Through the Darkness

Discovering Light in The Darkness Darkness can be found everywhere in life. It is easy to be consumed by the struggles and forget one’s true self. That is why even in the darkness, light is often sought. Life has a strange way of teaching lessons that show that even in the darkest circumstances light can still always be found. The conflict between light and dark ultimately guides Sonny and the narrator in their journey to overcome their internal struggles. In the short story Sonny’s Blues, James

the culprit is of flesh and blood. However, through his investigations and ventures he finds that the culprit is a spirit of the underworld, who is being controlled by a living person. Two scenes from the film and various cinematic techniques will be used to demonstrate specific aspects of the film such

Imperialism has been a constant oppressive force upon societies dating back hundreds of years. Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad, illustrates this oppression by providing an instance of its occurrence in the Congo of Africa, while simultaneously setting the stage for The Poisonwood Bible, which is essentially the continuation of the story. The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver, demonstrates how the Congo is still affected by modern circumstances and ideology. Conrad’s novella acts as a sort

and cheerful in many scenes we saw. But to me, I really don't call, or see this as "unrealistic optimism". It's just my opinion, but I think the developers aimed to present Sora's personality in that exact way. I think the message is that light and darkness are balanced in Sora, and because of that he has been chosen to save all of the characters that are suffering. Some would argue that Sora is not showing a balance between

Sylvia Plath is an emotional poem, successfully personified and narrated through a mirrors point of view. Plath was an American literature figure that wrote poems, novels and several short stories. During her life time, it was always noted that she was chronically gerontophobic, which is the fear of growing old. Plath’s poem represents a woman grappling with the reality of ageing and fear losing her beauty. Plath unfolds…... Through the use of several different literary terms. Plath’s poem is written

having a flourishing civilized place in Africa. The King of Belgium exploited the Congo along with its people and used it as slave labor in order to personally profit off his new purchase. Joseph Conrad’s novella “Heart of Darkness” reveals these truths about European colonialism through the main character’s recollection and retelling of a past voyage to the Congo he had experienced. The novella tackles problematic Eurocentric ideas of Africans and their culture, while also revealing European supremacy

self’s new hockey stick, we often gender nature as feminine, because of its irrefutable beauty and power. While Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness is set in a patriarchal society, the jungle that is recognized to have female qualities, enforces the main commanding force over the men in the Congo. Conrad’s two contrasting representations of women are shown through the influential Congolese woman, who is a personification of the jungle, and the Intended, who represents the Western women who are oblivious

Many say a picture is worth a thousand words. What if that picture was of someone’s eyes? Or if it was engulfed in darkness? In Elie Wiesel’s Night, many characters are explained by their eyes, and many situations are explained in terms of the night that surrounds them. Elie shares his experience as a survivor of the Holocaust not only through typical descriptions, but through motifs of words with greater meaning. While remembering the horrors perpetrated by Nazis, Elie uses the motifs of both eyes

the novel, The Scarlet Letter and the short story, Rappaccini’s Daughter, Hawthorne suggests that nature uses dark and light colors to suggest the beauty of nature and the darkness and wrongness in sin. This reliance upon nature gives us emotions from these colors portrayed in these stories. In the novel The Scarlet

he manipulates them into them both symbolizing bad or evil. The narrator further supports this by explaining in paragraph 85, “when the light fills the room, the child is filled with darkness”(19). The darkness that the narrator is referring to in this quote is the darkness of Harlem's reality. The light and darkness work simultaneously to expose the realities of Harlem to the children, therefore the light is negative as