The Journey For The Cure Literary Analysis

Unbroken is mainly set during World War II, in the Pacific and several other places. The story mostly focuses on Louie's life growing up, in the barracks, and in the several POW camps he had to endure during his time as a captive. The setting has a huge effect on the story because the war is what really drives the main plot through Louie's enlistment through the mental aftermath of the war that he has to work through. It's also interesting to look back at how the men at the time perceived the war effort, and how it impacts their morale. For example, after a successful air raid the men in Louie's unit believe “With the dawn of 1943 and the success at Wake, the men felt cocky. It had all been so easy. One admiral predicted that Japan might be

Louis Zamperini, an American soldier during World War II and an Olympic runner, was the main character in the biography Unbroken. While positioned on the Pacific Ocean, Louie’s plane crashed, and survived the crash with his two crewmates Phil and Mac. As the tortuous journey trudged on, Mac was tortured by nature's forces and died near the end of the journey. Louie and the stranded men floated for 46 days, living off of rainwater and fish, before being discovered by a Japanese patrol. When his torn, inflatable raft finally found land, the passengers were swept up by Japanese forces, putting them into torture camps. While at these camps Louie met the Bird, a ruthless guard who will haunt his dreams for the rest of his life. After Louie’s rough

Power and control plays a big role in the lives many. When power is used as a form of control, it leads to depression and misery in the relationship. This is proven through the themes and symbolism used in the stories Lesson before Dying, The fun they had, The strangers that came to town, and Dolls house through the median of three major unsuccessful relationship: racial tension between the African Americans and the caucasians in the novel Lesson before Dying, Doll’s House demonstrates a controlling relationship can be detrimental for both individuals and The Stranger That Came To Town along with The Fun They Had show that when an individual is suppressed by majority they become despondent.

In the nineteenth century, Irish people in Great Britain and the United States were negatively stereotyped. To illustrate, some scientists during the time believed that Irish people were more closely related to apes than other Europeans, and considered them to be an inferior race to Anglo-Saxons. Some communities in the United States classified Irish people as Black, like Africans and African Americans. Irish people were seen as lazy, immoral, selfish, and destructive. The group was illustrated to be criminals that lied and stole from people. Gilman Tenney introduces O’Connor’s character as a very stereotypical Irishman of the time period. In “The boy was likely, impudent, and a good scholar; always at the head of all mischief in every school he attended; and remarkable for having always a park of cards in his pocket, and for attending every cock-fight and horse-race, within a dozen miles of him” (Tenney, 16). He partakes in stereotypical Irish pastimes such as gambling and causing mischief for others. As he grew up, these

In past years, as well as, in the twenty-first century, African Americans are being oppressed and judged based on the color of their skin. In, A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines, this is the primary conflict that plagues Jefferson’s as well as Grant’s everyday life. By pleading guilty to a murder that he did not commit, Jefferson has to choose to die just as he is, a hog in the white’s eyes, or die a man. On the other hand, Grant, who is his teacher, is faced with being looked down upon by his community all because of his race and status. He is graced with the challenge of turning Jefferson into a man before his execution date. It is only a matter of time before they both realize that they cannot change the past and they have

As a child grows up, they shouldn’t have to fear their childhood, they should want to relive it. As Sir Roger Moore states: “The saddest sight these days is the image of hundreds of thousands of children kidnapped and lured into being child soldiers from the age of eight.” (Sir Roger Moore). The novel, A Long Way Gone, is about a child soldier, losing his humanity fighting in the war being picked up by the government. Many symbols are used to juxtapose several violent images during his childhood. Beah uses symbols including his AK-47 (gun), the moon, and the cassette tapes to show the central themes of oppression and freedom. In his literary work, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, Ishmael Beah uses

Boasting conspicuous consumption to the less fortunate is like rubbing salt on a wound. In contrast, salt creates an anti-bacterial environment that allows the wound to heal even faster, like materialism motivates technological advances for long-term growth. However, sacrifices must be made to fuel the idea of commodification for it promotes selfishness, lust, and jealousy. The idea of obtaining rewards intended for selfish needs and wants forces humans to compete for female sexual objectification. This process has consequences, for the power of jealousy exchanges morality with ignorance. Although Lawson’s The Other Side of the Bridge and Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby came to different conclusions about future ideals, they both share the idea

In Karen Thompson's, The Age of Miracles, each character is going through certain changes within themselves. Julia is an eleven years old and an only child. Her family seems to be held together up until they wake up and discover that the unimaginable has just been made a reality. The Earth's rotation has slowed, causing days and nights to grow longer, gravity is thrown off, and the natural environment is thrown into disarray (Walker). These events were called, the slowing. Julia's mother, Helen, and her father, Joel, are two different people that handle the Slowing very differently. Helen freaks out over things small because she is in fear that the world is ending, Joel distances himself from the family even more, and Helen is more open about her feelings than Joel is.

In the novel, Brave New World, written by Aldous Huxley, the author uses many literary

During the 20th century, authors have taken advantage of literature to share their convictions of the origin and control of human evil and perversion. In Brave New World, the world controllers manage what people think and feel and retain power throughout the novel. In contrast, the society in Lord of the Flies fixates on the regulations of specific actions, and ultimately loses power and fails. Despite the different approaches, both societies share similar structures such as an authoritarian government to maintain control. The contrasting strategies used by Aldous Huxley and William Golding in their novels to maintain control and power in the community can be applied to how adults parent their children.

After reviewing the coding I completed for each book, I tallied up the results to see which lenses I most frequently and infrequently used. The results were that I analyzed the text through the literary lens in nineteen different books out of the twenty-five total (Petersen, 2016). In retrospect, I intermittently used the intertextual lens while reading. To be specific, I analyzed only five books out of the total twenty-five through this perspective (Petersen, 2016).

Science fiction movies often depict the consequences of failing to slow the damage to the environment in the science fiction movie, The Day After Tomorrow, the weather on earth begins to do strange things. The ice caps start to melt and break, tornados rip through Hollywood, and tsunamis flood the coast. Jack Hall, a climatologist, explains global warming and the melting of the ice caps is to blame for this weather. He predicts the North Atlantic current will shut down, and the northern states will see the next ice age. The vice president dismisses his claims until his predictions come true in the following days. Eventually, the air in the north gets so cold that people seem to freeze within seconds resulting in a nearly unsurvivable ice age where people in the north must stay inside near a fire to survive. The dystopian future depicted in the movie The Day After Tomorrow reflect societal anxieties about earth’s changing climate.

When first reading Kate Chopin's "Story of an Hour," one may not typically be surprised at its ending, write it off as one of those creepy "back from the dead" horror stories and forget about it. There is more to this story than simply horror. The author is making a very strong, however subtle, statement towards humanity and women's rights. Through subtle symbolism, Kate Chopin shows how marriage is more like a confining role of servitude rather than a loving partnership.

The short stories of Ireland are distinct and many times distinctly Irish. “The Limerick Gloves” by Maria Edgeworth, “The Pedlar’s Revenge” by Liam O’Flaherty, “The Poteen Maker” by Michael McLaverty, and “Loser” Val Mulkerns are each distinct Irish short stories that deal with Irish topics in original ways. These stories are stylistically and thematically Irish. They are moralistic and offer clear themes that pertain to Irish values. This analysis will explore the Irish-ness of the works and explore their meaning when held against Irish literary tenants.

Irish Literary Revival was an enormously important movement in the history of Ireland for the works of that time continue to influence many authors to this day. The exact date of the beginning of the Revival is rather indeterminate, however, it is considered to emerge around the period of 1880-1890. Felton describes the movement in words “The Revival drew together many of Ireland’s finest writers and scholars in an effort to rejuvenate an Irish literary and cultural tradition that been subverted by hundreds of years of British political domination” (2007:4). The movement started to disappear in the 1920s.