Food, a necessity in life is enjoyed by everyone. However, people are not treated the same when it comes to food. As stated in the article “Two cafeterias” written by Virginia Wolf. Comparison and contrast are the rhetorical devices that she uses. She tells of her dinner experience at a university visit. She attends a men’s cafeteria, and a women’s cafeteria, and notices a distinct difference between the two. In which she uses as a symbol of the way there is a discrepancy of the way women are treated in society. She begins by pointing out how novelists never mention food. “it is part of the novelist’s convention not to mention soup and salmon and ducklings.” As if soup, salmon and ducklings are an expectation. Even though nobody talks about it, she takes the liberty to defy that convention. She describes the cooked fish that has been sunk into a …show more content…
The way they were served. The way the waiter refilled their wine classes, “wineglasses had flushed yellow and flushed crimson; had been emptied; had been filled” The way they were relaxing after dinner. “no need to be anybody but oneself.” Everyone is happy to be who they are because there is no reason not to. They all get to experience the joy of a pleasant dinner. While the women do not receive the same joy. Instead the woman’s hall seems cold, and not in the sense of temperature but, in the sense of enthusiasm and eagerness. When the biscuits came she stated “these biscuits to the core “, dry and common, Nothing fancy about it. With the biscuits came the necessity of water. Which came in a big water jug that was passed around. Unlike the men, who had been served their drinks, in the hall close by. When dinner was done and all was consumed, “everybody scraped their chairs back” this statement portrays the vagueness and the lack of energy in this dining hall. They all got up, not a word to another person as they walked through the doors that swung
Samir Boussarhane During the early 20th century in the U.S, most children of the lower and middle class were workers. These children worked long, dangerous shifts that even an adult would find tiresome. On July 22, 1905, at a convention of the National Woman Suffrage Association in Philadelphia, Florence Kelley gave a famous speech regarding the extraneous child labor of the time. Kelley’s argument was to add laws to help the workers or abolish the practice completely.
In the narrative “Food Is Good” author Anthony Bourdain humorously details the beginning of his journey with food. Bourdain uses lively dialogue with an acerbic style that sets his writing apart from the norm. His story began during his childhood and told of the memories that reverberated into his adulthood, and consequently changed his life forever. Bourdain begins by detailing his first epiphany with food while on a cruise ship traveling to France. His first food experience was with Vichyssoise, a soup served cold.
During the late 1800’s and early 1900’s the fight for equal and just treatment for both women and children was one of the most historically prominent movements in America. Courageous women everywhere fought, protested and petitioned with the hope that they would achieve equal rights and better treatment for all, especially children. One of these women is known as Florence Kelley. On July 22, 1905, Kelley made her mark on the nation when she delivered a speech before the National American Woman Suffrage Association, raising awareness of the cruel truth of the severity behind child labor through the use of repetition, imagery and oxymorons.
Some may see the interaction between Mariam and Laila in A Thousand Splendid Suns as no more than a cup of tea, but after reading How to Read Literature Like a Professor, it is evident that it is much more powerful. In chapter 2 of his book, “Nice to Eat With You”, Foster addresses that in literature, a meal scene is not always just a meal scene. For
Science is a study that can be viewed and interpreted in various ways. Some believe science to be based on facts and specific results, while others believe it to be based on creativity and spontaneity. In his account of the 1918 flu epidemic, The Great Influenza, John M. Barry characterizes scientific research as work that requires creativity, spontaneity, and intelligence through his use of rhetorical devices such as allusions, metaphors, and rhetorical questions.
It became apparent in 1918 during a flu epidemic that certain traits were lacking in the scientific community necessary to research for a cure. In a passage from The Great Influenza, John M. Barry implements exemplification, diction, and didactic figurative language in order to depict the works of a scientist and the common obstacles encountered. Barry also characterizes scientists as those who possess the traits needed to accomplish their goals.
The adults, although they felt awkward at first, respect each other’s culture. When Amy’s dad had finished his meal, he “belched loudly, thanking [her] mother for her fine cooking,” and although the minister was uncomfortable at first, he “managed to muster up a quiet burp.” The author’s use of imagery displays two people with contrasting cultures respecting each other’s heritage. Robert and Amy’s actions portray them as anxious and insecure, but the adults display a lively and jovial mood. During the dinner Amy’s relatives “murmured with pleasure” amongst themselves while Robert and his family are silent. Amy feels her relatives are being rowdy, but in reality they are expressing their happiness through conversations with one another. Tan’s use of the word “pleasure” implies that they are enjoying themselves and “murmured” has a connotation of being quiet, so Amy perceives the dinner as worse than it really is. Amy’s mother senses Amy’s unease, and knowingly tells her she understands that Amy “wants to be the same as American girls on the outside, but inside you must always be Chinese.” Tan’s use of dialogue expresses Amy’s struggle to find her identity and it displays her mother as
Eating and drinking is not only a necessity, but also a pleasure. Humans have known and experienced this since the beginning of man. Food plays a very important part in everybody’s daily life. However, the role of food in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s work The Great Gatsby and John Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath vary immensely. The complexity and need for sustenance differ between the books, but both reflect the events, viewpoints, and attitudes of the time periods they are set in.
I noticed that you have a number of repugnant comments especially, towards the Buffalo VA. Stemming from my own curiosity I would like to know; why you are sour towards the VA, where are you getting your information? Also have you ever stepped foot in the VA or met any of the people you have bad
Various narratives have been put after each other so that the reader can compare two characters to see the different impacts that society had on them. This Juxtaposition is used to confront the reader with the inhumanity of the views of some characters such as Sanders Senior, the placement of Cook straight after shows that contrary to Sanders seniors disgusting beliefs she is quite human and is dramatically effected by his beliefs, the societies beliefs.
The description of the women’s meal could be summed up in one word, plain. Syntactically there are many examples promoting the simplicity of women in society at the time. For the excerpt to open with, “Here was my soup,” shows the monosyllabic words being used and the simplicity of the sentence all imply just that of women’s roll in society; simple, short-lived, and unimportant. The sentence, “the plate was plain . . . transparent . . . no pattern,” just so does a painter thinks of his canvas of white – colorless. The quote reinforces that idea also illustrating that to use the plain ties in with women and their roll in society.
Along with prompting mass hysteria amongst people, the flu epidemic of 1918 also revealed the arduous aspects of scientific research. In order to efficaciously perform their jobs, scientists are required to possess specific attributes. In a passage from The Great Influenza, John M. Barry uses vivid imagery, figurative language and exemplification to depict the challenges and uncertainty a scientist must overcome, along with the traits they must bear in order to succeed in forming a “path” for future growth.
In the excerpt “Two Cafeterias,” by Virgina Woolf she uses imagery of the meals that are served, her tone, and the behavior of the individuals to illustrate the men and women’s different place in society. In the first passage she is in the men’s cafeteria, in the second passage she is in the women’s cafeteria. She observes the meals and the people throughout the excerpt, comparing and contrasting them in more ways than most would think. We must take into consideration that women had a much lower place in society compared to men, the men were the higher ups, this is perceived through “Two Cafeterias.”
Is killing a dog really the best choice of gaining knowledge? In Claire McCarthy’s article, Dog Lab, she explains why determining right from wrong can sometimes be challenging. She tells her readers her experience as a medical student allowing her to perform cardiovascular surgery on a dog. She explains her journey through acknowledging personal experience, creating a tone, and implying diction. The tone of the story never the less, changes drastically as you read. It goes from sadness, to discomfort, then, eventually, disappointment. Throughout the article, McCarthy has to make some the hardest choices, and most challenging decisions despite her preparation in her field. In order to gain more knowledge McCarthy has to choose between stepping
Ernest Hemingway discusses the theme of hunger throughout A moveable feast by exploring and describing the different types of hunger that he felt. He aims to explore this theme in the passage where he strolls with Hadley, and they stop to eat at the restaurant Michaud’s. Through repetition and use of unconventional detail and word choice, Hemingway shows that he has more than one type of hunger, and needs to differentiate between them. Hemingway strives to tell that hunger is a feeling that is deep within someone, that changes depending on the situation and varies in intensity and meaning.