The imagery in Rion Scott’s “Everyone Lives in a Flood Zone” describes the conflict between two brothers as the principle to the story on how family, lifestyle, and decisions impact’s one’s life. Rion Scott begins his first paragraph with an inevitable conversation about the weather. He exaggerates the feeling of rain and wind allowing the readers to conceptualize the setting of the story. All things considered, the narrator seems too distracted to even remember to introduce the storyline: “Forgive me if I digress; you wanted to know what happened to my bother” (Insurrections 4:29). The tone of the sentence reveals a tranquility, exemplify habitual brotherhood. Stephen is the brother of the narrator, he is described as a typical addict: cries for help, play the people who is helping them and return to their lifestyle. “.. The …show more content…
According to his brother after nine elven he was supportive to Muslims. The vivid imagine of filthy things and rocks being thrown at him, people cursing him out shows Stephen’s real personality although, he was hated for it, he did not back down. Stephen has been acknowledged for the person he truly is by the bystanders throughout the story. Unfortunely, he somehow managed to lose himself while helping people in need: “He came down here to help these people and became one of them”. The decision to engage in drugs had a negative impact on his family and himself. Stephen has conflict with goons in the Southside because of drugs which his brother had to pay for. Still, after his brother nearly died he hoped that Stephen was the one to save him. Throughout “Everyone lives in a Flood Zone” Stephen’s lifestyle and decision is the confliction between him and his brother. His drug-addiction is the reason why his brother was out to save him, his lifestyle is why he was dissension with the goons and overall, his decisions led him to the position him & his brother ended up
When Stephen contracts tuberculosis and is sent to Tarumi to recuperate, he loses his carefree childhood and falls into isolation. Upon arriving in Tarumi, he says, “This early autumn there didn’t seem to be anyone else here, just me, Matsu, and a complete white silence…I was exhausted by the time Matsu stopped in front one of the many bamboo fenced houses and cleared his throat to get my attention. My lungs were burning and my legs were weak.” (Tsukiyama 9). In this quote, it is clear that disease leads Stephen to isolation. A result of his tuberculosis, Stephen is physically weak, as shown by how his “lungs were burning” and his “legs were weak”. This is further developed by how “exhausted” he feels after the walk to the house. Here, Stephen experiences isolation almost immediately. A lack of other people is revealed by Stephen commenting “didn’t seem to be anyone else here, just me, Matsu”. This sheltered feeling is further expressed by the “complete white silence” hanging the air. If it had not been for his disease, Stephen would not have needed to live in Tarumi and feel isolated as such....
A storm such as Katrina undoubtedly ruined homes and lives with its destructive path. Chris Rose touches upon these instances of brokenness to elicit sympathy from his audience. Throughout the novel, mental illness rears its ugly head. Tales such as “Despair” reveal heart-wrenching stories emerging from a cycle of loss. This particular article is concerned with the pull of New Orleans, its whisper in your ear when you’ve departed that drags you home. Not home as a house, because everything physical associated with home has been swept away by the storm and is now gone. Rather, it is concerned with home as a feeling, that concept that there is none other than New Orleans. Even when there is nothing reminiscent of what you once knew, a true New Orleanian will seek a fresh start atop the foundation of rubbish. This is a foreign concept for those not native to New Orleans, and a New Orleanian girl married to a man from Atlanta found her relationship split as a result of flooding waters. She was adamant about staying, and he returned to where he was from. When he came back to New Orleans for her to try and make it work, they shared grim feelings and alcohol, the result of which was the emergence of a pact reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet. This couple decided they would kill themselves because they could see no light amongst the garbage and rot, and failure was draining them of any sense of optimism. She realized the fault in this agreement,
The Johnstown Flood Stained the history of the United States. Over 2000 victims died and even more injured. The flood has been blamed on many people since it happened. One group individually brought about the flood. The South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club made selfish changes threatening the effectiveness toward holding back a water overflow. The renovation made to the dam brought about the destruction killing many people and causing millions of dollars in damages.
The audience can identify with Stephen because his ignorance is a result of his naivety. The reader continues the story attempting to find greater meaning to the story, the narrative technique must connect on an empirical level in order to be recognized by the readers. Consequently the narrative technique utilizes characteristics that force the reader to initially recognize the narrator’s unreliability, however because the characteristics are forced and not self imposed, the reader’s a priori consciousness distrusts this initial forced distrust and attempts to identify further with the character. The use of characteristics such as ignorant, young and naive can help to identify the author 's motives as well as minimize the effort needed to create an unreliable narrator, because the feelings for these characteristics have already
In the first few lines of the story we see that the narrator is a
In Joseph Boydens short story “Abitibi Canyon”, the narrator is the mother of Remi, a child with a mental disability. They live in a reserve where the people argue about the construction of a dam in their river. She is against it because it will ruin the place where she likes to camp with her Shirley, Mary and Suzanne. The way she sees the dam is an important image. She pictures it as a “concrete monster lying in our river and controlling it like some greedy giant” (364). The dam will ruin a place that has a lot of personal significance to her.
The Road by Cormac McCarthy describes the journey of a young boy and his father battling to survive in a post-apocalyptic setting as they travel through a world filled with murderers, rapists and cannibals. The Man and the Boy travel through the harsh landscape of the United States where they are confronted with corpses, fires and abandoned town. The Man falls ill at the end of the novel and sadly passes away and leaves the Boy to start a new journey on his own. Fortunately the Boy meets a friendly person who is delighted to welcome him into their family. The social context in the novel depicts that patriarchal roles are still evident in a devastated world along with the importance of a father figure. Social context also reinforces that identity is defined by your core self and value system which positions a reader to look past their material possessions. Human identity is threatened by my understanding of historic context as the text serves as a warning to be friendlier to the planet. Cultural context reaffirms the dangers of being isolated when the government is removed and there are no rules or guidelines. I interpret this novel as a cautionary text as it critiques human society which encourages me to be more conscious of my actions because they may have negative consequences for future generations.
When Stephen contracts tuberculosis and is sent to Tarumi to recuperate, he loses his carefree childhood and falls into isolation. Upon arriving in Tarumi, he says, “This early autumn there didn’t seem to be anyone else here, just me, Matsu, and a complete white silence…I was exhausted by the time Matsu stopped in front one of the many bamboo fenced houses and cleared his throat to get my attention. My lungs were burning and my legs were weak” (9). A result of his tuberculosis, Stephen is physically weak, as shown by how his “lungs were burning” and his “legs were weak”. This is further developed by how “exhausted” he feels after the walk to the house. .A lack of other people is revealed by Stephen commenting “didn’t seem to be anyone else here, just me, Matsu”. This sheltered feeling is expanded even more by the “complete white silence” hanging the air. Stephen feels very secluded because the quiet calmness of the village is a harsh contrast to the bustling city life he is used to. In this quote, it is clear that diseas...
In canadian poet, novelist, and literary critic Margaret Atwood’s The Year of the Flood, exists a plethora of themes, characters and plots, that pool together to bestow upon the reader meaningful novel. taking place after a long-feared waterless flood (or plague) has occurred, altering Earth as we know it and obliterating most human life, the book gives little details about the whens and wheres, leaving the reader in a suspenseful and curious position, grasping every little detail that will provide a better insight to the unfamiliar setting of the story. The second of the MaddAddam trilogy, following The Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood is a tale of mankind’s struggle to
When Stephen plans on going to Johannesburg, he fears "when people go to Johannesburg, they do not come back" (39). As Stephen begins to prepare for his departure to Johannesburg, he begins to fear "of the unknown” (44). Once arriving in Johannesburg, Stephen is afraid of Gertrude’s sickness. After being exposed to Johannesburg and seeing all the wrong doings in the city, Stephen
Cormac McCarthy’s post-apocalyptical novel The Road tells the fascinating story of a father and son’s journey for survival. Throughout The Road, McCarthy explores many different themes and issues which help to portray the father and son’s journey. Among these themes included are; ‘good versus evil’, ‘paternal love’, ‘death’ and ‘survival’. The Road is one of McCarthy’s most personal and heart breaking novels with trust playing a significant part as the father and son battle for survival. From the beginning of the novel were are aware of the post-apocalyptical world in which the protagonists travel through, however McCarthy does not give us details of the event which destroyed almost all of life on earth. Two important issues in The Road is
Natashia Trethewey’s work Beyond Katrina reflects on the past happenings that befell her hometown as well as that of her own brother Joe. Her poem “Theories of Time and Space” offers a powerful statement that encourages readers to think long and hard about its relation to the remainder of the story. The focus being on the concept of home and what it is means to not only be a part of one but also to be able to return to said home. Trethewey establishes this concept well throughout many aspects of her book, especially in her title choices and the way she phrases her words.
In the story, “The Flood,” the passage is about how Death can have a cold presence instead of having a presence that is more welcoming. A family is hit by a flood, and the grandfather describes everything that occurs as his family members are starting to perish away from the water. Death does not care about someone’s age, color, gender, occupation, or reputation. Death has one job, and its job is collecting souls and move to the next destruction. During a destruction, a person can sense death because their fight for survival fades slowly. Each of the grandfather’s family members decides to let death consume them without a fight. When it comes to death, a person can choose to fight to tell their story or they can just give. Most times, a person
The beginning of the story started out nice and sunny. Readers are excepting a peaceful story. This is the literacy device setting/atmosphere. Then conflict that
This short story takes place in a post-apocalyptic world. It is unclear to the readers how the world got to be this way. This story takes place four years after all this chaos began. The narrator does an excellent job setting the scene throughout the story using lots of details. It is revealed throughout the story that it takes place during