The Fly By Katherine Mansfield

1. “It may serve, let us hope, to symbolize some sweet moral blossom that may be found along the track, or relieve the darkening close of a tale of human frailty and sorrow.” In this quote the author is referring to the rose bush by the prison as being a symbol of the sweet moral lesson offered by Anne Hutchinson, a woman who preached to the Puritans without the male-dominated permission of the Puritan church. Like Hester Prynne, Anne was punished. She was sent to the prison. No matter how small an action is, the culture of a society can respond in rage, loathing disgust, even fear. It is behavior that is learned and passed on through religion and community. In colonial Puritan society people were socialized to be very strict and religious and to punish anyone who behaved in a way that was considered improper. Any kind of sin had an exaggerated evil in the Puritan’s eyes, especially ones regarding marriage and sex. Hester Prynne and Anne Hutchinson are both character representations of women who stood up for the rights of women to live their own lives in a strict society.

Survival. As a famous saying goes, “Sometimes even to live can be an act of courage.” Survival is not something most Americans think of first thing in the morning. For some humans in the world, surviving is the most difficult task to complete in their daily life; one reason being poverty. For Nat Hocken, it isn’t poverty that made it difficult for him to survive; it is birds. Birds are known to have a predominantly positive connotation such as innocence, beauty, gentleness, nobility, and good omen. In the story “The Birds,” the author Daphne Du Maurier creates birds that are evil, violent, ferocious, and savage creatures that are apparently hungry for humans. Nat, living on a small farm, being physically disabled has to survive on his

Grief, much like the ink, is something that can grab ahold to a person and cause someone to feel helpless which is what it did to The Boss. “The little beggar seemed cowed, stunned, and afraid to move because of what would happen next. But then, as if painfully, it dragged itself forward.” (278) Grief weighs The Boss down everyday of his life and, just like the ink sticking to the wings of the fly, the grief is stuck to him and despite his constant efforts to fix himself and accept what had happened the memory is always going to be there. He is not able to get past the ideation that it is not fair for him to be alive while his son was subjected to such cruel matters. The fly dragged itself forward even though it caused him great pain which is exactly what The Boss does each and every attempt he makes to overcome his grief. Almost as if he feels guilty for living happily while his son no longer gets to experience that.

What went wrong in the Lord of the Flies? Some may say Jack and some may say Roger, but what are the real reasons for the downfall of the boys? They are, the loss of hope, the loss of order, and the passing of time.

On The Run, Alice Goffman focuses on a particular group of young Black men living in a poor neighborhood, segregated from resources that would be found in more economically advanced neighborhoods. A “resource” that they do run into more than often is over policing in their neighborhood. As they are disproportionately targeted for arrest to fill quotas, this constant behavior and events deemed as a norm (either little children have made a game of cops catching and being overly aggressive to Black boys), hinders their process at advancing within American society. Systematic oppression against a minority group slows and puts racial tension progress at a standstill as they are continued victims of larger forces. What truly works against them once locked up and released, is when they were not given a chance based on race, now based on criminal history. People in such situations are left with one option, in order for them to survive and provide for their families, they must do it through illegal activity. Locking people up and returning into the same environment which had limited resources does nothing to solve larger powers at play. Specifically interpreting The Declaration of Independence and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, oppression 6th street boys experience from race, and class aspects, as well as age and educational background, at different parts in American history, a continued oppression against Blacks remain, and the difference between documents/laws that are

Fly had several themes in their play. The major theme of the play was an underdog story where the Tuskegee Airmen faced many difficulties in their life in the air force. They have to prove to their peers

If one desires the lifetime euphoria of moving on, one must endure the short term pain of accepting the truth. The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney tells the story of Alex Patrick, a junior high student who is raped at Themis Academy. Alex remembers nothing, and must fight to find out the truth about the night she spends with Carter Hutchinson. With the support of her friends, flashbacks of that night, and help from the student justice system, The Mockingbirds, Alex is determined to seek justice. It is through the principal character of the novel, Alex, that the reader is able to identify the character trait that pushes her to discover the truth. As Alex seeks help from the student justice system, the reader is able to see how they help her reveal the truth through their allusions to To Kill A Mockingbird. Furthermore, as the protagonist of the story resolves the conflict within herself, the reader is able to see how she develops and grows into a person that is able to accept the truth that has been revealed. In The Mockingbirds, Daisy Whitney reveals it is not until one comes to accept the truth of a traumatic event, is one finally able to make the decision to move forward in all aspects of their life.

Often in literature authors will use character deaths to move the story line along. This is the case in the Dystopian Novel The Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Golding creatively weaves his character deaths into the narrative in a way that not only connects them all, but he also uses the importance and nature of his death scenes to emphasize the children’s turn to savagery. In life our experiences change us, just as the deaths on the island change the kids. The first death on the island holds little to no importance to the boys, in fact Golding does not even give the littlun a name.

Many themes are expressed in the novel, Lord of the Flies, by William Golding because the novel conveys many ideas toward society. Lord of the Flies is about order in society turning to chaos and the evil side of a group of boys stranded on an island. Critics feel that Golding conveys that there is no hope for humankind and evil is an inborn trait of people because of many events that play out on the island.

Throughout Lord of the Flies it is clear that the author, William Golding, incorporated lots of symbolism into the text. Three of the main components in the story that symbolized something else were the conch the “beast” and the island. Each of these components developed throughout the text and gave the reader an idea of the main theme in the story.

On Thursday, November 10th I viewed the play entitled, Wings, by Arthur Kopit performed by the Waterford Union High School in their home auditorium at seven pm. This 40 minute competition production gives a rather interesting look into the mind of a interestingly intricate women. Emily Stilson , played by Kate Mcalonen, suffers from a stroke causing her to lose many of her cognitive and physical abilities including being aware, knowing when and where she is, inability to understand basics, inability to successfully communicate outside of her own head. During many points of the show She is lost in her own mind and memories. Emily felt so lost because she did not understand what was happening to her which led to a lot of confusion. Emily

Human nature is like a stream. The people are the water and the direction of the stream is the evil that nature is leading humans towards. Throughout life, evil has always been present and sometimes we fall victim to these type of corruption if pushed to an extent. For example, in the Cold War, conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union had become so grand as to almost ensuing a mutual assured self destruction almost killing innocent people and destroying many nations. Evil is not born, but rather it is created from the situations you are facing. William Golding was part of this Cold War and in it he learned of the evil that men possessed

Having read many pieces of literature through short stories, it is evident that each story has its own unique use of symbolism. Diverse characters in each work of literature are used to demonstrate these forms of symbolism. The boss and his inner conflict illustrate a great deal of symbolism in “The Fly” by Katherine Mansfield. The boss’s perception of the actions of the fly creates an interesting view of the comparison of his father-son, father-fly relationship. Katherine Mansfield, a famous realist, who uses concrete images, appeals to many readers because she incorporates her life into the stories she writes.

The grand event that was expected to accompany death does not occur. The entrance of the fly with a “blue, uncertain, stumbling buzz” is all that accompanies the speaker’s death. It is not that the fly caused the speaker to miss the event of their death, there was no sight to see. The speaker believes that the fly’s brief buzzing may have caused them to

Many people have fantasies, but it is our responsibility to escape from them and realize the reality. In `` Miss Brill`` by Kathrine Mansfield, the protagonist, Miss Brill is an old lady who is lonely and isolated. The boss in ``The Fly`` is a wealthy businessman who lost his son who was killed in World War 1. Although there are many differences such as setting and realization between the stories, both protagonist lives in their own fantasies. Miss Brill is an elderly woman who is not aware of her lonely life because she doesn't want to accept the reality of getting old.