Wild Off The Wall Analysis

In the article ‘Who’s Crazy Here, Anyway?’, Rosenhan’s reason for research was because Rosenhan doubted whether the characteristics that lead to psychological diagnoses reside in the patients themselves or in the situations and contexts in which the observers find the patients. The hypothesis generated by Rosenhan was, that the staff will recognize the sanity of the patients, question their diagnosis and follow to release them. The objective was to observe whether personal or environmental factors dictate mental health diagnosis and professional treatment. Rosenhan recruited eight subjects which consisted of three women and five men, one graduate student, three psychologists, one pediatrician, one psychiatrist, one painter, and one homemaker.

In their family home, they were shelter from the outside world, with all their cares and wants taking care by their family. The second part of the story is the brothers dealing with the death of their father. I think symbolized them leaving boyhood and becoming men. As I have said in the beginning this was a traditional coming of age story, but was a slight twist. Rick Moody did a great job of condensing these brothers’ life into one bold short story. The brothers come in this world as newborns, then immature children and teens, then ultimately men. The story was a good one but Moody’s constant repetition seem to be him rambling on about the subject instead of telling us what the story is about. The sentimental portion of his story were quite vivid and were written very well. I wish he had use that same style throughout the story. I could only stand certain parts of the story, because it seems like those parts of his story he did not put much effort into. When he took the time to write the story correctly you feel it while you read it. The parts he seem to give up or not pay special attention too did not fit well into this story. I would really like to read his other stories to see if he uses this same type of writing. I think he has passion for his stories but this particular one was too little hard to

This story is different from other stories that we have read in class because it is more relatable. For instance, I thought about my grandmother and how she loved helping other people in their time of need. Also, the structure of this story was very effective and every little detail connected to one another. I like how Bragg uses different emotions for the direct quotes. In fact, I could tell that he had spent a lot of time with Miss. McCarthy from the direct quotes.

In the book Journey of Crazy Horse written by Joseph. M. Marshall III, we learn about a man who draws on a Native American oral tradition to carefully unfold the life of Crazy Horse as a storyteller would. The result is a vivid biography that acknowledges the author's boyhood hero. With more than 300 pages, you learn a lot about Crazy Horse in this book. You can learn about Crazy Horse, the man who "reluctantly answered the call to serve".

      From the very first paragraph of the narrative, I noticed that there were several details that the narrator mentioned that required further, deeper thought. For me, this is what made the story appealing.

His story really affected me to have many emotions throughout his story because there were sad times and good times. I thought it was really depressing when he was walking back to the ghetto and his mom and sister were killed when the muggers shot them. It was good though before all that when he had his family and life was good with his fur business.

The essay goes into great detail of his relationship with his father. He describes his father as cruel (65), bitter (65), and beautiful (64). He does mention the bad in length. On the flip side, he tells us some of the good as well. Throughout his storytelling, the reader gets a glimpse into his life and the way he feels. His feelings evolve during the extent of the essay.

The author was very heavy in the Pathos category. He invested strongly in using stories and vivid language to get their point across to the readers. For example, in paragraph 4 the author talked about living north of New York City. Talking about how most of the vehicles people would see on the road would be an SUV or a light truck. They went on saying

From the instant readers look at the front cover of Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, they place their judging eyes upon Christopher. From a quick glance at the book they find out that Christopher gave away 25,000 dollars to charity, abandoned all his worldly possessions except for some books, burned all his money he had with him (front cover). Then a few months later he enters the Alaskan bush and his dead body is found. This fact leads them to the conclusion, without even opening the book, that Christopher was an idiotic, rash, unprepared person.   As a reader of the book I made these same judgments toward chis without even attempting to understand his actions.

It was a shocking piece. I have never read something that honest and raw. Even though it was not a lot of detail I felt like I was present for these things. My heart was heavy and I had a hard time wrapping my head around what he was saying. I felt terrible for him, for the people involved in his stories and the other soldiers involved in the war. After I was done reading this passage my mind stuck with it. I was addicted. That sounds weird, but it was fascinating. I did not necessarily want to hear more, but I also couldn't get enough. It hit me hard and made me really think. The simple, but powerful wording and message is what I think made this passage so memorable to

Your stories description of these two children trying to handle the death of their mother whilst also trying to understand the complexity of emotions and pain that brought on was very creative. I also feel that trying to write that kind of intricacy of human emotion is always a worthy goal and enjoyed reading Leslie and Dale’s heartfelt attempts at trying to keep living and loving each other.

In The Journey of Crazy Horse, written by Joseph Marshall III, power plays a significant role in determining the fates of both the Lakota Indians and the white men. In the Lakota way of life, power directly correlates to responsibility, leadership, and honor. Like Crazy Horse, any Lakota seeking power and recognition must demonstrate wisdom and determination. In contrast, the white men seemingly allot power in arbitrary manners, giving leadership positions to those who deserve it least. The Lakota’s cultural practices relating to leadership illustrate how highly they regard authority. All of their traditions, however, do not always necessarily benefit the tribe as a whole. The Lakota’s revival of the Shirt Wearers tradition prefigures the tribe’s eventual demise to the white man’s way of life by demonstrating the harmful effects of giving individuals undeserved power.

Overall, the narrative was good. The conflict of the narrator’s struggles with depression is strong in each section, especially in “The Pyrenees” section with the inner dialogue with himself. The writer’s voice is consistent throughout the narrative: honest and open, especially in the second paragraph on page two where he admits to the audience that he originally was going to title the piece “Rage.” “...a story titled Rage is necessarily grim, and I don’t know how to be grim without also being arrogant.” He goes on to write that he is a very privileged person which he states already makes him arrogant. The tone in all the sections was dark, cynical and at times comic.

As a short story, I would definitely recommend this to anyone looking for a fun, quick read with a good message. Ray wrote a story that not only engaged the reader but gave something for the reader to

Scientifically, there are 7.2 billion people in the world. If everyone had five minutes to share their life story, it would roughly take around 71,000 years to hear them all. Even though this time does not exist, there is still the power to hear the stories of as many people that we can, because hearing “stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving”- Madeleine L’Engle. The overall idea of this book seems extremely powerful and interesting. Out of the stories that were told, there were two that stood out to me, the story about the woman with the man at the bakery shop as well as the the story of the man who was stuck in the mining shack.