Natalie Saaris

This is a tricky question, because many of the elements that you ask about are not actually in the poem.  There is no onomatopoeia in this poem. Onomatopoeia is when the sound of a word...

Importantly here, Atticus realizes that it is out of character for him to describe his family heritage. He ends his speech on the family by telling the children, "I don't want you to remember it......

Cat's Eye explains many of the characters by way of their mothers: we learn that Carol's mother, for instance, wears twin sets and cares a great deal for appearances. Grace's mother views twin...

O'Neill begins the play by describing Captain Bartlett's "cabin": the fact that O'Neill puts the word cabin in quotes implies that this is not a real cabin, and in fact the room has only been...

One of the more interesting themes in this story is the civilizing process that the ape undergoes. Taken out of his natural environment and forced into captivity, the ape has no choice but to adapt...

The story takes place at Higher Crowstairs, the humble abode of a shepherd and his family who live in an isolated part of agricultural England. It is the mid 19th century. We are made to believe...

In Chapter Five, we are introduced to 803 Oriole Street, home of the infamous Finsterwald. All the neighborhood kids know never to go near Finsterwald's home. When their balls and airplanes land in...

Aside from being sisters who are both mothers to Angie (Marlene is Angie's biological mother, while Marlene is her acting mother), the two women represent two very different ways of life. Marlene...

In referring to the culture of origin, I am unsure whether you are referencing the context in which this novel was published (Colombia 1981) or the fictional setting of the novel (a Colombian...

Hemingway begins the essay "A False Spring" with the idea that spring represents happiness, and that the only limiter to that happiness are other people. This introduction at first seems ironic....

The first part of Knausgaard's memoir deals with his childhood and early adult years. It is a rather ordinary childhood: going to school, falling in love, playing in a band. He talks about his...

Gladwell's purpose is to make his readers aware of how intuition affects their experience of the world.  He describes the way that a thin slice of information can be used to deduce deeper...

This work is part of a series of poems that reflects on the questioning of one's religious belief. The poem begins with the speaker waking in the night. The image of light and darkness has...

Here is a brief summary of the book. Feel free to check out the eNotes Study Guide on this work for more detailed information about the characters and themes in this work. Chapter 1: We are in the...

Dao De Jing, written during the turbulent period of the Warring States, addresses the question of how one is to live and rule virtuously. In setting out the tenets of a righteous life, the text...

The Moon and Sixpence depicts an artist who cares little for social conventions or the welfare of society. Strickland is an artist who cares little for anyone: he abandons his family in London...

Jefferson is convicted of murder and sentenced to death by execution. During his sentence, the defense lawyer refers to Jefferson as a "hog", claiming that it is senseless to execute someone who...

Radio Golf and Gem of the Ocean are the last two plays in August Wilson's Pittsburgh Cycle, a series of ten plays that deal with the lives of African Americans in twentieth-century...

Auggie has a facial deformity that alienates him from his peers; while Auggie wants to be just like everyone else, he is ostracized for his unattractive appearance. He recounts his birth story when...

Here are a few more examples of literary devices in these two chapters: Simile: The king is described as being "as splendid as a rainbow" in chapter 23.  The simile establishes a comparison...

Hymn to Aphrodite constitutes a prayer: Sapho asks for Aphrodite's assistance in persuading her lover to return.  Religion is important in understanding what this work would have meant...