Timothy On The Raft Analysis

Phil Connors has the personality of a selfish man. This was shown in the movie when he approached a stranger named Nancy and proceeded to ask personal questions about herself so that he can use the answers the very next day to get the chance of sleeping with Nancy. He then managed to sleep with Nancy and definitely deceived her when she asked whether this was just a one-night stand, and he simply replied “On the contrary Nancy. I love you” This shows Phil’s selfish side because he was using Nancy just for his advantage and treated her like an

Examining the formal qualities of Thomas Birch’s painting An American Ship in Distress was very interesting. This paper will analyze and illustrate what I saw in this particular piece of artwork. The paper will also discuss the art elements such as line, shape, color, texture, scale, and composition of the artwork.

"The Boat" by Alistair MacLeod is the story told from the perspective of university teacher looking back on his life. The narrator relates the first memories of his life until his father's death. The story focuses on the conflicting relation between the mother and the father, and their different perspectives on how their children should lead their lives. MacLeod uses features of setting to present the tension between tradition and freedom.

The reason for blaming Philips parents are stated in chapter 9 page 28, Philip admits that Philip didn’t like Miss. Narwin and that she, Miss. Narwin had it in for him. This is also stated in page 32 that the teacher Miss. Narwin is supposedly has it in for him and that Philip could fail and take summer school. Dr. Joseph Palleni, Assistant Principle can also be blamed because in Dr. Palleni’s office, Dr. Palleni goes and talks to Philip the incident/ issue at hand.

The most racist characters in the novel are the whites. Paul is the exception to the stereotype. Paul does treat all African Americans with respect and compassion (Poston A1). He befriends Jefferson, Miss Emma and Grant. In the end of the novel, Paul offers his hand to Grant as a symbol of their friendship. No other white man in the novel would have dared to do such a thing. “Grant despises the way they still seem to be treated like slaves-especially when they are forced to

In the short story, “The Boat” by Alistair Macleod, symbolism is used to represent an abstract idea. The boat, being a major symbol of the story was the way of life for the family. As the story goes on, the boat starts to make the family feel confined giving them a choice to leave or stay with the boat. There were symbols that impacted the story that had connection towards the boat. Chain bracelets, the father’s clothes, the books that the father read are all symbols that tied to the boat. The father's chain bracelets and clothes represent the father feeling trapped as a fisherman since he never changes out of them. We find out more about the characters and their personal connection with the boat and the other symbols and what it means to them. The family starts to fall apart due to the kids learning about the father’s books leading to them moving away from home. Symbolism is used when one thing is meant to represent something else adding meaning and emotion to the story which is well represented throughout the story.

I kept remembering everything, lying in bed in the mornings—the small steamboat that had a long rounded stern like the lip of a Ubangi, and how quietly she ran on the moonlight sails, when the older boys played their mandolins and the girls sang and we ate doughnuts dipped in sugar, and how sweet the music was on the water in the shining night, and what it had felt like to think about girls then. (line 26)

Phil changes after convincing Rita that he is reliving the same day and she tells him to make the most of it. He starts allowing reason and character to weigh in on his appetites, thus following the path to Ultimate Happiness. By listening to these sides of his soul, Phil begins to show both Moral and Intellectual virtues. His moral virtue increases as he begins helping the townspeople including: a boy falling from a tree, old ladies with a flat tire, a homeless man, and a man who is choking. Intellectually, Phil pursues the piano and masters French along with French poetry, allowing him to prosper in a rational sense. All of these examples show how Phil begins to live a virtuous

At the beginning of the novel Phillip is very racist towards Timothy. “My father had always taught me to address anyone I took to be an adult as “mister,” but Timothy didn’t seem to be a mister. Besides, he was black.” (Taylor, pg 34) In this part the evidence supports the context because Phillip says that he won’t call him mister because he is black. Near the middle of the book Phillip is still developing coexistence. “I had now been with him every moment of the day and night for two month, but I had not seen him. I remembered that ugly welted face. But now, in my memory, it did not seem ugly at all. It seemed only kind and strong. I asked, ‘Timothy, are you still black?’” (Taylor, pg 100) In the evidence Phillip is accepting Timothy for being just a normal human just as himself not as a black man. Near the end of the novel Phillip has fully developed coexistence. “So I spent a lot of time along St. Anna Bay, and the Ruyterkade market talking to the black people. I liked the sound of their voices. Some of them had know old Timothy from Charlotte Amalie. I felt close to them.” (Taylor, pg 136) In this final evidence for this trait it proves that he has fully developed coexistence because he hangs out with the black people and doesn’t think little of

The speaker’s tendency to overthink his choices and his inability to move on after a dissatisfactory outcome in “Prelude to Jumping in the River” by Katia Grubisic can be likened to the anxieties we often feel before and after making important decisions in our own lives. The missed opportunities that come as a by-product of the choices we make often cause us to overthink them, just as the speaker stood “at the edge of the bank [for] centuries” (9-10) unable to come to a coherent conclusion about whether or not to make the jump. It is crucial to weigh the costs and benefits while making an important decision. Nevertheless, spending too much time doing so will result in the opportunity passing you by. This is reflected in the regretful tone of

In the poem "Prelude to Jumping in the River" by Katia Grubisic, the speaker enlightens individuals with the mental process of making important decisions and the result when no action is taken. The speaker first sees a man strip to his undergarments and procedes to jump in the river. The speaker desires to do the same; however, "the mental preparation takes some time" for the speaker (4-5). This indicates the speaker is a cautious character who does not often commit reckless actions. Furthermore, when the speaker notices the man resurface, the speaker is feeling regretful about not jumping in the river. The speaker sees "the slowing ripples, the dogs rushing down the hill, the surprised head bobbling above the water,"and realizing that

Phillip demonstrates independence after experiencing the hurricane and death of Timothy as evidenced in the novel when he was able to survive by himself on the cay after Timothy’s death. At the beginning, Phillip is obviously dependent and needy as shown when he is left alone on the island by Timothy for the first time. On chapter 8, pages 65-66, Phillip has been left alone and he is scared of all the noises on the island. He wonders if Timothy checked for scorpions, and screams for Timothy. This shows that Phillip was reliant on Timothy to keep him safe, and therefore, he was not independent. His independence does not just surface suddenly, though. This trait takes time to develop. This is evidenced in chapter 13, when Timothy teaches Phillip to fish and Phillip tells us that,”Every day after that I did all the fishing.

The Jakob’s Ferry Stragglers is a bluegrass band that consist of five people who all play different instruments. Gary Antol is a very passionate guitarist, vocalist, and a mandolin player, he sang most of the songs, when did sing it was full of dignity and confidence. Libby Eddy is a very talented fiddler and vocalist, when she sang she sang with a very classic almost country sound with her thick accent and her powerful voice. Joe Dep is the banjo player and he play the banjo with strong enthusiasm. Ed Croft is a vocalist and a very talented bass player, he played bass in such an uplifting way. They are all from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.

Rayona and her mother Christine grew up in different worlds but they are very similar in many ways. Christine faced various problems as a young child that are now being passed down to Rayona and she is now seeing how they are being affected by them. The novel “A Yellow Raft in Blue Water” walks us through Rayona’s coming of age story and the three perspectives that it is being told in, Rayona’s, Christine’s, and Ida’s. Although Rayona and Christine are very different, they both seem to be facing similar problems; they end up helping one another find their self identity and both are finally able to appreciate and understand one another.

Every artist experiences events in different ways. Each artist artist demonstrates a different perspective about a certain event, experience or belief. Both John Taylor and Howling wolf experienced the signing of a peace treaty between Cheyenne , Arapaho, Kiowa, Comanche peoples and the US government. The treaty took place at Medicine Lodge Creek. Both artists had a different way of showing us their culture and beliefs.