The Broken Vase

Love is unconditional within a family and should come without seeing any flaws one may have. Each and every individual is given the ability to love, however not all have the strength and courage to embrace it. Love is the most important aspect of life, but not all can accept an individual's differences. James Hurst expresses this hardship in his story “The Scarlet Ibis”. Hurst displays the importance of acceptance between two brothers, Brother and Doodle. Doodle is born with a disability that sets

the prince's personal combat field. Arranged in rows of twelve, one hundred forty-four vases stood in the middle of several weapon racks that offered every type of weapon in existence. Seeing the collection of weapons and the vases, Ramses recalled the days from more than two decades ago, when he'd built a similar courtyard for his own entertainment and challenged his men into a duels atop of the vases. The vase game was a popular one on Myksos. Also an Elthemian training method,

witnessed a death and felt a sense of sadness, thus creating a melancholic mood in the section. Additionally, as the author compares the dead scarlet ibis and a broken vase, he states, “for it lay on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers” (10). As the author distinguishes the similarities between the scarlet ibis and the broken vase, it highlights how the ibis is

favorite antique vase that was given to her as a gift from her grandmother. The vase was porcelain white decorated with dark yellow sunflowers, my moms favorite flower. The vase was filled with seven beautiful sunflowers with bright yellow leaves that she had just picked from the yard. Sadie ran past the table, her tail hit the table and it slowly rocked from side to side. I looked at my mom, who looked like she had just seen a ghost. She began to sprint towards the table to catch the vase. It was too

Written by Ian McEwan and later screen adapted by Joe Wright, Atonement is an extremely effective and well-presented metanarrative. It isn’t until the final stages of the book where the format of the story is disclosed, leaving the audience with an unsuspected shock. However, upon closer inspection, the many indicative and self-referential symbols can be recognised all throughout the novel (2003) and the film (2007). One of the most important and well recognised symbols of the book and the film

floor. It was mine. I had dropped it when I saw the body. Why would I get coffee? I hate coffee. I only drink coffee when I am in serious trouble and do not know what to do. My vase was broken. I hated that vase. I am happy that whoever was responsible for this criminal act used that vase. Wait, how do I know he used that vase? How do I know it was a he? It only makes sense. Right? When I looked at the body, I realized who it was. It was Mr. Tolen, my neighbour. I hated him; he was always asking me

Bitterness Withholds Passion Love is unconditional within a family and should come without seeing any flaws one may have. Each and every individual is given the ability to love, however not all have the strength and courage to embrace it. Love is the most important aspect of life, but not all can accept an individual's differences. James Hurst expresses this hardship in his story “The Scarlet Ibis”. Hurst displays the importance of acceptance between two brothers, Brother and Doodle. Doodle

described it, “Even death did not mar its grace, for it lay on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers, and we stood around it, awed by its exotic beauty” (9). A broken vase of red flowers is like pain because the vase broke and the red flowers are like blood. The vase breaking also shows pain because a vase breaking could be like a bone breaking or something. When it said it laid on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers that could be connected to someone laying down in a pool of blood

In the novel Atonement and The Road, both authors employ symbolism by using elements such as the water and the sea, as well as the fire and the broken vase to communicate the idea of the characters’ unfulfillable desires under the different circumstances. In both novels, the dispersed vase in Atonement and the conflagrant fire in The Road are the most conspicuous examples to describe the characters’ mental states in the grim situations. Thus, it will be a demonstration to address the importance of

tracks often results in careless mistakes to be made. An example of how Juliet’s drastic decisions can connect to my life is when I broke a precious family heirloom in my house. I was playing with a volleyball in my living room, when I broke a case. The vase fell to the floor and the pieces went everywhere. In a desperate attempt to cover up my crime I hastily gathered up the pieces and wrapped them in a towel and rushed upstairs. I had no idea what I was going to do! My life was over, I broke an object