ipl-logo

The Change In Mood Of Brent's Death

276 Words2 Pages

From this quote readers identify the change in mood of the story. As a reader, one is aware of the progress Brent is making from the Children’s hospital to the rehabilitation center. Brent believes that when he set himself on fire, that it was a big mistake and that this action has changed his life for the worse. Brent doesn’t have any suicidal thoughts anymore, and doesn’t self-harm anymore. However, when readers learn that Brent keeps a knife under his bed and keeps a paper under his bed that says “Death”, readers are surprised to learn that Brent is falling back into his bad habits. The mood of the story takes a turn because readers were glad to see the growth in Brent, however when readers learn that Brent is falling back into his bad habits,

Show More
Related

  • The Red Kayik Analysis

    552 Words  | 3 Pages

    “ ‘You didn’t have to make Ben die,’ I muttered before I began to cry.” In the novel The Red Kayak by Priscilla Cummings, Brady, the protagonist, uses many different methods for coping with the challenges he faced such as the death of Ben DiAngelo. Some of the times where the reader saw how Brady coped with the intense situations he encountered were after the accident, when he discovered what J.T. and Digger did, and during the separation among his friends. The first time the way Brady’s coping method was shown was after he discovered Ben’s death when Brady was stressed out. Brady blamed himself for what happened to Ben, and he kept all of his feelings boiling up inside.

    Read More

  • Analysis Of Victor Villaseñor's Burro Genius

    929 Words  | 4 Pages

    Villaseñor uses hyperbole to highlight the radical ideas that pessimism can cause a person think, while the use of imagery presents the better option of acknowledging the positives. Reader do not want to feel the need to massacre those that have caused Villaseñor pain and suffering throughout his childhood. However, they rejoice at the end when Villaseñor poses the question of whether or not he had a person in his life that inspired him to write and given him the determination to continue. Readers can emotionally connect to this because many can understand the significance a person can have in inspiring them and the community around

    Read More

  • Brief Comparison Of A Separate Peace And The Book Thief

    1915 Words  | 8 Pages

    Throughout the novel, mood changes drastically with the plot. At the onset of the text, a serious, yet sad feeling emerges from the toughness of Liesel and her struggles. Beside the minor conflicts, the middle of the novel leaves the reader with a cheery mood through the playfulness of Hans and Rudy and Death’s creative narrations. At the closure of story, a sadness is emitted from the tragedy of the bombing, but hope is soon brought back once the reader learns Liesel and Max live on. As mentioned much before, mood is set though the anger and envy that Gene feels in A Separate Peace.

    Read More

  • What Are The Themes In The Novel 'Will' By Maria Boyd

    184 Words  | 1 Pages

    Maria Boyd’s novel “Will” clearly demonstrates and showcases multiple existing values, beliefs and ideologies. One such theme which we constantly see is that of depression. Throughout the novel, this theme is challenged and developed on. One such example Will, the protagonist, and his one sided conversations with his deceased father. This constant reminiscence of his father are only present in the latter half of the book when the theme of depression is much more prevalent.

    Read More

  • When A Southern Town Broke A Heart Analysis

    656 Words  | 3 Pages

    Have you ever realized that a place you have treasured all your life is actually not as perfect as you imagined? That’s what happened to Jacqueline Woodson. As we grow up, our outlook on life changes and sometimes that can be very scary. In When A Southern Town Broke A Heart by Jacqueline Woodson, the author introduces growing up and experiencing change as a central idea in the story. When Woodson was a child, she wanted to think that segregation was a thing of the past.

    Read More

  • Theme Of Death In 'The Red Convertible'

    1015 Words  | 5 Pages

    When she learns the news of her husband’s death, she was sad and shocked by it yet it gave her a sense of freedom and feeling of opportunity of what was to come of her day to day life without her

    Read More

  • From A Heartbreaking Genius Theme

    319 Words  | 2 Pages

    From the text From A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers, portrays his work by setting a tone of sarcasm and humor as he describes and highlights the main themes in his narrative. By using sarcasm and humor he somewhat hides all his struggles and sufferings that life has thrown at him and instead of outright asking for empathy and compassion from his readers he entertains them by setting the tone of sarcasm and comicality throughout his memoir. In addition, Eggers’ central idea references to the misfortunes and hardships that he has had in his life such as losing both parents to cancer and not being able to finish college; yet, it is through his suffering and personal burden that has led Eggers’ succeed in sharing his memoir

    Read More

  • Craig Gilner Character Analysis

    1040 Words  | 5 Pages

    Since the beginning of the novel, Craig has made extensive strides in his happiness and one can understand that he is ready to take on the real

    Read More

  • Contents Of The Dead Man's Pocket Essay

    456 Words  | 2 Pages

    After the ordeal Tom goes through to retrieve the yellow paper that nearly resulted in his demise, the paper gets blown away once more. This time, he allows the wind to sweep the yellow scrap out of his apartment window. Rather than endanger his life repeatedly, he decides that there are other, more important things to concern himself with. His experience changes him for the better. Living life in the moment shifts to be more important to him than any project for work.

    Read More

  • Teamwork In Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes

    575 Words  | 3 Pages

    Many times in history humans have come into conflict with each other trying to get their needs. The novel written by Ray Bradbury tries to argue that conflict is not the best way to resolve competition. He uses various messages throughout the story to prove his point. In the novel Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ray Bradbury shows how friendship through the use of teamwork are important by causing the two friends to assist each other in perilous situations, stay loyal to each other against self-judgement, and work together against greater evil.

    Read More

  • Poem Analysis: Alzheimer's By Kelly Cherry

    839 Words  | 4 Pages

    The poet successfully illustrates the magnitude with which this disease can change its victim’s perspective about things and situations once familiar to

    Read More

  • The Yellow Wallpaper Point Of View Analysis

    814 Words  | 4 Pages

    Everything from how her interactions with her family to her perception of her environment and how it evolves throughout the story allow the reader to almost feel what the narrator is feeling as the moves through the story. In the beginning, the only reason the reader knows there may be something wrong with the narrator is because she comes right out and says she may be ill, even though her husband didn’t believe she was (216). As the story moves on, it becomes clear that her illness is not one of a physical nature, but of an emotional or mental one. By telling the story in the narrator’s point of view, the reader can really dive into her mind and almost feel what she’s feeling.

    Read More

  • Argumentative Essay: Daniel Keyes Flowers For Algernon

    894 Words  | 4 Pages

    Once something that had been a fantasy and only a dream, now turned into a nightmare, haunting Charlie, mentally exhausting him. “I’ve given up using the typewriter completely. My coordination is bad. I feel that I’m moving slower and slower. Had a terrible shock today.”

    Read More

  • The Theme Of Epiphany In Raymond Carver's Cathedral

    860 Words  | 4 Pages

    The narrator begins to change as Robert taught him to see beyond the surface of looking. The narrator feels enlightened and opens up to a new world of vision and imagination. This brief experience has a long lasting effect on the narrator. Being able to shut out everything around us allows an individual the ability to become focused on their relationships, intrapersonal well-being, and

    Read More

  • Summary Of The Short Story 'The Knowners'

    740 Words  | 3 Pages

    From her internal thoughts and observations, the reader is given knowledge of the exact extent to which Ellie’s own mortality affects her thoughts, actions, and enjoyment of her whole life. The impact of the knowledge is best demonstrated when the reader is told, “Yet

    Read More

More about The Change In Mood Of Brent's Death

Open Document