What Is The Figurative Language In A Cajun Night Before Christmas

It can be argued that Christmas as a holiday is far removed from the way it was first envisioned. That said, there are certain element that many people share or celebrate making it an arguably complex holiday. As the preeminent children’s author of his generation, Geisel serving heavily on the minds of his young readers helped shape what Christmas means for many people with his narrative How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. Though at the surface the work is a simple morality tale that promotes unity over consumerism, it has subtle nuances that make the work interesting on several

The story is told by Mike Tidwell, a man who chooses to hitchhike down the Bayou, catching rides on stranger's boats who he has never met before. He started on his exciting journey, not knowing what would become of him. Relying on strangers kindness, and a great deal of luck. Throughout the book the author travels down the 'Baya', as the Cajun people call it, and meets many people of Cajun background who call this place their home. The Author's main purpose in writing this book is to share with the world the lifestyle of these Cajun people; and how their home is disappearing before their own eyes. He wants to call attention to the rising problem of the disappearing marshlands, with the intention of slowing down the

No matter how old I get, I still can’t sleep on Christmas Eve. As a child, my brother and I would be ushered off to bed early, just to lie there with heavy eyes. We would try so hard to catch a glimpse of Santa Claus. Growing up we are all imprinted with the idea of a portly man in a red suit coming down our chimney to deposit gifts under our tree; that is, if you made the nice list. This ideology is a hundred and fifty year old tradition that encourages a child to believe in a fabricated being in exchange for a reward. As much as our parents try to shelter us from the truth, it is inevitable that we will discover that our beloved Santa is nothing more than a fable. As a child our naivety is attributed to our innocence, but as adults, there is a myriad of information out there for the taking.

In Truman Capote’s short story “A Christmas Memory” imagery and symbolism are used by the author to show that friendship has no age limit. Truman uses very vivid details and many different types of figurative language to show his theme ,which is that friendship has no age. An example of symbolism is, “As if I expected to see, rather like hearts, a lost pair of kites hurrying toward heaven” (6). After getting the news of his friend’s death, he goes outside and almost expects to see kites. In this example of symbolism, the author shows us how deep a bond Buddy and his friend have by showing us a glimpse of Buddy’s mind and how his heart is going to heaven with his friend. Furthermore, the author uses some imagery when he gives us a vivid description

Christmas is an international holiday that is beloved by many. I, however, see Christmas for what it really is. It isn’t some festive love fest that celebrates the birth of Jesus; Christmas is an allusion. Christmas has pulled the wool over the eyes of many by presenting the temptation of gifts, therefore making them oblivious to the true meaning behind the holiday. Christmas has betrayed its lineage, it has lost sight of its purpose, and it is denouncing the powerful meanings and messages for future generations to come. This holiday has been around for centuries and over the years it has become a façade and has found a way to hide what it truly stands for.

Life, as a guest of the Viilliere plantation’s mistress, was everything a man with a taste for good rum and a healthy libido could want, until the British came ashore intent on capturing New Orleans. General Jackson saw to it that that didn’t happen, but still, their capturing the plantation disrupted his days of leisure there…

Imaginative play doesn’t come naturally to all children, Christmas is such an abstract concept for my youngest to understand. So we sit together and read the book and we talk about Elfee and Santa Claus. It all him to connect the dots.

What if I was to tell you that the jolly, friendly, and innocent wonderworker that is Santa Claus that we all know and love, didn't always make the ‘nice list?’ Siefker bridges the gap between truth and fiction by embedding the notion that Santa Claus has taken on some strange identities over the past hundreds of years- each varying in name, personality, and drapery. In a daunting and unruly thesis, Siefker unfolds the evolution of Santa Claus and exploited his time as Robin Goodfellow; who is sometimes referred to as Puck, the Pagan fairy of mischief (Wright). However irrational this truth may seem, it is noted that Santa Claus is derived from an accumulation of tales, the earliest of which begin in year 260 AD with the birth of Saint Nicholas

On a small street in New Orleans, there stood a small shop. Its dull sign and dusty windows never attracted many customers, however the objects displayed in the store's windows flew sparks of interest; especially for children. If you were to walk inside you would be greeted by the strong stench of wood and solvent and the jingle of the rusted bell above the entrance. The floor boards would creak on command as soon as you set foot upon them thus grabbing the attention of he old crooked man behind the counter. His fingers bent from arthritis and stained with wood finish. He wore the same copper orange shirt with the same khaki trousers and the same green vest. His bare head was always covered with a brown newsboy cap.

Christmas is a holiday that has been celebrated for hundreds of years, but not in the ways you’d think. All around the world, there are different traditions revolving around Christmas, like Father Christmas in Britain and Santa Claus on the North American continent. There are also many foods related to the holiday, such as candy canes, ham, goose, and many more delectable food items from all over the globe. The modern Christmas in North America wasn’t like the ways we remember and celebrate today only a few hundred years ago, because they didn’t even celebrate it in Boston, “In the early years of Christianity, Easter was the main holiday; the birth of Jesus was not celebrated.” (History of Christmas). The true history of Christmas is far different from what you might imagine, since Santa Claus was a widely disputed person, from him being, “described as everything from a “rascal” with a blue three-cornered hat, red waistcoat, and yellow stockings,”(Santa Claus) to him being a jolly old elf in a red suit. Even though all the history of Christmas might not be what you think it is, it can still be good to know what the true history of Christmas is. (“History of Christmas”)

Nick jumps with all his might back up the our old brick chimneys and flies away on his red, christmas sleigh filled with tall, small, big and wide presents for children all around the world, he delivers presents to every boy and girl in the world all this in one cold

Santa was quite the enigma, he smelt of pungent onions, he was a voracious reader during his 11 months of paid holiday, he had an affinity with George Orwell, I guess that does explain his verbose and somewhat ostentatious vocabulary. But, he also had an idiosyncrasy to always use neologisms, his often abridged english was quite annoying. His ubiquitous influence was felt among the reindeer though, they all would listen to him, even Rudolph. So I asked Santa if I could speak to him about Rudolph. “What about the new reindeer Dasher?”

That Friday night while babysitting, I berate two eight-year-old girls for their worldly insight until one of them wails at me to stop. I also try to validate Santa Claus’s existence. And I get nowhere.

To carry out his or her role in the program, each child needed apparel that matched their persona. Thus, with one exception, Vern and Teck sent notes home with the children requesting that their parents fashion the appropriate costumes. Since most of the parents in the school district were exceedingly poor, Vern and Teck didn’t wish to burden the parents of the boy assigned the part of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer with the task of making his complex attire. Thus, they didn’t send a note home with “Rudolph” and intended on making the costume for the boy themselves. However, in the small country environment, “Rudolph’s” parents soon figured out that their son was the only child that didn’t come home with a wardrobe request. With no desire to be remiss in their parental duties, they felt an obligation to

"The Tiniest Elf" is the whimsical story of a little girl, her innocent wish, and her adventure to find Santa