Hawthorne's deals with many themes, the most powerful being punishment. In this novel, Hester Prynne becomes a highly respected person in a Puritan society by overcoming one of the harshest punishments, the scarlet letter. This object on "her bosom"; however, does the exact opposite of that which it was meant for. Eventually, Hes...
The short story "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor could be viewed as a comic strip about massacre and martyrdom. What stops it from becoming a solemn story is its intensity, ambition, and unfamiliarity. O'Connor blends the line between humor and terror. She introduces her audience to the horror of self-love. The grandmother...
First off, before making important notes about the video, I would like to comment that for me the videos really help add to the class. It helps bring to life all of the readings. There were several things I noticed in the video Dadi's Family that related well to the readings that we have been using in class. I will proceed to show three of...
Scarlet letter-the sides of a The Sides of the Characters of the Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote the book in the times of the puritans in the 1600?s. The Characters of the book include Hester Prynne, Pearl, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale and Roger Chillingsworth. The first person I will talk about is Roger Chillingsworth, who is nice...
In the story, 'The Killing Game', Joy Williams, uses several diffenent types of writing skills to presuade the reader to see her views. The quote 'To kill be to put to death, extinguish, nullify, cancel, destroy.' be a good strong introduction, it catches the readers attention. Word choice like this be what gets the message across to the rea...