Character Analysis: Lucinda Matlock

Considered very significant to numerous people, happiness and external appearances plays a part in themes of various works. Therefore, these themes of people’s happiness and outward looks are usually ones that many people want to experience. Reading works with these themes can allow the reader to view the subject within the author’s point of view. Poems with these themes lets the readers understand the topic through new eyes, and they may even inspire the reader think about what is truly valuable in life. Two poems that share the themes of happiness and external appearances are Marge Percy’s “Barbie Doll” and Edwin Robinson’s “Richard Cory”. Through these themes of the poems, they show what the minds and lives of those whose lives revolve around

The essence of great poetry lies with the author’s ability to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary. Most poets use universal themes to connect their audience through emotion and experience, making the written theme relatable. But it is only when combined with the use of carefully placed literary techniques that this connection is enhanced and the work transforms from simple words on paper to an art form. Gwen Harwood uses a number of her poems to connect us with the universal journey from childhood innocence to experience and adulthood. Harwood also weaves the idea of memory into her writing, as a way to trigger emotion through a connection to the past, a connection to feelings that transcend through time. Coupled with her ability to use

The cruelty of life remains in an endless cycle. Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, illustrates the harsh life of migrant workers during the Great Depression. Through his use of tone, foreshadowing, and imagery, Steinbeck shows an honest and cruel world that is never changing.

I read a short passage from a book called Marigolds, this book focuses on a girl named Lizabeth who’s living in poverty with her family during the great depression. Throughout the book, the author uses diction, flashbacks, juxtaposition, and imagery to convey the narrator’s - Lizabeth’s - voice.

Both of the main characters in “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” by Katherine Anne Porter and “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce experience misconceptions about themselves and their worlds. These illusions greatly contribute to the similar themes of these stories. Each story addresses denial and the effects it may have on a character’s feelings and actions. Granny, in “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall,” experiences denial that causes her to waste her life. On the other hand, Peyton Farquhar, in “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” begins with the denial of his role in society as well as his imminent death, but slowly learns to accept his end. The differences between the way in which these characters experience denial and

There is a quote from an anonymous speaker that says, “It takes a couple seconds to say Hello, but forever to say Goodbye.” This quote can be related to the fictional characters, Jay Gatsby and Dexter Green. Both were men who met an extraordinary woman and could never seem to let her go. These are characters from the book The Great Gatsby, and the short story Winter Dreams, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby is one of the greatest novels to come out of the Jazz Age in the 1920s. The two stories have similar plots. They are both about men who met a woman and fell in love with her, but in one way or another, she got away from them. They spent several years of their lives gaining money and rising up in society just to get her back.

Is collectivism worth the suffering? “Harrison Bergeron” is the story of an equal society where people that are above the norm are handicapped. One person named Harrison Bergeron tries to fix that problem and rebels but he eventually fails tragically. Anthem is the story of Equality 7-2521, an above average man that lives in a collective society and how he escapes from it. “Harrison Bergeron” and Anthem have the similar theme of taking away one’s individuality is the same as killing the person.

In this chapter the protagonist, Mary Anne Bell, comes to be with her boyfriend Mark Fossie during war. When she first comes over she is a very innocent girl, but at the end of the chapter she is violent and addicted to war.

Maisie Dobbs was a battlefield nurse in The Great War, and helped with wounded soldiers. After the war, she used her skills to help her solve cases. Because she was a nurse during World War I, and Maurice taught her medical things prior to the war, she could help figure out why her assistant was not functioning the way that he usually had. Although she was a nurse, her primary role in the story was a detective. This quote lists a few roles that she’s had: “She has proven herself as a psychologist and investigator, and has even won over Detective Inspector Stratton of Scotland Yard’s Murder Squad--an admirable achievement for a woman who worked her way from servant to scholar to sleuth, and who also served as a battlefield nurse in The

“Making a fist" by Naomi Shihab Nye and "Lucinda Matlock" by Edgar Lee Masters are both about overcoming major obstacles in life to then go on and enjoy life.

George and Lennie, prominent characters in the story Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, are migrant workers—men who move from place to place to do seasonal work— who end up in California and are faced with numerous problems. Set in the era of the great depression, the story of Lennie and George, two very different men who have formed a family-like union, takes place on a farm where Lennie struggles to stay out of trouble. Having committed an unintentional, harmful act, Lennie is faces severe consequences; and George must decide to make a necessary decision which changes the mood of the entire novel. By the comparison and contrast of George and Lennie, unique characters who are very different from each other, the reader can better acquaint himself

A woman identifying herself as Evelyn Mulwray hires a private investigator, J. J. "Jake" Gittes, to watch her husband, Hollis Mulwray. Jake follows him and shoots photographs of him with a young, blonde woman, which are published on the front page of the following day 's paper. Back at his office, Jake is confronted by a woman who informs him she is the real Evelyn Mulwray, and tells him that he can “expect a lawsuit.” Jake assumes that Evelyn 's husband is the real target. Before Jake has the chance to question him, Lieutenant Lou Escobar pulls out Hollis from a freshwater reservoir in which he drowned. Jake then gets his nose slashed by one of Chief Claude Mulvihill’s henchmen and tells him to stay off the case. The next day, when Jake is

Gabriella Montez’s primary stereotype is the “nerd.” The first time Gabriella is seen, she is reading a book. This is a common indication used throughout the film industry that leads viewers to make the assumption that the character in question is introverted and intelligent. When Gabriella transfers to a new school, it is made clear that she is in fact academically talented. She is referred to as a “freaky genius girl” and “an Einsteinette.” Gabriella is almost immediately recruited to be a part of the school’s prestigious Scholastic Decathlon Team. “Our Scholastic Decathlon team has its first competition next week and there is certainly a spot for you!”

In two poems “Sympathy” written by Paul Laurence Dunbar and “Caged Bird” written by Maya Angelou talk about a poor bird that is trapped in a cage and wants to be free. It longs for everything that the free bird has but it cannot achieve it. In both of the poems, there is a use of comparisons between freedom and nature. It is also interpreted from the poems that the use of a song is a form of coping for the birds. Both of the birds sing for their freedom and sing through their pain. The two poems “Sympathy” written by Paul Laurence Dunbar and “Caged Bird” written by Maya Angelou are so similar, yet so different.

The average life expectancy for a human being is around 79 years. In Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, Mr. Magorium is the 243-year-old owner of a magic toy store, preparing for his impending death. “The Backwards Fall” is a realistic fiction short story depicting an older married couple struggling as the wife gradually succumbs to Alzheimer’s. The science fiction short story “The Time Sweepers” tells of little blue workers that sweep up all the wasted time. These stories all communicate their main idea in a unique way, but they still have many similarities. One common theme among Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, “The Backwards Fall,” and “The Time Sweepers” is that time is valuable because it is limited.