The Garden By William Makepeace Thackeray Analysis

In ‘I kneel to pick frail melancholy flowers among ashes and loam’ a tone of loneliness and sadness is established as the persona enters. Harwood describes the violets as ‘frail’ and ‘melancholy’, terms that arn’t usually associated with flowers. This is also explored in the juxtaposition of ‘ashes’ and ‘loam’. Ash is symbolic of death and decay which contradicts the ‘loam’, symbolic of life and birth. The persona’s dark and unpleasant perceptions reveal their uncertainty and state of mind. The present tense indicates the persona’s adulthood and their sense of longing and unsatisfaction conveyed through the nostalgic delivery of

The garden is the vehicle in which the narrator reveals her reluctance to leave behind the imaginary world of childhood and see the realities of the adult world. The evidence supporting this interpretation is the imagery of hiding. The narrator uses the garden to hide from reality and the

There is hardly anyone that hasn’t had to grow up. Growth is central to every character in a story, but “Through the Tunnel” and To Kill a Mockingbird amplify this; the loss of innocence and coming of age is central to the entire story. Both “Through the Tunnel” and To Kill a Mockingbird’s main conflict test the characters (Jem in To Kill a Mockingbird and Jerry in “Through the Tunnel”) as they grow up in the face of adversity.

I thoroughly enjoyed watching the Guerilla Gardener video, and what Ron Finley discussed. I have always been a sucker for healthy eating and producing my own food, so being able to hear his ideas had kept me interested throughout the entire video.

From across the room, I felt his eyes upon me. Louis had us seated at a table near a window overlooking the slow flowing muddy river. Myles Laveau sat across the room, his dinner companion’s back was toward the room and to me- I was seething with a need to view her face. Why was I feeling this way, he was not mine… I had no right to be angry. I had Louis to my left and Boudreaux to my right, but wanted what was out of reach- at least for the moment. I knew I could have him again; Myles Laveau affected me the same way the flame-haired woman had, but unlike her, he made himself available. The simplest touch from him sent quivers through my pleasure place; just the touch of his eyes upon me had me quivering with desire for him, and

The Hamilton Affair, a historical fiction novel written by Elizabeth Cobbs, centers around the love story of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler in addition to incorporating their upbringings and accomplishments up until the time of their deaths. The story itself is divided into two parts each entitled by two words that appropriately summarize their theme: Part 1-Love and Revolution and Part 2-Betrayal in Redemption. There is an immediate shift in mood between these two parts in order to reflect the changing nature of the times. A constant excitement characterizes Part 1, as Alexander and his fellow colonists struggle for independence during the American Revolution and sparks fly between him and Eliza upon their initial flirtation and eventual marriage. This is particularly reflected in Cobbs’ vivid imagery of the setting where Eliza and Alexander first meet: “The fire’s glow on the red-flocked wallpaper gave a rosy hue to the polished silver and porcelain” (Cobbs 129). However, in Part 2, the so-called “honeymoon phase” of the Hamilton’s marriage is over, and the harsh realities of real life settle in, as Hamilton’s political and well as familial life is consistently tested, which ultimately leads to his affair with Maria Reynolds and the subsequent heartbreak Eliza experiences. Eliza’s inner dialogue establishes a nostalgic tone, as she ponders happier times where “everything seemed rosy,” and she and Alexander “danced until the wee hours” (210). Given the effects

I Am The (Great plain) By: Antwaan valadez I am the Great Plains I wonder how most Indians hunt I hear animals in the forest I see many young Indians I want a new tomahawk I am the Great Plains I pretend that i'm a big and strong Indian I feel amazing

"The Chrysanthemums" introduces us to Elisa Allen, a woman who knows she has a gift for growing things, but it seems to be limited to her garden. Diligently working in her garden, Elisa watches as men come and go, living their lives unconfined, wondering what it must feel like to have that freedom. That emotion is revealed as Elisa gases at her husband and acquaintances talking, "she looked down toward the men by the tractor shed now and then." As she tills the soil for her chrysanthemums Elisa tills the thoughts in her head. The garden she so desperately maintained represents her world. A world that will only flourish if nourished. Emotional nourishment and stimulation is what Elisa lacked and longed for. The garden is limited in space to grow and so is her marriage. The garden is safe, non-threatening and so is her world. The garden contains many different elements that make it what it is, although unseen, and if the proper nourishment is not given it will die, as with Elisa.

How do we lose our childish way of seeing the world? How can we suddenly they see the world as it is, in all its evil? ‘The Flowers’ is a story about a young girl who goes through an experience that forces her into changing her way of seeing life, and it presents themes like growing up and loss of innocence.

In their feeling for the boys under their charge such men are not unlike the finer sort of women in their love of men.” (18), in Pennsylvania the “truth” that a man being gentle will invoke a feminine character in the school boys made Biddlebaum hands a problem, this happens again in Winesburg where the “truth” is held that a men’s hands should be productive and not gentle, Biddlebaum is only acknowledged for how much strawberries he can pick and this makes him a more grotesque man. This is another proof that a location can impact

Barbara knew that there was only one place Andy would go, and that was in the dark underbrush that grew by the side of the garden shed. For once, her thorns would come in handy, thought Barbara. With a renewed air of strength Barbara made her way towards the garden shed, worryingly noticing along the way that what was once a patch of browned earth near the pond had already grown and over taken more than half of the garden. As Barbara neared the shed, she overheard Andy’s sugary voice, and paused behind a dead dandelion to listen

This play shows us the tale of two centuries, shifting flawlessly between 1809 and the present day. The love versus intellect. In 1809, a curious young Thomasina Coverly interrupts her lesson by asking her tutor Septimus Hodge what carnal embrace is. Her ideas about mathematics, nature and physics theories are way ahead of her time. The setting shifts to the

“Although it was so brilliantly fine- the blue sky powered with gold and great spots of light like white wine splashed over the Jardins Publiques,” sets the setting of where miss brill spends her Sundays at the park (Roberts,Henry) Miss Brill is out on a Sunday alone sitting in her “special” seat along with two other people who she doesn’t know, but wishes she did. Mansfield takes specific care in building a feeling of authenticity in Miss Brill. Despite the fact that the careful area is questionable, Mansfield's depictions of the general population gardens and the symbolism of the numerous individuals who Miss Brill watches, aides make a rich, climatic setting of development and bustle. In the story Mansfield writes, “Oh, how fascinating it was! How she enjoyed it!

This is exhibited through the characters of both Charlotte and Cecil whom Forster gives satirical treatment to. Both of them create barriers and set limitations on themselves, subconsciously and consciously disallowing for them to live an honest and open life with a view. Evidently and of great irony, Charlotte sought to have a room with a view in the Italian hostel, but only “fastened the window-shutters” once she obtains it. Her physically closing off the view in the room coincides the indisputable fact of her narrow-mindedness and disinterest of anything unconventional and improper, revealing she is not prepared to take courage and live a life with a view. Comparatively, while Cecil shares the latter, he also embodies the conventions of Victorian society and fails to grab a hold of the exciting view the Emersons hold. In the matter of passion, an aspect associated to a view, Cecil has none and is lack of true feeling due to maintaining the true gentleman of Victorian society. This is shown where he remains to that idea and doesn’t show the slightest of fervor even when Lucy breaks off the engagement. It is then obvious that those who cannot hold passion and interest in a life without tradition will not obtain a room with a

In 1938 in Salinas Valley Elisa lives as a housewife and flower gardener on her husband's ranch where she feels trapped in a “closed pot” unable to escape and explore the world around her, “small square garden box”. At her husband henry’s ranch she has a passion of growing chrysanthemum in her garden but she desperately wants to be doing what Henry is doing, but can’t because that was men’s work. She want to have the rights of man and explore the country, “‘Some of those yellow chrysanthemums you had this year were ten inches across’” (2), Elisa feels like she has outgrown the ranch just like her flowers had outgrown her small garden. She gives a flower to a passing handyman in attempt to get part of her out of here and free, but on her dinner