Though there are many generations of writing; whether it is classic or contemporary, all authors bring several similarities to the different works that they create. The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rats, written by Terry Pratchett, can be compared to The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe; which is written by C.W.Lewis, due to the similarities that both authors use in their writing styles. Not only can the differences be seen through the authors writing style, but differences can be seen through the different literary elements that the authors choose to use throughout their works. Despite the fact that the two authors have written in different time periods, with different influences to their writing and different themes in their books, each author uses a variety of literary elements to keep the reader guessing, and to make the readers level of passion and understanding expand. Although The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rats, and The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe are different in many ways they are also equal due to the use of literary elements.
Anthropomorphism is the literary term that means to give human qualities to animals or objects. [Lukens, R. J. pg.355] Lukens states that when an animal in a children’s story is a believable human being it creates the fantasy within the work. [Lukens, R. J. pg.49] In The Amazing Maurice, and His Educated Rats, and The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, both authors use this literary element to make the characters come alive and to push the readers imagination. Throughout the books several quotes can be found to show the use of human like qualities that can be seen in all characters that one meets in Bad Blintz and the Forests of Narnia. In The Amazing Maurice, and His Educated Rats, Darktan, a major character, is an educated rat that comes across as a very believable human being which finds practical ideas of clothing in the rats’ beloved book Mr Bunnsy Has an Adventure. Through Darktans actions and speech anthropomorphism can be seen in The Amazing Maurice.
Darktan grunted and looked down at the teeth, an inch away from his nose. He pulled a short piece of wood out of his belts; a tiny silver mirror had been glued to one end of it.
[Pratchett, T. pg.90]
“Oh, come on,” said Darktan. “Olly the Snake had a collar and tie!”
“Well?”
“Well, how did it stay on? A snake is tube shaped!”
Anthropomorphism is giving non-human characters human qualities. In How Stories Came to Earth it’s shown various times, “After following the tracks of the leopard, spider dug a very deep pit. He covered it over with the branches of the trees and came home. Returning in the very early morning” , this quote is
Manlove, Colin. "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe." "The Chronicles of Narnia": The Patterning of a Fantastic World. Twayne Publishers, 1993. 30-42. Rpt. in Novels for Students. Ed. Ira Mark Milne. Vol. 24. Detroit: Gale, 2007. Literature Resources from Gale. Web. 21 Jan. 2014.
To the average reader, “To a Mouse” by Robert Burns and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck may initially look very similar, but after carefully critiquing and comparing their abundance of differences, their opinion will change. Steinbeck found his inspiration for writing the novel after reading that poem. His novel is set in Salinas, CA during the 1900s and is about migrant farm wrokers while the poem is about the guilt felt by one man after he inadvertently ruins the “home” of a field mouse with his plow. Even though they are two different genres of literature, they share a similar intent. The poem is written in first person, while the novel is written in third person omniscient. The vocabulary used to provide imagery is also another subtle different. Being two different genres of literature, they are destined to have both differences and similarities, but the amount of differences outweighs the aspects that are the same.
However, due to the narration of the books being different both books have different effects on the reader. Andrea narrates in a disengaged way where she doesn’t want the reader to sympathise for her but to listen to the struggles she went through as she uses a childlike lexicon narration, written in a curt way showing her stoicism. One the other hand, Masters narrates in a self-deprecating and adds humour to Stuarts misfortunes. Masters narrates in third person however he does the unusual that doesn’t happen in biographies and adds his own opinions in the book making himself a character as well. Both books are narrated different and are written in a different style but the way they narrate helps to generate
In Class we watched two movies based on a book we read called Of Mice and Men. Both of the movies were very similar to the book. In I was able to hear exact lines from the book in the two movies.
A well-written novel will hold significant meaning that can be easily found throughout the novel. Understanding and using effective storytelling elements will help make the story stronger. Ernest J. Gaines is a very effective storyteller through his use of symbolism. He shows symbolism through the hog, food, and the notebook.
I get my reading interest from my sister, when she was done with a book I would pick it up so that I can encounter those same experiences, and because I did so I realized every book is similar and different at the same time. Each author had a unique style, but each story would tell of another tale. For exam...
...different writing style. For example, Charles Dickens used long sentences and detailed descriptions to capture the moment. Unlike Hemingway, Dickens used a lot of adjective to describe things like setting, characters, e.t.c.
In The Princess and the Goblin, the author uses many literary devices to bring his writing to life and to illustrate specific moments in the story.
Over time, there have been many remakes of Shakespeare’s works; some of them are bad, while others turn out better than others. The Taming of the Shrew is one of the few that are reenacted quite well. The Taming of the Shrew and the movie 10 Things I hate About You are pretty similar, with few differences between the two. 10 things I hate About You is a film that was released on March 31, 1999 which is based off of the play written by Shakespeare. The film is an updated version with the times to make the fit in modern day society, but the movie is still highly similar to The Taming of the Shrew. The movie and Shakespeare’s play basically have almost all of the same characters, with the exception of a few names. The plot line is really similar
As a writer, the success of most authors’ comes from their power to convert common thoughts or knowledge into something which can enlighten the reader. An author thrives on being unique and imaginative. With this originality comes differentiation, when one compares two authors who have used the same literary device in their writings, this becomes apparent. J.D Salinger’s writings involve an enormous amount of childhood concepts and loss of innocence. Mark Twain is also known for his use of innocence in his novels, specifically The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Although the concept behind innocence is basically the same with both authors, each author applies his own interpretat...
In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New world and William Shakespeare's King Lear, the reader will find that both works use similar motifs that mirror each other to increase further the similarities and
Secondly, the authors of Wuthering Heights and Heart of Darkness both write their novels in the narrative fr...
There are billions of books in the world, all with different plots and styles. However, the one thing they all have in common is that they all have literary devices. A literary device is any technique a writer uses to help the reader understand and appreciate the meaning of the work. Due to the use of these devices, books that would otherwise have nothing in common can be compared. For instance, the books Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift, and If I Stay by Gayle Forman have different plots and themes. But when both are examined closely, it is evident that they utilize many different and similar literary devices.
The Chronicles of Narnia are veritably the most popular writings of C.S. Lewis. They are known as children’s fantasy literature, and have found favor in older students and adults alike, even many Christian theologians enjoy these stories from Lewis; for there are many spiritual truths that one can gleam from them, if familiar with the Bible. However, having said this, it is noteworthy to say that Lewis did not scribe these Chronicles for allegorical didactics of the Christian faith, but wrote them in such a well-knit fashion that young readers might understand Christian doctrine through captivating fantasy and thus gain an appreciation for it. With this in mind, and in the interest of this assignment, the purpose of this paper is an attempt to analyze one of the many doctrines of the Christian faith from The Lion, The Witch, And, The Wardrobe (LWW), namely, temptation and how Lewis illustrates it through an individual character, Edmund.