How can you love someone, when you do not know if they love you back? In Jayber Crow, written by Wendell Berry, he use love to represent how Jayber feels about Mattie Chatham. “ I can’t dream about a person I’m in love with, but I can see if she feels the same way about me.’’ Jayber fell so in with Mattie; he could not go a day without thinking they were married in his head. Mattie think Troy is the one for her, but Jayber has had for love Mattie since they were little kids. Jayber always thought that Mattie was his wife,but in reality he just a friend. He was in a competition with Troy over Mattie, he wanted to treat Mattie the way she had never been treated before. Jayber finesse Troy when he went back and told Mattie he was dancing with …show more content…
“ The story of the next dozen years of my life could be made long, but I want to be careful to the officer you only proper handful just enough to describe the course that carried me away from the Port William neighborhood and then twelve years later brought me back again to the proper end of my life, to the love of my life, Mattie Chatham.” Jayber only cared for Mattie, he did everything to be with her. He went to cut Athey hair and shave his facial hair when needed. The love her had for her was unexplainable and unjustifable , she was the person he really want. “ You and I will be forever, just don’t nobody knows.” Jayber had a feeling that Mattie and him will always be married in his head but that was only his imagination. He had always wanted to be with her since they were little kids, he fell in love with her walking home from school having a conversation. Mattie look at Jayber as a friend who she can depend on, but Jayber did not see it that way. “ Mattie was a grown woman in love, and they had to let her go, with their blessings, enduring what could not be helped.” This shows that Mattie was in love with Troy even though he did mess up, and she still loves him, but Jayber will always love her. Jayber is so indeterminate in love with her, he went to shave Athey whenever she needs him to, when Athey got sick real bad and could not do it himself. Jayber cared for the people he knew, so he did what they wanted him …show more content…
“And maybe, if I had been destined to it or called to it strongly enough, it might have been for me.” Jayber was hoping that aunt Cordie and uncle Othy did not die during the winter season but there was nothing he could do when they got but take care of them both. “ By “bachelor” I mean, as was generally meant, a man old enough to be married who was not married and who had no visible chance to get married.” He wanted to marry Mattie Chatham, but she was married to Troy, and she thought Troy was the one that made her dreams come true. “ Maybe they had taken notice of my habit of keeping the shop open at night as long as people was there.” As long as people stayed at the shop after closing, hoping Jayber wanted them to stay for company. When everybody left Jayber, he was hoping for an impel and to start his own family. Jayber was looking to start a fresh new way, but he could not because he want to live the rest of his life with her. He moved along the riverside bank to be to himself, in a house that a friend had gave him with no rent. Being left alone, with nowhere to call home was the saddest thing could happen to anyone. “ By then I had no living relative, or none who was known of me.” In Port William, Jayber did not have a family because they all had died during the winter season. Jayber had taught himself how to do everything he needs to know to survive, therefore he taught himself how to be a
Fitzgerald portrays Jay as a loveable millionaire during the roaring 20s who’s claim to fortune is the topic of controversy in Long Island, New York. Jay portrays himself to be a war hero and a kind host for party goers as he hosts elaborate parties each weekend at his mansion, with lavish spectacles to which people are desperate to be invited to. However under this facade is a deeply scarred man who pursued and embraced wealth to impress the women he once loved. Lack of love is the main component which breeds a traumatic experience. Will is the product of physical and emotional abuse and is motivated by the need for survival. The negative events which have lingered in the back of his mind, limited his potential. An orphan and low key genius, Will grew up in Boston and made friends with a group who had no future. There is no doubt Will is a genius with a lot of fear and in the film, Sant unravels how he escapes these fears. The fear of never fulfilling of their potential dangles over the minds of Jay and Will. Fitzgerald and Sant both use a character to help Jay and Will overcome their past. Jay has the support of his neighbour, Nick Carraway, who’s well suited to narrating the story of “The Great Gatsby” as he tells the reader “he is tolerant, open-minded, quiet and a good listener. As a result of this, Jay and many others find confidence in telling their stories and secrets to him. Similarly,
...nd an “ear to hear” (Neeson 1993), meaning that she not only listened to Ethan, but also understood him and could talk to him. Mattie seemed to be truly in love with Ethan. From turning down Denis Eady to declaring her love for Ethan, Mattie had demonstrated that her affection for Ethan was sincere. The fact that she came from a wealthy family and then moved into the house of the Frome’s, not taking the easy way out of poverty and refusing to marry Denis Eady, showed that she cared for Ethan as he cared for her.
Jay Gatsby, a mysterious, young and very wealthy man, fatally chases an impossible dream. Gatsby attempts to rekindle an old relationship and has confidence in repeating the past. Gatsby claims that he is going to “fix everything just the way it was before” (Fitzgerald 117). In a a conversation with Nick, Gatsby discusses how the past can be repeated and how he wants the relationship that he once had with Daisy (Fitzgerald 116). Secondly, Gatsby attempts to exemplify his wealth through fancy cars and stylish clothing. Gatsby shows his clothing to Daisy and informs her that he has a “man in England” who buys his clothes every season (Fitzgerald 97). Illustrating his wealth, Gatsby drives a Rolls Royce that “was a rich cream color, bright with nickel” (Fitzgerald 68). Although Gatsby’s foolish quest of the American dream exemplifies a respectable aspiration, it ends in a tragic death that goes virtually unnoticed. A sharp contrast to the parties , the funeral was sparingly attended and “nobody came” (Fitzgerald 182). Following the ...
James Baldwin, author of Sonny’s Blues, was born in Harlem, NY in 1924. During his career as an essayist, he published many novels and short stories. Growing up as an African American, and being “the grandson of a slave” (82) was difficult. On a day to day basis, it was a constant battle with racial discrimination, drugs, and family relationships. One of Baldwin’s literature pieces was Sonny’s Blues in which he describes a specific event that had a great impact on his relationship with his brother, Sonny. Having to deal with the life-style of poverty, his relationship with his brother becomes affected and rivalry develops. Conclusively, brotherly love is the theme of the story. Despite the narrator’s and his brother’s differences, this theme is revealed throughout the characters’ thoughts, feelings, actions, and dialogue. Therefore, the change in the narrator throughout the text is significant in understanding the theme of the story. It is prevalent to withhold the single most important aspect of the narrator’s life: protecting his brother.
The meaning of love cannot be defined in one sentence or even in 16 pages. Every human has his or her own definition of what love is. People define love by their own experiences whether as true love or ending in heartaches. In Raymond Carver’s short story, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, he describes what love is, by depicting what it is not. He executes this by portraying the experiences of four people, while using their dialogue and setting in the story to describe how something so beautiful as love can easily become an awkward and repelling subject to discuss.
He grew up in this small town and knew he would live there forever. He knew every landmark in this area. This place is where he grew up and experienced many adventures. The new journey of his life was exciting, but then he also had a sick feeling in the pit of his stomach of something not right. Three weeks ago John, twenty-four years old, finished his fourth semester of college.
Most good stories start with a fundamental list of ingredients: the initial situation, conflict, complication, climax, suspense, denouement, and conclusion; but every great writer sometimes shake up the recipe and add some spice, as in "Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin. The author Baldwin tells the story in the first person from the point of view of an unnamed narrator, who, we find out, is Sonny's brother. The narrator in this story is an interesting figure, whom, he's mostly telling us Sonny's story, and himself."Sonny's Blues" is not just about Sonny's struggles and how they affect Sonny’s brother. Indeed, this story is as much about Sonny's drug use, Sonny's suffering, and family relationships.
“Jazz is a complete lifestyle, something that you feel, something that you live.” (Ray Brown). In his short story, “Sonny’s Blues,” James Baldwin tells the story of a young jazz musician, and tries to capture the lifestyle described by jazz bassist Ray Brown. This musician, named Sonny, is a character created from the era that follows characteristics of the artists and songs, making Sonny a believably realistic character.
So often, it seems, life can seem like a "patient etherized on the table" (Eliot, 3). Be it the apparent futility of existence as a whole, or the insecurity of those single moments of doubt; life is often fleeting. I believe life is best described as a fickle beast, always elusive; always turning down some new and unexpected road. This fleeting life is what both Jay Gatsby of The Great Gatsby and Alfred J. Prufrock of "Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock" experience. These two men experiences move down remarkably similar paths as they quest for love and life. Yet each has sealed their shared fate in a different manner. As they head toward the seeming abyss of death, both remiss on all they wish they had done during their lives. By the time each man meets his end they both feel they have failed themselves and life as a whole.
While Scott Fitzgerald pictures the American dream against fatalism as “so we beat on, boats against current, borne back ceaselessly into the past” (Fitzgerald), William Falkner, an author in the same age, also profoundly discusses the struggle between static and dynamic perspective of destiny. The answer to the question whether actions change life is the same for both writers. While Fitzgerald focuses on the melancholy and inevitability of the poor to surmount the social class barrier despite Gatsby’s endeavor, Falkner implies the failure of the poor to secure independence and dynamism through the struggle of Jewel to balance his dynamism and the burden to bury his mother in Jefferson.
As I sit in my cozy, victorian home located Minnesota, I can not help but reminisce the life of one of my greatest friends, Mr. Jay Gatsby. It has been two years since his funeral. I often wonder why his life was taken so soon; why I deserve to find love with my wife, Sarah, and he was killed by loving too much. I had always wished Gatsby and Daisy would have found the love they deserved. Now, Gatsby is dead and Daisy is in an emotionally abusive and loveless marriage with her cheating husband, Tom Buchanan.
When Craig Gilner woke up that morning in a panic, he realized what he was feeling was more than just reoccurring suicidal dreams. He understood the emotions he was feeling were very real and not about to just go away. One would expect that the person would try to do so, except Craig did otherwise and checked himself into the hospital. “I guess maybe I didn’t really wanna kill myself, but I kinda did.” - Craig. At first, Craig didn't think there was any way for anything to get better, but then he met Bobby, a man somewhere in his thirties having a hard time with life. Bobby was the one to take Craig under his wing, over time as Craig learned about Bobby's experiences, trying to commit suicide, this made Craig reflect on himself and his own problems. “You’re cool, you’re smart, you’re talented. You have a family that loves you. You know what I would do just to be you for just a day? I would do so much.” – Bobby. This statement really hit the heart for Craig, he realized all the things that were holding him back from enjoying life. Craig initial attitude when walking into the adult ward was "I don't belong here." But each day he began to realize all the things that held him back, that lead to him going into the adult ward, to begin with, His stress about school, family, friends. His anxiety preventing himself from showing the kind of person he is.
After reading the short story "Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin, I find there are two major themes that Baldwin is trying to convey, suffering and irony. The first theme that he brings out and tries to get the reader to understand is the theme of suffering. The second theme that the author illustrates is the theme of irony.
One of the most important relationships in the novel is the relationship between Mattie and Etta. Mattie and Etta had known
Jack, thinking he might have been that very baby, retrieves the bag he was found in as an infant in which Ms. Prism identifies by some distinguishing marks to have been her own. Jack realized the woman that had been teaching his niece was his mother. But then Lady Bracknell explained that she was not, but Lady Bracknell’s poor sister Mrs. Moncrieff was. The irony continues to explain how Jack and Algernon were biological brothers. They were pretending to be earlier to play out their game of Bunburyism.