Room 19 Summary

In chapter 1 of Sister Citizen titled Crooked Room author Melissa V. Harris-Perry illustrates a study of subjects placed into a crooked room. The subjects are then asked in a variety of scenarios to attempt to re-align themselves. The results came as much of a surprise to the researchers as what the subjects perceived as “straight’ was heavily skewed. Harris-Perry used this crooked room example to support as well as confront the gender and race stereotypes that black women still face in society today.

Tobias Wolff’s short story, “That Room” is a very suspenseful story that has the reader on the edge of their seat while reading it. Suspense and excitement is created through the plot and theme of the story which are both developed through four main literary devices. In the story, the narrator is put into what is potentially a life or death situation and it is at this point that he becomes aware that one is never really in full control of his or her own life. Throughout this literary analysis I will discuss the plot and theme of the story in terms of how Wolff uses setting, tone, characterization, and symbolism to enhance both the theme and the plot.

“You’re going to love it. They are so much fun!” Emme told her. Emme had been to the Escape Room once before, but now they were saving the Titanic from sinking.

Identity can be defined as the fact of being whom or what a person is. Internal and external factors shape a child’s concept of their own identity. These factors include the environmental setting, family, community, and the media. In the novel Room by Emma Donoghue, the 5-year-old narrator/protagonist Jack learns his identity through exploring the familiar space he occupies, the close relationship between he and his mother, and watching television. It is clear that Jack faces many challenges, which lead him to discover how his identity is shaped; this is evident through the exploration of him forming personal attachments to his mother, the room he lived in, and the problems he encounters to the new outside

In the early stages of Brian’s life his family received devastating news when his mother who was a registered nurse noticed that young Brian's arms were engulfed in bruises. He was diagnosed with leukemia and was informed that his life would be drastically changed. Three years of his life he spent most of his time at the hospital between

The exaggeration that O'Brien expresses in his story, also known as hyperbole, gives the reader a feeling of speaking with a man that just experienced the war of his life an hour before you two are speaking. The emotion is

able to get rid of. At the end of the poem Sexton admits the thoughts of suicide are something you can never get rid of, “and yet she waits for me, year after year” (line 25). Sexton justifies the reasons for her suicide by saying that her thoughts and bad memories will never stop coming back because this has been happening for years and years now there is no going back for Sexton. She leaves us with the last stanza filled with unfinished things. This could be a metaphor for her life that is unfinished because of her death occurrence.

He additionally used hyperbole that is an exaggeration to undertake and persuade those that their stance in correct although it's not. for instance the author said that a concussion will cause death, and he continues to mention if

At 10:18pm on Saturday, December 3, 2016 RA Tyler Shaw was on his round on the second floor of Hanby when he was going to confront a noise violation in Hanby 220 when he heard a person in the room chanting, “chug” and could smell the alcohol emanating from the room. RA Shaw then contacted OPD and RA Shania Zeigler for backup since there was another alcohol violation on the floor. RA Shaw waited to approach the situation until backup was present. Once OPD Office TJ Frazee and RA Zeigler arrived, we saw Hanby Resident James Heaton leave the room. RA Shaw knocked on the door and they could just hear the guest of the room hiding the alcohol. When they answered the door, Garst Resident Colton Hann, Non-Otterbein Student Chris Levette, Non-Otterbein

Kempner employs hyperbole, in order to demonstrate that the war is debilitating and arduous. For example, Kempner writes in his letter, “I spent a three-day ‘walk in the sun’ (... and no chow, and too many C-rations, and blisters and torn trousers and jungle rot, and wet socks and sprained ankles and no heels, and, and, and)...” (Kempner 4-8). This quote contains hyperbole, in the view of the fact that the author is exaggerating “a three-day walk in the sun.” If a task or an event is a walk in the sun, it suggests that it is straightforward and undemanding. However, that it is not the case in Kempner’s instance. He exaggerates his “walk in the sun” by mentioning that it consisted of wet socks, sprained ankles, no food and much more that is not told by Kempner. All of what he states is negative. By doing so, he is able to ambiguously depict his harsh experience with the war to his family. Furthermore, the author uses hyperbole in the lines, “My God the

Melissa Harris-Perry uses some important figurative language to describe the African American women struggle of trying to stand up in a crooked room. By using this, the author is stating that black women are trying to follow the rules and regulations of society, uphold the law, and still be true to themselves. Despite this, society will always try and target, tear down, and oppress black women Black women, resilient as they are, continue to try but still are attacked by the unfair institutions against them. Furthermore, the metaphor is stating that African-American women are not at fault for the stereotypes and oppression that are placed on them.

ln Atwood’s essay about Nineteen Eighty-Four, the lesson that was learned is that not everything is not as it seems. Atwood summarizes the book and explains the importance of Room 101, and how it is not only a metaphorical figure. She teaches the reader how the problems that are in Nineteen Eighty-Four are not only issues that are in a book, but how they occur in our world today.

Imagine, he says, the urgency, the panic that causes a dying man to be ‘flung’ into a wagon, the ‘writing’ that denotes an especially virulent kind of pain. Hell seems close at hand with the curious smile ‘like a devils sick of sin’. Sick in what sense? Satiated? Physically? Then that ‘jolt’. No gentle stretcher-bearing here but agony intensified. Owens imaginary is enough to sear the heart and mind.

R/s the four adults and two small children in room 16 at Clemson Motel is hiding from DSS. R/s the parents and grandparents are all doing drugs. R/s Justin (dad) is smoking meth and heroin. R/s the room sell smells like pot. R/s Destiny (mom) is selling her medication and food stamps so they can get high.

The place where I feel the most comfortable, and show my personality, is my bedroom. This is the place where I can really be myself and do what I want; it’s the place I come home to, and wake up every day. My room makes me feel comfortable because it is my own space. My house is always crazy, with my dog barking, and my siblings running around making noise, my room is the only place in the house where I can come and relax without caring about everything else, the only place that I can go to clear my mind.