16th December 2014
Christian Thevathasan
Grade 10 English Commentary
How does Süskind use Language to create the process of emancipation and resurrection in Jonathan in the storm scene?
As human beings, we all hope, and aim for success, whether it is academic, social or even psychological and personal difficulties. We all, at some point throughout our life face natural challenges and daring obstacles, possibly preventing us from smoothly achieving those goals, such as Jonathan Noel, the troubled and selfisolated character of Patrick Süskind's novella The Pigeon. Throughout the book, this introverted wallflower faces many challenges and encounters with the outside world, traumatised by passed events including abandonment and the feeling of unlove,
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Jonathan's resurrection begins with the presence of the thunderstorm within his conscious mind, alongside the revealing personifications fundamentally serving as gradual tension builders which prognosticate the upcoming events Süskind meticulously uses to mould the emancipation of Jonathan. It was one of those thunderstorms that do not burst suddenly [...] but take a great deal of time and hold back their energies for a long while (P.71). This personification of the storm used by Süskind strongly demonstrates the accumulation of Jonathans anger, stress and sadness over the years, reflecting on his loneliness and betrayal from the ones he loved and acts as a metaphor for his bottled up emotions yearning to escape from within him but only choosing to release itself at the appropriate time. Süskind continues the personification of the storm in the next line when he describes it's Indecisive skulking. This also emphasizes the reality and strength of the storm waiting to erupt and pour out all of Jonathan’s inner emotions, build up from over the decades. With delicate sheet lightning the leaden blanket, waited again, using its irresolution to load itself with even more potent
J.B’s comforters add nothing meaningful to the conversation of suffering and why God has acted in the ways he did, and one might even question the role of the comforters in J.B except mimicking the book of Job. The book of Job keeps itself continuous and even though the comforters miss the overall point of the testing, they still root themselves in the word and use past examples of God and how he acts to attempt to aid Job during his state of suffering. This distinction between comforters is critical as one story truly adds meaning to the reader's life and has a discernable
“About midnight, while we still sat up, the storm came rattling over the Heights in full fury. There was a violent wind, as well as thunder, and either one or the other split a tree off at the corner of the building: a huge bough fell across the roof, and knocked down a portion of the east chimney sack, sending a clatter of stones and soot in the kitchen fire. We thought a bolt had fallen in the middle of us.”
The title of “Storm”, with its obvious connotations of sexual energy and passion, is of course critical to any interpretation of the narrative. Its title refers to nature, which is symbolically feminine; the storm can
his desires to be free as an emotional outlet. While he trudged through the fray of intrafamily
They are sitting outside as Jerimiah holds swede and attempts to protect her. As Davy is talking to Rueben he mentions they he meant to do it. Then Ruben quickly nods his head. ""Don't say it's all right, Rube, don't say it. I do it. You hear me?" I could only nod frantically. Cars had driven up while he spoke. And we heard doors thumping and voices and saw red lights bouncing off Windows." Even with all this chaos we have a very clear thump, the second time too within about 20 pages. The thump seems to showhat through all this chaos, the thump shines brightly like God. Almost speaking, saying everything will work out for the land family, even if they are in this horrible situation at the moment. God is speaking to them and showing them he is present through the
In class, a different variety of short stories were introduced and each of them relate to a specific theme from unit 2. One particular short story that is metaphorically intriguing is Kate Chopin’s “The Storm.” This story is about a woman named Calixta who rekindles an old romance with Alcee in the midst of an ongoing storm, while her husband and child are at the market. Calixta is unaware that a storm is coming just like she is unaware of the sexual tension that she still has for Alcee. This storm is symbolic overall, because it brings a deeper meaning to the theme and text. In addition, the short story uses the literary device of metaphor to compare the relationship between the storm taking place outside along with the electrical passion taking place inside; this storm is also intended to reflect Calixta's elusive desires for an old love, which are longing to erupt at the first opportunity it gets.
this poem I find it hard to image it as the words he uses describe it
As the poem continues, Rich has the third stanza represent a new stage of the storm, along with the speaker’s internal storm of feelings. The organization of the poem progresses to illustrate the storm’s sudden arrival. However, metaphorically, the arrival of the storm is something the speaker tries to “foresee” by “averting change,” This depicts a shift from the storm’s acknowledgement and the speaker’s initial fearful feelings emerging in the first two stanzas, to the speaker thinking of ways to escape from facing the storm. Rich then describes how “clocks and weatherglasses cannot alter” the arrival of the storm, emphasizing the theme that there is no escape from facing problems. Through abstract diction, she speaks of human’s having no
keep your goals in mind, you will not astray from them. Achieving goals that you have set for
As we reach the end of our time in this course. It is now time to take all that we have learned throughout this course and carry it with us not just through our academic career but through life itself. Many of our goals in life are to achieve academic success, so that in result we will be able to pursue success in life. How can we achieve academic success? A million dollar question for many students in this class that now with this knowledge will be able to move forward toward to academic success.
Success is not attained overnight. I always dare myself to do better because earning a degree will give me pride and self-satisfaction in the future. Living under the shadows of my successful friends must come to an end. People will finally know how much capable I am of achieving because I have a degree to prove it. A degree will be the symbol of my accomplishment and the hard work and sacrifices of my parents. It will bring them joy and happiness despite of daily life challenges that we
He let the song speak for him, pouring his sorrows out into every note, into every crescendo and decrescendo, into the melody he was playing. He let his heart leech through his fingers and skin and into the music.
Furthering my education and having aspirations will be a part of me having a happy and healthy
I haven’t had many goals in life, but the few I do I plan to achieve. I plan to become very good at basketball, but I won’t join the NBA. I plan to make it into Postsecondary Education Opportunity (PSEO), and graduate with a Gates millennium scholarship, which pays 12,785 dollars on average. Those can all be achieved by the end of high school, but I have even bigger plans after that. I plan to become an orthopedic surgeon and attend either Harvard or Stanford. These are all big plans and I hope to achieve them all.
Do you aspire for greatness as a student and beyond? Assumably, many of you hope to