Spring Break

For Spring Break I am going to Illinois to my grandmas house. We go there every year. We stay there for about a week, and the best part is that we get a pound of candy when my brother and I go there. There is a park in her neighborhood where I play basketball and climb a giant tree. The tree is almost a hundred feet tall. At the park there is also a tennis court, even though I don't play tennis. It is always fun, and I look forward to it every year.

Picture Description

On the internet, I found a picture of a funny cat. This cat had just eaten a hamster, and was saying, " OMG he just like exploded." This was a very creative picture, and I thought it was quite funny. There are many pictures like this on the internet of cats, or any other pets screwing up and making themselves look hilarious. In this particular picture, it actually looks like the cat is going to say what he did say. That's why I think these pictures are very funny.

Literary Analysis on the Hundredth Dove

Have you ever been put up to a task that seems nearly impossible? Well in the story “The Hundredth Dove,” by Jane Yolen, that’s exactly what happens. A man named Hugh must capture a hundred doves in one week for his kings wedding. This task seems nearly impossible for almost anybody else, but Hugh is determined to do his best. After all he is the Kings Fowler and has to obey orders. The mode of literature in this story is a romance, because the plot line fits, and so do some of the characteristics, and symbols.
In a romance mode of literature, the plot line always starts with a minor conflict. In this case the minor conflict almost seems major, because the task at hand seems nearly impossible. Hugh has to catch 100 round plump doves in 5 short days for the Kings royal wedding. This is how the minor conflict is started for Hugh.
Although the minor conflict is realized, it gets worse. Hugh catches many fat doves a day. One keeps getting a way, and he is determined to catch it. After 5 tiring days of hunting, he has still not caught the slim white dove that keeps getting out of his grasp. This is when the part gets much worse for Hugh. The fifth day comes and he still does not catch the bird. In anger he kills it instead. The problem afterwards is solved because of his actions, and it ends happy just like most romances do end. They all end with life symbolism, and in this case it was the fact that Hugh completed the job, and he now does not have to hunt birds for the kings table ever again.
Even though the plot line fits for this story, some of the characteristics however do not. For example the main character is not in control the entire time. In a romance the main character usually controls the story, but not in this one. When Hugh has trouble catching the very last bird, he is definitely not in control then. This short story is extremely unrealistic though, because for one, there is almost no way that anyone could capture a hundred doves in 5 days. Secondly, not even a large group of people could eat a hundred doves at a wedding. Some parts of symbolism almost fit in perfectly though. A dove is a symbol of romance, and that is what the story is mainly based on. From what the story says it seems to be about spring to summer time, which is when romances take place. The parts of the Kings house also sound like a romance. That is also a big symbol.
While some of the characteristics fit, and some forms of symbolism, I am still convinced that this is a romance story. The symbols that do fit make it obvious, and the plotline also fit in nearly perfectly with a romance. All of these contribute to making this story what it is. With the symbolism and characteristics this story is a romance plot line and story.