essay, Panacea, recalls the fond childhood memories about her favorite dish, gravy. Allison uses vivid imagery to cook up a warm feeling about family meals to those who may be a poor family or a young mother. Appeal to the senses shows this warm feeling, along with a peaceful diction.
A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid presents the hypothetical story of a tourist visiting Antigua, the author’s hometown. Kincaid places the reader in the shoes of the tourist, and tells the tourist what he/she would see through his/her travels on the island. She paints a picturesque scene of the tourist’s view of Antigua, but stains the image with details of issues that most tourists overlook: the bad roads, the origin of the so-called native food, the inefficiency of the plumbing systems in resorts, and the glitches in the health care system. Kincaid was an established writer for The New Yorker when she wrote this book, and it can be safely assumed that majority of her readers had, at some point in their lives, been tourists. I have been a
The poem “Mothers and Daughters” is written by Pat Mora. Pat Mora is a contemporary award winning writer, who writes for children, youngsters and adults. She was born in El Paso, TX in the year 1942. She attains a title of a Hispanic writer; however, the most of her poems are in English. In her literary work, one can observe the different aspects of the immigrants’ lives such as language issues, family relationships, immigrants’ experiences and cultural differences (1187).
In 1955, Flannery O’ Connor published the short story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” which became her best-known short story. Although many appreciated her work it received much criticism for its peculiar character, The Misfit. His callous violent behavior made people uncomfortable with her work describing it as consistently distorted and manipulative. The Misfit’s unsentimental and cruel behavior characterizes true psychological disturbance similar to that of Charles Manson and Jeffrey Dahmer. Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” Is an accurate representation of Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD). Through The Misfits recollection of his past, his trauma, and his lack of guilt he depicts a severe case of ASPD.
Change can be difficult for nurturing individuals. Alan Paton examines this problem in Cry, the Beloved Country. Throughout the story, Paton adds specific personalities to his characters to contribute to change. Characters in Cry, the Beloved Country went through hardships that changed them to realize reality and its outcomes. Paton accordingly creates a picture throughout his story to explain the problems in South Africa.
The poem “No Country for Black Boys” by Joy Priest represents the sorrowful incident which happened on February 26, 2012 for Trayvon Martin in Florida. Trayvon Martin was an innocent African-American young boy who bought iced tea and some skittles. On the way back to his father’s home, he got shot by the neighborhood watch and treated as a victim because of his skin color. Guilt was not defined by what Martin did but by what he said, also it determined something deep-rooted in the young age. No weapon was needed to identify him as a victim. He is a young black boy, so he is already guilty enough to be killed. Black people have the same rights as the other people, however in reality, America’s society discriminates against them compared to other nationalities.
Mrs. Fox, by Sarah Hall was published in 2014. Mrs. Fox is a short story by Sarah Hall about a woman who turns into a fox during her pregnancy, much to the dismay of her husband. Mrs. Fox describes a woman who is not satisfied with her life with her husband, Mr. Fox. They both remain detached thorough the story. When Mrs. Fox turns into a fox, Mr. Fox does not understand why his wife was not happy or satisfied in her human life. Sarah Hall does a wonderful job of displaying out an unusually intriguing setting, a breath taking characterization of the two main characters Mr. and Mrs. Fox, and she displays a dark and modern theme, rightfully earning the BBC National short story
“This One’s for the Girl’s” recorded by Martina McBride is written by Chris Lindsey, Hillary Lindsey, and Aimee Mayo. It was written to encourage women of all ages to be themselves regardless of the various difficult situations they may be facing. The song also advises girls of all ages to live in the moment and enjoy every minute they have because life flies by. Martina McBride’s recorded song is helpful to girls around the world by its optimistic tone and motivating theme.
What makes a person good? Is it the way he or she looks, the way he or she thinks, his or her attitude, or his or her religion? For example, in “Good Country People”, People think that Manley is a good county wholesome young man because he is a bible salesman. In Flannery O’Connor’s “Good Country People,” Joy surprisingly becomes Manley’s victim due to her thinking that he is a good country person, her thinking she is smarter than everyone else, and due to him being very misleading.
1. One of the main characters in the book Black and Blue is a woman named Frannie Benedetto. Some of the roles that Frannie had were being a wife, a mother, a Catholic, and a nurse. Her role as a wife was very challenging, due to the fact that she was in an abusive relationship and was married to a New York City Police Officer. Frannie had been married to her husband Bobby Benedetto for almost twenty years. Her entire relationship with her husband has been traumatizing. Numerous times Frannie had been physically assault, raped, and belittled. Bobby physically assaulted Frannie when she was nineteen years old for the first time in their relationship. Frannie recalls many times that Bobby came home drunk and would rape her. Bobby belittled his wife by accusing her of sleeping with the doctors she worked with and by making her feel like she had deserved to get beaten up by him. One of the major reasons that Frannie stayed in the relationship with Bobby was because of their son.
In every home, there is a different definition of family and how family should treat each other. Two short stories were read by an author named Flannery O’Connor. “A Good Man is Hard to Find”. It was about a dysfunctional family who encounters a criminal named “The Misfit”. The grandmother which is the main character is very judgmental towards others and sometimes her own family at times. This story starts off with a disagreement on where to go for a family trip, but they decide on going to Florida for the family trip after a while of arguing. On this trip, it showed what type of family they are. They talk about everything with one another as well as bicker and fight but at the end of the day, they are still family and love each other. They come together the most in panicking situations such as the accident and waiting for a car to help them. The point of this paper is the theme of family. Specifically, family is a theme in this short story because it depicts a dysfunctional family; the family you see on a crazy television show and can’t get enough of because they’re funny but also they have serious moments. There 's the two troublesome and annoying kids, the hot-headed dad who tries to maintain control of a situation and fails, the wife busy attending to the baby, and the grandmother, who 's a case all to herself (and also the main character). Though the story starts out seeming like a comedy, it takes a serious turn when the family encounters a criminal, who kills them
This becomes clear early on when there is a ‘rebuke to the dent in our car door’ because not everything can be perfect to everybody’s taste but we have to accept it otherwise everything may collapse. Later in the poem we realize that the consistent city life causes everything to collapse and break down like ‘vanishing air’ consolidating the idea that there needs to be a range of diversity inside the people to allow them and the city to function as good as possible. Her negative attitude as mostly basted towards the city planners who are like ‘political conspirators’ because she believes that it is their job to create that range of difference to make the city life