An Imaginary Life

What is the meaning of spite? Spite is a desire to harm, anger, or defeat another person especially because you feel that you have been treated wrongly in some way. (Merriam-Webster) In the Notes From the Underground, the author starts the novel with, “I am a sick man…. I am a spiteful man.” (pg. 1) From the beginning, the word spiteful is used many times, it foreshadows what the author is trying to convey to the readers. The author, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, was a Russian writer, who changed with the

Jess Aarons is a boy in fifth grade that lives in a town called Lark Creek. He has a poor family, which includes a mother, father, and four sisters (Brenda, Ellie, May Belle, and Joyce Ann) that give him a hard life. Jess loves to run and draw and is lonely. He wants to achieve being the fastest runner in fifth grade and has been practicing all summer. His dream is crushed when a girl named Leslie Burke won the race. Leslie is the girl that moves in a house two doors down and is very smart and creative

role throughout it. In the story, the author uses both symbols light and darkness. The light represents life and hope for another world, while the darkness symbolizes fear and death. In the book, “The City of Ember,” the author uses the symbol light to show life and hope for another world. Specifically, the text declares, “She longed to have colored pencils for her pictures of the imaginary city. She had a feeling it was a colorful place, though

Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides—just a few who have authored a major Greek drama. The fact that their work is well-known to this day is a curious phenomenon. Centuries go by but the ideas in Greek drama remain. People today can enjoy performances of Greek drama because the plays relate to issues the current generation faces. First of all, humans have an instinctive concern for others, which is a major form of empathy. Williams states that people experience “a sensibility to the unfortunate situations

“HOW THE PAPER FISH LEARNED TO SWIM” Jonathon A. Flaum Synopsis: About 500 years ago there was a young origami master named Daishinji who lived in a small fishing village in Japan. Daishinji was beginning to become well known for what she could do with a single sheet of paper. One day she decided to fold a sheet of paper into a fish. Amazed by her creation she then called it a masterpiece with its almost real-liked looked. After listening for a long time, the paper fish finally

Quite similarly again through the narratives a harsh undertone of reality is conveyed to the audience, we are able to see how the author presents a sequence of related events. Duffy presents a very continuous, chronological series of events in the poem “$” she presents the history of music and how closely they are related. The use of “boogie woogie” suggests quite a harsh mocking tone from Duffy. As much as she may be acknowledging music she could also be implying that the music industry is all about

asylum. In the first stanza, he displays a “green isle in the sea.” This kindles a feeling of safety and comfort in the reader. In this stanza, life seems imperishable. In order to expand on his haven, he adds the alliteration “fairy fruits and flowers.” He does this to show peacefulness in his imaginary oasis. In his sanctuary, Poe relishes in the beauty of life so the pain leaves a bigger impact on the reader as the poem progresses. He lets the reader bask in tranquility only to abruptly

Growing up is something that everyone goes through. As one grows older they feel differently about growing up. A young kid wants to grow up and going out into the real world, then that same kid grows up a bit and faces the reality of life and doesn’t want to grow old, but instead wants to go back, the last phase is just accepting the fact that this is happening no matter what. The first stage is wanting to grow up and looking forward to it. The story “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros shows the perspective

The wind wailed relentlessly against the windows of the old house. The youngest child gazed unblinkingly through the window into the restless sea. From the mist, a shadow figure began to form and a sharp gasp escaped from the child’s lips. The ghost rose majestically from the mist and danced wildly in the air. Its dark golden eyes pierced straight into the eyes of the petrified child. A high pitched scream slipped from the lips of the child and suddenly the sun peeked from behind the clouds. The

Alyssa Butler Allen Anderl English 124 November 16, 2012 A Critical Analysis of Formal Elements in the Short Story “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s, “The Yellow Wallpaper”, published in 1899, is a semi-autobiographical short story depicting a young woman’s struggle with depression that is virtually untreated and her subsequent descent into madness. Although the story is centered on the protagonist’s obsessive description of the yellow wallpaper