Alan Bradley includes a variety of literary elements and concepts in order to get his point across. He creates an intriguing protagonist in Flavia de Luce, who propels the plot and brings the novel to life. In The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, Bradley’s use of youthful idealism, eloquent imagery, and dynamic tone emphasize Flavia’s positive attitude to contradict traditional ideas of intelligence. To begin with, Bradley conveys Flavia’s always-positive attitude many times throughout the story. For example, when Flavia’s investigation to find whether her father is innocent or not keeps failing, she sticks with it.
Case Analysis Paper / Discussion MBA 623 Name: Patel Mukeshkumar Shamalbhai Paper # Turner v. Hershey Chocolate USA, 440 F.3d 604 (3d Cir. 2006) Word Count: _______ I. Citation: Turner v. Hershey Chocolate USA, 440 F.3d 604 [3d Cir. 2006] II. Issue and Rule: The district court granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment on the plaintiff’s disability claim.
There are several differences between Robert Cormier’s The Chocolate War and its movie adaptation by Keith Gordon however there is as many, if not more, similarities. Both the book and the film follow the major theme of disturbing the universe, which is essentially what Jerry does throughout the plot. The term “disturbing” is to interfere with the normal arrangement or functioning of something. In a literal sense, the term “universe” is a world in which something exists or prevails, but in a figurative sense it could be, threw the novel, interpreted in three different ways. Keith Gordon’s revamping of The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier respects the theme of disturbing the universe.
After reading the powerful novel, Make Lemonade, written by Virginia Wolff, I reflect on the life of a young woman living in poverty. It takes you on the life journey of 17 year-old, single mother Jolly, opening your eyes to the lives of less fortunate people. Many interventions occur throughout the novel. Towards the end of the book, Jolly joins the Mom’s up program for young mothers, so she can receive an education which will hopefully result in a higher paying job in the future. At school, Jolly heard a sorrowful story about a blind woman and understands the meaning of it.
Esperanza was glad they didn't arrest her and the workers. When she got home Miguel lost his job and Esperanza asked why he didn't argue with his boss and then the got into a fight which changed their friendship. A few days later mama got better and she came home. Esperanza was glad that her mother got well.
In “Chocolate War”, Cormier uses interrogative diction and repetitive statements to demonstrate how intimidating Brother Leon is, suggesting that Brother Leon is a very intimidating teacher who likes to tease his students in a not such nice manner. In the middle of the story it states, “Brother Leon whirled around. “Are you perfect, Bailey? All those A’s--that implies perfection.
Do you understand the feeling of being different? Ever feel those staring eyes peering into you like a laser beam because your not dressed like everybody else? Of course you have everyone has unless you live under a rock but anyway everyone has felt different but why the staring why do they have to make you feel alien? Well it’s simple some people just simply don’t like change and if you aren’t like everyone else the order of things might get screwed up. And when people feel their way of things is being tempered with they can get a bit extreme meaning you better prepare for the worst.
The toll Tita’s food has on Gertrudis is great this is not noticed until Gertrudis gets in the shower and a soldier named Juan smells the aroma that is coming from her. “Tita’s blood and the roses from Pedro proved quite an explosive combination” (Esquivel 41) Esquivel
Perhaps the most sultry and sensual part of the novel is the one that challengers would not use in their attempt to remove Blood and Chocolate from school libraries. Why? Because the novel describes the protagonist, Vivian, resisting a sexual encounter with Aiden, opting for sharing her innermost secrets instead, her werewolf form. The narrator describes Vivian sliding “her panties to her knees and letting them slither down her calves … she wanted to give in to his desire . . . but her body had other plans.
Using this metaphor was a good strategy because while comparing the restaurant to body insides it enables the audience to feel the way the author does about the atmosphere. This quote also uses imagery in the sense of her saying “Picture a..” and it is effortless to imagine what she is trying to express about the restaurant. The
Madeleine Thien’s “Simple Recipes” is not mainly about the father cooking food and his treatment towards his son, instead, the author uses food to symbolize the struggles her immigrated family experienced in Canada. While it is possible to only look at the narratives that food symbolizes, the idea is fully expressed when the father is compared with the food. The theme of food and the recipes are able to convey the overall troubles the narrator’s family encountered. Although, food is usually a fulfilling necessity in life, however, Thien uses food to illustrate the struggle, tensions, and downfall of the family. Yet, each food does represent different themes, but the food, fish, is the most intriguing because of the different environment
One of the things I automatically noticed when reading Laura Esquivel 's Like Water for Chocolate was the constant mentioning of hot and cold sensations that Tita experienced. This begins to appear in the book in as little as 14 pages. On this page it states, “Tita felt her body fill with a wintry chill: in one sharp, quick blast was so cold…”. The wintery chill is alluding to when Mama Elena appeared in the kitchen and brought her news of Rosaura’s agreement to marry Pedro. Stricken with sadness, Tita is left with a feeling of depression, loneliness, and hatred which is symbolized through her constant sensation of being cold.
In the article “Food as Thought: Resisting the Moralization of Eating” by Mary Maxfield published in 2012 states that people’s knowledge about health, is more so based on culture or origin. Rather than what is actually healthy. She also claims that as a culture “we no longer discuss healthy eating without also discussing healthy weights. Due to Maxfield’s claim that as a culture, we do not make conscious dieting decisions about healthy foods and normal weight, I disagree with that for a few reasons. There are many people in America that are health conscious, and some people truly have their own knowledge about what is healthy weight and a healthy diet.
The text “Joyas Voladoras” by Brian Doyle informs readers about the hummingbirds incredible characteristics, the blue whale mystery, the chambers a heart has, and the emotions of our hearts. One thing to notice is that emotions don’t actually come from our hearts;they come from our brains. The message of this text is to not stop living, and close our hearts because of the things that may attack it. As humans live, they all experience pain that takes them down. However, they sooner or later step back up to the plate for their run, and hit the biggest home run in their life.
While looking back through our different cultural time periods, it has been stated throughout that “you are what you eat”, but is that the factual truth? If this were the case, would women be known as chocolate for their feminist side and rather meat for men and their masculinity? Although men and women both can have chocolate urges at times, it is found far more women experience chocolate cravings for a variety of different reasons including the way a woman’s brain works, gender taste bud differences, and how our culture is socialized. One such woman who goes by the name of, Leigh Weingus, wrote the article The Real Reason Women Seem to Crave Chocolate and Men Don’t, which was published directly to elitedaily.com in high hopes of reaching an audience curious to the bias statement title. Leigh is a senior editor at Elite Daily, with a background knowledge in arts and
