“Let go of me!” “Why, so you can sneak off from me again? You wanna go off and act like one of your little whore friends? I don’t think so, you’re coming with me.” He tightened his grip on her arms and started pulling her towards his car. “No, I’m not,” she wretched her arm away blinked rapidly to keep the tears forming in her eyes from escaping. “I’m not going anywhere with you when you’re like this. You told me you weren’t going to do this anymore. You promised.” He advanced on her and raised his hand as if to hit her yet again but caught himself just before making the swing. She took a few quick steps backward and winced as he grabbed her shoulders and shook her sharply. “Promised? What exactly am I doing that you don’t like, baby? You used to like it when things got rough. What’s wrong, change your mind about me? Do you think I’m just going to let you walk away because you feel like it?” His grip tightened farther. “Do you think I’m just going to let you go?” The shaking began again and her tears were flowing freely now. “You’re mine, you hear me? MINE!” She was on the ground in...
The epigraphs presented by Krakauer before each chapter of the memoir Into the Wild dive deep into the life of Chris McCandless before and after his journey into the Alaskan wilderness. They compare him to famous “coming of age characters” and specific ideas written by some of his favorite philosophers. These give the reader a stronger sense of who Chris was and why he made the decision to ultimately walk alone into the wild.
At the beginning of some novels, there are quotes that may be presented before the story or prologue begins. These quotes, called epigraphs, are used to suggest a literary piece’s theme and plot, to the reader. In the book Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury, there are three epigraphs presented to the reader, yet only one accurately describes the book and its themes. The quote stated above, Proverbs 4:16-17, is the accurate quote presented in Something Wicked This Way Comes, due to its message or wickedness, mischief, and violence
“I wouldn’t do a thing like that. Why would I do a thing like that?” she said.
Sue Monk Kidd’s book, The Secret Life of Bees has an epigraph in every chapter that parallels the events in the story. In Chapter 14 the epigraph says, “A queenless colony is a pitiful and melancholy community; there may be a mournful wail or lament from within. Without intervention, the colony will die. But introduce a new queen and the most extravagant change takes place. - The Queen Must Die; And Other Affairs of Bees and Men” ( Kidd 277 ). The epigraph in Chapter 14 is related to the chapter because it parallels Lily’s adventures and role in the story. The queenless colony the epigraph mentions is talking about the absence of Lily’s mother and how it affects the characters in the story. A mournful wail is a metaphor to the guilt she feels because she is responsible for her mother’s passing. Lily keeps these feelings of remorse and guilt kept inside for a majority of her childhood. Lily has been trying to find a new life, and she does this by becoming the new queen, finally having control of her life.
The epigraph in chapter 11 reveals that Chris McCandless was very independant and was perfectly fine with being by himself.
"I told you what I'd do if I ever get loose!" She spat. Pulling the knife out, she reaches between his legs.
As Margaret Atwood once said, "You could tell 'The Handmaid's Tale' is from a male point of view. People have mistakenly felt that the women are oppressed, but power tends to organise itself in a pyramid. I could pick a male narrator from somewhere in that pyramid..." Today I will explore the significance of the three epigraphs within the "Handmaid's Tale" prior to chapter 1. I will firstly describe the background of the epigraphs and their relationships to the themes of the story. Then I will discuss the implications of each epigraph on the reader and finally I will suggest that through the epigraphs and other techniques including foreshadowing and biblical allusions, Atwood aims to introduce the reader to the themes of the text that they are about to read.
Daniel gazed at her and sighed, “Look, I promised myself I would not date, not until after I got passed college and the part of my life I should have completed years ago. But I met you and I broke that promise so I could get you before someone else does”.
Zadie Smith quotes Shakespeare in her epigraph to White Teeth: “What’s past is prologue” and this idea has shaped my learning of memory throughout this course. Entering in August, I did not have any understanding of how my memory was molding my future; however, when exiting I often find myself reflecting on a past event and how it has shaped the way that I respond to the world today. I now recognize that while the past affects who I am as a person, I am living in the present and cannot change what has happened; I can only learn from it. FINISH
He turned his head toward me and peered at me through swollen eyes. “I begged her not to go with him,” he said quietly. “Do you hear me, I begged her!”
She looked at him with surprise, she knew she had to get away. "Well, I'm sorry, but I don't really know anything about cars. I don't think that I would be able to help you."
“She asked me if I loved her. I told her it didn’t mean anything but that I didn’t think so. “
"If she did then why did you have to almost force her to go with you. I think you are taking this cool thing a little to far."
"'Never again.' That's what I said to myself. 'I never want to feel your kind of pain again.' Just when I think it's over, just when I think it's through... I find myself back in love with you."
"I'll drive." He says when she tries to grab the keys from him. He shrugs his jacket off and throws it into the backseat before getting into the car.