The Starry Night By Anne Sexton

The Power of Nature and Healing in Starlight Nature surrounds all of civilization, and the further we run from it the further we run from peace and a better wellbeing. A major theme of Starlight by Richard Wagamese is nature and its power of healing. And the characters shown throughout the novel all exhibit the levels of healing from within and its different stages. Frank, the main character of Starlight, is the strongest example of nature and its mindset-altering properties. Healing in this book holds great significance as it reveals character development throughout the novel.

In Anita Endrezze’s poem “The Girl Who loved the sky” we read about two best friends that meet inside a “second grade room” (1). There with very different characteristics they learn that overall they are more alike than they think. They are able to relate to one another by their views of the world around them. The speaker in the poem is growing up without a father and her friend is blind. Both forced to grow up with an important element missing from their lives. They overcome this tragic part of their childhood and relay on their friendship to feel “safe” (39). As the speaker continues to explain their relationship, we feel their connection. We get the sense that they are able to understand each other and have the ability to view the world around them in the same way.

In Ellie Wiesel’s non-fiction novel, Night, he is telling his experiences of living in a concentration camp. The following passage is one that gives an example of how human lives were disregarded, “Faster, you filthy dogs! We were no longer marching, we were running like automatons. The SS were running as well, weapons in hand. We looked as though we were running from them.

Night is a story that reveals some of the worst of the human race. It is a re-telling of a young Jewish boy, Ellie Wiesel, coming of age in the midst of the Holocaust. The book is quite short and very clearly written, but it is still a very hard book to read. The young boy who is also the author of the book makes us, the readers, accompany him through many in-human and near-death experiences. These are written in such detail that anybody taking the time to read the book will be left with an in-depth knowledge of what we as humans are unfortunately capable of and a desire to contribute in any way possible preventing this part of our history to ever repeat itself. This, I believe, is the authors goal, to teach us, make us aware through his own experience, and hence give us a reason to hopefully prevent it in the future.

A shiny, crisp red fruit hangs enticingly off a lush verdant branch; a sly, seductive serpent and a woman in the nude converse under the sacred tree, and then Eve tentatively reaches up and plucks the juicy crimson fruit, a look of panic only reflected on her face once she realizes the gravity of her decision. She picks the forbidden fruit and her ignorance is ripped away from her like a newspaper on a windy day, and this single act started a trend of succumbing to temptations throughout human history. Even in the novels The Hours and The Awakening, the characters are tempted by someone else or a different idea; however, some of these characters exhibit strong self control and avoid their demise. The fine line between success and failure when it comes to avoiding temptation is most obviously demonstrated by Edna Pontellier and Laura Brown, and these two women showcase the destructive power of seduction and the strength of will it takes to deny the enticement. The allure of the unknown is not exclusive to the female sex either, many men in the novel also suffer from it, namely Robert Lebrun. The secret snare of temptation is interwoven throughout the stories, and the sliver of thread can be glimpsed between the inky words.

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.

"If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman," is a common quote used in the modern day. But just 20 years ago women were still fighting for their rights in America, how has this changed? Well, believe it all starts with women who wanted change, a right to own property or even equal right, it just was taken as unfair. As well as, that a wife had no legal identity apart from her husband, and which put women in a situation realizing they could make things change, started one at a time to become fed up with this arrangement. Circling The Sun by Paula McClain is all about a young named Beryl, who was abandoned by her mother as a child, being left to be raised by her work-devoted father and the native Kipsigis tribe,who share his estate. Beryl grew up to a young women with a fierce love of all things. when the wild child has to grow up, Beryl looses everything she knows and trusts. She is pitched in to a disastrous marriage, Jock Purves, and her husbands intent is to make her life miserable; however she is destined to find a way to her freedom. Trying to find they way she can live and love by her own rules, she charges forward through the unmapped territory of what she think she wants, on a path she finds herself meeting a man, that helps her to find her truest self and her fate. Its a astonishing story of a fearless young women, who extends out past others, to find freedom. Which makes you heart swell; however, Beryl was a women

An individual’s need to renounce a decision or a course of action can often lead to an individual forsaking themselves and choosing to live in their own fantasy, and not living in reality. In the short story “The Horses of the Night”, Chris has to deal with his below average life, in his below average house, and to do so he creates his own delusions by renouncing what his life is now. As the story progresses, the life of Chris progressively gets worse, with no job and no college education, Chris continued to create more delusions until finally, Chris could no longer handle it and chose a life outside of reality, leaving his body behind. Chris chose to renounce his life in its entirety and to live in a false reality in which he created in

Being inspired by Vincent Van Gogh’s illustrious painting Starry Night, Anne Sexton uses imagery, metaphor, and allusion to write the poem The Starry Night which indicates her not only shares the mental issue and suicide propensity with Vincent but also the deep desire for religion. Anne Sexton, a great female poet, is diagnosed with depression and gets hard mental hit due to the death of her aunt; thus, she attempts to suicide many times. Same as Vincent Van Gogh, Anne also expresses her feeling toward life and death in scene to release her gloominess. In her poem The Starry Night, she fully develops her inner thoughts on alienation and loneliness. First of all, Anne uses metaphor to describe the painting, pointing out her unique reflection to the painting and the mental creativity.

“The Sky Inside” by Clare B. Dunkle is a slightly future dystopian novel set in a post-apocalyptic world. People were starving, sick, and dying; so the government decided to have them compete for a better life. They staged game shows that would enable the winners to be moved into a completely safe, structured, dome, where they would never fear disease or war again. The losers, however, found a much different fate in starvation. Fast forward a few decades, and the grandchildren of the original inhabitants are prospering inside the dome, except for those who aren’t. The so called “Wonder Babies” a new model of genetically modified super-genius babies, are being tormented. The adults are fed up with the constant nagging of questions, the children are aggravated that this group of toddlers is smarter than them, and the wonder babies are unsatisfied with the education that they are receiving inside the suburb. No one is happy. Out of the blue, a man shows up and offers a solution to everyone’s problems, he offers to take away the wonder babies. Everyone is onboard, besides Martin. He does not want his sister to be taken away and can’t trust that the “school” she is being taken to is safe or even a real thing. As Martin begins to search for his sister, Cassie, he starts to discover secrets about the suburb that he has been contained inside of his entire life. Martin makes the decision that he has had enough and chooses to escape the suburb and find Cassie. He travels on foot for

Throughout many works of literature, characters are described to go through a rite of passage, developing the plot and solving conflicts. A rite of passage is when a character goes through life changes, realizing his/her flaws and maturing as a person. Walter Lee Younger is a man that goes through many different character changes, which cause conflict amongst the other characters. Once he goes through his rite of passage, he is able to fix his flaws and mature. In Lorraine Hansberry’s play, A Raisin in the Sun, characterization is used to portray that one must experience a rite of passage in order to mature.

In The Book of Night Women by Marlon James, James shows readers the Jamaican sugar plantation that occurred during the 19th century. James shapes his plot as close to the ruthless actualities of slavery it imposes on people, and there are two perspectives that touch on this idea too: “A revenge tragedy for our times” by Donna Bailey Nurse and “RACISM IN THE BOOK OF NIGHT WOMEN” by VS Agami. In James’ novel, the protagonist, Lilith, is a dark-skinned slave who struggles to surpass the violence into which she is born. Through the motif of circles and Lilith’s slave experiences, James portrays a structure of human oppression in slavery, achieved through his writing style, which leads to violence being the only outcome.

The poem, ‘Starry Night’, by Anna Sexton, which was interpretation of a personal view for Van Gogh’s artwork, “Starry Night”. The prophetical nature of Anne Sexton 's spiritual poetry, Starry Night, ensues the melancholy of humanity. The poem depicts Sexton 's interpretation of the immense psychological suffering of a "religious" human being. By addressing, Van Gogh 's work caught with a deep understanding of an emptiness of the soul and also the familiar warfare of his mental distresses. Sexton showcases the shared tiredness of life, by describing religion as an example of extreme emotional desperation. However, the poem dilutes the attention of many optimistic people who do not share its attire, instead an interpretation must be attained by those who can have a glimpse of their own eternal suffering. Although, the poetry has tragic finishing, it re-opens for me personally, the divinity of melancholy.

According to Judith Butler’s theory, gender is a social concept and not a natural part of being, therefore making it unstable and fluid. Gender identities are produced through what Butler calls “performativity,” the repetitive acts of expression that form and define the notions of masculinity and femininity. These repeated performances are engrained within the heteronormative society and impose these gendered expectations on individuals. In this respect, gender is something inherent in a person, however Butler writes “gender is always a doing, though not a doing by a subject who might be said to pre-exist the deed.” In Olga Tokarczuk’s House of Day, House of Night identity is undoubtedly central to the characters’ stories, specifically the strict social constructs of gender that is snarled with one’s identity. Tokarczuk’s novel presents a mosaic of stories that put into question heteronormative gender roles, while offering an alternative way of existence. Analyzing House of Day, House of Night with Judith Butler’s gender theory demonstrates the characters struggles within the rigid constructions of gender and how some ultimately deal with moving past such restricting expectations.

In the poem, “Insomnia” by Elizabeth Bishop, the speaker discusses her feelings and experiences of restlessness and loneliness during the night, instigated by her lover’s unrequited love. The poem explores the parallel between the speaker and the moon through their shared dissatisfaction with themselves and the speaker’s aspiration to achieve the strength of the moon. In the poem, the speaker recognizes her paralysis in her feminine role and conveys her desire to escape from the realities of a patriarchal society toward an inverted fantastical reality.