This charming piece of writing, by Penelope Lively, voices the feelings of a lovesick girl when a boy she is deeply in love with did not appear on their date. The girl is sitting in a yellow train with her friend next to her. She reveals her disappointment about the date. The boy she is deeply in love with has stood her up. The girl recalls her ride in the yellow train before getting to the destination. Her hopes are high and she is very overjoyed. Everything around her is beautiful and blooming for her. At that moment, life is full of wonders and nothing is going to let her down. But now, all her joyous feelings are gone, leaving her distressing and frustrating. She is beside herself at this moment. Her friend tries to cheer her up but it fails. The girl is so involved in her world and her sadness that nothing can distract her from her emotions. She is heartbroken. She wants to travel back time in the train before she meets him. .
This piece of writing has spoken out for all the heartbroken girls. No one can escape from heartbroken when you are in love with somebody. Not every relationship ends well and happy, one must learn to get over it. The girl in "Yellow Trains" is not getting anywhere. She cannot forget how her feels excited and with her hopes high over the date. She misses this kind of feeling and hopes she can return to that moment. .
"Yellow Training" is written from the first point of view. The girl's feelings touches me. It makes me have the same feelings as the girl's. I feel for her and it is like I am in her shoes. What has happened to her seems to have happened on me. I am not only a reader but I am emotionally involved in this piece of writing.
The setting of the writing is in the yellow train and the girls are sitting on the blue seats. The yellow train is a very common transport. One takes it to school, work and home. No one really pays attention to their surroundings because they are so used to it.
Soon after, we start to see Penelope act even more peculiar. ... Penelope clearly is suspicious and is up to something. Next, Penelope gets the chance to finally speak to the beggar. ... Eventually, the bloodbath takes place while Penelope is asleep. ... The marriage of Penelope and Ody...
Throughout this essay, there will be an analysis of the context between the two stories The Penelopiad and The Souls of Black Folk. ... Penelope is the mysterious of them all. ... Du Bois's analysis of the racial conditions within the United States. ... There is a distinct analysis of the monetary directions of the United States as a whole, rather than segregations. ... The tragic and cynical analysis nearing the end of the story is comforting, yet not completely. ...
Penelope was the paragon of marital devotion and fidelity. Penelope showed us exactly of how women's character was to be played out. ... A quality in which Penelope was blessed with. ... Intelligence is shown to us by Penelope all throughout the books. ... Penelope continues to remain devoted to him and only him. ...
Penelope was the paragon of marital devotion and fidelity. Penelope showed us exactly of how women's character was to be played out. ... A quality in which Penelope was blessed with. ... Intelligence is shown to us by Penelope all throughout the books. ... Penelope continues to remain devoted to him and only him. ...
This concept is shown through the epic's two main characters, Odysseus and Penelope. Odysseus is unfaithful to his wife Penelope. ... "(5.250-251) Odysseus tells Calypso , "look at my wise Penelope. ... Odysseus is unfaithful to his wife Penelope. ... "(5.250-251) Odysseus tells Calypso , "look at my wise Penelope. ...
This concept is shown through the epic's two main characters, Odysseus and Penelope. Odysseus is unfaithful to his wife Penelope. ... "(5.250-251) Odysseus tells Calypso , "look at my wise Penelope. ... Odysseus is unfaithful to his wife Penelope. ... "(5.250-251) Odysseus tells Calypso , "look at my wise Penelope. ...
The story is comical parody of the original tale with Penelope narrating in the 'Underworld'. ... Penelope professes her 'inklings about his (Odysseus) slipperiness, his wiliness, his foxiness his unscrupulous'. ... In the Odyssey, Penelope is seen as the typical Ancient Greek dutiful and devoted wife. ... Hence, the negating personalities of Penelope are disclosed in Penelopiad and the Odyssey. ... Furthermore, Penelope also asserts, 'It's a wonder either of us believed what the other said But we did'. ...
One of the differences is the scenes in which the suitors compete for Penelope. ... Penelope came up with the archery contest on her own. ... In The Dream Weaver Penelope is awake during the battle. ... She also directs him to kill all of the suitors: "Penelope [as though in a trance]. ... Penelope [violently], Yes, yes!...
The setting of the story is on a frontier of some kind in Yellow Sky, Texas. ... In this story Crane traces the train ride home of Jack Potter, who is confronted with both external and internal conflicts, from San Antonio to Yellow Sky, Texas. Jack Potter is "the town marshal of Yellow Sky" (252). ... A hotel, a train, and New York style clothing all are signs of shift gradually occurring Yellow Sky, Texas. ... Stephen Crane wrote a beautiful short story in "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky". ...
