Essay on WRACK TECHNIQUES

In contrast, the narrator of David Goes to the Reserve has been living off the reserve for a great portion of her childhood. She does not feel as though she has deep roots in her First Nation heritage, as she has stopped practicing her culture. Throughout the story, her friend David begins to learn more about the life on the reserve and starts to understand the culture associated with the place. While he learns about the aspects of First Nation life, the narrator also delves into her past and sees that she has been misguided for the entirety of her life. The narrator seems to have a revelation to how she has been living a life that has been unfulfilling to her. She begins to understand that she needs to revert back to her Aboriginal roots to live a more wholesome life.

One of the most prominent similarities between the two is the alienation they felt from their mothers. Despite the love they

One of my favorite quotes of this story would be on page 303 which says, “Years ago, I truly doubted whether I’d make it out alive. In my former life I had very little. Today, as I stand in my utopia, I have what any person could wish for- a life and the love of my son. Stephen and I are a family.” The reason I like this quote is because all his life, David was looking for a family and love and he finally found it.

The author, Gary Paulsen, uses at least 3 literary techniques in his novel Hatchet: repetition, imagery, and personification.

talked about sexuality and violence. Their writing styles were similar in the aspect that they both

Another similarity between these two stories is that both of the characters have husbands who take

The novel begins with David standing at his window watching his reflection in the darkening window pane. There is a repetition of the words still and same. This is a self-reflection of himself as David is staring into his dark past where he is longing to move away from his lost identity. David is in denial with his manhood and he flees to France and leaves behind his life in America to attempt to leave the issues with his sexuality back home. At one point, David says that “perhaps home is not a place, but simply an irrevocable condition” (92). David realizes the internal, emotional state rather than just the physical

The characters ¨Raina¨ and ¨Amara¨ from the novel ¨Sisters¨ have a lot in common. First of all, both of them are girls, and they are also sisters. Also, Both characters show that in the beginning both liked to draw. In addition, both characters kinda look alike. Similarly, this piece of literature has the theme of survival. Likewise, characters can get along and fight well because they are sisters and they both like to draw alot.

Sophie allows for doubt to pierce its way into David’s life for the first time. At the start of the novel, when David first meets Sophie, he gets an insight into a deviant’s life. She has proven to be the first blow to efficiently impact David’s thoughts and make him question the authenticity of his society’s belief system. “It is hind-sight that enables me to fix that as the day when my first small doubts started to germinate.”

On the other hand, it could be articulated that the female characters in both the novels have proved their mental instabilities, individualisms and rebelliousness have disturbed the lives of others. Moreover, it could be analyzed in the novels that both the author in their social context has explained the dark secrets of the life of individuals.

way that have deep hidden meanings. Also, authors in both stories uses symbolism to identify

In the second story (all summer in a day), the children mistreats Margot, a fragile kid just because she was different, this made the kids hate her and lock her in a closet. what both these story share is mistreated as shown in the text, after what David had realized what he had done,he felt of being ashamed and tried to set things right. Margot in the second story, after the children had found out how serious what they had done they felt guilty, and then they slowly, let Margot

his father and dead mother. David's father has an idealized vision of his son as

Some similarities of Louise Mallard and Calixta are that they were both in unhappy marriages and longed-for freedom. The two protagonists were free from being housewives and were both finally happy for a brief time. Mrs. Mallard was so unhappy with her husband that she was relieved when she thought her husband had died, because she finally felt free of him. Calixta was so unhappy with her husband Bobinot, that she cheated on him with her former lover Alcee and found a pleasure from Alcee that was missing in her marriage with Bobinot. They also both struggled to find their independence. For example, Calixta went back to her husband and Mrs. Mallard’s husband wasn’t actually dead. Mrs. Mallard died and Calixta stayed with her husband, so their happiness ended quickly.

Though David represents a seemingly common boy at the time, he has several qualities that make him stand out. However, these character traits are never simply told to us. Instead, the implied author uses David’s actions, decisions, and beliefs to