Reverend Sprague Analysis

This period of our lives is a one bursting with challenging events and life-changing transitions, don’t you think? However testing this phase may be though, it's how we accept and counteract these alterations that ultimately opens up a deeper understanding of our world and self. J.C. Burke’s thought provoking novel, ‘The Story of Tom Brennan’ and John Marsden and Matt Ottley’s heartbreaking picture book ‘Home and away’, address this concept of transition and their challenges associated as each protagonist undergoes a catastrophic journey surrounding a challenged attitude and the need for maturity development.

In John Patrick Shanley’s “Doubt”, a priest is accused by a nun of raping the first African American boy of St. Nicholas, a Catholic Church and school in the Bronx, New York. This parable is placed in the year of 1964. Therefore, when Shanley writes the African American young boy is—per Sister Aloysius—raped, it is only to make the boy an easy target because of the time period and the social events that took place around that time. In “Doubt”, Sister Aloysius becomes suspicious and warns another nun to be aware of her surroundings, which causes suspicion of a priest, Father Flynn, raping a young boy, Donald Muller. Sister Aloysius then confronts Father Flynn, and eventually causes him to leave the church. At the end of the play, Sister James and Sister Aloysius are conversing and Sister Aloysius admits to doubting he done the action. Sister Aloysius is quick to accuse Father Flynn of being involved inappropriately with Donald because she is not comfortable with affection toward students.

Melville chose to literate the reading in first person narrative by the lawyer, Bartleby’s employer. His choice of the lawyer allows the reader to feel close to Bartleby, but remain mystified by him. On the contrary, Office Space is told through Peter’s eyes. Unlike Bartleby, Peter cares to interact with others and to take part in a social life.

The book is written from the author’s perspective. The author uses words such as I, you, he, and she. Pinning down the exact point of

Chapter 3, “A Community of Addicted Bodies”, traces how physical and emotional dependence on heroin creates a social hierarchy within the

In the beginning, there are historical events happening in this story that directly impact the mood of the characters. An example of this would be a direct quote from Mr Frank that says “ The news of the war was good. The British and Americans were sweeping

In the article “Digging In’ by Robert J. Hastings it was about the closing of the Old West Side Mine meaning that the end of the mine resembling a nice, steady job for the next 8 years. A family in the town there was a coal order form the welfare office, then a few days on WPA, the family had a garden in the backyard, they had a couple pet chickens that gave those eggs. The mom and dad had strong strength, the dad had willingness to take any job and mom’s ability was to stretch every available dollar. Both the mom and dad needed to find a job, but most of the “jobs” were those you made for yourself.

The titles of the chapters are in third person, while the text itself is in the first person voice of Huck Finn. What does this literary device suggest about the argument that Huck and Twain are one and the same?

In the story the reader gets a feel for what Mollie is experiencing during her day as her husband Gerald. Charlotte Perkins Gilman does an amazing job getting her point across using the third-person limited omniscient point of view. At the end of the story Gerald is now conscious of new views and feelings about women that he never had before. Without Gilman’s use of the third-person limited omniscient point of view the reader wouldn’t have gotten that much out of the

The author’s diction intensifies Tom’s aggressive and arrogant persona through Nick’s hostile narration and Tom’s egotistical attitude. Nick describes Tom’s manner as “supercilious” and his body as “cruel”. Nick’s word choice indicates that although Nick has yet to have a conversation with Tom, Nick sees Tom as assertive and insensitive. Not only does Tom appear arrogant to Nick, but Tom also talks with a “gruff husky tenor” and a “harsh, defiant wistfulness.” Nick’s description of Tom’s voice further stresses Tom’s intimidating personality and his arrogant manner. Not only does Fitzgerald’s word choice show Nick’s impression of Tom,

Richard Misrach captures the tone of a stark and bleak reality with the darkening clouds and the barrenness of the wasteland in his photo of Wall, East of Nogales, Arizona. He is making a statement about the issues that the U.S. and Mexico have long had. The image displays a wall surrounded by desolation with a path by it’s side leading off toward the darkening clouds. The wall continues until it melds with the wasteland. The path is joined by a smaller path that merges into it. After it goes over a hill, it disappears. The clouds darken when approaching the horizon. The yellow and brown weeds and grasses of the hilly plains leads to forbidding mountains. There is a small light post on the wall. All in all, it is a depressing sight to see. Richard Misrach is implying that the future of the U.S. and Mexico is bound together and will see dark times before reaching an impassable obstacle if there is no change in their policies involving each other. Everything in the image

Like “The Road Virus Heads North” Hautala uses the third person point-of-view which makes an already fantastic story even better. At different points throughout the story Hautala uses third person point-of-view to show you just how psychotic Martin Gordon is. “No!” he told himself. “Mother is dead!” Little quotes like this give readers a glimpse into the troubling life of Martin Gordon and effectively allow for you to connect

First, both sources include the first-person point of view in which the narrator is usually the main character of the story that plays a large role in the language structure, to create this specific point of view. In Chapter 12 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, there are multiple examples of the narrator, Huck Finn, speaking about the plot of the story, directed towards the reader. According to Twain, “I wanted to get aboard of her and slink around a little, and see what there was there. So I say: ‘Le’s land on her, Jim.’” This quote tells the reader, that the narrator is a character, himself, in the novel that is trying to make a connection with the reader. It is easy to notice this when Huck is thinking to himself, and also writes dialogue and conversations with other characters in the story. The first-person point of view is also present in “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” both the stories that Twain wrote are similar. An example of the first-person point of view present in the short story is shown in this quote: “As I said before, I asked him to tell me what he knew of Rev. Leonidas W. Smiley, and he replied as follows. I let go on his way, and never interrupted once.” This quote lets the reader know that the narrator is a character and is also telling the story. The first-person point of view is a common example of style presented in Mark Twain's novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and the short story, “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.” The type of point of view used by Mark Twain was used to create suspense that isn't common among other points of view styles. The reader experiences the events first-hand that occur within the protagonist’s mindset, and it is difficult to predict the

While the clergyman uses a detailed story to support his point of view, the narrator naively sides with the clergyman. Actually, he knows the clergyman well: "The reverend was a man of strict veracity and his judgement of men was good" (paragraph 3); consequently, he immediately believes whatever the clergyman has to say: "Therefore I knew, beyond doubt or question, that the world was mistaken about his hero." The narrator doesn't question the point of view of the clergyman at

Having Harrisons view of the world makes the novel relatable with the audience. When Kelman wrote Pigeon English he wanted to make a connection between Harri and the audience Kelman wanted the emotions of all the audience to happen at the moment as the character feels them. As the character shows his fear in the novel the readers have a direct connection with him and can instantly feel what the character is reading. Having Harrison speak in the 1st point of view makes the readers more believable of what is happening in Harrison’s life. Readers may have a tendency to understand and believe more about Harri’s point of view instead of having a 3rd person narrator. Harri’s perspective of the book makes the readers have a direct sense of what Harri