The Garden Party

What does the story signify?

The Story exemplifies a hate between two classes. A hate so strong that a workman can't talk to a wealthy girl in a certain tone of voice.

How does the story signify this?

I did poorly in finding specific details in the story that Foster wrote about. One parallel I did find was between Mrs. Sheridan and Jose. In putting together the garden party both people went through the same troubles. While Mrs. Sheridan had to command her children Jose had to command is workers. In doing so the author makes a connection between the two even though they are separated by class.

Caparison

I did absolutely horrible in finding connections and similarities. While I did find one deeper meaning my understanding of literature is quite awful. However the want to understand these things is there thanks to my want to understand different ideas and viewpoints.

Harry Potter's Scar

Harry's scar is seemingly so small and insignificant but sums his entire existence. It doesn't do much to further the plot. The scar's whole purpose is to be one giant, everlasting symbol. It shows his intense past and his promising future, his acceptance of the world and his troubles with it. The Harry Potter Series is, at its core as most books are, the fight between good and evil. At the base of that fight is Harry, at the opposing side, Voldemort. The scar is the symbol of the relationship between them, thus the symbol of the whole book together. The scar is everything in the Harry Potter series. It's in the center of the plot, and the main character.

Archetype

If your planning on reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy don't read any further.

Archetype - The usual pattern that plot's center around.

An typical story might go as the following.

1.A group of people are in a sticky situation. A problem has presented itself.

2.A man takes it upon himself to be the leader.

3.That man sacrifices himself for the good of the others.

We've all heard this story before. The Bible, Harry Potter, and The Road all follow this typical outline to a certain extent, but especially The Road by Cormac McCarthy. In this novel the first thing the reader notices is the apocalyptic setting, the world has seemingly gone through a nuclear war. A boy and what seems to be his father are pushing a cart full of almost useless things, trying to survive, living off of whatever they can. The're on a journey, they even follow a road (it doesn't get more unoriginal then that). The man is obviously the leader and becomes worn and frail soon, he gives the boy the pistol and doesn't expect to survive, however when the time presents itself he sacrifices himself for the life of the child. By buying into what we all think is going to happen McCarthy makes the story predictable yet tasty, easy yet satisfactory.

Exept Sex

We all know Austin Powers. We all know the era. We all know Austin Powers gets laid in that era. This much information is well understood that showing it even further does nothing for the writer, its progresses the story none. So the author doesn't, instead he progresses the plot further by making a sort of metaphor. When Austin is about to do "it" the scene cuts out. But why? Isn't that what he was all about? Isn't that the plot of this stupid movie? Well yes to the both of those questions. The author instead cuts to a new scene in which a volcano erupts. It's a seemingly unimportant detail but it means a lot. By bypassing the usual sex scene the author moves on a new level. A metaphorical one. The viewer can feel the power of the night without having to really feel it.

Who is Peter Wood?

Political

Animal Farm

This book is wildly famous for being overwhelmingly political, and for good reason. It's parallel to the Russian revolution is as sharp as it is simple, brilliant as it is haunting. The book begins with a dream, just as all revolutions do, that was brought to life by an old dying pig. This dying pig, "Old Major or rather Vladimir Lenin, arouses an army of farm animals to overthrow their owner setting in motion a myriad of metaphors and allusions to Troshkey, Stalin, czars, and hypocrites. After Old Major dies two pigs, Napoleon and Snowball, fight for power to be the dictator, therefore buying into their roles as power hungry generals/tyrants. This is the brilliance of the novel. While the characters in the book are animals the men in reality are not. These two universes work in perfect harmony as perfect metaphor to build up to the end in which the owners, men, and the dictator pig, an animal, stare each other down across a table and it becomes hard to tell "which one was which".