- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
Literary analysis question
Posted on 2/21/14 at 12:26 am
Posted on 2/21/14 at 12:26 am
I have to analyze the following passage:
WTF is going on in this passage? I cannot find anything about it on google.
ETA: I wrote the passage. I was curious to see how you guys would analyze it.
quote:
Under the soft evening light, he surrendered. The willow trees and the hanging moss proved to be good spectators throughout the surprisingly calm ordeal. No words were written down; the entire concession was mental and implicit. He just couldn't fight the battle anymore. It decayed him, caused him to abandon his friends, making his entire existence an empty dirt lot. His odious enemy was never going to give up what it will hold captive for eternity. So, with the evening sun spreading orange light over the field and hills beyond before being engulfed by the horizon, and with the drooping sage-like willows turning to silhouettes in the innocent and fresh darkness, the surrender was signed off with a flash, a loud bang, and a short time later, the sound of sirens.
WTF is going on in this passage? I cannot find anything about it on google.
ETA: I wrote the passage. I was curious to see how you guys would analyze it.
This post was edited on 2/21/14 at 1:09 am
19
Posted on 2/21/14 at 12:27 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
Sounds to me like someone "surrendered" to the demons and killed themselves one night. And the surrounding landscape was a peace that didn't exist within himself or his "ordeal".
This post was edited on 2/21/14 at 12:28 am
Posted on 2/21/14 at 12:28 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
Posted on 2/21/14 at 12:28 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
sounds like suicide
ETA: after reading it again, it sounds like he could be suffering from some form of mental illness..or maybe even drug addiction, and he can't take it anymore. just my opinion.
ETA: after reading it again, it sounds like he could be suffering from some form of mental illness..or maybe even drug addiction, and he can't take it anymore. just my opinion.
This post was edited on 2/21/14 at 12:32 am
Posted on 2/21/14 at 12:28 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
Seems like it's referring to suicide. What is it from?
Posted on 2/21/14 at 12:28 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
engineering
/thread
/thread
Posted on 2/21/14 at 12:29 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:Do you really not understand what's going on in that paragraph?
WTF is going on in this passage?
The guy in question blew his own brains out.
Posted on 2/21/14 at 12:29 am to When in Rome
quote:
Do you really not understand what's going on in that paragraph?
The guy in question blew his own brains out.
Yeah, I am absolutely awful at this stuff and it was easy for me to understand.
Posted on 2/21/14 at 12:30 am to TigersSEC2010
quote:
Sounds to me like someone "surrendered" to the demons and killed themselves one night. And the surrounding landscape was a peace that didn't exist within himself or his "ordeal".
pretty much this. how much are you looking for here? if you need a straw to grasp at and bullshite for a bit, you could make a connection to Christ in the garden when he realized his fate. Christ did not physically commit suicide in the garden, but he did realize he must "surrender" himself to his fate. he left his friends after the dinner to be alone to ponder this ordeal with only nature.
Posted on 2/21/14 at 12:30 am to crazy4lsu
This practice booklet my writing professor gave us. I would assume it is from a book or something, but there is nothing on google.
I knew it was suicide, but how much analysis can possibly be done here?
I knew it was suicide, but how much analysis can possibly be done here?
This post was edited on 2/21/14 at 12:32 am
Posted on 2/21/14 at 12:31 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
The person referenced in the passage committed suicide via firearm.
Posted on 2/21/14 at 12:32 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
do you have to pick out literary devices and expand on them? theres a ton of personification and metaphors, etc. going on
Posted on 2/21/14 at 12:32 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:
This practice booklet my writing professor gave us. I would assume it is from a book or something, but there is nothing on google.
Writing professors are a special kind of weird/insane.
Posted on 2/21/14 at 12:32 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:You could claim that since his enemy is an "it" as opposed to a person, that he could be battling substance abuse or some kind of depression that all lead to his eventual suicide. And then talk about the contrast between the tranquility of the scene with the internal turmoil that the guy is going through.
His odious enemy was never going to give up what it will hold captive for eternity
IDK, I'm no English major.
Posted on 2/21/14 at 12:33 am to When in Rome
quote:
IDK, I'm no English major.
You're not getting your MRS like 80% of your sisters?
I'm a Greek too, so don't take this as Greek-bashing.
Posted on 2/21/14 at 12:34 am to TigersSEC2010
quote:
You're not getting your MRS like 80% of your sisters?
no, I'm getting an engineering degree. Posted on 2/21/14 at 12:34 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
Dottie dropped the ball on purpose.
Posted on 2/21/14 at 12:35 am to BlacknGold
The hanging moss is a clue, as are the willows. The sun setting is a death image at times.
Someone knew, however, as the sirens came, so the character was not as physically isolated as was made out.
Someone knew, however, as the sirens came, so the character was not as physically isolated as was made out.
Posted on 2/21/14 at 12:36 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:
he willow trees and the hanging moss proved to be good spectators throughout the surprisingly calm ordeal
allusions to suicide with "hanging" moss. look into willow trees, im sure theres another allusion connected to it.
quote:
making his entire existence an empty dirt lot.
another metaphor connecting his suicide to nature. he never built anything on his "empty dirt lot"
quote:
the surrender was signed off with a flash
this is pretty much echoing the imagery of the sun setting the entire time
Posted on 2/21/14 at 12:37 am to 42
quote:
The hanging moss is a clue, as are the willows. The sun setting is a death image at times.
Someone knew, however, as the sirens came, so the character was not as physically isolated as was made out.
Page 1 of 3
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News