Extended essay-The bean trees
The effects of motifs on character development in Barbera Kingsolver's The Bean Trees. Extended Essay, English A1 Word count: 3, 611 Sara Gelibet 8/18/2009 Abstract This essay examines the way each individual character develops emotionally while being portrayed through other animals, characters and plants in Barbera Kingsolver's The Bean Trees. Focusing mainly on the three important characters: Taylor, Turtle and Lou Ann who have the most extravagant transformations. Taylor, a young girl looking to find her own path in life, leaves town to avoid all the disagreeable affairs surrounding her. Throughout the novel she is able to look past her opinion of men and raise a new life although that was what she was trying to run away from. Turtle, the young girl who was brought up into this world has run into more horrible things than most people encounter in their lifetimes. She is introduced to make a strong point about how women are born a burden already as it is because of their gender. Despite all these horrible actions drawn upon this young life, Turtle manages to emotionally grow the most, which is often represented by birds. Lou Ann, their great friend which Taylor and Turtle encounter, becomes family towards the end. She would always have a very negative view of herself and would never speak up. Most of her voice seemed to be taken away once her husband left
How and why George Orwell in Nineteen Eighty-four used Winstons memory as the drive for his hatred against the authority?
How and why George Orwell in Nineteen Eighty-four used Winston's memory as the drive for his hatred against the authority? Orwell in his dystopian novel, Nineteen Eighty-four tries to warn future readers to the dangers of having a totalitarian authority ruling them. Under the principle of Ingsoc (English socialism), the Party implement absolute control of its inhabitant of Oceania through technological optimization and mind-control. One would never think of this type of oligarchy accepted or even existed but contrary was happening in Oceania where its citizen upholds the system and admire Big Brother, the omniscient figure worshipped by them. Winston, being the only black sheep of his community struggle to keep himself true to his battle and survive from being caught for serious thought crime by the Thought Police. He knows that he is not the only one despising the Party and certain he does feel that one day Oceania will be freed from the Party's claws. Orwell had painted Winston to be a man of independent thought, unlike the rest of Oceanian who bank on their fact on what the Party injects into their stagnant mind. His independent thought lets him develop hatred towards the Party. The definition of hatred taken from the common meaning might be too simplistic in the context of Winston's real feelings towards the Party's reign. Hate is more than just an intense disliking
Wonderful Fool (Susaku Endo) Quote Analysis in Terms of Aspects of Tokyo and Japan
New Oxford American Dictionary aspect |'aspekt| noun a particular part or feature of something : the financial aspect can be overstressed. • a specific way in which something can be considered : from every aspect, theirs was a changing world. • [in sing. with adj. ] a particular appearance or quality : the air of desertion lent the place a sinister aspect | a man of decidedly foreign aspect. 2 [usu. in sing. ] the positioning of a building or thing in a specified direction : a greenhouse with a southern aspect. • the side of a building facing a particular direction : the front aspect of the hotel was unremarkable. • Astrology a particular position of a planet or other celestial body relative to another, as measured by angular distance : the sun in Aries formed an adverse aspect with Uranus in Capricorn. 3 Grammar a grammatical category or form that expresses the way in which time is denoted by the verb : the semantics of tense and aspect | four verbal aspects. The one that fits the most is definition number 1, the aspects of Tokyo and Japan means the features qualities of Japan and Tokyo. Thematic statement: The downfall of a country begins with the spiritual poverty of its people. Quote Analysis "Gaston was in fact walking through the rain along a back street of the town. Occasionally the strains of a popular song, from the radio of one of the houses he
Effect of PTSD in Dave Eggers A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Shukla Enduring the Pain: The Portrayal of PTSD in Dave Eggers’s A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Devki Shukla IB Candidate Number: 2 December 2012 Word Count: 3,716 Table of Contents Abstract………………………………………………………………………………Page 3 Introduction………………………………………………………………………….Page 4 Body……………………………………………………………………………....Page 4-11 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………….Page 11-13 Works Cited………………………………………………………………………....Page 14 ________________ The psychological knowledge of disorders has always been somewhat of a mystery to me. The mind is such an incredibly complex and confusing machine, and little is absolutely certain about the way it functions. When reading Dave Eggers’s A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, I was given valuable insight involving psychological abnormalities. Although the novel never directly stated having connections to post-traumatic stress disorder, the storyline and style of the novel were, in my opinion, somewhat representative of PTSD. Having the information of Eggers’s parents’ deaths and his following actions, my claims for this relationship
Themes and style in "The Road", written by Cormac McCarthy.
The Road, written by Cormac McCarthy, is a dystopian novel where a man and a boy are trying to survive in a world where moral and order have disappeared, driving humans to commit deliberate acts of cannibalism and murder. It represents the desire of never losing your principles, even if you are starving or dying. It also shows the strong relationship between an unnamed father and his son. In this outline, I will describe main themes that surround the story, such as social conditions, setting statement, and the relation between dreams and reality. Besides that, I will also introduce the stylistic features that are included in this novel. . Place, time and weather conditions . Place and Temporality . The story starts in a post-apocalyptic world that is destroyed and covered with ash. . “Like the onset of some cold glaucoma dimming away the world” (Page 1. The Road) 2. “Ash moving over the road and the sagging hands of blind wire strung from the blackened lightpoles whining thinly in the wind” (Page 2. The Road) 3. Cars in the street caked with ash, everything covered with ash and dust. (Page 1. The Road) . Vegetation has died because of the apocalyptic event that took place in the past, which eradicate almost every life signal. Buildings and houses were destroyed and isolation is present. . “The segments of road down there among the dead trees. Looking for
How adopting a philosophical standpoint can alter one's interpretation of the text "The Outsider" by Albert Camus: An absurdist and postcolonial reading of the text
Student’s Name: Jackson Clarke Year / Subject: 11 English Literature Assessment Task: Task: Long Essay 2/2012 ________________ Long Essay – Albert Camus The Outsider Word Limit: 1500-2000 ________________ ________________ TASK: ________________ ________________ Respond to the following essay question: ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ Discuss (a) the ways in which readers of Albert Camus’ The Outsider are positioned to accept a major ideological standpoint, and (b) the ways by which a reader adopting an alternative ideological position could arrive at an alternative reading of the text. ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ You will need to: ________________ ________________ . Research the ideological positions readers are invited to accept, and the major aspects of human existence that these ideologies speak to. ________________ ________________ . Select one ideological standpoint and closely analyse the way the text positions the reader to accept this standpoint. ________________ ________________ . Ensure that you consider the conventions employed by Camus and their effects on readers. ________________ ________________ . Research an alternative ideology. ________________ ________________ . Construct a resistant
Senses and Sensuality in "Intimate Apparel" by Lynn Nottage.
Essay : The theme of Sense and Sensuality Sensuality plays a key role in many relationships; it intervenes in marriage, in a couple’s relationship, in one-night stands. Sensuality helps build a physical connection between people, just like in Intimate Apparel. Intimate apparel is a play written by Lynn Nottage, it was first played on February 2nd in 2003. This play is situated in Lower Manhattan in 1905. In Intimate Apparel, senses and sensuality are made omnipresent as staged in dialogues, the settings and all that is unsaid which affects the characters’ actions and interaction thus driving the plot of the story. Mrs Van Buren experiences sensuality through senses with Esther because as her seamstress, Esther often touches her clients with her gentle and graceful hands. This affects Mrs Van Buren’s relationship with Esther driving her to want to experience sensuality and sexual pleasure with Esther as she doesn’t with her husband. “The silhouette of a naked woman moves gracefully behind a translucent screen”. “Mrs Van Buren clumsily tugs at the bodice. Esther runs her fingers gracefully along the seam, down the curve of Mrs Van Buren’s waist. Mrs Van Buren tenses slightly at the sensation of being touched”, in the stage directions, Lynn Nottage refers to Mrs Van Buren’s naked body while she is putting on the corset and these quotes show through the
Roots. "Roots" is the inspirational story, written by Alex Haley. Haley researched his family's roots for over twelve years
"Roots" is the inspirational story, written by Alex Haley. Haley researched his family's roots for over twelve years in order to put this miraculous novel together. "Roots" takes you into the history of America, and gives you a glimpse into the truth behind slavery. It is the prime example of the hate that people hoard inside there hearts. This story is based on the life of a brave young boy named Kunte Kinte, who was born free, and taught the ways of the Mandinka. In the middle of a transition to manhood, Kunte was captured and Forced into slavery. This is his story. The novel begins in the early spring of 1750, in the West African village of Juffure. Juffure can be found Four days up river, from the Coast of Gambia. There in this peaceful African village, lived Omoro and Binta Kinte. Omoro and Binta are married inside the tribe of the Mandinka and Binta is with child. Soon after, Bintas' child is born in that same spring. The Child is a chocolate black man-child, who cries loudly and strongly. In the presence of Binta are Grandmother Yaisa, and Nyo Boto. The birth of a man-child, is a joy in there tribe, and the two ladies laugh and clap with joy at the sight of the newborn boy. The Mandinka have many rituals, obtaining to the new birth of a child. When the man-child was born, he had not yet been named. In Juffure it is customary that you wait eight
Casualty is an elegy written by Irish poet and writer Seamus Heaney. It is broken up into three distinct sections. The poem has no definite metric or rhyme structure;
Casualty Poem Commentary Casualty is an elegy written by Irish poet and writer Seamus Heaney. It is broken up into three distinct sections. The poem has no definite metric or rhyme structure; instead, assonance and rhyme are used only sometimes within the poem in order to accentuate certain lines and phrases. Set in Ireland, during the time of 'The Troubles', each section, all of similar length, depicts a different scene, narrating the story of a fisherman-presumably Heaney's friend-who was killed as a result of the violence arising from the ethno-political conflict between the nationalists (who were predominantly Roman Catholic) and the unionists (mainly Protestants), shortly after Bloody Sunday (otherwise known as the 'Bogside Massacre'), which took place in Derry, Northern Ireland. The title of the poem-Casualty-puts the focus upon the unnamed victim, making him the subject within the poem. The deliberate sense of anonymity evoked by the unnamed casualty in the title is reflective of the way such senseless violence affects even the nameless, the unidentified, even the innocent; the people, for example, like the casualty himself, killed as a result of violence but who were not directly involved in the violence itself. The first section of the poem is written in an intimate tone, full of observations of the speaker's fisherman friend, his manners, and his actions, as he
Theme of Food and Magical Realism in Like Water for Chocolate
ENGLISH EXTENDED ESSAY st Draft The hierarchy of needs tells us that our need to feed is fundamental, basic and primitive it consumes us which is why feeding even for humans can seem like a religious ritual at times. Human beings are worldly creatures, constantly seeking to please their senses good food can be as hypnotic and addictive as any chemical substance, causing people to live through it rather than having them need it simply in order to survive. The Kitchen in every household is the place where a person has the power to produce a combination of flavors so appealing that it can almost magically subdue the most frenzied person. Hence the person who labors there has a great deal of responsibility entrusted upon them but then also has the right to command a great deal of respect. Tita was destined to make people journey through the food she prepared and her kitchen was the most vital tool she possessed as it gave her the power not only to please people, but again in some sort of supernatural way, to make them feel exactly how she did at the time. Almost hinting to the paranormal activity certain combinations of flavors implicate, Tita is able to communicate through her food, enabling any reader to anticipate her feelings far clearer through the incidents her 'magical meals' result in as opposed to just words that Esquivel might have used throughout the course of the