William Gibson's 'Burning Chrome': Theme and Character Analysis

On April 29, 1910, the largest forest fire in American history occurred. Some would come to know it as the Big Burn, or the Big Blowup. Later others called it the (the one that says it saved American landscape.) This travesty took more than 100 men. The impact it had on Americans was monumental. Timothy Egan’s The Big Burn, he writes about the many people who perished during this disaster. Stories of people who were engulfed by the flames at Bitterroot Mountain who had little chance of escaping their devastating fate. Even though this is still seen as a travesty, some look at it in a different way. Due to how large the fire was and how far it stretched, it made people aware of the importance to protect Americas forests and natural resources. During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, reform was occurring. The United States population was on a rise which had an effect on economic growth. This caused expansion in the consumer market and made way for an enormous amount of advancement in technology. Due to all of this, the demand for natural resources vastly increased. Inventions such as cars and trains consumed massive amounts of fossil fuels. Wood was stripped away from forests to make comfort items such as chairs, tables and other items for the large number of families now setting in the United States from foreign countries. People did not seem to pay much attentions to the effects these changes were having on the land. However, President Theodor Roosevelt had

Rikki Tikki Tavi is hero for many reasons in this story. One reason is Rudyard Kipling wrote “it must be the head,” he said at last; “the head above the hood. And, when I am once there, I must not let go” (Kipling 129). Throughout this scene in the story, Rikki was suffering in pain, attempting to kill Nag knowing he what could happen to him was pure torture for him but it

At the surface level, even novels accredited with literary merit appear to just be simple stories with interesting plots. It is not until a novel is studied and thoroughly analyzed that deeper meanings can be discovered within the text. In Thomas C. Foster’s instructional, How to Read Literature like a Professor, he teaches average readers how to do just that. After reading his book, any student will be able to understand the allusions, symbols, patterns, or any other literary device embedded within in a story. The Crucible, a play written in the midst of the Cold War by Arthur Miller, contains many of the patterns mentioned by Foster. Some of the patterns described by Foster and utilized by Miller are authorial violence, geographical aspects, and political climate.

How many people have you met in your life that is stronger because of a difficult experience they went through? Most people are because we take these difficult experiences and grow from them and become better people. This is the exact case is expressed in the play, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller. The story begins in Salem, Massachusetts 1692 right in the middle of a period of witchcraft hysteria. During this time many people were accused of being witches and wrongly convicted by judges Danforth and Hathorne. The characters in the story are struggling because of a girl named Abigail who gets caught practicing witchcraft and then starts naming and accusing others so that she doesn’t get in trouble; one of these people being a well-respected farmer, John Proctor’s, wife Elizabeth. The title, The Crucible, refers to a test, trial, ordeal, formation by fire, and vessel baked to resist heat, and the entire story is an allegory meaning it has a hidden meaning. John Proctor symbolizes a crucible by embodying the definition of one, as he went through a test and was formed by fire.

Teddy and his family had Rikki for quite some time, and he was curious around the house. In the movie right before bed Teddy was taking a bath Rikki was climbing on the side of it and fell into the tub. This is a similarity of both the story and the movie. One difference is written in the story that “Rikki nearly drowned himself in the bathtub, put his nose into ink on a writing table, and burnt it on the end of the big man’s cigar.” (Kipling 144). The movie didn’t show any of this it hadn’t been shown. One night when the cobra couple nag and nagaina were talking outside of the house they were planning on killing the family so Rikki would go away and leave the

He is different from all the other guys that she ever had a bad luck to know, but nonetheless all she wants of him is «a non-pressure bang, once a week, on the sly, with a man who's been through it all and is nicely cooled out.» (p. 40). She plays her role, she satisfies him like no other woman ever before, sho doesn't want anything else from him, no expectations, no feelings, no true relationship, she's becoming his Voluptas.

David West Read’s Dream of the Burning Boy opened at the Clarence Brown Lab Theatre March, 2018. This play follows the story of English teacher Larry Morrow and three of his students—Rachel, Kyle, and Chelsea—as they navigate the tragic loss of their student, brother, boyfriend, and friend, Dane. Directed by Carol Mayo Jenkins, the beautifully crafted production left audiences weeping and contemplative of loss, memories, and regret. Chelsea’s objective throughout the play was to gain everyone’s approval and admiration. Audiences watch Chelsea’s attempts as she navigates finding the approval of others during the loss of her boyfriend, as she organizes the condolences of her school mates, processes her relationship with Dane’s best friend Kyle, all while trying to grasp any approval possible from Dane’s sister Rachel.

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.” ( Dr. Seuss) “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.” (Psalm 23:4) “God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.” (William Shakespeare) These quotes, found throughout many different time periods of history, all say the same: “Be who you are and don’t let anything change that.” These are great words to live by, but, in time of weakness, does one stay true? Can even the good be twisted? This is a theme that is represented throughout The Crucible many times. Characters such as Elizabeth Proctor, John Proctor, and Reverend Hale had good intentions

The woman, with her glassy and impassive eyes, gives the impression of reflection to the audience. Her eyes are blue; her pupils dark and the irises are fusion of pastel and mellow blues. The colour blue also has connotations; either interpreted as a surreal and calming colour, or a miserable and saddening colour. The combination of the reflective surface and the colour blue, seems to be a statement of contemplation on the sad and disturbing mistreatment and abuse of female sexuality in contemporary art.

Then, Rikki Tikki killed Nag by himself, and Nagaina gets mad and tries to go and kill Teddy and his parents. The next day Darzee sings a song about how Rikki killed Nag. Later,Rikki smashes Nagaina’s eggs but, one. Darzee tells him that Nagaina is going to kill the family. He runs to find her as she was getting ready to strike at Teddy. He threatens Nagaina to fight for her last egg. Nagaina fights Rikki Tikki and they rumble into a hole. Everything's still and Darzee thinks that Rikki Tikki is dead. She sings his “death” song. At the end of the song Rikki comes out of the hole happy and triumphant.

Arthur Miller’s diction and allusions in The Crucible displays the character’s opposition to Puritan ideology. Although Puritanism is a strict religion, many of the characters in the play do not follow its ideology to the full extent. Within 10 pages of the play, the audience is introduced to an offense that has occurred. Parris, the greedy reverend in Salem, says he discovered his niece, Abigail and daughter, Betty “dancing like heathen in the forest” (Miller 10). For Puritans, any fun activities, such as dancing, are wrong because it serves the Devil. Miller’s use of “heathen” further connects dancing as an immoral act because of heathen’s definition. Since heathen means a person who does not serve the Christian god, using heathen as a comparison

Jumping to conclusions, bad assumptions, and false information can cause much hysteria within a society. This can be surely bad if you are dealing with people who are hypochondriacs. In The Crucible, Arthur Miller displays how hysteria is used to cover the truth, but can cause suffering for many of those who are innocent. The play strongly illustrates the hysteria that brushed through Salem because of the fear that Satan had haunted the town. When you have an entire society in an uproar it is usually because of false information being spread and people who are just reacting without thinking about what could possibly be happening. There are some people

Imagine the year is 1692. In a small Massachusetts town a culture of highly religious folk live in peace. Salem. It´s late January and the reverendś young niece Abigail and only daughter begin to act strangely. Rumors of witchcraft fly through town and fear runs rampant.In around a year 200 people are unjustifiably accused and 20 sentenced to capital punishment. Who is next? The strange widow down the road? The Coreys? In a time of obscured justice, line were crossed and innocent lives lost. In his breakthrough play, The Crucible, Arthur Miller spins a tale not far from the truth.Letting his readers explore a gruesome tale of blind hatred. In Arthur Miller's The Crucible, Abigail Williams embodies the wrongdoings of the Salem Witch Trials.

Throughout American history, no matter what time period, humans have been categorized, discriminated against, and treated according to their class, financial status, and race. Many concrete and obvious examples of this have appeared throughout the years, ranging from the Salem witch trials in the late 1600’s, all the way to the recent civil rights movements in the 1950’s and 60’s. Social history uses personal stories to show how class/status and race played a part in the way people were treated in America.

In lines 5-7 she begins to show an insight in her personal life of why she will paint her nails red. She wants to paint them “Because I can admire them in traffic jams”, we wonder where she is going that makes her paint her nails red- party, school function, or work? Then in line 6 she gives another reason why she will paint her nails red “Because my daughter will say ugh”. Her daughter may be a teenager, who understands about make-up and dressing up. She is saying “Ugh” because it is her mom, and he sees her mom as an old person who should not paint nails a bizarre, bright color like red. The woman obviously has a significant other, but we do not know who, the gender, or the age. She wants to paint her nails red “Because my lover will be surprised”- she wants to paint her nails red because her relationship maybe dull, she wants to spice it up.