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...
PPORTNOY’S COMPLAINT Highly controversial and disputed, Portnoy's Complaint is a 1969 novel by Philip Roth which after its publication, sent waves of shock, outrage, and dissension through both critics and the public. The book is infamous for its extremely candid discussion on human sexuality, which includes detailed scenes of masturbation using entirely unorthodox objects. The plot revolves around Alexander Portnoy, a young Jewish bachelor who has at times uncontrollable lust-driven tendencies. The story is a monologue of him speaking to his therapist, Dr. Spielvogel. Over the course of the story, Alexander touches upon his early sexual adventures, and later on his inner struggle between his moral compass and the impure urges of his libido. The novel received mixed reviews by critics. Many criticized it for its graphic, even disgusting depictions of masturbation and other sex acts, but some revelled in its candidness in those topics. Nevertheless, the book has remained an eminent...