A Little Deeper

starts off his world renown Haiku with the line,”The fog comes on little cat feet” (Fog 1). Comparing fog to the tiny little paws on a cat helps Sandburg portray to the reader the slyness of fog. Underneath the heartfelt analogy lies a deeper meaning to the seemingly meaningless poem; however it’s not all little kittens and condensation. Sandburg ends the Haiku by telling the reader the fog has moved on and is gone. Thinking deeper of the poem, the basis of the writing is life and death. This is an

try to be a little kinder than is necessary.” The character, Mr. Tushman, gives quite a long speech about the topic of kindness. In Mr. Tushman’s speech, the author clearly describes the moral of the story: “One should be kinder than needed.” This statement encourages the reader to not only be as kind as is required but to also exceed the “kindness-level” that is expected. “If every single person ... made it a rule that wherever you are, whenever you can you will try to act a little kinder than is

Theme can be obvious and have a deeper insight but can additionally be inconspicuous. In spellbound, Rene notes her anger toward her sister Sunny for surpassing Rene in competition multiple times. As she finishes her Diary with I hate Sunny, the Diary opens and little spirits of ink come out whom disarrange Sunny’s trophies and then combine to form one massive monster who attempts to attack Sunny. While attempting to stop the monster, Rene realizes that she can take back her hate with words of kindness

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Park. Though the title may sound like it is talking about sand, the essay has a much deeper underlying meaning then that of just sand. The author, having visited the area, allows the readers to use all of their senses throughout the text to get a vivid detail image of the area. This detailed image that we as readers can see, allows us to make a deeper connection to the text and to go beyond the written meaning. It also offers us new ideas that can allow the readers

A significant challenge that I thought I wouldn't have accomplished was during our biggest track-and-field meet against all of the big schools around. It was the Shawnee invitational and one of our girls on the track team ended up messing up her ankle in her first relay race, which meant she couldn't run the 800m dash or the 1800m dash. I was the only one on the team who didn’t have four events because I ran the 4x2 and the 4x1 which was the main events at the invitational. So the coach asks me to

And that’s how the story originated. A little girl asked a man to tell her a story during an afternoon boat ride. It is amazing how someone can even attempt to prove this as an existential theory. Duckworth was a person who was there who simply heard the story at the time it was told says, “

Does poetry really stand a chance if you just read between the lines and not dig deeper to find the full meaning of the poem? In Ammon Ford unzips “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening,” he strives to read between the lines however, he is set back by his lack of motivation to further develop his full ideas of the poem itself. Frost’s poem has two main symbols in which they represent society and being on the outside of today’s society this is proven by the ideas given in the poem. In the article

individual hell-bent on revenge, explained how he went about taking his revenge out on Fortunato, the man who Montresor feels insulted him countless times. As this story begins, the main theme is clear, betrayal and revenge, but if you go a little bit deeper there is even a lesson to be learned; the things you enjoy in life can be your down fall, as was the case with Fortunato’s love of wine. The elements of this story that stand out he most are the setting, early18th century life; character, a man

The poem doesn’t seem odd at first, but by looking at the specific words used, it seems a little off. Heaney uses words like “clot”, “flesh”, “blood”, “tongue”, “lust”, “hunger”, “ on top big dark blobs burned like a plate of eyes”, “palms sticky as Bluebeard’s.” These are awfully odd, unsettling words to use. I wouldn’t describe blackberries

life, the repetition in the title describes the boy exiting the real world. Robert uses intensive imagery in “Out, Out” to develop a deeper understanding to what the boy is going through and the challenges he faces. This poem speaks to all people, regardless of race, time and place by providing multiple situations to connect on a personal level with leading to a deeper meaning of the story behind the poem. The mountains described as “Five Mountain ranges one behind the other” not only paints an image