Land of the Dead

to nature for inspiration for their literature. As he noticed his lack of creativity and inspiration, Thoreau moved out onto a desolate piece of land that Waldo Emerson, Thoreau’s mentor and friend, owned and tended to. Emerson was also a transcendentalist writer who escaped the corrupt technological society by living in the woods. He worked on his land in solitude so that he could continue to refine his perception of society. The environment around these writers greatly impacted both Thoreau and

corporate farming and traditional farming. Chapter 11 is about a land that was once for humans, almost dead except for the miniscule amounts of plant and animal life. Steinbeck sets the scene with a vacant land and vacant houses, with nothing alive but the tractor. This tractor was alive but only powered by “metal and gasoline and oil”. Steinbeck makes a juxtaposition by commenting on how the tractor is the only living thing in the vacant lands despite it being made of metal. Then Steinbeck immediately

stolen from him as child as he reminisces over an action he committed without question. Lane begins setting the scene of fateful action, describing the desolate environment in which he grew. In his own words it was a hard land, a land of dead animals and dead men. This is the land that Lane will commit the act the that he is still unable to reconcile himself with. Lane then uses the experience of how he crushed the kitten's skull to demonstrate the harshness of this environment. The recollection juxtaposes

In Song of Solomon Toni Morrison tells a story of one black man's journey toward an understanding of his own identity and his African American roots.  This black man, Macon "Milkman" Dead III, transforms throughout the novel from a naïve, egocentric, young man to a self-assured adult with an understanding of the importance of morals and family values.  Milkman is born into the burdens of the materialistic values of his father and the weight of a racist society.  Over the course

Joaquin for Maria, the love of their lives, Manolo ends up in the Land of the Dead in “The Book of Life”, an animated film by Dreamworks. With the help of his family, Manolo must travel through the land to get back home and save Maria. The movie “Coco”, an animated Disney Pixar production, is about a young boy named Miguel who wants to follow his dream of being a musician. In doing so, Miguel finds himself traveling through the Land of the Dead during “Dia de los Muertos”, searching with his ancestors to

T.S. Eliot, on his full name Thomas Stearns Eliot is an American writer known for his very influential works of prose, poetry and literary criticism among we can mention The Waste Land (1922), Poems (1919), Prufrock and Other Observations (1917), Hamlet and His Problems (1921),The Three Voices of Poetry (1954). For many who know his work, T.S. Eliot is an important figure when it comes to Modernism, often using in his writings references to myths and other personalities, juxtaposition of different

In book eleven, or The Land of the Dead, a mournful tone is present when Odysseus’ shipmate Elepnor is found dead in Circe’s hall after he had gotten drunk and fallen off of Circe's roof. After Elepnor is found Odysseus says, “Now when I saw him there I wept for pity and called out to him.” (Lines 582-583, The Land of the Dead). Some important diction in this quote are wept, which means to cry and pity which means to feel sorrow

Contrary to the peaceful setting of the suburb in the 80s, the place where Will has been abducted to is a dark and dusty place with bacterial spores floating around, called the Upside-down. Similarly, Eurydice has fallen to the land of the dead where numerous monsters roam around. The third criterion is barriers in and/or between worlds. Eleven opened the gate to the Upside-down accidentally while a forced mind training. That gate is the literal barrier between two worlds. After

trap to the plastic as they make their way from the polluted shore into the ocean. Not only are the sea turtles affected, but birds are also affected. “90% of birds have ingested plastics in the past 30 years” (Lowenberg). “By 2050, any bird found dead will have plastic in its stomach” (Shukman). Birds have an easily accessible way to obtain plastic because they have an aerial view, which makes them more likely to consume plastic. Plastic fragments are so tiny that it gets mistaken as food, such

As Odysseus travels from one Greek city to the next, the native citizens inquire about his identity and family. Although Odysseus has not seen his native land in twenty years, he defines himself as the product of family: either the son of Laertes or the father of Telemachus. Odysseus is treated like family in the foreign lands he visits. Telemachus embarks on an adventure of his own and is accepted by Nestor and Menelaus, especially because his father suffered through the Trojan War along with the