...“Wise Old Woman” By Yoshiko Uchida Characters: * Young lord (of village) * Grandmother * Young villager * Lord Higa * Wise Old Men Setting: * The setting is In the Mountain and in the Village in the western hill of Japan Conflict: * Elders being exiled to the mountains to die at the age of 71 * Mother of young villager needs to make a decision about his mother * Lord Higa threatens the village * Many long years ago, there was a cruel ruler who thought old peoples should be banished and should not be lived. So he make a low that is anyone who is over seventy-one must be banished from the village and left in the mountain. The ruler was strict and gives harsh punishment anyone who disobeys him so no one disobeyed him. Except for one. The young man didn't let his mother die in the mountain. He kept his mom secretly. But unfortunately, another ruler went to their village to conquer. Another ruler was also cruel so before he conquers them, he gave villagers three hard tasks. So the villagers thought each other to find the answer but they couldn't. Finally, the young farmer asked to his old mother. Every time he asks, his mother gave him a right answer. So because of the young farmer's old and wise mother, the villagers could be existed and not be conquered from others. In the end, the evil ruler of the village realizes the need for older people and noticed older people are wise and have more experiments then any others. Finally...
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...Analysis of ‘An Old Woman’ – By Arun Kolatkar In the poem “An old woman” poet Arun Kolatkar uses the image of a mendicant old woman to symbolize the decay in society which he is trying to convey through the poem. The poem dives right into the subject matter, there is no description of the setting or nor any physical description of the woman, because the poem isn’t meant to be an image of a particular city or a particular person. All of us have at some point been in the situation of the narrator in the poem. And quite a few of us no doubt on some occasion have reacted the way the narrator did. And this is the very aspect of the poem which raises so many thoughts in our minds. The poem starts with an old decrepit lady holding the sleeve of a narrator and tagging along, nagging him for some money. “She wants a fifty paise coin”, but she is not begging for it outright. She offers to take him to the horseshoe shrine. This is the second aspect of the poem which is so appealing to the reader. People often argue that beggars are lazy and do not work for a living and therefore are in the position they are, which is mostly untrue and in this situation the poet even provides evidence against this. The old woman clearly has a modicum of self-respect, she cannot bring herself to beg for money and so tries to offer a service for which she can be paid. What’s more is that she is asking for a very nominal sum of money. Surely fifty paise wouldn’t make a massive dent in the narrator’s wallet...
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...When I first saw Massays Grotesque Old Woman, I was a little frightened. She has a tight shirt on which makes her breast stick out and up, which is unattractive on her. However, what I really noticed was her face, it is long and has many wrinkles and rolls. Her hair is also styled differently but it is definitely a unique look. But, after studying her face for a while, she looks like a woman you would want to be around because of the kindness she holds in her heart, all of this is showing through her expression and eyes. And once again I learned to never judge a book by its cover, because you will never know what is on the inside if base someone on looks and give the title of “ugly”, without a chance of seeing what they are like is rude to...
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...Let’s meet Pita Avendano, she is a 23 year old woman who changed her life around and inspired someone in her family. Pita Avendano was born on July 13, 1993 in Los Angeles, California. Her full name is Pabla Francisca Avendano. She has 2 kids one 5 year old and one 4 year old. Her parents are Lydia Rodriguez and Sergio Chaidez. She has 7 biological siblings and 2 adopted siblings their names are Pedro Ekchan, Vanesa Carrillo, Jessica Rodriguez, Chris Rodriguez, Sandra Chaidez, Jazmin Chaidez, and Monica Chaidez. Kaylani and Yvonne Rodriguez are her adopted siblings and her kids. Pita has long red hair and looks young because she does facials a lot. Tattoos cover her left and right arms. Also she is very tall and skinny. She has pale skin...
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...Has an ordinary object ever brought you an immense amount of joy? A simple object in both “This Is Just To Say” and “To a Poor Old Woman” by William Carlos Williams brings great joy to ones within the poem. Both of these poems share many similarities, consisting of similar subjects, tones, themes and imagery. “This Is Just To Say” is a short poem in words, but endless in interpretation. The imagery within this poem is so vivid. As one reads the poem, one’s mind gets flooded with images the words of the poem provide. Vivid pictures of a kitchen, an icebox, and purple plums fill one's mind. The words give the reader a chance to bring the scene to life. One of the subjects in this poem are the plums. The plums were so irresistible, that they tempted the man in the poem to steal and eat them from someone he loved. Eating the plums caused him to have serious guilt, leaving one to infer that whomever he ate them from valued the plums....
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...10. “It was I who killed the old pawnbroker woman and her sister Lizaveta with an axe and robbed them” (Dostoevsky 503). The book begins to reach it's resolution as Sonia and Dunia await Raskolnikov's return. Upon the return home, Sonia make him do many signs of cross and tells him to kneel down to kiss the ground. Since Sonia is a very religious person, she attempts to comfort Raskolnikov by doing several prayers. This action of kissing the ground may be a sign of apologizing to earth or confessing/admitting his sin to the earth. In the beginning of the book, Raskolnikov tried so hard to be unseen and despised being laughed at; but this time, he did not mind the people around him that laughed out loudly. He was too focused on what he was...
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...snowstorm: “At the end of each block the sidewalk disappears under a pool of gray ice water.” The weather plays a significant part and is often commented on: “It’s a blizzard now” “Flakes like clumps of fur ripped from winter’s back” The weather serves as a reflection of the main characters dark and sombre thoughts. The main character is Gerard, and what is most identifiable about him is that for every positive trait he has he also has a negative; he is a handsome man: “Gerard is handsome”, but he is too emotionally vacant to find a serious relationship: “Most knew he would never love them, so they kept a distance […]” He finds a beautiful woman to fall in love with: “[…] in love with Laurel […]” but cheats on her: “[…] the desire to have sex with Issy […]” and when he rekindles his love with Laurel it causes him to lie to his daughter: “I met an old friend and we had dinner,” he...
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...have sympathy with him, as we see how his kids treat him as an ungrateful father, rather it’s also because we don’t know their side of the story. From Mike’s point of view, the family seems unreasonable and greedy with the comments and requirements the family express them with, in relation to the guitar. “You promised Billy a guitar (…), so now you have to deliver”. Mike sees himself as the "delivery man" or the “money-maker”, because he feels that he gives and gives but gets nothing in return. He feels the world is evil and unjust. He feels that he is the victim in the house now, as the family is using him. He expresses himself by saying - “Just call me the delivery man”! The protagonist in the main character is mike. He is 45 years old father with two children and a wife. They live in a big house outside the bustling city of London. Mike works in the financial world, which means that he barely sees his family often. Mike works very much and rarely less than 12 hours a day, which means that he is rarely home. He...
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...Abduction By Shelagh Delaney What do you do if you are a successful career woman with all the money you need and your dream is fulfilled, but one thing is missing: Family. There is only one problem. You are sterile, so what do you do? You abduct your own little brother. You spoil the child and make sure he has what he needs, but is that all it takes to raise a child? What about the childes independence and making a family of his own? How do you cope with the fact that your little brother turns out to be an alcoholic? This is what the protagonist of the short story Abduction is faced with. The short story Abduction takes place in London. An omniscient 3rd person narrator introduces us to the protagonist Ann, who was born and raised in the suburb Manchester. Ann is a well-educated woman, who studied medicine and is specialized in paediatrics. The suburb is not good enough for Ann; she wants the rich eventful life in London. “There is only one place worth living. London.” (p. 1, l. 25). A job opportunity in London occurs, and she moves to Kensington to start a new life as a successful career woman, just the way she wants it. She lives in a high-class society with cultural values. After her settlement she returns to Manchester, with the purpose of abducting her younger brother. Ann takes care of her brother almost as if she is his mother. She nurses him, gives him allowance and finds him a well-paid job. All in all she makes sure he has everything almost by spoiling...
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...Change The short story is a about a woman who lives in London or a ”Londoner” as she calls it. One day her period comes early as she is walking into the National Portrait Gallery to get warm. She doesn’t have any change for the tampon machine so she asks in the bathroom if anyone has got some change she could borrow. One girl responds. The girl and her brother fled from Uzbekistan, she is now homeless and all of her money can be kept in one pocket. The woman decides to take her out for a cup of tea out of gratefulness for the change she borrowed from her. The girl tells the woman about why she is now in England and how she and her brother are now sleeping on the streets of London every night. At one point the girl starts crying. The woman leaves to get her some napkins, but as she has the napkins in her hand she turns around and leaves the café. The story is written in first-person narration and has a linear structure. The story is reaching towards many well discussed topics such as immigration. In the story we follow a classic “Londoner” who keeps to herself and minds her own business. You can say that she is a very reserved personality (pg. 1 line 1-3). The conflict appears when she “befriends” a refugee from Uzbekistan. The girl is different, and she looks different as well. The woman wants to help her but for some reason something is stopping her. She seems to think that she, as a single mother, she has enough problems already. The woman seems very insecure especially when...
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...Reading Reflection Leitan Pruitt ENG 125 Introductions to Literature October 1, 2012 Instructor Kristina Munz Reading Reflection In any stories, poems, plays, and any other written piece of art contain a mixture of literary themes accompanied with literary works. In fiction, the theme is not intended to teach or preach. In fact, it is not presented directly at all. The reader extracts it from the characters, action, and setting that make up the story. In other words, the person reading the paper must figure out the theme himself/herself. The theme of a fable is its moral; the one of a parable is its teaching, and the theme of a piece of fiction is its view about life and how people behave. Within any piece of literature, plot, point of view, and tone are found incorporated into the literary art. They are used in developing the short story and presents annotations accompanying a short story to illustrate how each element contributes to a story's effectiveness. Chapter 1 page 1 states, “Reading a story, a poem, or a play introduces you to an imaginary world. You are pulled away from a living, breathing world into one that was created in the mind of the author. Its situations and experiences may resemble ones you are familiar with; many of them may even be based in part on real situations, but they are imaginary–shaped by the imagination of the person who created the story, poem, or play you are reading.” I have chosen to write my paper on John Betjeman’s poem “A Subaltern’s...
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...Save May Be Your Own Flannery O'ConnorTHE old woman and her daughter were sitting on their porch when Mr. Shiftlet came up their road for the first time. The old woman slid to the edge of her chair and leaned forward, shading her eyes from the piercing sunset with her hand. The daughter could not see far in front of her and continued to play with her fingers. Although the old woman lived in this desolate spot with only her daughter and she had never seen Mr. Shiftlet before, she could tell, even from a distance, that he was a tramp and no one to be afraid of. His left coat sleeve was folded up to show there was only half an arm in it and his gaunt figure listed slightly to the side as if the breeze were pushing him. He had on a black town suit and a brown felt hat that was turned up in the front and down in the back and he carried a tin tool box by a handle. He came on, at an amble, up her road, his face turned toward the sun which appeared to be balancing itself on the peak of a small mountain.The old woman didn't change her position until he was almost into her yard; then she rose with one hand fisted on her hip. The daughter, a large girl in a short blue organdy dress, saw him all at once and jumped up and began to stamp and point and make excited speechless sounds.Mr. Shiftlet stopped just inside the yard and set his box on the ground and tipped his hat at her as if she were not in the least afflicted; then he turned toward the old woman and swung the hat all the way off. He...
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...The Wife of Bath is a woman who considers herself as an expert of love. She has gapped teeth and deaf in one ear, she came from a town called bath.She had gapped teeth, She was married 5 times that brought her joy and strife with in her life. She was known to have talent in very many ways as she was really good when it came to sewing, she would wear bright clothes. She always was bold, and fair, and had red on. The story is about a knight who raped a girl because he wanted to show dominance. When the king found out he sentenced the knight to be killed by beheading him.The queen than found out and she gave the knight a chance to redeem himself by sending him out on a quest. The quest requested that the knight needed to find out what women most desired in men. The knight searched day and night but every woman gave him a different answer so he had a bit of a confusion. The knight kept searching but he felt his quest had come to an end. The knight than decided it was best to turn around and go back to the kingdom, When leaving the knight became...
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...Worstshire was about to begin. A small group of relatives and friends gathered for this sad day to pay their respects to an old woman who had recently been found dead inside her oven. The old woman was a quiet soul who lived alone in a house made of gingerbread and cakes with windows made of sugar. However, Hagatha didn’t always live in a house made of confection. While a resident of YorkVillage, she lived in a simple three room cottage. The cottage interior had an open concept floor plan. One room held the kitchen and dining area, the 2nd room was a bedroom and Hagatha turned the 3rdroom into a play room for the children who enjoyed her company. Hagatha never had children but she found great joy in baking and making sweet treats for the children of her village. Every Sunday Hagatha would spend the entire day making cakes, cookies and candies to be shared with the children of York Village. After church, the children would all gather at Ms. Hagatha’s home and feast on the vast number of treats the nice woman spent her day creating. Hagatha would always warn the children against over consumption. She would tell them how even the best things in life require moderation and should be consumed in small amounts or the consequence would be unfavorable. While most of the children heeded the old woman’s advice, there were two young girls who felt the old woman was senile and was only trying to keep them from enjoying themselves. Brianna and Jessica were children of the town’s elite...
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...plenty of word imagery, which elicited an emotional reader response from me. Everything from the description of the old woman's appearance to the old woman being thrown out of church made me feel sad for this woman, followed by happy at the way it ended for her. With the aid of Walker's use of vivid descriptions, I was able to envision the story as it unfolded in my mind. From the beginning, this short story really captured my imagination. Alice Walker was blessed with a way of taking words and weaving them into what I can only describe as a movie only I can see. The vast descriptions of the old woman made me feel as if I were standing right next to her. Walker doesn't go too in depth describing the other church goers, but what little she does provide gives one the impression that these were well-to-do people and it was obvious they felt she didn't belong in "their" church. As Walker laid out the events taking place, I found myself having an emotional response. Comparing the time I live in, the way I was raised, and how I treat people on am every day basis, the neglect and horrible treatment of the old woman made me empathetic toward her. It made me question where her family was and why weren't they taking care of her? When the husbands picked her up and placed her outside, it made me feel a little anger toward their actions. When the old woman was back on the church steps after being removed, she was surprised at being cut off from the song she was singing...
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