In the short story,’’Checkouts,’’ the author uses figurative language such as similes, imagery, and hyperboles. In structure, using figurative language allows the reader to understand the story better and make it more creative, along with it becoming interesting. For example, on (page 47), it states, ”Like a Tibetan monk in solitary medication, she calmed to a point of deep,deep happiness.” Next, there is also imagery in the short story. An example of imagery in the story is how the narrator describes when the girl and the bag boy meet for the first time. “She interested him because her hair was red and thick, and in it she had placed a huge orange bow, nearly the size of a small hat” (47). For example, there is also some hyperboles in the
...es her. The imageries of pink Mustang signifies her social class, while “Road” indicates her location as nowhere within a community. The commodification of her body means it can be touched in ways derogatory to her dignity whether she likes it or not because it is a saleable commodity that doesn’t belong to her. Her silver painted nipples identifies silver coins. Silver coins represent monetary value put on her body. Silver painted nipples also mean the attractive way in which a product is packaged. The poem also depicts the defiance of women against how she has been treated. She identifies man as the one that kisses away himself piece by piece till the last coin is spent. However, she cannot change the reality of her location, and temporal placement.
The books Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury, and The Last Book in The Universe, written by Rodman Philbrick, are similar in plot and theme. Both books highlight the negative effect of technology in futuristic dystopian worlds. The ideas of censorship play a big role in the two stories. While the ideas of both books may be similar, the way they have been written are very differently. Fahrenheit 451 has a unique style, full of symbolism, figurative language, and rich vocabulary which is Bradbury’s trademark. On the other hand, The Last Book in The Universe has a more informal style, that would be a target novel for young readers. Symbols still plays a big part in Philbrick’s book, but it is more overt. Philbrick’s use of dialogue is less
The first example used is a personal example that provides pathos . Hicks states that she went to a friend’s son’s birthday party and the son, Seth, got humiliated. Seth’s father told him to “toughen up” while his mother tried to comfort him. The altercation was uncomfortable for Hicks and her husband. This specific example contains both imagery and pathos. The author uses specific words and phrases to set the stage for the reader. When describing the setting of the party, she writes “The dinner table was set underneath a huge maple tree strung with little white lights.” In this sentence, the author uses the words huge, little, and white to aid the reader in forming a mental image of the host’s backyard. Hicks wishes for the reader to be inserted into the setting so they will be more entertained and interested. As the story progresses, she adds pathos in an attempt to get the reader invested. Hicks includes charged phrases such as “Margot stormed out of the room” and “Seth left the room with his chin on his chest…”. By doing this, the author draws the audience in and keeps them captivated. Pathos, in this case, also successfully provides a feeling of sympathy for the young boy. Providing a feeling of sympathy allows the author to depict the negative effects of damage to one 's dignity. By using this personal example first, the reader is intrigued because they may have experienced
Which only adds an extra weight to the struggles she’s having being a wife and mother. The fact that she has to wash her daughter’s diapers, she was in the back yard with the field mice, indicates that they don’t have much money. “But she saw diapers steaming on the line” (2-3). This line suggests, not only did they not have a washer and dryer but they still had to use clothes lines. There are not too many families that still use clothes lines or don’t have washer and dryers. Having to hand wash everything is a job by alone. “And just what was mother doing out back with the field mice” (15-17)? The woman being outside with the field mice makes me think maybe they didn’t live close to the city. Auditory imagery is expressed in these lines. “Sometimes there were things to watch the pinched armor of a vanished cricket, a floating leaf” (8-10). It’s easy to feel the feelings the woman is feeling during this
In 1957, a man named Theodor Geisel wrote a poem that many of you will know,it is a famous children’s book. This poem is called, “The Cat In the Hat”. As many of you know, the poem starts off with two kids who can not go outside cause it is raining and are bored with their lives. Then, something strange and unthinkable happens, a cCat appears and he wants to show the kids a good time only the kids and their pet fish do not want to get in trouble by their mom. But, if you dig deeper, you realize the poem is more than that. “The Cat In the Hat” is actually about our everyday lives and how the Devil tries to get us away from God and into temptations.
The author uses figurative language to create distinct characters. “While eating at the cafeteria at lunch with Rogelio and Zipper, Trino
Clair uses syntax to depict the childlike quality of the narrator’s memories. In two long sentences and one very short one, the narrator describes the retrieval of a box of “private things” from the back of the closet. The journey seems complicated and difficult, but in reality, the box was merely at the back of the closet. This shows childish thoughts and speech, by turning the simple hiding place into a drawn
In “Queens, 1963”, the speaker narrates to her audience her observations that she has collected from living in her neighborhood located in Queens, New York in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement. The narrator is a thirteen-year-old female immigrant who moved from the Dominican Republic to America with her family. As she reflects on her past year of living in America, she reveals a superb understanding of the reasons why the people in her neighborhood act the way they do towards other neighbors. In “Queens, 1963” by Julia Alvarez, the poet utilizes diction, figurative language, and irony to effectively display to the readers that segregation is a strong part of the American melting pot.
On the other hand, similes such as “as though she were a carpet” (115) describe other women, like Mignon, as being mere objects. She uses similes to describe other characters as well, describing Colonel Kearney’s attire as “[a] waistcoat that swells as if his paunch were pregnant with profit” (146) and using the simile “her voice was like wind in graveyards” (58) to describe Madame Schreck and her dark, creepy air. These comparisons serve to establish the how the characters are seen and how they act. Carter’s sentences range in length from telegraphic sentences used to describe relatively unimportant or mundane actions, to medium length sentences for actions needing more description, to long, involved sentences that are used to describe characters thoroughly and establish their personalities, physical characteristics, or identities, such as “[e]verywhere she went, rivers parted for her, wars were threatened, suns eclipsed, showers of frogs and footwear were reported in the press and the King of Portugal gave her a skipping rope of egg-shaped pearls, which she banked” (11). This variation in sentence length allows Carter to tell the story with an ample amount of description focused on identifying her characters or settings, while still having shorter sentences to break up chunks of description and describe people’s actions, continuing
The literary choices in the short story, “The Pedestrian,” help convey the meaning to readers by using descriptive diction to set the tone of the story. As Mr. Mead, the protagonist, is taking his daily walk he notices the little things in life. This story is set in the future so it is foreshadowing what might happen to people’s lives. The diction that is used helps the reader understand the tone of the story.
Short stories are a form of literature works that authors use to communicate various themes and issues to the reader. As such, it is common for different short stories authored by different people to have a central meaning or theme that differs from each other. In addition, the way the author portrays his/her central theme or meaning would differ from the way other authors would craft their short stories to best portray their central meaning. While some would use characterization as a means of portraying the theme of their story, other authors employ the use of symbols to better communicate their theme. However, some slight similarities can always be drawn between short stories. ‘Hills like White
The author, Sharon Olds, uses similes to show how the different characters are as people, according to the women in the subway cart. For example, Sharon states “he is wearing red, like the inside of the body exposed” and, “I am wearing dark fur, the whole skin of an animal taken and used.” This shows how the women is more privileged than the man across from her. Olds also states, “white in a complex pattern like a set of intentional scars.” This also shows how the colored man has a more complicated like than the woman that sits across from him.
In his book, “Into The Wild” Krakauer develops a position on McCandless through the use of figurative language in the way that he describes McCandless. Krakauer, although sympathetic to what McCandless was going through, failed to show McCandless as a misunderstood, noble young man. Instead Krakauer portray McCandless as immature and indecisive. He does this by including all of McCandless’ encounters with adult where he became dependent on someone's help and guidance. Also, he includes all the time that McCandless back and forth and even attempted to find a job. Although Krakauer may have intended to show the audience the softer side of Christopher McCandless, in doing this he has just push the audience closer to seeing that McCandless was nothing but a young minded
The next morning was bright cool with a long journey ahead about half a day. The day dragged on as they walked through the jungle. When they entered the village it was like nothing she has ever seen before. The people were like a small community; unlike London’s home town. She admired them. She sae children of all ages playing together. The younger ones didn’t wear any clothes unlike the older kids. The older girl ware bright colored dresses that covered their knees, and the boys ware what looked like skirts. The men and women wore the same, but
First, the poet uses imagery. She describes the man wearing laced shoes and a hood. Again, she stereotypes him by saying he “has the look of a casual mugger.” Contrary, the poet describes the woman wearing a fur coat, which is expensive, carrying a briefcase.