Describing a Place Essay

Towards the end of the novel, the narrator uses anatomical precision to describe every aspect of Louise’s body. It can arguably be seen as a romantic approach to describing the body of a loved one. However, it greatly varies from the romantic description of the body that most people are used to. The narrator goes inside of Louise’s body to discuss the relationship between her body and the concept of romance and desire. The narrator’s depiction of Louise’s body is divided up by location,…

are able to be made. For example, in the description of Daisy's house it is said to be cheerful and a mansion. By describing the home as a mansion the reader could assume the house is large, expensive, and something that someone with wealth and of higher class would own. Similarly, conclusions could be made of Nick's house by using the details Fitzgerald has provided. By describing the house as a "weather beaten cardboard bungalow" he is getting the reader to envision a not visually appealing…

and help the reader feel sad for Anne. At the end of chapter 6, Montgomery is describing Anne as a girl, not as an object. When Montgomery does this it shows that Anne is more liked by Marilla and Matthew. By showing us that Marilla and Matthew now like Anne more, Anne seems like less of an outsider and is now appreciated for who being a girl. In ‘Anne of Green Gables’ Montgomery discusses how being from different places and not being wanted can make someone feel like an outsider and feel…

emperors to ever rule, and is representative of what we fear in totalitarian leaders. He literally “went mad with power” and is, to a certain extent, the epitome of evil. In Lives of the Twelve Caesar's Suetonius delves into the life of Caligula, describing both his brief reign as emperor (37-41 AD) and his personal life. It can be gathered from Suetonius' work that Caligula was self-absorbed, indulgent, cruel etc. There are little, if any, positive aspects associated with either his reign as…

continues to unravel her theory by stating; “Once such usage has been put over on us[women], then if ever we deny that any person or group is oppressed, we seem to imply that we think they never suffer and have no feelings.” In this way, Frye is describing the effects of wrongly interpreting the meaning of oppression. According to male logic, women cannot be oppressed because men are also oppressed by having to maintain a rigid and hearty physique. Yet, it is the male form that has the most…

In Virginia Woolf’s passages called “Two Cafeterias” she talks about how she went to two different colleges and how women have a place in society that isn’t the same as the men’s place in society. So, she decides that she would go to two universities to see how the meals compared to each other. She was disappointed by the women’s meal as she realized there were major differences between what the women were given for dinner and what the men were served for dinner. While she is at a men’s…

In “The Swimmer,” after Ned tries to “force” the door of his own home down, he looks in the window and sees that “the place [is] empty” (Cheever 12). With Ned’s swim seemingly representing his journey through life, meeting numerous people and experiencing highs and lows, this blunt and rather depressing ending highlights the hopelessness of Ned’s attempt to control his…

story was the main reason why his readers can’t always predict the path of the story as they are constantly can’t be sure of the twists and turns it will take them to. In "The Story of an Hour", there are lots of instants when the irony took its place in the story. One of these instants was, "assure himself of its truth by a second telegram" (Chopin 326). Which as a reader it seat me to believe Mrs. Mallard 's husband surely died, and it was a shock when at the end it appeared that he…

They identify the purpose of the letter by describing that if for encryption this situation would have been solved. The authors also talk about how there were two phones at the scene of the murder, “Both devices were passcode protected”. As the contacted Google and Android about what the passcodes…

the same criticisms that many Americans share about the fast food industry, while also agreeing that the food tastes good. He sympathizes with consumers, which places him as a member of the audience himself, then succumbs to the expectations and belief of his readers in order to establish his decorum. He begins the chapter by describing in vivid detail the act of actually purchasing fast food, which nearly every reader can relate to. Establishing that commonplace is the starting point for…