All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else.
The man in this story I think is not alone. He has nobody but the shadow. He had to live his life alone in the shadows. No words can explain how he feels on the inside. This is a tragedy filled with symbols.
Having to live your life alone is…unexplainably terrible. It’s impossible to feel what the old drunk man is feeling unless you are him. Being him is nothing you would ever want to be in a million years. But the reason that this is a tragedy is because it ends in loss, there’s a tragic fall, the main character is in control, and there is a moral lesson. The old drunk man has nobody in his life and no one to love or to love him back. The older waiter is in control, but does not make good decisions. And the moral lesson is that money doesn’t buy happiness. Even if you have the world at the tip of your fingers, you can still be more happy poor and have a family, rather than being rich and having nobody.
Which leads me into the symbols. The symbols in this story have a lot of feelings and emotions. Such as the café. The café is a place that sticks out like a sore thumb, or a brilliant light in the night sky. The café is the only place that’s not sleeping. It’s a place where some people go when everybody else is asleep. Somewhere, where they know there not the only ones.
Another symbol in this story is the shadows. The shadows stand for fear, death, darkness. If it catches you, it will be a part of you forever. The shadow fallows someone who has no one in their life, and isn’t happy. The shadow never falls asleep or takes naps. Like the old man. It keeps him up at night. Wanting to change his past to a better future.
I feel like this story had a boat load of meaning. Even though it was based on a negative meaning. Having to be alone throughout life is unremarkable. Nothing that you ever want to happen to you in life. So make good choices, and avoid the shadow.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Speak
Speak
Raymond J.
L.A.
Most teenagers are pressured into things that could cost them their lives. Or turn you into a person you never wanted to be. Kids across America have been pressured into drinking, smoking, and other things of the nature. In the book SPEAK, Melinda was pressured; she didn’t have a choice. She had nothing. Melinda’s story in this comedy is emphasized through the author’s use of symbols.
This novel is realistic and the main character is in control, which makes it a comedy. It is realistic because she has a family, had some friends, and goes to school like every other person. It’s also a comedy because there’s a mild conflict, and the conflict gets realized. Some of the conflicts are that her old friends will not talk to her. And it’s hard for her to make friends. And she has trouble speaking to people in public.
Relating to that, the main symbols in this story are the mirror and the tree. The mirror represents what she was, and who she is now. The past and the future. When she looked in the mirror, it showed a person who she wasn’t. Someone who she didn’t want to be. She thought she was looking in the eyes of another human being. The tree represents the growth and death of Melinda. The tree grows and breaks down, just like Melinda. Parts of her were alive, but also, parts of her were dead.
As you can see, the mode of literature and the symbols in this story are very important. They described how her life was, and how she felt. In this story, they are trying to say that once something bad happens, soon it will get better. Just like the tree. Dying…and then heal.
Raymond J.
L.A.
Most teenagers are pressured into things that could cost them their lives. Or turn you into a person you never wanted to be. Kids across America have been pressured into drinking, smoking, and other things of the nature. In the book SPEAK, Melinda was pressured; she didn’t have a choice. She had nothing. Melinda’s story in this comedy is emphasized through the author’s use of symbols.
This novel is realistic and the main character is in control, which makes it a comedy. It is realistic because she has a family, had some friends, and goes to school like every other person. It’s also a comedy because there’s a mild conflict, and the conflict gets realized. Some of the conflicts are that her old friends will not talk to her. And it’s hard for her to make friends. And she has trouble speaking to people in public.
Relating to that, the main symbols in this story are the mirror and the tree. The mirror represents what she was, and who she is now. The past and the future. When she looked in the mirror, it showed a person who she wasn’t. Someone who she didn’t want to be. She thought she was looking in the eyes of another human being. The tree represents the growth and death of Melinda. The tree grows and breaks down, just like Melinda. Parts of her were alive, but also, parts of her were dead.
As you can see, the mode of literature and the symbols in this story are very important. They described how her life was, and how she felt. In this story, they are trying to say that once something bad happens, soon it will get better. Just like the tree. Dying…and then heal.
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