Poor geese suffer a “[head bash] against the wall to stun them” by Paul who is “like a madman” attempting to kill them for a meal (Remarque 92). Paul and Sanislaus, and older comrade, go off into the woods after an attack at the front trenches stalking and hunting their guiltless preys, the geese. The geese put up a fight before losing their lives to carnivorous soldiers who crave their meat and utilize their feathers for pillow cushions. Geese are not the only victims of human destruction, horses in battle also take the fall when they are the “moaning of the world, [they] are the martyred creation, wild with anguish, filled with terror and groaning” (Remarque 62). Horses are ridden into battle and a couple end up dead or wounded; the few that lie in no man’s land moan in agony and desperately yearn for sympathy. A soldier can no longer take the desperate cries, shoots the horse and the others watch as “slowly, humbly, it sinks to the ground” (Remarque 64). Geese, horses, other animals, and overall Mother Nature are crudely harmed by selfish wars between mankind in this novel, but this novel is a fictional depiction of the harsh realities of…
This folktale demonstrates the essence of the Hmong culture on several levels. In the fighting, the themes of determination, never giving up, and being smart in one’s judgment reflects some of the underlying premises the Hmong culture.…
In the short story “The Scarlet Ibis,” the author conveyed a story about brotherhood between two brothers. The narrator was overwhelmed by his internal conflict of guilt and felt that his actions were having its consequences. Doodle, the main character of the story, lived a life that consisted of constant struggles. His brother, the narrator, helped him through his external conflict, but one day, he pushed him too far. The color red appears constantly throughout the short story and to express the theme and conflicts the short story was comprised of. The Scarlet Ibis, Doodle’s death, and the love the narrator had for Doodle were all elements that were represented by symbolism through the color red. The love and pride the narrator had…
Explain the significance and intent of the last sentence of the story. How is it ironical?…
“How Stories Came to Earth” and “Master Cat” are two compelling stories about a trickster trying to maintain a specific goal. A trickster tale is a story containing a main character who is an anthropomorphized animal that uses their wits to get what they want. Anthropomorphism is a god, animal, or object that has human characteristics. Each story has key points that have similarities to each other, such as the main characters or their determination to achieve a goal. However, some key points differentiate from those of the other, for example the techniques used to achieve the goal or the story’s perspective on women.…
In the “The Devil and Tom Walker,” Irving illustrates human corruption through the use of the woods as setting and symbolism. Tom and his wife showed characteristics of being miserable and greedy. The Old Scratch was the tempter of story. Many tales uses human characteristics to get more feeling out of a story, almost making a real life…
“A Barred Owl” by Richard Wilbur and “The History Teacher” by Billy Collins both have adults lying to children. A childish tone is given off in “A Barred Owl” that helps the reader relate to the child’s fear while an ironic and sarcastic tone is given off in “The History Teacher” to show how the teacher’s attempt to keep the kids innocent quickly turns the kids’ thoughts from innocent to ignorance. Literary devices used by the authors guide the reader into seeing the effects of the adults’ lies, despite their good intentions.…
think that the story is about roosters and farm animals, but in reality he is…
Authors use many literary elements, such as figurative language, to write out the theme of their stories. In the two short stories, “Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe and “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, the themes are described by literary elements. “The Cask of Amontillado” is about a man trying to get revenge by tricking another man telling him about having expensive wine. “The Most Dangerous Game” is an eccentric short story about a General who lives on an island and hunts humans. The theme of irony delineate the themes for both of the short stories.…
“The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst shows that the narrator of the story has tragic flaws and being embarrassed of his disabled brother so he teaches him to walk. This short story is about the narrator trying to teach his disabled brother Doodle to walk because he is embarrassed to be related to someone who cannot walk. The narrator eventually strains his brother to do more than walking. This short story supports the quote because the narrator is taking pride into training his little brother to walk because he is embarrassed to have a brother who can’t walk. The narrator pushes his brother into using his legs and walk. In the story it switches from person to person from person to self. The author’s use of Characterization and conflict help to set the mood of the story. These literary elements help set the mood of the story which makes it more interesting to read as well as showing we can get too much pride over something. In conclusion an imperfect narrator or one with tragic flaws makes the story more interesting to the reader. It also reveals truth that people do not think of the consequences of what they are doing.…
In the short story Greasy Lake written by T.C. Boyle, the story is about three friends who believe they are “bad”. On a particular night they go out looking for trouble, and trouble is what they find. The tone of this story is serious, dark, and very graphic. This story is full of literary devices. Metaphors and similes come thick and fast on the shores of Greasy Lake, and Boyle never contents himself with one when he can offer two or three. The comparisons for their abundance, are neither aimless nor without purpose; they enable us to see the referent from strategic points of view.…
In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell the author presents many kinds of different conflicts and events in short story to enhance the mood. Examples of this can be seen in many places in the short story like man vs.. Man ; this is between the character of the story. This can also include two of the main characters and also between to enemies. Another example would be man vs.. Nature ;this is when a character fights the nature to survive. Also, man vs.. Self; this is when the person is not sure of himself what he want to do. These are used by the author in story to bring more interest in it. Also these are used to help build up every character in the story. The first one in the short story that shows up is man vs.. Nature which is the basic cause to the other in the entire story. In the story the reason do to why man vs.. Nature is first or comes is that because of the nature the character got in problem and ended up falling in the ocean looking for his pipe that had fell. The darkness makes it hard for him to see and then he ends up making him unstable and fell in the ocean too. But rainsford had surviving the natures test, but then in the story rainsford get to the island but is not sure of to where he really is because of the darkness and he describes it as the “moist black velvet”.Then as we move on in the short story rainsford faces man vs.. Self. Rainsford was secured of dead because he didn't’t want to face reality that to the islanders he is just a target and need to be treated like it to. That’s the main purpose why he is secured and is afraid to know what they will do to his body. But to islanded he’s just fish that got in there hands and they want to use it and will abuse it to if need it. Which makes a internal conflict because that’s what comes to his mind.The resolution is the story's final sentence: "He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided." That sentence tells us that Rainsford defeated General Croft in their…
Even short stories contain evil people. Edgar Allan Poe, the writer of the short story “The Cask of Amontillado,” creates Montresor : a man with intentions of evil revenge. Likewise, the author of “The Most Dangerous Game”, Richard Connell writes of an evil and bloodthirsty man. Poe’s antagonist Montresor is a wine expert who has been insulted one too many times and has sworn his vengeance. Zaroff, Connell’s antagonist, is a big game hunter who got too bored with animal hunts. Rather than giving up hunting due to his boredom, Zaroff hunts and traps sailors instead. Montresor and Zaroff are deceptive and inhumane, and while both hunt, their motives for hunting differ.…
The Possibility of Evil is full of literary devices. The one that is mostly used throughout this short story is irony. A lot of things that appear to be one way, turn out to be another.This story leaves a feeling as if everyone can be evil… To portray this feeling the author uses three various types of irony; situational, dramatic and verbal.…
The story is written in first person narration and is seen through the eyes of a young and free-spirited girl. The themes of this story are self-discovery, stereotypes, and rebellion. To portray these themes, literary devices such as allusion, similes and situational irony were used. Allusion is present in the line "his favourite book in the world was Robinson Crusoe," as the author attempts to portray the father's inventive nature by relating it to a well-known novel. Similes can be seen in the narrator's descriptions of her environment as she states that the "snowdrifts curled around the house like sleeping whales," to bring to attention the howling of the winds. Situational irony is evident throughout the story because the narrator despises her mother for being a woman and working in the house, but in the end, she too develops into a woman and takes on the roles of the title.…