He is identified as follows in the story: "...he had not so much moved through his life as wandered through it, his spirit like a dazed body bumping into furniture and corners. He had always been a fearful father..." This depiction of Matt shows how his love for his family has become a weakness for him, for there is always a fear in him that he will fail as a father to his children and husband to his wife. However, this characterization of Matt changed when Strout, Frank's killer, was released from imprisonment. Matt takes revenge on his own hands, for he believes that he does not deserve the freedom that he got after killing his son. Thus, he now becomes an individual determined to avenge his son, and does so by killing Strout. Matt's characterization in "Killings" illustrates how character transition is achieved by bringing strength to his personality and behavior; however, this character transition resulted to a detrimental effect, and this is reflected in Matt's killing of Strout. The woman character in Robert Frost's "Home burial" illustrates the strengthening of her character in order to protest against the oppressive nature of her husband. Her husband's killing of their child marks the pivotal point wherein her character changes from being submissive to being radically expressive of her feelings of protests about their child's death. Her running away from her husband at the end of the poem illustrates the accomplishment of the woman's transition, a symbolic...
In Krebs, readers can see how time has passed him by, leaving him alone in a rapidly progressing society, wherein conventions such as women's conservative nature are gradually replaced by their increasing freedom to express themselves. Krebs experiences the hard part of a war veteran's suffering: he was totally detached from his society, and his own family feels that he is not yet capable of handling himself psychologically and mentally after the war. In effect, Krebs, until the end of story, was described by Hemingway as an individual resolute to change the course of his life, but we, the audience, know better: that despite Krebs resolution to move on and start his life anew, Hemingway left us feeling disillusioned (like Krebs) about his future life. The 'soldier's home,' in fact made Krebs not 'at home' at all, but was left feeling detached and lonelier than ever.
Andre Dubus' "The Curse" Andre Dubus' short story "The Curse" illustrates one man's inner struggle with guilt. Dubus includes the essential elements necessary to create a successful classic story in that it contains a high emotional level, complication, rising action, and a climax. The story is also successful because it deals with a realistic circumstance. Mitchell Hayes, as the protagonist, is a very dynamic character. The story revolves around his thoughts and
Dubus Andre Dubus's Meditations From a Movable Chair The title of Andre Dubus' nonfiction book of spiritual reflections reflects the fact that the author now is stranded in a wheelchair, having lost his mobility in a tragic accident. Ironically, his lost was incurrent when he was extending an act of charity. Dubus was helping some people by the side of the road who were experiencing car trouble, in the effort, he himself
Warfare can change someone in a matter of days, as children were apparently transformed consequent to coming across conditions in Greece and as a result of the fact that their innocence and their child natures were virtually taken away from them once they were recruited. Even with the fact that Fritz struggled to stay a child, he did not manage to do so, as the Nazi system had changed
protagonist antagonist short story called "Killings" Andre Dubus It is difficult to defend the position that the protagonist and antagonist of Adre Dubus' short story "Killings," Matt and Strout, are alike in any sort of way. Virtually the only similarity they have is their mutual admiration and appreciation for the way that Strout's ex-wife, Mary Ann, looks. Nonetheless, both of these men are fathers and they are both murderers. Still,
film "In Bedroom" story "Killings Andre Dobus. Too Hollywood: "Killings" vs. In The Bed In all actuality, it would be exceedingly difficult for any feature film to match the emotional depth and breadth of a (good) work of literature. Although Hollywood will claim otherwise, a true story cannot be told with images but with the connotations, the complexities, and the nuances of words, and with words alone. Subsequently, as can be
Killings" is set in a blue-collar New England town along the Merrimack. It is a vision of a somewhat isolated community -- outside of time, not supported by a sense of law or order or justice. Murder essentially goes unpunished -- which is why the main character, Matt, takes the "law" into his own hands and murders Strout, the man who killed his son. Matt, used to taking matters into
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