Summary : ' The Serenity Of The Area '

The enchanted forest pulsed in, it’s ancient heartbeat, the deep, haunting song sweeping through the swaying leaves. The woody incense of thousands of leaves and branches matting the forest floor filled the air and dominated our nostrils. Soon, the branches will bend to the will of the whispering wind, allowing the sun to fill every nook and cranny with its the lustrous, golden light, illuminating the full grandeur of a forest that is steeped in plushness and opulence. But for now, the sprawling limbs of centuries-old trees still guarded the darkness, blotting out most of the gentle rays of dawn’s light.

As dawn beckons, a new day has begun and the sleeping village of Salem is coated in a bright glow of orange. The small wooden shacks of this colonial town are packed together and next to it is a great green forest of oak trees. The wind starts to blow ever so gently like a ship on still water and the sea of trees dance, causing the leaves rustle.

Sadness, frustration, or discontent, however it’s put, there is an obvious difference with the characters in, “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place” by Ernest Hemingway, and their ideas of mortality and old age. The short story shows the concept of “nothingness,” displayed through a very depressing view on life. This suggesting that all people, even those who are happy and content, will eventually end up lonely, drunk, or unhappy. By allowing a reader to view this from three diverse perspectives, Hemingway is able to render how someone’s attitude of their own life can go from one extreme to another. Allowing suicide as a final option to surface for some.

Kermeen was not the only resident to have a good experience with the ghost and spirits. Carla Ledbetter stayed in the plantation overnight and had a pleasant experience with the ghosts. While trying to sleep she heard rattling in the closet and her bed became suddenly cold. She asked the ghost to mind their manners

A possible new marine sanctuary in the Potomac River, the Potomac River is home to the “Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay.” There are two-hundred known ships in the fourteen square mile area of the river adjacent to Charles County. The ships ages range from the Revolutionary War to the present days. Some of the ships are from the largest World War One wooden steam ships build for the American Emergency Fleet. The ships were burned and scuttled in the bay in 1925. Someone from the public committed on the area on Wednesday, experts have highlighted the importance of Mallows Bay. “... a national treasure in the process of being discovered,” said Maritime Historian Donald Shomette. People say that

Many individuals ponder whether paranormal activity in fact does exist, or whether it is just a hallucination of the mind. Although, this may be a controversial topic, countless individuals can swear that they have witnessed a spirit with their own eyes, as others couldn’t disagree more. In the book, The Hauntings of Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Jamestown, the author uses personal encounters of witnesses to justify the presence of a spirit in a historical location. The tales the author includes pertains to people from all different classes and statuses such as, slaves, soldiers, lost-lovers, and even the prosperous individuals of Virginia. Meanwhile, the author also provides historical information, by stating the establishment of towns and informing the reader about the effects of wars, such as the Revolutionary and Civil War.

In the article, “The Calm,” “a Small, Good Thing,” and “Cathedral”: Raymond Carver and the Rediscovery of Human Worth, by Mark A. R. Facknitz, states “In fictional terms, he learns to shift point of view. In emotional terms, he learns to feel empathy” (295). This means that the husband had preconceived notions about blind people. These made him narrow minded which added to his negativity. Perhaps this is the reason he is isolated. He did not accept difference, like the way he didn’t accept and expect a blind man to have a beard. After having met Robert he now has a better understanding and can connect more to the world outside his comfort zone. It’s one step in the direction of accepting others and learning more about the real world. He can

Elegant live oak tree branches drape over cobblestone streets, and the air is damp with salt. Pedestrians stroll along the streets, pausing for a chit-chat with fellow citizens. The pace is a little slower in the low-country. Savannah is rich in history with a past of war and slavery. Halloween here will have some of the most mystical-yet-gorgeous ghost rides of your life; Savannah is “America’s Most Haunted City.” It seems that ghosts linger about their homes when disaster grips them from their mortal lives too soon. Spirits meander about the city whose bodies burned to ash during one of the two blazing fires in 1796 and 1820, or sickened to death by the yellow fever in 1820, or taken during the American Revolutionary War. There is no doubt

Inside the house lived a malevolent phantom. People said he existed, but Jem and I had never seen him” (Lee 9). Basically, the author is showing the house in a light that is very uncomfortable, and unpleasant. Then telling about the ghost of a person that might live there. The evidence

The Outer Banks is a place filled with myths, legends, and places to learn about the island's fascinating past. The Outer Banks preserve the past through museums, statues, and shipwrecks that all can be visited. Whether the stories pertain to Blackbeard and other spirits of pirates from the past or those who died in shipwrecks on the coast’s shoals, people all over believe that these spirits haunt the island. History can be revealed in places like the Ocracoke Lighthouse, the Graveyard of the Atlantic, British Cemetery, and others.

Much like how The Time Machine by H.G. Wells inspired great interest in time travel (and even coined the term “time machine”), similarly iconic works in popular

In a small town of New England a close-knit family lives in the outskirts of town enjoying all that nature has to offer. Told as a narrative through David Appleton’s log we learn a lot about him, his wife Jen, and their three children Mia, Sarah and Sam. Additionally, we meet many more characters through David’s numerous veterinarian calls. In great detail we are witnessed to both the delightful and unpleasant perks of David’s work. Oddly, an unknown caller turns up randomly throughout the novel. The strength of the family is tested once a terrible hunting accident lands Sam in a comma. During David’s obsessive search to find out who hurt Sam he often believes the unknown caller knows what happened to

Life sucks, does it not? Life is nothing and everything in life is meaningless. Perhaps there are a few things that can distract the mind and guard from the inadequacies of life, but in the end all fades away. Nothing lasts forever. While all the somethings are dying and fading, nothing is still there. Sure, one can search for meaning and think happy thoughts, but throughout the struggle everyone is alone and slowly spiraling down the path to despair. In “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place,” Hemingway uses the concept of nada, characterization, and the setting to emphasize the idea of human life being full of nothing.

This story was written by Hemingway in 1933. It details an evening's interaction between two waiters, and their differing perspectives of life. Hemingway uses an old man as a patron to demonstrate the waiter's philosophies. Hemingway is also visible in the story as the old man, someone who society says should be content, but has a significant empty feeling inside. What follows is a line-by-line analysis, putting emphasis on the philosophies of the waiters.

A clean well lighted place by Ernest Hemingway has a few themes that stand out clearly but the one theme that stands out to me is despair. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, despair means to lose all hope or confidence. In the story, the older waiter and the old deaf man somehow share a common bond of despair. Both men are of age and like to be out, late at night, alone. Asides from the story alone, the theme of the story can be brought out by the setting. The setting contributes to the story’s theme in different ways. The setting contributes to the mood of the story, to the structure of the story, and to the lesson of the story. The café represents salvation for despair which is shown through the setting of the