Silence Essay

Victor for another man. Three months later Marta has come back to try and reconcile with her husband, but Victor is hesitant in his decision to let her back into his life and he keeps asking himself why she would come back. Lavín strategically uses silence and language in Why Come Back? to emphasize the theme of female submission in a patriarchal environment through Marta’s compliant behavior and Victor’s dominant and resentful attitude. Victor’s machista ideals are evident since the first line

memorable instance was the moment when the previously locked door swung open accompanied by an ear-deafening scream. Everybody jumped back in their seats and it made me laugh because we were all so scared it was just the shock and emphasis from absolute silence and mystery to a belting scream and a door banging open which intensified the effect. The most psychologically scary

my skin. That night replays in my mind constantly. As if my spirit wasn’t unsettled enough, I walked to the dark SUV to find my dad in the driver seat. Dad never picked me up; something had to be out of order. Half way home I decided to break the silence of the dark car by telling my dad about the recent fight my mom and I got into. All of our fights were the same and ended the same: me with tears streaming down my face. “She told me that I was worthless, and I wouldn’t amount up to anything.” My

“proper” date, many people would expect to see roses, rings, sex, kisses, and a lot of touching. For us, it was the serene silence that brought us closer. The more I think about this event, the more I relate to the idea that we attempted to be “normal” instead of being “cheesy.” Right in front of the bench, someone painted an anonymous quote that ostensibly described our silence. The quote said, “The quieter you become, the more you can hear.” I was astonished of such coincidence, but my boyfriend

intermittent pop of a pellet gun breaking the otherwise complete silence. It had stormed for most of the day, and the woods behind the local high school where the truck sat still smelled like rain. Adam had been coming out here every other Friday for weeks with his mother’s new boyfriend, in an attempt to appease her need for them to get to know each other. Sometimes they’d come to light a fire and drink warm Miller Lights, mostly they’d sit in silence in the back of the truck and listen to sports radio. Occasionally

Friday, October 13th, there was a carnival coming to Clydeville. Clydeville was a very small town, everybody knew everybody. At the Clydeville high school everyone usually kept to themselves. Leo and Carly were the main couple of the school. They planned on going to the carnival that night because they wanted to go out that night. They thought something terrible was going to happen. They thought right. Later that night they headed off to the abandoned barnyard where the carnival was taking place

Silence was used as an educator for Danny, Reuven, and ironically enough, Reb. Saunders himself. Its by Reb. Saunders to raise Danny was a controversial method between the different characters of the novel which ultimately proved successful, having many indirect effects throughout the novel. The more apparent and obvious target of the use of silence as an educator is of course Reb. Saunders' son Danny. Danny was a very gifted intellectual which was no secret to his father. However, Reb. Saunders

students, took his shopping bag, lifted his chin up and with the same freely walk, looking like a poseur, he walked out of class. The guy didn’t say a word. It was complete silence during the whole period of his performance. Maybe once you could’ve heard constrained chuckle from one of the students but that was it. Complete silence. What was it? That’s our new assignment for the next class. All the students got their sheets with the description of the assignments and all I could hear was “are you

I felt even heavier, I felt like I was going to fall. I went to skate to the wall to steady myself, but I bumped into a large figure, it was Jake. We skated in complete silence. Until Jinxx came over and broke it... "So, Danielle," Jinxx started "So Jinxx," Jake said looking aggravated. "So Jake, talk," Jinxx skated off. "So..." Jake said. "So, why does it seem like the bands disappearing then appearing again?" I asked.

The Hunt It was four a.m. on November 4, 2013 when the day of hunting began. My dad was abruptly yelling in my room to go take my de-scenting shower. I really did not want to go, and I wouldn’t have if the day wasn’t predicted to be the best day for hunting. We were going deer hunting for a trophy buck. With the little energy I possessed, I crawled out of bed. As I stood up from my cozy nest of slumber my eyes went black from moving too quickly. When I regained my bearings, I made my way to the