Obervations

“Why Don’t We Complain” is an example of an illustration essay. The author presents six examples where establish an idea of why don’t Americans complain in irrational situation. The author raises through the essay the apathy of Americans, in other words their lack of interest for important senses and finally he clearly felt frustrated. He analyzes those situations in special structure essay. He begin his recount of facts with individuals and finish it with the behavior of the society, so in order of importance named emphatic order. The author wonders why people don’t complain about the high temperature inside the train, the out of focus the picture, of the situation on airline, of political apathy. When he was standing in line, he decides do a complain resulting an embarrassing situation. He emphasize “when we have finally suppressed the natural instinct to complain, we shall we become automatons, incapable of feeling”

Reflexion

“Death of a Moth” by Virginia Woolf is a reflexion about her own life. She was sitting, looking out the window, pencil in hand, and representing in this moth all that was happening into her mind. She expressed the moth was dancing and zigzagging, so the moth was happy like her outside life. But, when the moth was trapped inside that house, the moth dies like her inside life. I did not like this pathetic description around of insignificant insect. Even though she describes as an extraordinary effort made by the moth, it plays a roll very weak fighting for its life. She was trying to represents what life really is in her point of view. Her sorrow showed the loss of hope when she writes “I knew, had any chance against death”.

Thinking about "The Way to Rainy Mountain" by N. Scoot Momaday

In The Way to Rainy Mountain analyzes personal feeling about Kiowa Indian history. The author does a meticulous description around his personal memories of Kiowa culture and traditions. Also, he presents the tribal stories when his grandmother was a child and explains how it is on contemporary time. Therefore the author revokes his ancestors in order to generate an impression of the tribes’ life. In other words, he narrates the way of life of his descendants. This description is a remarkable, cultural and historical study of the Kiowa Indians. He refers to the Indian religious rituals, their legends, and their reverence for the sun. Aho, his grandmother took part in the sun dances. In these ways, the author combines the history, his beliefs, and his costume’s ancestors. Revealing his own emotional he links to Rainy Mountain and the Kiowa anecdotes.

Similarities and Differences Between two Great Essays

“Salvation” by Langston Hughes and “A Chase” by Annie Dillard have few similarities and some very significant differences. First of all, both are chapters from autobiographies. Another similarity is the main characters are children who live in the United States. Also, both use narrative strategies and center on an internal belief.
The major difference is in their plots. In “Salvation” the main character is a twelve-year-old boy, the scenario is a religious family, and the main message refers to the child’s mind that the can not do a just interpretation of metaphors as adult assume. On the other hand, in “A chase” the plot happens in the city, in the winter, and the main character is a seven-year-old girl who looking for actions on the street. She thinks and expresses her feelings of exhilaration and fear refers to the infant’s mind.