General view of the text/Plot:

Morris Lurie in his story presents a man whose life has challenges during the story.

Daniel meets Susan and they fall in love but notice that who brings the challenge is Susan bringing purpose and a new vision about life.

Main Characters: Yossel Shepps, the Father and the Son.

Themes:

Isolation and Loneliness:

The protagonist's job as a night watchman symbolizes his emotional and social isolation. He is physically alone in the dark, quiet environment, which amplifies his sense of detachment from others. His reflections reveal a deeper loneliness, stemming from his estrangement from his family and friends back in Australia.

Search for Meaning:

The story touches on existential themes, with the protagonist questioning the purpose of his life. The repetitive and seemingly meaningless task of watching over an empty construction site serves as a metaphor for his broader search for meaning in a world that feels indifferent.

Memory and Regret:

As the protagonist reminisces about his past, there is a strong sense of regret for the choices that have led him to this point. His memories are tinged with nostalgia and sorrow, as he reflects on relationships that have faded and opportunities that were lost.

Symbols:

The Night and Darkness:

The night represents the protagonist’s inner world—a place of darkness, uncertainty, and solitude. The darkness is both literal and metaphorical, reflecting the obscurity in his life’s purpose and direction.

The Beacon:

The title of the story, “A Beacon in the Night,” suggests the idea of a guiding light or hope amidst darkness. However, within the story, this beacon remains elusive, symbolizing the protagonist’s ongoing search for meaning and connection that seems just out of reach

Author’s style:

Explore different contexts of

characters.

Irony

Realism

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The novel begins with the decay of moral dignity and respect for cultural values among the teenagers Alex, Pete, Georgie and Dim.

✓ General View of the Text/plot: In a England taken by the emergence of new subcultures in the young generations in response to the crisis that the country was suffering after the second war, we follow the character Alex and his gang of criminals which aim to transgress the good and traditional values of the pure England. Spreading chaos, using of slangs and dressing in a obscene and feminine form and been subversive toward the norms of the hegemonic culture of his time, Alex and his Cohort trough that and more evil actions, make hell out of the life of the good people, until he is detained by the forces of the state and forced to find God and repent his evil deeds, but not truly, since Alex got completely corrupted by the immoral culture of the young generation and their distorted values.

Main Characters: Alex, Pete, Georgie and Dim.

Themes: Moral transgression, Violence as a form of freedom, Crime, Corruption of moral values and free will, human nature

Symbols: Moral panic; Evil as opposed to tradition and order; he used the classical music to represent Alex's emotion and his humanity, later he stops listening to these music's showing that he also lost his humanity; the milk they drink mixed with drugs represent their youthful innocence being corrupted.

Author Style: a sharp dark satire, bizarre plot.

A Clockwork Orange presents the Mod subculture originated in London in the late 1950s and peaked in the early to mid 1960s.

✓ Mod Culture: According to Peter Sampson's article on the mod culture, the mod subculture gained popularity in London during the early-to-mid-1960s. Conflicts occasionally arose between mods and their main rivals, the rockers. Rockers, who favored rockabilly, early rock ‘n’ roll, motorcycles, and leather jackets, perceived mods as effeminate because of their interest in fashion. This perception led to occasional violent clashes between the two groups.

The author talks about Emma, a woman that in her vision was born without fear. She was confident and full of courage even if she did not think that way about herself. When Emma was about twenty years old, she faced death. She had accepted an invite by Bill to participate in a test to down the whirlpool Rapids below Niagara Falls in a big Rubber raft. There were big waves and the front of the raft tipping down into a trough dieper. The raft folded in half and they sank. Happily, even deeper Emma had a great Willpower and she could survive. This experience made her more determined to live. She did not live afflicted for life. It made her stronger. Now Emme lives optimistic and with good convictions.

Author’s Style

The author usually creates strong and brave characters, such as Emma, she is the main woman character in The Whirlpool Rapids. The demonstration of the strength that a woman has is always portrayed in Margaret's style. The end of the story is not usually happy and she does not close it, the author makes the reader find the conclusion on their own. For example, Emma's story ends informing that time has passed and she has partially changed but she believes that everything will collaborate with her, only with her conviction.

Religiosity is another factor present in the author's style, as it is shown as religion influences and dominates a person, thus, Emma's action of following risks was governed by the belief that she needed to prove that she was important and that she deserved it

The personality of the strong woman in Emma contrasts with society's view, the text mentions women without fear of domestic dangers and how fragile they become when they get pregnant, then, Margaret shows the woman without fear of facing what or who does not make her feel good, the author shows that even feeling fragile in a dangerous situation transforms Emma into a strong person.

Themes: The themes of Margaret Atwood's short story "Whirlpool rapids" are related to gender and identity, feminism, self-perception, resilience and the role of women in society.

Main characters:

Emma - She is a fearless person, she tries to prove for herself that she could do anything she wants. After the accident, she became more confident about herself. She believed in love, however she does not accept any love, for this reason, she is described as insensible.

Billy - He is a good person, he is strong, he is Emma's friend, he works for a travel agency. He does not have bad intentions with Emma.

Symbols

One of the important symbols in the text is the Whirlpool Rapids of Niagara Falls, because through it Emma had this near-death experience, which was like a test or a reaffirmation of her strength because even though she was in that place where so many people died or took their lives, she didn't give up and it didn't even cross her mind to give in to fatality. she went through it, and see her life in a different way, doing what she wanted to do, not letting the happiness of others more important over her own, realizing that if she had died, she would soon be forgotten. And it also represents how the author talks about women in her works and their strengths.

"Nor Was she ever tempted, after that, to give up anything – a man, an apartment, a job, even a vacation – in the mistaken conviction that by doing so she would be helping along the happiness of others.”

Thais, Héber, Paula, Leticia, Willian

1. General View

The text is about this author's life and not about a specfic work. It is actually an interview with his daughter.

2. Main Characters

- William Golding

- Anna (wife)

- His daughter

3. Themes

- Psychological struggles

- Identity Crisis

- Alcoholism

- PTSD (trauma)

4. Symbols

- The boat

- The alcohol

- Sinking (boat accident with his family)

- Crisis

5. Author's Style

- He focused on the dark side of the things, since he was traumatized by the war experiences, as it can be seen on Lord of the flies.

- Students - Maria Eduarda, Maria Luiza, Vitória Regina, Johnson Santos e Yasmin Costa.

General view of the text/plot -

The Short Story tells us about three men working on a rooftop in a very hot summer weather, until they saw a unknown woman that was almost naked, which called their attention. The text show us the perspective of each one of the men about the woman and her behavior in this situation.

Main characters -

- The Three men : Harry, Stanley and Tom

- The unknown woman

- The foreman: Matthew

- Mrs. Pritchett

Themes-

Women’s position in society (what are expected from them) and their objectification.

Symbols -

Heat

Feminism

Author’s style -

Contemporary women’s discussions

Realistic social problems (women’s sexualization)

Miriã Sidrim, Layza Andrade e Cinara Silva.