Essays on Clarisse

Bradbury is considered to be a science fiction writer that draws the future in his works. It's amazing how up-to-date is Bradbury’s distant future today. Involuntarily we think of plasma screens, stupid talk shows and soap operas, loud music in headphones, fast pace of life, high-speed vehicles, drunk teenagers, pills to fall asleep and so on. It is modern New-York, Los-Angeles, Moscow, almost the entire planet lives in this tempo. In the preface to the novel, Ray Bradbury wrote about the history of the creation of his masterpiece. In the 30s of the last century a writer was ...

“The Storm” consists of five parts. The opening scene shows two men in Louisiana, who are caught by gathering storm at a local store. Bobinot and his four-year-old son, Bibi, decide to stay there while the storm passes. Bibi looks wise and talks with his father on equal terms. In a brief conversation, they remember and talk about Calixta, Bobinot’s wife, and Bibi’s mother, who is waiting for them at home. Bibi is worrying about his mother who stays at home with no protection. Then boy’s father buys a can of Calixta’s lovely shrimps. The storm is closer, ...

American Literature, Essay Exam

1. Mark Twain has made use of various features of Local Color such as in his book Huckleberry Finn. Local color is a style used in writing to show the features and peculiarities of the people in a given locality. The first feature is that of narration which makes use of a narrator who in most cases is educated to draw a distinction between urbanized audience and the locals. An example is when Huck displays moral maturity by saying, “what’s the use you learning to do right when it’s troublesome to do right and ain’t no trouble to do wrong” ( ...

The film Fahrenheit 451, which was directed by the stalwart director François Truffaut, was made fourteen years after the novel with the same name was published. Ray Bradbury’s literary work and the film have certain conspicuous similarities as well as differences from one another. However, the basic plot of the book was maintained while making the film without too much change. As the book was adapted into a film, certain key characters and scenes were left out in the process. Faber is one such important character which is missing from the film. The book by Bradbury portrays ...

Summary of The Awakening and Other Stories

Summary Wiser than a God is a story by Kate Chopin focusing on the life of a woman named Paula von Stolz. Paula is a gifted pianist who has went through relentless training throughout her life. Having managed to focus on her musical career, Paula sought to escape any instance that would enable her to fall in love with anyone. Yet, Paula encountered a dilemma on the death of her mother, when a suitor named George Brainard proposed to marry her. George is a wealthy and handsome man who Paula eventually grew to like, hence giving her the dilemma on choosing between her career and ...

Duality, Duplicity, and Death Defied:

A Brief Look at the Textual and Filmic Versions of Fahrenheit 451 The movie can never be “as good as” the book, some will complain. Of course not. Two different media, and two very different opportunities for artistic expression conveyed differently in terms of everything from time (time passing in a book is only translated in so many or so few ways in film) to technique (representation, action, and intonation are going be interpreted for you in a movie and might not always be done to satisfaction at that). But ironically enough, especially in the latter instance, that is exactly ...

Without being graphic, Kate Chopin can still titillate today’s readers in her short story, The Storm. Sex is a need that needs to be gratified. Even illicit sex can bring about happiness. Moreover, Chopin seems to be endorsing that adultery, that it can be casual and it is fine. Not only is she endorsing it, she is suggesting that it can be a source of fulfillment in marital life for the legal spouses. The Storm is a story revolving on two married couples: Calixta and Bobinot, and Alcee and Clarisse. The title refers to the weather condition at the setting ...

Katie Chopin wrote the short story “The Storm”, this story was the sequel to “At the Cadian Ball”. These stories were wrote in 1898, however they were not put into publishing until 1969. Bobinôt and his four-year-old son, Bibi, are at Friedheimer's store when a particularly violent storm emerges. The two decide to remain at the store until the storm passes. While this is happening, back at their house, Calixta (his wife) is so occupied with her sewing that, at first, she does not notice the storm moving in. Finally, she notices that it is growing darker outside ...

"Why I Live at the P.O." and "The Storm"

In a story, the protagonist is the character the reader follows and sees through their various trials and tribulations. However, many of these conflicts are not just plot-driven, but character-driven as well. There are various challenges that both protagonists of Eudora Welty's short story "Why I Live at the P.O." and Kate Chopin's "The Storm" endure. These challenges occur both from without and within, revealing things about their characters and motivations that even they may not have realized. These stories both tell the tale of some sort of mental challenge with ...