Reaction to The Reader In part II, chapter eight of Bernhard Schlink's The Reader, the first-person narrator Michael describes reading the account written by a concentration camp who had survived along with her mother, the soul survivors in a large group of women who were being marched away from the camp. He says, "the book...creates distance. It does not invite one to identify with it and makes no one sympathetic..." The same could be said of The Reader. The book is written in such a way
Reader Reaction to John Cheever's The Swimmer One of the main ideas that is conveyed in John Cheever's The Swimmer is the way in which life consists of different mental stages and how they each affect the consciousness of the mind. In The Swimmer, Neddy goes through different swimming pools and this represents the different journeys in his life. He progresses from boundless optimism to endless despair as the seasons go by. The times when Neddy is in or out of the water also represents the
In your view, how do you think that Mary Shelley wanted her readers to respond to the character of Frankenstein? Justify your response by use of quotation and close reference to the text and relevant background information. Written by Mary Shelley in 1816, the book ‘Frankenstein’ – subtitled ‘The Modern Prometheus’ – was in many ways ahead of its time. When it was first published in 1818, Mary Shelley was using her husband’s name. It was unheard of in those days, for a woman to write literature
How Mary Shelley Influences the Readers Reaction to the Creature When Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein in 1816, it was the birth of a new genre – the creation of a being, sci-fi at its earliest. Frankenstein’s creature, the concept way ahead of its time but a terrifying thought to its first audiences. In the following pages I will be discussing how Mary Shelley influences the readers reaction to the creature, I will be viewing the context of her writing, the way she portrays her view of what
Dostoevsky’s Notes from Undergound - Reactions to an Overdeterministic Existence Some of the works cited are missing Dostoevsky presents his Notes from Undergound as the fragmented ramblings of an unnamed narrator. On the surface, the character’s narration appears disjointed and reaches no conclusive end ing until the author intercedes to end the book. However, a close examination of the underground man’s language reveals a progression in his collected ravings. After expressing dissatisfaction
finds themselves tormented by a monkey’s paw that ends up killing and then resurrecting their son. While the plot is completely preposterous, the characters, setting, and character reactions are relatable to how the average person would react. W.W. Jacobs uses relatable characters, reactions, and setting to make the reader feel as though the same thing could happen to them, and they also could be cursed by a severed monkey’s paw. “The Monkey’s Paw” takes a normal, everyday family and puts them
12), the reader is drawn into the article. Everyone has gone through adolescent years, thus the challenges and struggles strike a chord in the hearts of most. It was clear that the author was not trying to diminish the angst of adolescent years, but simply convey to teachers that hope is not lost. A connection was drawn between trust and communication and how building relationships with students is imperative. The reader can easily conclude that opening lines of communication
through a cursory glance. Sometimes, it is imperative to take a closer look to truly understand what is occurring. In the short story Birthday Party, by Katharine Brush, a married couple is at a restaurant celebrating a special occasion. To help the reader understand the situation, the author employs various literary devices. Some literary devices utilized are irony, imagery and diction, and point of view and perspective. The author employs the use of irony through the use of a hat. The wife is wearing
Reactions to Hooks’ Feminism is for Everybody I am not a feminist simply because I was raised in a feminist household. I am not a feminist because I am an independent, educated woman. I am not a feminist because I am a bitter female, nor because I am a “woman scorned.” I am not a feminist because I hate men, nor because I am a lesbian nor because I like to listen to the Indigo Girls. To the contrary I love men and I am not a lesbian. While I agree with hooks that “feminism is a movement to end
Taylor Gatto’s “Against School”, their most distinct aspect is the tone in which their arguments are presented. Moore’s informal writing invokes a reaction within the reader. He capitalizes entire sentences to make them appear louder and draw attention. How can referring to a president as an “Idiot-in-Chief” not elicit a certain emotion within the reader? Moore is a well-known activist who is quite aware of popularity and infamy. His words are not an attempt to persuade dissenters to his side, but
Proof of the Delusive Narrator Few stories are able to enthrall a reader with fallacious information and still leave the narrator’s true state allusive. Even fewer unveil this technique to the extent “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe does, which emphasizes a vituperative character. Whether it be his or her mental state or condition, the reader has no dependence on the narrator’s point of view. This is deemed as reading from the perspective of an unreliable narrator. There are various types of unreliable
treacherous journey of an over-confident and non-instinctive man across the Yukon. The reader learns that the incautious man’s journey ends in death after he admits his mistake in not following the old-timer’s advice; finally considering the “old-timer” as wise (553). This plot, though progressively straightforward, leads the reader into a gripping experience of survival. The story’s setting and the main character’s reactions contribute greatly to this ever-increasing atmosphere of survival, as London’s
Dramatic irony is a literary device which the readers know all the information or the events that the characters don’t. The writer of The book of Job used this device for his work. The literary effects of the use of dramatic irony in Job are to create the intense suspense or interest for the audiences and to make the readers sympathize with the character Job’s actions. From Chapter 1 to Chapter 3, the readers can realize that Job doesn’t know his misfortunes in fact are a bet created by two characters
the other-worldly has provoked many stories involving the interaction between the living and the returning dead. The well-engineered ghost stories of M.R. James seem to arouse these eerie skin tingling feelings. Techniques aimed at involving the readers awareness James's narrative and folkloric superstitions in “the mezzotint” engage the reader's imagination and psyche. The realistic settings, supernatural elements, and sensational fiction that is doused in mystery, builds anticipation. James's clear
novelist, historian, or author writing about our previous failures as humans in history affects any reader in a way that brings up painful memories and leaves the reader with past knowledge. To be honest, I had to grab a chair and think for what seemed like hours before I could actually comprehend what the quote was saying. I thought to myself, “How can writing about the past bring pain to the reader? I understood how writing can bring knowledge to a person, but how can it affect anything in the present
M. Forster alludes to the concept of metafiction in poetry as a whole. According to the Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms, “Metafiction is a kind of fiction that self-consciously addresses the devices of fiction…[M]etafiction does not let the readers forget they are reading a work of fiction.” Some common metafictive strategies include a story about someone writing a story, a piece of fiction that references specific conventions of a story, or characters that are aware they are in a story or
Marc in the play as seen from Gallimard's perspective, the fact that Gallimard serves as the main organizer of ideas in the play, and the differing roles of Helga in the two works all lead to very different impressions and interpretations by the reader or viewer. Gallimard's narration seems to be the most obvious difference between the movie and the play. While reading the play, the audience has an opportunity to get to know the personality of Rene Gallimard, as well as his feelings about
writing built a close connection between his novel and his readers. The reactions of the readers toward The Turn of the Screw can be researched psychologically by analyzing how James developed his story using questionable incidents, an unreliable narrator, unexpected changes, an interesting prologue, and effective images and words. The influences of James's writing on his readers can be explained clearly from a psychological perspective. Readers have their individual perceptions and experiences which
In Coretta Scott King’s essay, “The Death Penalty is a Step Back”, the readers are shown the author's view of the death penalty and how she supports this stance by using the three rhetorical appeals of ethos, pathos, and logos, to draw the reader in to her paper. In King’s essay she supports her viewpoint through different appeals and one of the harder ones to observe that she executed beautifully was the rhetorical appeal of ethos. Now by the nature of ethos it is hard to highlight exactly where
Millay chooses to construct her poems by making the narrative as personal, internal, and articulate as humanly possible for the reader. Her ability to engage the reader in reflecting not only on the characters notion of self, but also their own, is made possible by her realistic and accessible construction of selfhood within her poems. Millay writes about an internal reaction the speaker has when discovering, in a public setting, that her lover has died. The speaker does not show actual emotions as