AAFTER US In this poem, the poet uses a surplus of imagery to allow the reader to fully see what she is trying to get us to picture. In the first line, she talks about how rain, which can be destructive or helpful, is seeping into a room where books and other material things reside. In the lines to follow, she writes about how everything that flourished under the sun, turned away to try and find the light that they so desperately need. This shows the destructive side to rain because it paints the picture of a dark day with rain falling and silencing all activities that happen during the day. In the second paragraph, the poet writes about a portrait, which has sketches of boats and barns and this creates the image of a perfect utopia where everything is peaceful and nothing has disturbed it. The paragraph that follows this peaceful picture, is where the foreboding and evil rain begins to make its appearance again. She writes about how everything that was ever thought of or invented or t...
AAN AMERICAN TRAGEDY Kansas City, a hot summer evening. Two adults and four children are singing hymns and handing out religious pamphlets. The oldest boy obviously does not like what he has to do, but his parents eagerly are given to the salvation of lost souls, which, however, brings them only moral satisfaction. Asa Griffiths, the father of the family, is characterized by impracticality, and the family could barely make ends meet. Young Clyde Griffiths seeks to break out of this dull little world. He becomes an assistant in a drugstore, and then a messenger to the hotel "Green-Davidson." Working in the hotel does not require any special skills, but it brings good tips that allow Clyde not only to contribute to the family budget, but also to buy good clothes and save funds. His colleagues quickly take Clyde into their company, and he plunges into a fun new existence. He meets a pretty saleswoman Hortense Briggs, who however is not going to have anyone's favor only for ...