Stephen Crane's The Bride Comes To Yellow Sky

In Crane’s “A Mystery of Heroism” he uses literary elements to create Naturalist themes. One main belief of Naturalists is that someone’s life is determined by environment, chance, and heredity. Crane uses the setting and characters to create this theme. In the story it says, “Too, he wondered why he did not feel some keen agony of fear cutting his sense like a knife.” This quote shows that the main character is not afraid. The setting of the war is one of the reasons he does not feel fear. He has probably been in a more fearful situation since he has been in the war. If he had not been a soldier and been in this setting he would be more fearful. Crane uses characters to create this main idea by showing the other characters who argue with Collins until he goes to the well. In “A Mystery of Heroism” it says, “ ‘Of course, yeh will! Yeh’ll run through that there

In the literary work, Speaking of Courage, Tim O’Brien highlights the trying struggle of a post-war solider attempting desperately to integrate himself back into American society. Paul Berlin’s trials and tribulations exemplify the “dominance of a citizen culture in the United States,” as mentioned by Dr. Decker in class. American society does not allow for the soldiers we have sent off to fight to return as warriors.

Americanization is a process immigrants and first-generation American children encounter when shocked with the potent culture and mannerism of American society. In Abraham Cahan’s short story “The Imported Bridegroom,” Americanization and its various influences of different people are highlighted. Within the story, the audience is introduced to Flora, a first-generation Jewish American who is heavily influenced by the luxurious aspect of the American Dream and projects this romantic and unrealistic goal onto her future ideal husband, leading to her unhappiness. On the other hand, Shaya, an immigrant from Pravly, evolves from reading Jewish books and prayers to all sorts of higher Gentile books, including philosophy and mathematics.

On January 20, 1935 a little Polish girl named Sylvia Perlmutter came to life in Lodz Poland. At the young age of four this girl of great faith, courage, and honesty

From civilized choir boy to savage chief, Jack Merridew was definitely an influential character in this book. Throughout the story, we see Jack's inner evil come out and turn him into a harsh and savage chief. He was a character that not everyone in this book liked, and he definitely went through some changes. Jack's physical appearance, his behavior throughout the story, and the way others react to him are what make Jack a character to remember.

No matter how many different qualities you have, you are beautiful the way you are, no

Throughout this novel, Jack does whatever his friends do. When he was living in Seattle with his mother, he was influenced by his new friends to do bad things. His friends, Silver and Terry were kids with no

1) Cranes approach in his novel “The Red Badge of Courage” is quite different from any other readings about war at the time. Whereas the general ideas from those novels was that war is a thing of courage, and beauty, the grim reality is that it’s a brutal, terrifying scene. And Crane approached it from the perspective of a lone individual, diving into his mind as the war unfolded in front of him. This led to a literature work that few of the times had ever experienced.

Secular marriages were not blessed by the church and were more popular amongst the poorer people as there was no expensive ceremony with rings. This type of marriage made it easier for divorce and to remarry. In the poem, Dunbar uses a male narrator who is a voyeur eavesdropping into a conversation amongst three, intoxicated woman who are in a garden on Midsummer night’s eve; two of them married and one a widow. In this conversation they discuss their husbands in an unpleasant way and discuss their sexual desires which at this time was unheard of to males as they classified woman as belongings and inferior. This poem is an attempt by Dunbar to get inside the head of a woman which was a common thought amongst men as some were worried woman were untrustworthy. The setting of this poem plays an important, although discreet role as Midsummer Eve is associated with fertility rites back in pre- Christian times and the garden they are in would have been filled with sweet scents from the flowers blooming at that time of year, so the setting is almost a metaphor for the woman and their duty to provide children and fertility.

Written by Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage is a novel filled with irony. This story is written in the point of view of the main character, Henry Fleming, and tells about his maturation through the war. Including the title, from the beginning to the end of the book there is irony present. The use of irony by Crane helps create a lot of discussion for critics. Henry’s internal debate is a main source of irony in this novel. Also, his fantasy of how he thought war was going to be and how it turned out is ironic.

After he is denied being the leader of the group for the second time he begins to cry and internally goes into a dark place as he feels ashamed of himself. He feels as if rules are the cause of his suffering and forgets them completely. His descent began when he paints his face to help him hide from the pigs. The paint is literal and symbolic as he legitimately put paint on his face, but he really did it to mask his civilised self, which leads to his savagery. “He capered toward Bill, and the mask was a thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness.” (Golding 64) This quotation shows the true turning point for Jack as he decides to cover his face thinking that he would become a new person that can do whatever. This also becomes important near the end of the novel because all the boys paint themselves except Ralph and Piggy and they become indistinguishable from one another and act as a full group of savages. After Jack paints, himself his innocence is the only part of his old self-left. ““I cut the pig’s throat,” said Jack, proudly, and yet twitched as he said it.”(Golding 73) At this moment, Jack’s innocence has departed him and he became a killer. Jack is proud that he cut the pig’s throat and see’s the power he can potentially have for killing an animal without consequence. Notably, Jack lets his henchman Roger torture a pig while he kills it. Hunting should be only for

In the first scene of the film he shows the bouquet being thrown in the air and all the women fighting to catch it. The bouquet is a symbol for good luck and who will be married next, this shows that weddings were considered a symbol of beauty and success. Through Bill Heslop’s character it’s evident that he feels like he is the only important one in his family since he earning lots of money, has a good wife, being abusive, unfaithful and the dominant one in the household. “You’re bloody useless, you’re all useless”. Muriel, who was the opposite of the stereotypical fragile and submissive woman in the film, finds it very difficult to be accepted for who she is.

It is mocking romantic heroes, because it says that those heroes cannot really be true heroes. A romantic hero is someone marked by courageous acts, honored deeds, someone who engages in daring chases, fights, and exciting escapes. Since Crane also was a pioneer of naturalism, he valued instincts and behavior and the motives for people to turn out as they did. Getting the water by taking a dangerous path means nothing then without the motive. Nevertheless, Crane throws in a short moment where he forgets his indifference about heroism and creates his own heroism, a realistic one. To Crane, being a hero is more an individual state, it does not have to be glorifying but something that is natural, and a good act. Standing up for one's beliefs without regarding the outcome. Collins just went to get some water. He was thirsty and wanted to show his courage. It was no belief he pursued, and a rather purposeless action, nothing heroic at all to the realistic eye. The only little moment where Crane changes his character is when Collins turns around to give the officer some water. This does not save him from dying, which it would have done in a romantic story, but just offers him kindness. It portrays a very social, real-to-life heroic act, neither selfish nor very grant and honored, but individually seen as a giant leap of benevolence and a pursuing of moral belief, without great meaning to the world, an every day natural scene.

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Tone: Crane has the ability to create multiple tones all in one passage. The tone seems to be a tad dreary and tragic do to the fact that at any moment the men could all be drowned. Although, when there is dialogue there is more of a straight forward and comic tone that demonstrates the increasing friendship that is apparent to the reader, although the men refuse to mention it. This tone is important because, Crane makes his characters out to be helpless against the element of nature and it’s over bearing on them. Thus, this bond between the men is the only thing they have to overcome the environment.