Orville Schell Essays

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister examines the battle of good vs. evil and the deception of appearances. The novel contains the intertwined plots of a struggling mother fighting against poverty and her mission to find a husband for her most eligible daughter, and a struggling painter attempting to make a name for himself in the art world. Both plots are unified by their focus on beauty. The tale begins when Margarethe and her two daughters return to Holland after her husband is murdered by their

Abstract: Runaway is a traditional motif in women’s writing. But Alice Munro uses this motif differently. In her short story, “Runaway”, Munro explores the psychological transition of the female protagonist, Carla, and investigates the intricate issue of women’s liberation and social reality. This essay discusses how Munro manipulates the focus of narration in order to reveal the mental struggles experienced by showing a complicated runaway experience by a rural Canadian house-wife living an ordinary

Loss, pain, happiness. Three feelings that are not usually put together, but are portrayed in both the poem, “Ballad of Birmingham” by Dudley Randall, and the memoir Upon the Head of the Goat by Aranka Siegal. In the very beginning both families are a happy bunch until an unexpected change in events turned their lives around drastically. Each piece also demonstrates that each family lost someone, things went downhill fast, and both mothers were put into a situation where they were helpless. The poem

oodbye Lenin!, set in East Berlin during the crash of the Berlin Wall opens up the eyes of viewers to the harships endured in the Deutsche Demokratische Republik, which was governed by communist rule. It focuses on the life of Alexander Beyer, a young man from East Berlin. This essay will address the images of Germany, the Germans and the “Germanness” the film presents and the relevance of these images to the present day viewer. The historical context of Goodbye Lenin is the prevailing

Andres Segovia was a prolific twentieth century classical guitarist who had a profound influence on the classical guitar. Segovia emerged from a musical family in Linares, Spain and from a young age had lessons in an array of traditional classical instruments. But he did not discover his passion for music and the guitar until attending a private concert of a flamenco guitarist after which he received his first lesson. Following this, Segovia began studying the instrument, working diligently, ignoring

During World War 2 (1939-1945), Japanese and American governments used media entities, specifically propaganda posters, as an artistic method that influenced their nation by heightening nationalism, and persuading their citizens to overture the opposition. Propaganda, a suggestive device that asserts an idea to an audience, is a major artistic element that alters opinions and attitudes towards a specific topic. Propaganda posters use many techniques that catch the viewer's attention, for example: