Picture Book Visual Analysis: Goodnight Moon

The Grimm brothers’ write that as “she went to the bed and pulled back the curtains. Grandmother was lying there with her cap pulled down over her face and looking very strange.” This, along with the other signs of “Oh grandmother what big... ears... eyes... hands... mouth you have!” Surely this should have been enough for Red to recognize the wolf and leave before getting eaten. Yet, she still fails to identify him, making this use of pathos extremely successful in setting off a feeling of complete frustration inside me. Perrault's version of the story is almost identical in this sense. Red’s initial thoughts are similar because Perrault writes that “She was greatly amazed to see how her grandmother looked in her nightclothes.” Additionally, the whole incident of “Grandmother, what big arms... legs... ears... eyes... teeth you have!” Once again Red is unaware of the signs that should have made it clear to her that it was really the wolf in her grandma’s bed.

In the “Monkey's Paw” the suspense it much quicker because there is not much wait in the “The Tell-Tale Heart”.The Suspense in a story makes it to where the audience is on the edge of their seat waiting to see what happens next. In the “Monkey’s Paw,” the text says, “A third knock sounded through the house.“What’s that? ” cried the old woman, starting up.“A rat,” said the old man in shaking tones—“a rat. It passed me on the stairs.”His wife sat up in bed listening. A loud knock resounded through the house.

The 2005 Randolph Caldecott Medal was awarded to Kitten’s First Full Moon by written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes. Kitten’s First Full Moon is a tale about a kitten who is confused about what the moon is. Through the use of color pencils and expressionism, Kevin Henkes created simple images that are appealing to children. Kitten’s First Full Moon is a popular and award-wining text because of its simplicity used by Kevin Henkes. As mentioned earlier, Kitten’s First Full Moon was drawn using color pencils.

Without dreams the same continuous routines of daily life will not be as enjoyable. Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men and Dunbar's poem "Sympathy" show characters such as George, Lennie, and the caged bird constantly making attempts to pursue their dreams. Having a dream to pursue made there their lives much better. In Of Mice and Men George, Lennie, and Candy want to own a little house where they can live off the fat of the land, and Lennie can tend the rabbits. They realize they can actually achieve this dream, with the help of Candy.

However, Kafka’s in a matter-of-fact way of narrating made the piece seem like a light read, a disparity to the dark unfolding of events. Everything told fast going on fast. We are told of Gregor’s thoughts, flashbacks, the daily happenings. The narration gives a feeling of reading the daily newspaper or watching news channels. We are greeted with a shocking headline (“As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.”).

Mr. and Mrs. Little would discuss Stuart quietly between themselves for they never recovered from the shock and surprise of having a mouse in the family. Mr. Little made sure that there would be no reference to ‘mice’ in their conversation for he did not want Stuart to get a lot of notions in his head. He made Mrs. Little tear from the nursery songbook the page about the “Three Blind Mice, See How they Run. I should feel badly to have my son grow fearing that a farmer’s wife was going to cut off his tail with a carving knife. It is such things that make children dream bad dreams when they go to bed at night.

Ashley Barboni Short Story Essay English 102 Professor James Wyatt November 4th, 2015 Ode to The Black Cat The Black Cat by Edgar Allen Poe is a work of Gothic Fiction, a subgenre of Gothic Horror, which combines fiction, horror, death and Romanticism. This short story is in first person point of view, and is told from a jail cell on death row by an unnamed narrator. The narrator tells the reader all about his love for animals and his mild and kind qualities that he’s had since birth. Pluto, a large, smart, black cat, is the narrator’s favorite out of those in his home. The narrator becomes a completely different person when he begins drinking and starts to physically and verbally abuse his wife and pets.

Nothing else would ever make Lennie happier than him being able to tend the rabbits. For instance, “Go on...George. How I get to tend the rabbits”(14). He couldn’t wait for George to tell Lennie yet again about how he gets to tend the rabbits. In chapter one when George and Lennie share their dreams with the readers, they are both so happy.

There were also some insights in the story that gave a clear understanding. “Taped to the door of my office is a cartoon that features a cat explaining to his feline teacher, “The dog ate my homework.” It is intended as a gently humorous reminder to my students

“When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin,” (part 1 p.76). Gregor is not dismayed by his overnight transformation but is only worried about getting to work on time. “The next train went at seven; to catch that he would have to make frantic haste and his samples weren’t even packed up yet;” (part 1, p 78). Gregor can barely get out of bed and he is worried about how he will make it to work. It is not until he interacts with members of his family that the effects of his transformation truly affect him.