The Role of Nick Bottom and the Significance of His Portrayal

I was having nightmares and I couldn’t sleep. I got very tight at various points in the book” (Daniels, “The Other- Chilling First Effort”. The novel delivers its fair share of macabre and horror, certainly enough to evoke the same feelings in the reader that Tryon described himself having. As scenes of domestic life unfurl, Tryon introduces mystery after mystery about the horrendous actions Holland Perry (Moore, “At the End, the Baby Disappears”). Holland is seemingly introduced as the psychopath in the story- “the other”. Dan Chaon describes the central question throughout the novel: “What is Holland” (254). In the conclusion of the second part- and climax- of the novel, we find the answer to this question- Holland is dead, and has been for quite some time. Through this shocking twist, the story is revealed to be about the Nile’s madness and self-delusion (Chaon, Afterword). Famous novelist Peter Straub once said that “Horror is the genre of literature most closely concerned with loss: our fear of it, its approach, its inevitable triumph” (Chaon, Afterword). This is the case with The Other- it has grand horrors of death and insanity, and then little horrors concerning the loss of everyday life around the town (Chaon, Afterword). In the last chapter, Tryon writes, “He was gone, I could no longer conjure him up as he had me”, effectively revealing the loss and subsequent insanity of

I observed three little boys playing and climbing on a slide. Nick, the little boy in the blue shirt and tan pants was climbing up the slide, using the steps and holding on to the wooden side to help him get to the top. He was grasping a wooden toy in his hands as he was climbing. There was another little boy climbing up the slide pushing a wooden toy as he went up the slide; the third little boy was climbing up the steps. When Nick got to the top of the slide he slid down really fast. The other little boys did not wait; they also slid down the slide. Nick ran from the slide to another area where a child was playing with a tower and cars. He did not talk to the child, but took the car he wanted and began to play with it and the tower. Nick

Good leaders ensure the world continues to advance. In contrast, bad leaders allow cruelty to spread and are often over controlling, taking away the freedom of their people. Richard Adams’s Watership Down is a story about rabbits trying to establish a warren, a society. Hazel, the main character of the book, has been informed that his warren is in danger. He leads a group of rabbits to try and start a new warren in a better environment, away from peril. While trying to find this location, Hazel and his rabbits stumble upon another warren, Efrafa. The secretive warren is led by a fierce rabbit, General Woundwort. Though Hazel and General Woundwort are both leaders, they lead in two distinct ways. Hazel and General Woundwort are drastically different leaders because they take power in contrasting ways, have incongruent methods of leadership, and view their role as leader differently.

Most of the time when I am not reading an independent reading book, it is because I can never find a book I like to read. Also, I am usually very busy and cannot find the time to finish or even start a book. However, if I do find a book I like, I can finish it within days because of how gripping it can be. In addition to this, I will probably re-read the book for a second, third, or fourth time, with time in between, of course. The book The Boys in the Boat, has been added to the list of these memorable, and definitely re-read, stories.

In the first two pages of Chapter One Nick Carraway’s tone is for the most part haughty. The first sign of Nick’s arrogant tone becomes evident when he mentions the advice given to him by his father when he was younger. “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”(Fitzgerald, 1). Although the idea of being tolerant is a positive one on its own, the way Nick portrays it makes it seem as his high-class upbringing gives him an edge over everyone else. Further on in the novel Nick mentions that “in consequence”(Fitzgerald, 1) to his reservation of all judgement he receives a lot of attention from “wild, unknown men”(Fitzgerald,

her, and is willing to kill her. It is the longest scene in the play,

seen in the first scene of act 1 from line 80-101 when he makes a very

Another instance a dream is lost is when the family finds out the money has been stolen. Walter's sister, Beneatha, realizes her dream of going to medical school is now on hold. Benetha, being very angry at her brother, starts talking badly to him. Mama steps in and tells her not to speak badly to her brother. Beneatha replies, “Bad? Say anything bad to him? No – I told him he was a sweet boy and full of dreams and everything is strictly peachy keen, as the ofay kids say!”(Hansberry 138). In this instance, the reader can feel the emotion that Beneatha expresses. We feel the heavy load on his shoulders only become heavier, just as in the poem the author offers “Maybe it just sags like a heavy load.”(Hughes).

As a citizen of the wonderful city of Laurel, I believe it is my duty to suggest different ideas to keep this city and its people as bright as possible. That is the reason why I believe that we should have a ‘Laurel Reads’ program. Reading is something every person needs and this program would ensure that the people of this city get what they need. Having a book for the city to read can make the entire community closer.

In the second play, "The Libation Bearers", awareness occurs during sleep rather than during waking hours. When Clytaemestra dreams Orestes is a snake that draws blood from her breast, the chorus says, "She woke screaming out of her sleep, shaky with fear…" (The Libation Bearers 535) Her fear came as a result of the realization that Orestes, her son, would harm her. This image of evil came to her in sleep, rather than while she was awake. Because she was aware of potential harm, Clytaemestra was able to act more cautiously. But despite efforts to protect herself, Orestes ultimately takes his revenge on Clytaemestra. Though dreams are not representative of perception in the first play, in the second part of the trilogy, they are seen as a definite type of awareness. Although contrary to the original meaning of sleep, a clear division is still shown between consciousness and ignorance.

The general argument made by Nicholas Carr in his work, From the Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains, is that phones and social media has taken over, and that’s about all our generation relies on in today’s world. More specifically, Nicholas Carr argues that the internet is distracting us from our day to day work, and human interaction. He writes, “I do most of my banking and a lot of my shopping online. I use my browser to pay my bills, schedule my appointments, book flights and hotel rooms, renew my driver’s license, send invitations and greeting cards” (Carr par. 3). In this passage, Nicholas Carr is suggesting how the internet is taking over more and more of his life, and how technology is changing his daily tasks, and how

It had all been a dream, that conversation Percival had with a little girl. He’d had the same dream every night for six months, ever since he and Gwaine found out that finally, after three years of waiting, they would be fathers. Percival had pictured his little girl so clearly in his mind every night – her voice, her comforting weight in his arms, the scent of her shampoo (strawberry). But there was every chance that the dream was about to become a nightmare.

Nick Carraway is the only character worth knowing in The Great Gatsby. He is living in East Egg with the rich and powerful people. He is on the guest lists to all of their parties and yet he is the person most worthy of attending such parties because he is well bread and his family is certainly not poor. “Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” (Ch1, P1). These words were taught to Nick by his father showing the qualities that a man with goals and values would have in a place where goals and values was no existent. His Judgmental eye for character and guts of using them when desired makes him more interesting. He has a greatest fear that he will be

Then he dreamed of a hill, that no matter how fast he climbed, it seemed farther away, until finally he reaches the top. On top of the hill is a white house. Trueblood went in the house, and there is a room that is totally white. Inside the room is a white girl who wants Trueblood to snuggle up with her. But he just pushes her on to the bed and, " the woman just seems to sink outta sight, that there bed was so soft.... Then swoosh! All of a sudden, a flock of little white geese fly out of the bed(Ellison 55-58)." Soon after, Trueblood wakes up and is going to tell his wife about the dream, but when he wakes up, he is on top of his daughter. This is important because this dream eventually gets IM kicked out of college. The reason for IM's expulsion is because Norton had a heart attack due to the shock of hearing this dream.

     In Hemingway’s collection of short stories, In Our Time, we follow a character by the name of Nick Adams. We are introduced to Nick in “Indian Camp” as a young boy, and follow him to adulthood in both Parts I and II of “Big Two-Hearted River”. Through this we see Nick develop and learn about some major facts of life. Nick is a character who changes through the effects of war on many different levels. Although Hemingway hardly mentions the war, he uses the stories to express different effects and emotions caused by the war.