The Theme Of Round About By Ogden Nash

What does the word time mean? The definition of time is the continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and the future. People cannot see time but the effects happen to everyone and everything like humans, animals, and nature. In E.B. White’s essay “Once More to the Lake”, time has affected his beloved vacation spot from his childhood the lake, roads, and camp grounds have changed since 1904. Therefore, I disagree with White in “Once More to the Lake” that everything was as it always has been; the author changed, the camp changed, and the people are clear examples of changes.

     Frost?s poem delves deeper into the being and essence of life with his second set of lines. The first line states, ?Her early leaf?s a flower.? After the budding and sprouting, which is the birth of nature, is growth into a flower. This is the moment where noon turns to evening, where childhood turns into maturity, and where spring turns into summer. At this very moment is the ripe and prime age of things. The young flower stands straight up and basks in the sun, the now mature teenager runs playfully in the light, and the day and sunlight peak before descending ever so quickly into dusk. The second line of the second set states, ?But only so an hour,? which makes clear that yet again time is passing by and that a beginning will inevitably have an end.

The second stanza tells about a “glorious lamp of heaven”, the sun, running a race from sunup to sundown (Herrick 385). In the third stanza it talks about when people are youthful they think they have all the time to accomplish their goals but “times still succeed the former”, which simply means time

showed off because it seemed so fake and unnatural every time they would do so.

Kogawa’s use of repetition emphasizes the important concept of ending a conflict before it further escalates. In the first stanza, the speaker says: “In round round rooms of our wanderings” (1). The repetition of the word “round” is associated with cyclical motion, which creates a sense of endlessness. This is similar to the feeling of those in conflict, who feel like they fight a war with no end; only constant retaliation. However, once leaving the building, the speaker reiterates “Believing, believing” (27) which changes these feelings to hope. This implies the speaker’s realization of the possibility of a future unlike the past – filled with peace. The only escape from this endless cycle of retaliation is the ability to accept, forgive, and move

The genre of the story is historical fiction and the setting is the 1930’s southern America in a town called Maycomb, in Alabama. The story is narrated by Scout Finch, a young girl whose innocent heart has been exposed to the evils of southern United States in the 1930’s. This setting is vital to the plot of the summary because during that time was the great depression and racism was especially common in the south, where lynching rose from 8 in

In the beginning of the poem we see the line “Time that is moved by little fidget wheels” conveying the meaning he was taken before his time. This refers to the chronological and systematic time of humanity in which is measured by minutes and hours, shown on clocks that are symbolised by bells. This concept of time is far more powerful with the use of personification as emphasised by the capitalisation.

Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird' is recounted by Scout, who at the time was six years old. This book follows her journey in growing up and eventually losing her innocence through realising the evil in the world, mostly portrayed by the racism and prejudice surrounding her. A mockingbird is a metaphor for the destruction of innocence. There are three mockingbirds in the text: Boo Radley, Scout Finch and Tom Robinson. Boo has done nothing wrong except sit in his house and 'mind his own business', and has done nothing to hurt anyone else. All that has happened is he has been accused once again of crimes he did not commit. Scout is a mockingbird because she is thrust in the middle of all of the adults and their prejudices. Tom has done

Eiseley beautifully presents the time by making reader feel themselves as a character. He shows the time keeps on changing which has been reflected through urbanization. He means that with the flow of time everybody gets old and dies by giving an example of the wasp and the old man. Similarly, White also supports the same attitude after he saw the same lake. He realized that time has been passed when he feels transposition to son and his father who is dead now. Then he felt the irony of life. Both believe that the time keeps on moving by leaving memory and the place where we are.

A sense of belonging is a universal want among mankind. Everyone wants to feel important, special, and loved. However, many people are willing to sacrifice their own principles, character, and individuality in order to fit in with those around them. If an individual refuses to confirm they are often rejected by society. They are deemed, strange, bizarre or even crazy. In a world that teaches uniformity and rejects uniqueness, individuals who are not afraid to be told they are wrong are rare. Many great works of literature feature characters that teach us that it is ok to be different, and that we should hold true to our own values even in the face of criticism and rejection.

Perhaps this is Whitman's own way of saying to his audience "pay attention, for although I am speaking of myself I speak for you too, so this is important, and applies to your life as well." Continuing on he claims to "strip away" what is known, and "launch all men and women forward with me into the unknown." This statement serves as if to say to the audience "forget what you know, and what you have been taught. I have something new and important to tell you, so open your mind and use your imagination." Whitman then describes the difference between a clock and eternity. For a clock can only count a moment, it has a very short span; however, it in no way can begin to encompass eternity for eternity is immeasurable. Using images of an endless stream of buckets rising from a reservoir continually providing us with time Whitman paints a picture of eternity, making it a tangible rather than intangible thing. He does what the clock is not able to do. While the clock is incapable of measuring eternity, he gives you an easy image to associate with eternity, making one able to grasp the concept of how expansive eternity really is. Continuing with the idea of the expansiveness of eternity Whitman gives examples of the "trillions of winters

The central theme is about the type of person Tom Buchanan is in the book. According to page 128-129, Tom is a suspicious type of person based on that he does not know much about the relationship of Daisy, his wife, and Gatsby. This is based on the actions that he saw Daisy having with Gatsby before they were heading out to town on car. Furthermore, he started investigating about the past of Gatsby and the type of person he was. Based on what he has found, Jordan is trying to defend Gatsby on what Tom is saying about him. Despite this, Tom is able to counter what Jordan has said about Gatsby’s past. The result was to see the type of person Gatsby was and how he had managed to meet Daisy before both of them were married.

“To some extent insanity is a form of conformity; people are always selling the idea that people who have mental illness are suffering. But it’s really not so simple…I think mental illness or madness can be an escape also” (qtd. in “John Forbes Nash”). To many “normal” people, the terms “insanity” or “madness” portray a negative connotation-- the unfortunate ones “suffer” from mental illness. However, brilliant mathematician and Nobel laureate John Forbes Nash, who has paranoid schizophrenia, cherishes his unique condition as a means of retreat from the brutalities of reality (“John Forbes Nash”). Since ancient times, people have observed the link between madness and creative genius. Indeed, research has proven that the two conditions of

At the same time, perhaps the clock could also be a literal clock and describing its height as “unearthly” an example of hyperbole. When the narrator examines the clock as it proclaims the time, he states that “the time was neither right nor wrong” (line 13). Through this diction, Frost creates a sense of ambiguity about the nature of time and the narrator’s feelings about his life choices. Concluding the poem with the line “I have been one acquainted with the night,” Frost indicates that understanding “the night” seems to be the poet’s destination on his

However, the writer in line twelve also refers to time as a leader, which reflects a tone of acceptance toward time and his fate. This tone is different from the tone at the beginning of the poem. The speaker has changed his tone and it seems as if this tone change has occurred because the speaker is considering how he believes his short time should be spent.