Richard The Means: A Narrative Fiction

Out of the 9.5 million Jews in Europe, 60 percent of those people were innocently murdered from January 30th, 1933, to May 8th, 1945. Fascist dictator, Adolf Hitler, led this horrendous genocide, well known as the Holocaust. The Nazis believed that they were superior to others, and their goal was to eliminate people who were different. Many people attempted to go into hiding, living in abandoned buildings, or with non-Jewish families. Sadly, many non-Jewish resented the idea of rescuing the Jews, because if caught, they would be immediately killed. In like manner, the plot of the poem, "The Hangman", written by Maurice Ogden, is about a hangman who arrives in a town and executes every citizen there. As each person is killed, the others are afraid to object out of fear that they will be the next. The last man standing, the narrator, is then hung by the merciless man, as by then there is no one left to defend him. In addition, in "Terrible Things", by Eve Bunting, the author creates an entertaining allegory in which the Terrible Things invade the creatures' homes in the forest and capture them, separating the animals from each other one group at a time. Fear spreads across the forest, and the chaos turns the creatures into thinking that it is every man, or animal, for themselves. Throughout both the poem and the parable, the author's use of symbolism and irony to aid in the development of the theme that although speaking up and fighting for what one believes in can be

In Richard Wright’s “The Man Who Was Almost a Man,” Dave finds himself throughout the course of the story. Throughout the story, Dave is constantly seeking the pleasure of obtaining and then eventually shooting a gun in order to be a man and find himself. However, Dave does not expect the consequences that are to follow the pursuit of pleasure. The moral of the story pertains to the role pleasure and its consequences have in development and finding oneself. The story narrates a common, but little talked about problem, that runs rampant in today’s society. In the story “The Man Who Was Almost a Man,” Richard Wright illustrates Dave’s development, or lack thereof, through the symbols of the gun, the train, and the mule.

In life, there are many decisions that everyone must make. And with decision-making comes consequences, some that we are ready for , and some that we may not be ready for. The author of ' The Man Who Was Almost a Man,' Richard Wright, portrays a young man who wants to be a man, but shows that he is clearly unprepared for manhood and the consequences that come with that responsibility. Through decision making based on self interest, wanting to gain respect from his family, and wanting to prove his dignity, Richard Wright brings forth the main character, Dave, a seventeen year old boy, whose actions show that he is only 'almost a man.'

By all means of the word, Richard Strout might have been a psychopath. The aggressive and violent behavior used to kill Frank show signs that Richard might not be mentally stable. The lackadaisical tone in which Richard had lived his life after the murder of Frank shows that Richard is evil by his nature. With an evil nature, murdering somebody probably is not the hardest thing to do, and that is why Matt’s murder is much worse. Matt thought that there would be some sort of contentment after he placed Richard six feet under, but his body and spirit felt nothing. A man with high morals of family and security does not make the best of murderers. His conscience had taken a toll, leaving him alone, trapped inside his conscience. The murder of Richard

Richard was born, raised, and grew up in a difficult period of life. However, when Wright was sixteen, a short story of his was published in a Southern African American newspaper. After leaving high school, Wright worded a few odd jobs, but still showed his true love for writing. In 1927, Wright decided to pack up his belongings and head to Chicago. A short ten years later, Richard moved to New York City, where he was told it would be easier getting published. One year later, Wright’s first book was published. Since then, Wright has wrote a number of books, series and short stories until he died in 1960. With that being said, Richard Wright’s short stories, The Man Who Was Almost A Man and Big Boy Leaves Home were both written to show what coming with age and responsibility truly mean.

"Whenever I thought of the essential bleakness of black life in America, I knew that Negroes had never been allowed to catch the full spirit of Western civilization, that they lived somehow in it but not of it. And when I brooded upon the cultural barrenness of black life, I wondered if clean, positive tenderness, love, honor, loyalty, and the capacity to remember were native with man. I asked myself if these human qualities were not fostered, won, struggled and suffered for, preserved in ritual from one generation to another." This passage written in Black Boy, the autobiography of Richard Wright shows the disadvantages of Black people in the 1930's. A man of many words, Richard Wrights is the father of the modern

The Man Who Was Almost a Man is a fictitious short story about an uneducated black boy's quest to become a man. Growing up in the early 1900's was a very hard task for most black people. The lack of education was one of the hardest hills they had to overcome to

starts school, which he begins at a later age than other boys because his mother

Instead, Karl consoled himself with the thought that Lexi would either later confide in Richard, and be forced to speak of her shame and embarrassment to the man

A scene which introduces extensive imagery is Richard's process of ‘fixing’ the house. The difficulty of Richard's attempt to replace the lock is represented of his marriage. Moreover, the Maple's marriage has no destiny, but failure, even from its conception. As Richard is attempting to remove the lock the task proves to be a challenging affair because “The old lock, aluminum frozen by corrosion, had been deliberately rendered obsolete by manufacturers” (801). The lock being "rendered obsolete by manufacturers” shows that Richard never loved Joan. The foundation of the Maple's marriage has no conclusion but failure. Richard acknowledges that the love for his wife is to fail by stating that it was obsolete by design. This leads one to question

The speaker in “The Writer”, by Richard Wilbur creates an image of confinement as he portrays the idea of internal struggle. In the third stanza, the “stuff of her life” refers to the daughter’s emotions, mind, and experiences. The stanza continues to say that the “stuff of her life” is a “great cargo, and some of it heavy”, which suggests that the daughter has some heavy burdens she needs to unload off of her mind, perhaps into what she is writing, being the port. Wilber uses this metaphor of the heavy cargo that needs to be unloaded to represent her writer’s block to create an image of struggle and confinement. He uses other metaphors like that of the house being the ship and she being at the prow of it, the ship’s journey being her life, and the “iridescent creature” finding the window being her overcoming writer’s block to explore the struggles she faces to find her “passage”.

“That’s going to come out, Veronica,” Keith took their mugs and placed them down in the sink. Like rinsing out those cups, Keith was going to leave the ramifications of his terrifyingly smart, brave, if-slightly criminal daughter’s actions for another day. “Goodnight, honey. Get some rest, you two. And Logan,” Keith made sure he had Logan’s full attention, “Couch for you.”

Ironically, the Emersons end up moving into Lucy’s town. Lucy’s fiance, Cecil, is oblivious and unknowing of the quick and sporadic relationship between Lucy and George. Quickly, Lucy realizes her true love is George, not Cecil. Cecil reads a scene from a cheesy romance novel that was written by one of the previous hotel guests from back when Lucy and George were guests as well. The scene is quite similar to the kiss Lucy and George had shared on the countryside. Cecil finds the scene absolutely hilarious and essentially makes fun of it, but Lucy and George are left recollecting their kiss. Lucy is then torn between what to do. She loves George but holds societal pressure to marry Cecil. She eventually ends up sending George away, but not before George opens her eyes to see how ridiculous Cecil truly is. Lucy breaks off her engagement with Cecil, but ultimately, she is left with no one to love. She attempts to escape her feelings by taking an improptu vacation to Greece. Before making it to Greece, Lucy comes face-to-face with Mr. Emerson, who begs Lucy to open her eyes to her love for George. The novel ultimately ends with Lucy breaking all societal expectations and standards, as she and George check into a room with a view in Florence,

I initially had difficulty elucidating the lens used by Michael Guasco publication Free from the tyrannous Spanyard? Englishmen and Africans in Spain?s Atlantic World. The publication exhibits aspects of political, psychological, and military lenses. I found the lenses difficult to consolidate due to the style of the publication and the question the specificity of the question it poses. As I follow the History of Richard Hakluyt, I am fascinated by the logic and theory behind his plan for expansion of imperial control. The History can easily be viewed through several lenses and a thorough understanding would require the application of a range of lenses. As I understand it, He planned to conquer the other European powers by controlling

Danny and Trevon walked into the lavish living room of the estate house and found Kaslov was sitting on the sofa his legs crossed at the knee with an imported beer in his hand was watching a very large flat screen television which was showing financial news from around the world. He looked up and saw the two men walking into the space and spoke, "very good, I expect this means that you to have worked out or differences in that all is well to go forward with the next job?"