Summary Of ' The Clackety Clack Sound Of Horse Hooves And A Jingling Harness '

Everyone has a different way to deal with overwhelming situations. It can be more difficult for people with mental illness to cope with the hardships of life. For instance, in “Horses of the Night,” the character of Chris has dissociative symptoms that can be linked to his depression. Margaret Laurence’s short story tells the story of Chris, a young teenager who moves to from a small farm to the town of Manawaka in order to go to high school. The story is told by his younger cousin, Vanessa. As she grows up, she learns that Chris is depressed. The author uses the theme of fantasy to show that he does not cope well with reality. The horses, Shallow Creek, and the children are symbols that show us the fantasy that Chris lives in.

There was an hour maybe two before sunset and the end to a day of hard work. He had spent most of the day packing and repacking his own wagon in preparation of tomorrow’s departure. The wagon he was currently using belonged to the inn. It wasn’t easy trying to

Leading the horse to the adjoining pasture, Jackson buttoned his coat, put on his gloves, pulled his stocking hat over his ears and put his cowboy hat over the top Since it was March and there was still a good bit of snow on the ground, he didn’t intend to go far, it was too cold for that. All he wanted was to get the feel of the horse and see how well he responded to him as a rider. For his first ride, he already had quite the audience on the other side of the fence. He mounted the horse and had quite the audience on the other side of the fence for his first ride. Taking the reins, he mounted his horse and queued him into a walk using his voice and legs. Once they were going he put the horse through his paces, first at a trot and then a full

As she burrowed her face into his chest, she inhaled his familiar scent of perspiration and spicy bay rum. Shifting around, she nestled her back into Asa’s solid chest and shoulder. When he wrapped his arms around her, and she could feel the rhythmic beating from his heart. Moored work boats filled the glassy, calm harbor, many of them on their way to the Northeast after a winter in the South and the Caribbean. Since land and sea were in a constant tussle for wind in Nell’s coastal town, it was unsettling to her when it died. When Asa began to caress her arm, a haunting penny

In a time period where things are evolving and changing, the Author Cormac portrays John Grady as someone living within the old western “cowboy civilization”. Although John Grady is moving into a much progressive era, he would rather engage himself in the life of the land, cattle and that of his passion, the horses. The world John was used to is becoming more modern and although he is not blind, he is unwilling to give up the past and accept the present. Grady still embraced his desire to be a true cowboy even in his journey to Mexico he attempted to act on that philosophy but the new time and his experiences came to a fore front as he was forced to mature and to proceed through life abiding by the new rules before him.

Eliezer’s father rarely listened to Eliezer in what he wanted to do. Eliezer wanted to study the Cabal, but his father wanted him to take a different path in life. A personal friend of Eliezer’s family offered to take them to the next town by saying: “Please I could take you to the next town and you could be safe.” Eliezer’s father responded “What is the harm in staying it won’t kill us?” Friends of Eliezer’s family

‘Notes from a Small Island’, written by Bill Bryson is a reflective travel journal comparing Bryon’s past views and opinions of Britain, his expectations and thus the reality of what he discovers it to have become. Bryson uses satire, humour, irony and sarcasm to generate a pace and lucid flow within his writing, and for the reader this can be thoroughly captivating and entertaining.

The third aspect that constructs an impression of Australian identity is voice. Voice is the authors' perspective of something that relates to an issue. It is also the viewpoint of the persona coming through to us. In this poem, Patterson is trying to tell us that the horse is being devalued because it is only getting sold for a pound. He says this twice in the first stanza to get the message out to the reader. At this point the poem then describes the qualities and nature of the horse which is supposed to make us feel that the horse should be worth more than just a pound. All this goes into the category of fairness. The author also describes the setting of the outback terrifically, by using different types of language conventions to make the

Moreover, other themes include the effects and after effects of colonialism, as well as her general feelings of alienation. In her first non-fiction work, “A Small Place,” Kincaid captures the essence of Antigua through the use of vivid diction and imagery. After not having been home for twenty years, Kincaid returned to the island and based the book on the lives and lifestyles of those living

“The aged maps call it ship trap island” said whitney “ What a name the place has am I right. The Sailors seem to hate the place they think it is as bad As pirates” I misunderstand it must be some tradition. “Can’t see the sea but I can smell it as well as momma’s cookin” rainsford said as he looked through the dense tropical night. I could feel the night coming down onto me and the yacht

The journey took Abigail weeks, but at last she had made it. She had not expected Barbados to be such a beautiful place, a true tropical paradise. Now she faced a different type of problem. Where would she sleep? How would she eat? All these types of questions made their way through her

explains to the narrator that the sugar she eats in New York comes from Barbados, that they are

The autobiographical-novel maintains its poetic form through repetition, alliteration, and rhythm. As Kincaid writes, “…for no real sunset could look like that; no real seawater could strike that many shades of blue at once; no real sky could be that shade of blue…” This charm lulls and immobilizes the reader, such that Kincaid’s narration graduates from the victim of such transformative power to a practitioner in her own right. The mystical form powerfully mixes with historical content, opening up new possibilities for discussions that extend the political argument beyond the metaphysical. Indeed, the deceptive simplicity of diction and the finely controlled syntax examine Antigua’s clouded process of existence with incisive clarity. An emotionally truthful, intimate, and poignant piece, A Small Place demonstrates the author’s conflicting attitudes of love and disappointment towards her birthplace. As Covi praises, “Reading A Small Place is like looking at the sea: the message is carried by the tide, but it is impossible to say upon which particular

The mule seemed to sense Titus desire to get home because he quickened his pace. It was a slower trot that did not cause the boy or the owl to bounce up and down to the point that they may slide off his back. After traveling for several hours, Titus raised his arm and pointing to the castle just over a kilometer down the road. “There, that will be your new home,” He said, as he patted the mule on the

Grace Nichols wrote 'Island Man' when she moved from Caribbean to England in 1977. In this poem 'Island Man’, Grace Nichols is writing about her experience of moving to London where she had to emigrate from her homeland in Caribbean. Island man the theme is the sea, which is referred to as the 'blue surf'. In an extract from Graces interview she reveals ''I feel I belong from Guyana because I speak their language and I have sprung from that background''. This shows that the poets feel culture is the centre of their identity.