Summary Of Maile Meloy's 'Hot Or Cold'

Sam Wood is the protagonist in the story because the story starts off with him driving around Wells, and he was the one who discovered Mr. Mantoli's body. On page two, it says, "He slipped the car into gear and moved it away from the curb with the professional smoothness of an expert driver." This quote shows how Sam is an expert driver. Another quote on page thirty nine, "Sam reached up and removed his uniform cap ashamed that he had forgotten to do so until now. I'm terribly sorry to have to bring you this news." This quote describes how Sam is a sensitive person internally. In addition, Sam Wood hates to be called Sam and rather be called Mr. Wood. Sam has been a police officer for three years, (pg.2) and is a night

Sarah Vowell writes on her life being with an obsessed gun holder dad and having a relationship where they do not have anything in common. She talks about the division in her house when she is a democrat and her dad is a republican, this provides a reader an understanding that this is a major difference that Vowell and her dad have and it affects both of them at home. With the use of juxtaposition she says it in a clear tone

This summer I’ve read the book Heat by Mike Lupica. This baseball themed book is a out of the park excitement. It’s about a 12 year old cuban boy named Michael who is newly orphaned but loves to throw killer heat. But everything goes downhill when Michael can't prove his age by a lost birth certificate and gets kicked off the team. Michael tries to do his best by supporting the team by the sidelines. It gets worst, since his brother Carlos is only 17, they have to stay in the shadows so they don't get separated into foster homes.

The atmosphere of the story is very intense. The atmosphere of the story is first set up by language the narrator uses describing John Bodman, marriage ,and the world around him(the narrator). “In some natures there are no half-tones”, “the mathematical chances are all such a meeting, and this is the reason that of divorce courts exist.”,”Marriage at best is a compromise” . These quotes are very intense to hear. The narrator is a person who deals in absolutes, calculates even the most menial things in life, he besmirches the sanctity of marriage and takes marriage for granted. These are things that a cold, calculating, cynical person would say. The intense atmosphere of the story is also portrayed through the setting of the story, the Swiss Alps. The Alps are the one of the highest mountain ranges in the world. The Alps are also considered a very cold place due to snow and high winds and isolated place since most people only stay and lounge there, but few trek the Alps. A high, cold, isolated place is a very dangerous place to be and if we stay there, it would be considered a high stakes,intense situation since hazards are left and right such as high winds. Proven by setting and diction, An Alpine Divorce has an atmosphere.

Juxtapose is finding similarities and differences between two perspectives. Juxtapose is shown throughout this whole book as Dick and Perry are compared on their opinions and details of what’s going on. An example would be describing the dog, Dick was very short sentenced about it and acted as if it was an everyday lifestyle. Whereas Perry, described the situation in detail and told about the dog and what exactly happened. This is juxtapose because it is comparing Dick and Perry’s feelings towards the same subject. Moods and the tone switch constantly when conversating or describing a topic. Dick gets annoyed easily and uses profanity to describe himself, others and the environment around him. Perry however says derogatory comments often towards others and even Dick.

Many writers aim to identify the similar and contrasting features of their characters in order to addresses varying issues within the texts. These issues within the text In the novel Atonement by Ian McEwan and the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, the writers’ use of juxtaposition is used to accomplish a more profound understanding of the internal relationships of the characters and external relationships with the other characters in the texts. Essentially, through the use of juxtaposition, both writers are able to enhance the message of the theme and exemplify character development.

The novel “The Coldest Winter Ever” by Sister Souljah follows the life of the lead character Winter Santiago and her family. Born in Brooklyn,New York, Winter Santiago was the daughter of a young mother and the notorious drug dealer Ricky Santiago. From the beginning of the novel Winter lets it known that she was born into luxury, and just because she lived in the projects of Brooklyn didn't mean she was poor.In fact it was the exact opposite for the Santiago family.Winter came into adolescence as a shallow, self-centered individual, motivated solely by physical attractiveness, material possessions and the desire to attract as many men as possible. On Winter’s six-tenth birthday her father Ricky Santiago decides it's finally time to move his family out of the ghetto. Winter’s mother and sisters were very excited for the move although Winter was livid. The family’s move to a mansion in Long Island did not stop Winter from desiring her ghetto culture. It also didn’t help that neither parents were actual parents to Winter. Shortly after the family moves to Rhode island the FBI raid the house and arrest Ricky Santiago on several charges. After Santiago’s arrest his empire begins to crumble. All of the family possessions are seized leaving Winter, her mother and her three younger siblings to fend for themselves. Winter selfishness didn't let that happen,she decided to go on her own and hustle her way back into the lifestyle she once lived.Unfortunately things didn't work out for winter the way she wanted. Instead of getting things done on her own Winter looked for a man to take care of her, because that was the only thing her mother taught her. The same man that was supposed to love and take care of her let her take the fall for his crimes, and ultimately sent Winter to jail for a fifth-teen year sentence.

In “Shiloh,” by Bobbie Ann Mason, the reader is able to glimpse the beginning of the end of a marriage. Mason allows the audience to see the different strings unravel as the character’s separates from each other, emotionally, mentally and physically. In “Shiloh,” a woman’s husband, Leroy, has been in an accident and is no longer able to continue with his work of truck driving. The woman, Norma Jean, is unable to cope with her husband being home all of the time and begins to find ways to get away from him and her overbearing mother, Mabel. Throughout the story we see Leroy’s struggle to stay with his wife and Norma Jean’s struggle to break away from her husband. As Leroy and Norma’s marriage continues to drift apart, Mabel

(P1) In Aria Beth Sloss’ short story, “North, the narrative is told from the perspective of a child as he/she talks about his/her parents. The narrator opens the piece by telling the reader that his/her father, Thomas, was an explorer who left for an expedition and “was never heard from again” (Sloss 2). The narrative then continues into a description of the relationship between the father and mother. The mother, Mary, was considered a “wild woman” (Sloss 5) growing up. Her family had concerns that she was unsuitable for any man. Upon meeting each other, the narrator’s mother and father found common ground in that they both loved adventure and had “a habit of disappearing” (Sloss 5). As the story progresses into the couple’s married life, the father is described to be a man “in love” (Sloss 7) with the wilderness like a “schoolboy” (Sloss 7). He cannot be home from expeditions long without getting restless.  As days pass, the father spends his time planning his next adventure, a hot air balloon ride to the Arctic, something that he claims will “write his name beside Darwin’s in the history books” (Sloss 13). The father does not tell Mary of his plans and she does not tell him of the loneliness that has struck her “sudden as a storm” (Sloss 13) from his lack of presence. One day though, Mary and Thomas have sex and Mary feels as though “something dangerous is running through her” (Sloss 21). Days later, she learns she is pregnant, but does not get to tell her husband as he

The book Heat is about a boy named Miguel he is 12 years of age he lives in

In a healthy relationship, both parties should be able to openly confide in one another, and understand that the other’s intentions are to benefit the other and yet respectfully compromise on decisions together. With that said, in Sinclair Ross’s short story entitled The Painted Door, the message of how lack of communication can result in dire circumstances is exquisitely envisioned. Moreover, as the seemingly conventional young rural couple’s story gradually progresses, the implications of Ann, the emotionally suppressed wife of John being left alone during an unbearable blizzard fatally brings to end their partnership. Through symbolism and other literary devices, Ross cleverly constructs the themes of isolation and loyalty in this 1939

Symbolism is the idea of representing things by using symbols or devoting things with a symbolic meaning or character. Symbolism can range from something miniscule or even something broad to something very specific, as long as it has some connection with something else or someone else. Charles Frazier, author of Cold Mountain, exemplifies quite a few examples of symbolism. From the crows to the roads, and even the title itself, the novel shows show many different points of symbolism. As the book goes on, the amount of symbolism appears, making the character and the symbolism more understand and attention grabbing towards the reader making them not want to put the book down.

The author utilizes juxtaposition to compare the girl's memory with reality. After describing the daughter’s game in the van, the author describes the winter scene. She focuses the

Fran Kimmel’s “Laudry Day” tells us a story about a woman, Gracie, who is doing all her laundry on Christmas Eve. Even though she has disorganized thoughts, it seems like almost everything she is thinking about is somehow related to Harvey, her husband. Her dog, her nails, her job and even the other woman at the laundromat remembers her of something Harvey said or did before leaving her. Gracie does not know if she should accepting him back in her life or not after his phone call when he told her he wants to be with her for Christmas. Kimmel proposes that to reach freedom and happiness, people sometimes have to find the courage to move on with their life. Using setting, characterization and a conflictual plot, the author illustrates how making

In the short story, “Fun With Dick and Jane and Little Red Riding Hood”, the author Pierre Berton is satirizing the faults of modern Canadian society. First, the family is so caught up with their own problems that they do not assist the vulnerable. Nowadays, divorce is a common thing, it creates hardships and complications within the family that affect all of its members. In the case of the short story, divorce had a great impact on Little Red and the grandma. Furthermore, the wolf represents a detrimental figure in the present- day society. Specifically, the wolf is taking advantage of Little Red because she is a young girl and the wolf thinks due to the fact that she is easily manipulated, but in reality that is not the case. Fortunately,