Who is this Death You Speak Of? According to Alan Loy McGinnis, “there is no more noble occupation in the world than to assist another human being - to help someone succeed.” Piers Anthony, the author of the book On a Pale Horse, seems to agree with that statement when he writes the book series called Incarnations of Immortality, of which On a Pale Horse is the first. This book is a fascinating work of fiction that relates science to magic and expresses that human beings might need a little more
Comparison Between Pale Horse, Pale Rider By Katherine Ann Porter And The Snows of Kilimanjaro By Ernest Hemingway This paper is going to discuss and analyze fully two short American fiction stories which are 'Pale horse, Pale Rider' by Katherine Ann Porter and ' The Snows of Kilimanjaro' by Ernest Hemingway. By reading the bibliographies of both these authors, one finds that Porter and Hemingway have met in a certain period of their life, where they could have shared lots
dreams contained symbols that were keys to understanding the subconscious and the current state of mind of the dreamer. (McLeod) Pale Hose, Pale Rider, is a short story written by Katherine Anne Porter, that delves into the idea that dreams and the symbols within the subconscious, can convey a person’s struggles of what is happening in the world around them. Pale Horse, Pale Rider tells the story of a young woman, during the bleak time in the United Sates, that not only saw the First World War, but
there.” (Conrad p.13). Yellow is seen as a cowardly color. “I was going into the yellow. Dead in the center.” (Conrad p.13). Pale denotes Death. It is also used this way in the Bible, “the Pale horse and his rider Death”, Revelations 6:8. “She came forward, all in black, with a pale head, floating towards me in the dusk. She was in mourning. It was more than a year since his death…” (Conrad p. 72-73). The use of color is effective in the story for a variety of reasons. First, it is easy to understand
the Bible. There are many different symbols in "High Plains Drifter" such as Mordecai. In the Bible, Mordecai was a man of the lesser people in the town; he was looked down upon by the officials. Later in the story, he was threatened to be put to death similar to the way Mordecai in the movie was. Another symbolic reference could be the desert that surrounded the town from which the "stranger" appeared. The desert is symbolic of a dry period in one's life, where everything may be going wrong or
Blood in Cormac McCarthy's All The Pretty Horses In All the Pretty Horses, Cormac McCarthy uses blood as a unifying concept allowing it to flow within the body of the text; the reader gets a sense that the novel is giving life to someone while simultaneously bringing upon its death. The reality of John Grady exists within the use of blood, connecting his life to the natural beauty and animals through which his character emerges. Blood is essential for the human race; we need it to live, once
these symbols is so elaborate, the simplicity of each makes it somewhat easy to overlook. A few examples of the many symbols found in Conrad’s novel include the jungle, as well as the colors of white and black, better known as the colors of life and death. 		In Heart of Darkness, the images of black and white have the usual connotations of evil and good. These pigments are found throughout the entire book. Ironically, although black, the native Africans seem to represent a sort of good
bible during the campaign led by King Sennacherib to capture Jerusalem. The first Poem is written by Poet Loriet Alfred Lord Tennyson after the Crimson war. It was written to compliment the British effort in the suicidal rush into the ‘Jaws of Death’, were they all sadly perished. It was written in a positive attitude to the British making them sound noble and brave with out mentioning who it was that made the order that killed the men. There are subtle hints in the poem however saying that he
tasted cleaner air than the day before. The county side he was following was beautiful, a sight he’d seen only twice in his life; one on the way to battle and the other coming back. The land had seemed larger then, darker even. The possibility of death made everything scary. Arynn passed through two smalls where he slept for a night, a road side tavern for travelers, and came across the dead bodies of two bandits thrown by the side of the road. None of the sights were out of ordinary for the Mourners
discovers her husband is having an affair. The husband runs off with the other woman, but they return the next year. Maria Concepción loses her baby during the year, but the rival gives birth when she returns. Maria Concepción stabs her rival to death. Her husband (and the entire village) protect her and proclaim her innocence, even though they know she is guilty. In the end, she takes the rival’s baby as her own, and reclaims her husband. He is miserable, but she is happy. She has gotten what she