Aunt Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

The naming of the main character ‘Phoenix’ in Welty’s short story “A Worn Path” provides many different implications and meanings for the character, providing subtext that would otherwise be missing from such a self-contained tale. The Phoenix is a mythical bird that lives for hundreds of years before burning itself into ashes, a new phoenix rising from those ashes, reborn. In myth and legend, the Phoenix is a symbol of strength, integrity, rebirth and dedication. It is also known to be quite benevolent, giving of others and adoring of the sunlight. It has a very strong connection to the colors red and crimson, which ...

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The Dead provides a broad perspective over which some issues can be painted. The setting of the story is the annual dinner and party dance, hosted by Julia, Mary, and Kate. The house help has the responsibility of welcoming visitors to the event that is hosted at the family residence. The event attracts both friends and relatives, yet there is a manifestation of favoritism in the construction of the story. Despite the arrival of the visitors, Julia and Kate are anxious to welcome their nephew and the wife at the party. When Gabriel arrives at the event, he commences a conversation with ...

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Grave of Fireflies, or ‘Hotaru no haka’ in Japanese, is a powerful and compelling animated film which was released in 1988 (Ebert). This 88 minutes long film was directed by Isao Takahata with the animation being done by Studio Ghibli, which has created a name for itself for producing quality and acclaimed animations. The movie’s story line is modeled on a novel bearing the same title, written in 1967 by Akiyuki Nosaka. Apparently, the author had undergone an experience comparable to that of Seita, the protagonist in both the film and the autobiography.
Grave of Fireflies has a growing audience of ...

Vince Gilligan’s crime/family drama Breaking Bad (2008-2013) is often cited as one of the greatest television shows ever made, one of the best examples of the era of prestige cable drama. Telling the story of science teacher-turned-meth-cook Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and his burnout assistant Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), Breaking Bad’s serialized narrative, layered performances and dedication to dynamic visual storytelling elevate it in ways not enjoyed by most cable dramas. Perhaps one of the most presentational and ambitious episodes of the series is the tenth episode of season three, “Fly,” directed by Rian Johnson. A classic ...

Anne Moody in her book “Coming of Age in Mississippi” covers her life from when she was four years old to when she was twenty years old. The book depicts the development of civil rights movement for a span of nineteen years. Anne Moody was born on 15th September 1940 in Wilkinson County, Mississippi. She was known as Essie May Moody. She was the first born child and as a child she attended segregated schools where she excelled throughout her school. Anne’s parents worked and lived in a white family plantation. They were poor, so they had to work most of their ...

My family used to own a farm that took up about 120 acres in northeastern Texas. The nearest town was a sleepy hamlet called Ector, that had about 800 people in it when I was a kid; the town has grown smaller since then. Bonham was further down the road, the seat of Fannin County. When I was a kid, you could go into Bonham to bowl or watch a movie, or even shop at Wal-Mart. But we didn’t do any of those things when I was a kid, and we went down to the farm. Instead, we stayed there – first in the old, ...