Civil War Is Whack

At the end of Liam O’Flaherty’s The Sniper a man lies dead in the streets, we are told that “the sniper turned over the dead body and looked into his brother’s face.” Liam does not tell if the dead man is actually his brother of his family, or a figurative brother of his country. If it actually is his real brother it means that civil war is a bad thing because it tears families apart. But, if he is a figurative brother this says that the civil war is bad and it is destroying the brotherhood of his country and perhaps the brotherhood of men all around the world.

Born in the U.S.A isn't always that great

The recurring use of the words “Born in the U.S.A” suggests that sometimes its not that great living in the U.S. Bruce Springstein sends the message that sometimes when you first start off you get kicked right back down. “The first kick I took when I hit the ground” this says that right when he’s starting to pick up a little he’s is right back down where he started. Springstein also says that when you keep on getting pushed down you get tired and are not able to do it any more: “You end up like a dog that’s been beat too much.” Generally, the phrase “Born in the U.S.A” doesn’t always mean that you have a good life or you have an awesome job. Sometimes it means that your life is terrible. Overall, Bruce Sprinstein says that it isn’t always good to live in America.

Queen Elizabeth Speech

Queen Elizabeth speech to her navy, before a battle in war. Queen Elizabeth uses her female identity to spur on her soildiers. "I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart of a king." So even though she knows she is a woman she is still determined that her troops will win the battle. Overall, Queen Elizabeth’s speech to her navy was so inspiring that all her troops were determined to win that battle for their queen.

Lily- "My hair was constantly going in eleven wrong directions. " Pg. 3
"I worried so much about how I looked and whether I was impersonating a girl instead really being one." Pg. 9
"Gnawing the flesh around my fingernails till I was a bleeding wreck." Pg. 9

Rosaleen- "Her hair was black and generous, with thick curls circling her face." Pg. 6
"Rosaleen had never had a child of her own." Pg. 2
"She was full of crazy ideas I ignored." Pg. 2

T. Ray- "The giant peach perched atop a sixty-foot pole beside the gate, its fleshy color, not to mention the crease down the middle, gave it an unmistakable appearance of a rear end. Rosaleen said it was T.Ray's way of mooning the entire world. That was T.Ray." Pg. 8
"His only kindness was for snout, his bird dog." Pg. 3
"The moldy smell of peaches clung to T.Ray's boots." Pg. 6

Secret Life of Bees Question

Why is the main character so obsessed with her appearance and what other people think of her?

Sue M. Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees explains a young girl loaning for stability in a difficult habitat. In the beginning of the novel, Kidd uses imagery to help visualize the story. The author describes a swarm of bees: “During the day I heard them tunneling through the walls of my bedroom.” The author helps make the narrator’s life more realistic, continuing to describe the swarm: “They lapped around my body, making me the perfect center of a whirlwind cloud.” Besides the imagery of bees the writer also focuses on the narrator’s life: “That night I lay in bed and thought about dying and going to be with my mother in paradise.” Overall the author uses a more detailed type of imagery in The Secret Life of Bees.

Cormac McCarthy’s Awesome Diction By: Edward Czyrklis

All authors demonstrate their own examples of diction. In the excerpt from Cormac McCarthy’s Child of God, the author produces diction which is both unusual and basic. McCarthy describes the main character: “We’d never seen the like of shootin.” The author characterizes the ape: “They was a feller up there had this ape or gorilla, ever what it was.” The writer describes the day: “I think we’d drank a little whiskey too, I disremember.” Overall McCarthy’s diction is abnormal and essential.