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...
TTHE SUN ALSO RISES The Sun Also Rises tells the story of a group of disillusioned expatriates living in post–World War I Europe, searching for meaning as they travel, drink, and engage in romances during a Spanish fiesta. The narrator is Jake Barnes, a war veteran who sustained an injury that made him impotent. As the novel opens, Jake describes his fellow writer and companion Robert Cohn, who was a top boxer in college. Jake doesn't really like Cohn, but he tolerates him—even after Cohn falls for Jake's great love, Lady Brett Ashley. Lady Brett, a divorced socialite, was a nurse during the war and cared for Jake after his injury. Although Jake is a journalist, he spends little time working, preferring to party and drink with Cohn and the American writer Bill Gorton. While at a dance club one evening, Jake runs into Brett. The two sneak away to drink privately, and Brett reveals she loves Jake but is unwilling to give up sex to be with him. The two kiss and then part ways. Th...