In the book Once, the type of questions that the book makes me think of are; questions about the events that will happen in the next chapter, the relationship between one character to another and the actions of the character. When I have questions about the events that will happen in the next chapter, I will make predictions to think about the events that has happened and put everything together to predict what mostly might happen. For example, when Felix and Zelda were asleep on the mountains and waking up seeing Jewish people walking with Nazi soldiers, I made the prediction of following them because of the direction they are going to and also the Jewish wristbands they are wearing. When I have questions about the relationship between characters, …show more content…
The story is about a 10-year-old Jewish boy’s journey escaping from an orphanage to find his parents. The author “Morris Gleitzman” uses different figurative language like personification and onomatopoeia to create a mood and a better image in the reader’s mind. Figurative language is a language that’s used by authors to create a special effect in the novel to express phrases that don't mean as they first appear to mean. Examples of figurative languages are similes, metaphors, onomatopoeias, personifications etc. Personification is when the author gives an unhuman object human characteristics. It has an effect of creating an image in the reader's mind. An example of personification in the novel is: “a few thin needles of daylight are stabbing through the dark.” (p.86) In this sentence, the needles are personified to stab. And it doesn’t mean that thin needles are actually stabbing Felix, but it means that it is almost morning and the light is shining through the curtains like a thin needle. As the author used personification in the novel, he also used onomatopoeia to create a mood. Onomatopoeia is when the author expresses sounds using words like: Boom, Bam etc. An example of onomatopoeia in the novel is: “Bang, the bedroom door is kicked open.” In this sentence, the example of onomatopoeia is “bang.” Onomatopoeia is used here by the author is because the author wants to create a mood to the story. The mood of being nervous and worried. The author used both personification and onomatopoeia in the novel to create an image in the reader’s mind and to create a
“A book may be compared to the life of your neighbor. If it be good, it cannot last too long; if bad, you cannot get rid of it too early.” - Henry Brooke. This quote mimics Mark Aiello’s poem, comparing the first chapter of a book to someone’s childhood, or first chapter of life. Also like the quote, his poem explains how the first chapter of a book is very pleasurable, but it does not last long until the disturbing plot comes into play. Mark Aiello’s poem, “Chapter One”, is very literally about the first chapter of a novel. Furthermore, Aiello’s use of figurative language allows the reader to interpret the poem in numerous ways beyond the main idea. While analyzing the poem, the reader is permitted to compare the first chapter of a book to
My vignette “Him” is based off of “Sire”, a vignette in The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. In the book, the main character Esperanza talks about her feelings and experiences relating to a boy named Sire. She describes his eyes with a metaphor, comparing them to “dusty cat fur” which portrays them as easily moved and shifted, like cat fur blown by the wind (Cisneros 72). In my vignette “Him”, I incorporated a metaphor by using words like: “Dark melted chocolate” (Curry 1). I used this figurative language to illustrate my perception of the boy’s eyes as I know them: warm like a melted dessert and comforting, but excitingly different like dark chocolate.
The title of the short story, “Four Directions” is symbolic for Waverly’s inner misconceptions. As she goes about her life, she is pulled in different ways by her past and her present. She is torn between her Chinese heritage and her American life. She never thought that instead of being pulled in four directions, she could take all of her differences and combine them. In the end she realizes this with the help of her mother. “The three of us, leaving our differences behind...moving West to reach East” (184), thought Waverly. Her whole life she misconceived her mother’s intentions. Lindo never wanted Waverly to solely focus on her Chinese heritage, but rather combine it with her new American ways. The idea of being pulled in four
In the first two lines, an aural image is employed to indicate a never-ending anger in the girl's father. Dawe uses onomatopoeia to create a disturbing and upsetting description of his enraged "buzz-saw whine." An annoying, upsetting sound, it gives the impression of lasting ceaselessly. His anger "rose /murderously in his throat." Because "murderously" begins on a new line, a greater emphasis is placed on it and its evil and destructive connotations. An image of a growling lion stalking its prey is evoked in the reader, as it threateningly snarls from its throat. The girl is terrified as it preys on her persistently "throughout the night." Furthermore, because there is no punctuation, these few lines are without a rest, and when reading out aloud, they cause breathlessness. This suggests that the father's "righteous" fury is ceaseless and suffocating the girl.
In Sharon Old’s, “On The Subway,” the speaker compares her life to a black boy. She compares their different lives and the different positive or negative connotations that may be associated with them. Olds does this with her use of metaphors, similes, and imagery.
It was Ernest Hemingway’s belief that “for a true writer each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment” (Nobel Prize Speech). This means that each time someone puts pen to paper, he should strive for such realness that it seems unreal. Rhetoric, or use of language, is the most critical aspect of writing. This is because a skilled use of rhetoric not only allows the writer to convey his ideas to an audience, but also manipulate the way the audience perceives them. Hemingway is extremely well-known for his use of rhetoric, which includes his figurative language, syntax, and other types of literary devices. Hemingway uses syntax, figurative language, and the placement of his stories and chapters
In “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by O’Connor Figurative language is used often by the characters, especially the grandmother who manipulates, which in return, leads to the families murder. In the short story the author gives small details of almost every character. When the author describes the mother’s face, she uses a simile writing, whose face is broad and innocent as a cabbage(pg 296). On the family drive, the author uses imagery to describes the beauty of the families surrounding using words like brilliant red and green lace-work that makes the drive seem relaxing.The author’s use of informal diction helps dictate the calmness of the events. I believe these calming words are the way the author is portraying the calm before the storm. What
In the novel, “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien, he describes parts of his war experiences through the stories told throughout the book. O’Brien discusses the gory detailed chaos of the Vietnam war and his fellow “soldiers.” As O’Brien gives detail of the his “fictional” experiences, he explains why he joined the war. He also describes a time where his “character” wanted to escape a draft to Canada.
Lam uses diction that suggests severe honesty from the speaker. The words the speaker uses have negative connotations such as “dispossessed” (456) and “exile” (456), terms the speaker uses to describe himself. The speaker blatantly gives his opinion that the situation is terrible, but he is resigned to the fact that the situation exists. The detail in the story sets the stage, giving the speaker credibility because the detail shows that he has been through the same thing. The speaker remarks on the tents “that flapped incessantly in the wind” (459), and the food line that “is always long” (458). The speaker illustrates that he knows almost exactly what the refugee is going through. The speaker specifies that his experience is similar to the present situation when he writes, “I imagine it is not that different from what you are hearing now” (459). The speaker assumes the similarities between their experiences, but solidifies his arguments of how to deal with the situation by clarifying that the similarities are imagined, not definite. The refugee might not have had the same or similar experience but can still heed the speaker’s advice. The imagery in the story sets the scene of what the refugee has to deal with. Lam uses a metaphor to describe his overall experience of the camp: “the sound of weeping was my refugee camp lullabye” (459). The metaphor implies that the speaker fell asleep to other people crying. The imagery of the metaphor creates the sense of overwhelming sadness pervading the atmosphere of the camp. The acknowledgment of the feelings associated with the camp relates the honesty of the speaker to the refugee. The honesty encourages the refugee to follow the speaker’s advice because honesty implicates that the advice is given to the best of the speaker’s ability. The sentence structure within the letter is efficient. Lam uses short, two word sentences to convey the
The beginning of the poem starts with a humorous tone. Kinnell begins his poem with a simile “snore like a bullhorn”, an “Irishman”, or playing “loud music” to express the idea of something that is really loud and noisy, but still cannot wake the son up as opposed to the child’s ability to wake up to “heavy breathing” and a “come-cry” (line1-7). The tone that the...
The author uses dark and obscure references to make the boy's reality of living in the gloomy town of Araby is more vivid than ever. He uses dark and gloomy references to create the mood or atmosphere, then changes to bright light references when discussing Mangan's. sister. I am a little girl. The story expresses its theme through the setting, the characterization. of the boy and his point of view as the narrator.
Throughout the novel, the questions helped to introduce the characters. In every questions we learned something new and unique about them. I think that helps to introduce the characters
Effectively using these elements in a piece of literature enhances the reader’s curiosity. One prime example of such usage of these elements is seen in Kate Chopin's writing. Her use of foreshadowing and use of emotional conflicts put into few words in the short piece "The Storm" adds an element that is alluring, holding the reader's interest. In this short piece of literature, a father and son, Bobinot and Bibi, are forced to remain in a store where they were shopping before the storm, waiting for the storm to pass over them. In the meantime, the wife and mother, Calixta, whom is still at home, receives an unexpected visit from a former lover named Alicee. The two have an affair and the story starts to come together. The story shows us how we tend to want what we beli...
The choice of words of the author also contributes to the development of the theme. For example, the use of words like "drafty," "half-heartedly," and "half-imagined" give the reader the idea of how faintly the dilemma was perceived and understood by the children, thus adding to the idea that the children cannot understand the burden the speaker has upon herself. In addition, referring to a Rembrandt as just a "picture" and to the woman as "old age," we can see that these two symbols, which are very important to the speaker and to the poem, are considered trivial by the children, thus contributing to the concept that the children cannot feel what the speaker is feeling.
The idea that the audience picks up is the sickening horror that could only be shown through imagery or an actual image. The fourth stanza describes the effects of the bomb on the girl in gruesome detail and plenty of language features. “Later she will walk the dust, a scarlet girl with her whole stripped skin at her heel, stuck like an old shoe sole or mermaid’s tail”. Simile is used once more to give a shocking image of peeling red skin, being dragged across dust and ash. Assonance is use for “old” and “sole”, and “mermaid’s tail” to really focus on the image being transmitted across to the reader. Specific diction was use to select word like “scarlet” to really give a vivid sight that we could all imagine. This perfectly contradicts what was in the first section, where a pleasant sight could make a 180 and turn south really quick. This flows nicely from the relevance of the first section, where Fell actually shows us what the government and the military could really be hiding from