...short story, The Man Who Loved Flowers, manages to craftily blur the lines between love and insanity. King vividly describes New York City as a beautiful, vibrant place on that particular Spring afternoon. The only point in the beginning of the story where things don’t seem wonderful is where the radio is playing as the man buys his flowers. The news describes the problems of the world (including the hammer murderer on the loose), but it’s brushed off because the world seems bright at that moment. At the story’s climax, the imagery is dark and the sounds described are designed to cause the reader to imagine pure cacophony. Tomcats “making alien love” and a screaming woman are certainly not pleasant sounds. The most important fears expressed in The Man Who Loved Flowers are the fear of strangers (the unknown) and the fear of love (the fear of loss). The story takes place on a beautiful afternoon in May of 1963. Everything looks positively radiant with Summer coming quickly. Everyone smiles when they see the man in the gray suit because he is so obviously in love. The young man approaches an older gentleman who is selling flowers and buys the most expensive spill of tea roses. As the afternoon turns to evening, he makes his way to Norma’s. When he sees her his heart skips a beat. “It’s always a sweet shock to see her.” When he goes to her she pulls away. She tells him that he’s mistaken and her name is not Norma. We are then presented with the true identity of the man. Of course she...
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...The man who loved flowers When you meet a normal person at a normal event, you talk to them and everything they say seems normal. They laugh at your jokes, they comment on the weather, they complain about politicians and how they should lower the taxes, as I said a normal person. But after they have left the event is everything about them still normal? This is a story about a young guy from New York who to everyone seems normal guy who has found the love of his life, but actually is a grieving killer who kills woman when they tell him that they are not his soul mate Norma who died 10 years ago. This is Steven King’s “The man who loved flowers”. The story takes place in New York of May 1963, and the setting is very happy. The opening sequence tells us how everybody seemed to be smiling, the air was soft and beautiful, and that this was one of those nights where people who love the city would love this night. To add to the setting the main character is also very happy and very much in love. Because of the happy setting, you feel safe when you read it and you think of the main character as the “good guy”. His happy outer has en effect on the setting for example he makes the old woman at l. 13-17 p. 1, where because of the positive vibes he expresses makes her think of dancing and how spring is beautiful and so on. She begins to have happy thoughts. Even on l. 6 – 13 p. 2, when the radio is talking about how a lot of awful things are happening in the world it doesn’t change...
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..."The Man who loved Flowers" The title of the text is “The Man who loved flowers”. Reading this title made me at once pay more attention to the flowers that have an symbolic meaning. My interpretation of the symbolic meaning of the flowers’ colours is that they represent the girl in the lane, the young man and the relationship between them. The white rose represent the girl, it stands for innocence and ignorance, just like the girl that hasn’t done anything wrong and is unknowing about the man’s intentions. The yellow rose represents the young man. Yellow colour is often connected with lies and falseness as the man tricks the reader and the girl into believing that he is an ordinary man. The last colour is red, it stands for love and is the colour of blood, and love is what connects Nora and the young man. The young man is well dressed (s. 175 l. 11-12) ”he had that look about him. He was dressed in a light grey shit, the narrow tie pulled down a little”. He has got an ordinary face (s.175 l.13-14) “not an extraordinary face, but on this soft spring evening...” . The people that look at him see him as an symbol of spring and young love. You can see that in the way they describe him when he walks by the old lady at the end of the story. This is also what the reader sees him as until the man steps into the lane. Stephen King makes us believe that this is a love story, all the people the man walks by looks at him and think that he is in love, an example is (175 l. 8-10)...
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...The Man Who Loved Flowers The Man who loved flowers is short story about a young handsome man, who wants to surprise a girl named Norma by giving her some flowers. The story takes place in New York on a beautiful day in May 1963 where everything seems lovely, but it turns out that the young handsome man ends up killing a random girl, who he thinks is Norma, in a narrow lane in New York’s streets. The main character in The Man Who Loved Flowers is described as a handsome young in love. In the beginning of the story he seems like a guy whose life runs perfectly, he is suited up, he is in love and he just seems like a stand up guy “He was dressed in alight grey suit, the narrow tie pulled down a little, his top collar button undone. His hair was dark and cut short”. There is nothing suspicious about him. Stephen King tricks the reader into thinking that it is a perfect evening; maybe the young guy is going to propose to this Norma? “He reached into his coat pocket and touched something in there. For a moment his ace seemed puzzled, lonely, almost haunted, an then, as his hand left the pocket, it regained its former expression of eager expectation.” But when the young man finally meets this girl, who turns out not to be Norma, we find out that Norma has been dead for ten years. I believe that the young man ones has had a lover named Norma, who he thought was the only one but she died and he was forced to live on with that, but couldn’t accept it. Therefore he is now walking...
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...The man who loved flowers ending “I bought you a gift Norma” he said. He had the flowers behind his back. “What is it” she said. The young man was about to show the flowers with only one desire; a smile from his beloved. His whole body was shaking, and he knew she was the only one. He handed over the flowers in a very stiff way. Her first reactions to the flowers weren’t exactly cheerful. He noticed the awkward tension in the corner of her mouth and rapidly commented: “do you not like them?” “It’s just” “just what?” He said. “We are just friends, you know that right?” Norma said. The young man tried to answer with tears rushing down his face; he could barely speak but stuttered out something at least a bit thoughtful: “Yes I know that”. The young man didn’t know what to do; he would’ve never expected her to reply this way. It was 6 PM and it was slowly getting darker. The young man suggested finding something to eat. Norma said a little grudgingly yes, and they found a little restaurant with sea view. You could see in the young man’s look that he still saw the prospect of them to getting together. However, it did not look like Norma was fully sold to the idea. While they were eating, a speaker from the radio said: “The hammer killer is still not caught yet so be careful”. “Did you hear that, he is a psycho” Norma said. The young man replied in a disturbing tone “yes indeed”. As they finished eating; the young man asked Norma if they should take...
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...The Man Who Loved Flowers Characterization of the main character The main character in Stephen King’s The Man Who Loved Flowers is a young man with black hair and light blue eyes. The man is described as being nicely dressed, wearing a grey suit with the tie pulled down a little and the top collar button undone. We assume that he is from New York City as that is where we find him during the story, although it isn’t stated directly. As we follow this young guy through the streets of New York City, he is described through the thoughts of an old lady and a flower vendor which he passes on his way. They assuming that he is in love, seeing the bounce in his steps and the half-smile on his lips. The young man seems like a very friendly and polite person, this is mainly based on his conversation with the flower vendor, an example on this is to find on page 178 lines 11-12 “I’m gonna tell you what I think. Hey! Advice is still free, isn’t it?” The young man smiled and said. ”I guess it’s the only thing left that is.” The way people smile and recognize themselves in him, when he passes them, also indicates that his appearance is friendly as well. It seems as if he has a lot on his mind as he doesn’t notice any of the ongoing events he finds himself in the middle of. An example on this is to find in page 179 lines 16-18 He was unaware of the two teen-aged girls who passed him going the other way and then clutched themselves and giggled. Right up until the end of the story...
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...and defined it as the inner power of the people, which we must all be concerned with ourselves. “If one is not concerned about himself he cannot be totally concerned about other selves", (pg. 1)"sweep streets so well that all the host of heaven and earth will have to pause and say, "Here lived a great street sweeper who swept his job well", (pg. 1), in these two phrases I strongly agree with author point of view, in believing once on him/herself and do not concerned what other people will think about you. He also declared everyone to have a high expectation in life; and acknowledged that creativity and excellence can be exercised in any and every type of our lawful work. And he demonstrated the idea that there should not be big differences between people. In comparison to that, our world today has changed a lot as there are a person who does not have a house or family, living in the street, however those people are very small amount. When you believe and love yourself you will be able to do everything you want. The second point that I agree with the author speech, the breadth of the life. He was discussing how the person will reacts with another person who needs help, according...
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...The man who loved flowers “One person's craziness is another person's reality.” – Tim Burton. We people have a tendency to live our life in suffer for the past because it’s terrifying to face the truth. Unaware that it affects our fellow human beings. Stephen King’s short story “The man who loved flowers” manages to blur the lines between normality and insanity while digging down in the fear of love. The story takes place on a sunny day in New York’ streets in the 1960’s. The protagonist is an unknown narrator who is an elegant young man with a grey suit on. In the beginning of the text is the atmosphere vibrant, idyllic and calm. Furthermore the protagonist approaches an old man who is selling flowers because he have to buy flowers to a girl called Norma. Besides the scenario describes the news on the radio about a serial killer who kills young ladies with a hammer. It creates a contrast to the idyllic atmosphere. In the story the afternoon turns to evening. Suddenly he sees Norma on the street and confronts her, but she tells him that she is not Norma. Furthermore he kills the innocent girl with a hammer, and get to know true identity of the young man. The story ends with an appropriate quote “His name was love, and he walked these dark streets because Norma was waiting for him.” The young man is living on a lie. He is pretending to be normal, perfect and efficient. I think King calls the protagonist “The young man” as a ambivalent comprising, because on the on...
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...Name English 1101 Professor Wright 8 October 2015 _________________________ in _________________________ In ------- (publication date), (author’s full name) offers a brief description or summary of how you think the text creates meaning. Supply the necessary context and summary to get to the point you want to make about the text. No definitions or vague first sentences such as “Hunt examines slavery.” Tell me as specifically as possible what you think the author is doing and why. Do not use a long quotation in the first paragraph. A smaller quotation or a phrase is fine as long as it does not begin or end the paragraph. Offer your idea to introduce your thoughts and then provide the thesis. One way to start a formal rhetorical analysis of a novel is to begin with a focused paragraph of context. This is fine as long as the paragraph is not overly long or general. Do not offer a discussion of slavery or morality that the text does not offer. Stay specific to the universe established in the text. This paragraph may involve summary, but the summary is focused on the point you are making about the novel. Do not provide a summary of the entire novel here. Another way to start the analysis is to get straight to it. Either way, each paragraph must have a topic sentence and appropriate transitions. Topic sentence that sets up and provides context for the point you want to make about the text and helps set up the evidence. You may need two sentences to accomplish the goal. Quotations...
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...1963. We follow a young man who looks like he is in love; he is walking through 3rd Avenue. The people around him seem to respond to his outbound feelings. The young man is buying flowers for a girl named Norma, who he is going over to meet. A radio in the background is broadcasting bad news but no one seems to really care. He continues on up the street and meets a couple more people who also respond to his love stuck look. He walks down through an alley and sees a woman but this isn’t Norma, so he murders her like he has done five times already. Norma has been dead for ten years. He says that his name is love and that he walked the dark streets because Norma was waiting for him. Characterization of the young man: The young man is dressed in a light grey suit with a narrow tie and a top collar where the button is undone, he is far from rich and his appearance is described as having dark, short cut hair, light blue eyes and a fair complexion and on this soft spring evening, he was beautiful. He is described very positively through most of the story. He is happy and in love, the feelings radiate out of him and emit an aura of happiness which is perceived by the bystanders on the street. When he hears the news on the radio we start to notice a change when he reaches into his pocket, he seems puzzled, lonely and haunted. He is never truly aware of the life around him; he is focused on something else. His true identity is the hammer murderer. The young man doesn’t have a name, even...
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...The Man Who Loved Flowers Characterization of the main character The main character in Stephen King’s The Man Who Loved Flowers is a young man with black hair and light blue eyes. The man is described as being nicely dressed, wearing a grey suit with the tie pulled down a little and the top collar button undone. We assume that he is from New York City as that is where we find him during the story, although it isn’t stated directly. As we follow this young guy through the streets of New York City, he is described through the thoughts of an old lady and a flower vendor which he passes on his way. They assuming that he is in love, seeing the bounce in his steps and the half-smile on his lips. The young man seems like a very friendly and polite person, this is mainly based on his conversation with the flower vendor, an example on this is to find on page 178 lines 11-12 “I’m gonna tell you what I think. Hey! Advice is still free, isn’t it?” The young man smiled and said. ”I guess it’s the only thing left that is.” The way people smile and recognize themselves in him, when he passes them, also indicates that his appearance is friendly as well. It seems as if he has a lot on his mind as he doesn’t notice any of the ongoing events he finds himself in the middle of. An example on this is to find in page 179 lines 16-18 He was unaware of the two teen-aged girls who passed him going the other way and then clutched themselves and giggled. Right up until the end of the story...
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...THE MAN WHO LOVED FLOWERS. This is the title of an essay that takes place in New York one evening in May 1963. It is a third person narrator in the essay that leads readers through what is happening this evening in and around the young man who is "The Man Who Loved Flowers". Summary: This is a wonderful and beautiful spring evening and it is on the brink of summer. It is in the twilight time and the sky is beautiful violet. People are out on the street in the good weather, and they are all happy. The young man is walking down the street and an old lady who pushes two bags in an old pram, yells at him. "Hey beautiful”. The young man welcomes back, and she thinks that he is in love. She gets happy and nostalgic, while she thinks that all can be beautiful such a spring evening, when they are on their way to the only one. The young man goes over the Sixty-third Street and passes a handcart filled with many fragrant flowers. It is an old man who is selling flowers, and right now he eats a pretzel. He has a radio, where news can be heard, but nobody listens to it. The news is that a hammer killer is on the loose and that an unidentified woman has been fished up from the East River. Otherwise, it is about Vietnam, a jury error in relation to a heroin boss and a Russian nuclear test. The young man hesitates, as he marks with his hand in his jacket pocket. Here he looks surprised, lonely and devastated, but quickly turns back to smile. He returns to the flower wagon, to buy flowers that...
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...replaced.” The tone of the poem is more negative. It has a gloomy, lost feeling towards it that makes the reader feel like the man in the poem is sad. This creates the mood which has a relative feeling of the gloomy, lost, mournful tone of the speaker. The speaker of this poem is a man who...
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...Lincoln. In the memoir, Keckley explains her life at the white house with the Lincoln’s; including both the good and bad times. Keckley created a relationship with Mary Todd Lincoln that started out to be just business but soon was personal (Perry). Giving us in depth looks at three people and their characteristics that the ordinary person may not know Keckley explains that: Abraham Lincoln was a fun loving, affectionate, simple kind of man; Mary Todd Lincoln was a difficult, bold, strong woman; and Elizabeth Keckley was an honest, hardworking, loyal woman. Like every other president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln was perceived to always be held to the highest standard. However, Keckley explains Lincoln as more of a fun loving and simple kind of man. She recalls a moment that she was dressing Mrs. Lincoln and he comes into the room: “ Mr. Lincoln came in, threw himself on the sofa, laughed with Willie and little Tad, and commenced pulling on his gloves, quoting poetry all the while” (Keckley 178). Keckley explains Mr. Lincoln as a very simple man. He owned two pets that he treated as if they were his own children. One afternoon he talks to Keckley about his goats he is filled with enthusiasm. He says to her “Madam Elizabeth did you ever before see such an active goat? . . . [h]e feeds on my bounty, and jumps with joy. Do you think we could call him a bounty-jumper? But I flatter...
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...Compare and Contrast: Sister Flowers versus I Want a Wife Lisa Jackson ENG 121: English Composition I Instructor: Alicia Giffin December 9, 2013 When given the task of comparing two different essays, I read through the list before deciding on Sister Flowers by Maya Angelou and I Want a Wife by Judy Brady. I found both essays to be well-written and each touched me on an emotional level. However, I found the essay Sister Flowers to be the better essay because of the descriptive nature and that it has a deeper meaning by showing how the kindness of one person can make one feel liked and respected, while the essay I Want a Wife was written more for entertainment by showing how little men do and how much women take care of. The essay Sister Flowers is about a little girl named Marguerite who, in the beginning of the essay, compared herself to “an old biscuit, dirty and inedible” (Angelou, M.) until she met Mrs. Bertha Flowers. Marguerite looked up to Mrs. Flowers whom she referred to as graceful, and one of the few gentlewomen she had known. Marguerite states “She was our side’s answer to the richest white woman in town” (Angelou, M.). Marguerite’s reverence of Mrs. Flowers made her ashamed of how uneducated her grandmother appeared. One day Mrs. Flowers invited Marguerite into her house so she could have a talk with her. The fact that she cared enough to invite Marguerite into her house, make cookies for her, and then give her a book to read made Marguerite feel liked and respected...
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