The setting in a story is not just the place where it happens; rather, it often acts in a symbolic way to help the reader understand further the thoughts and feelings of the characters. In Lorrie Moore’s “People Like That Are The Only People Here” (“PLTATOPH”) the setting acts as a place that traps the characters–or makes them a part of a cycle– and is often symbolic of the characters thoughts and feelings as they go through their journeys within the hospital. The hospital setting in Moore’s story has a cycle that the characters become a part of. The cycle of the hospital is the flow of behavior that the people in the hospital eventually adopt. An example of that would be the way the parents behave and look becomes very similar after being in the hospital for a while. In “PLTATOPH”, the Mother can see that there is a different way of behavior in the hospital. She describes the hospital as though she is on another planet, “When your child has cancer, you are instantly whisked away to another planet: one of bald-headed little boys. Pediatric Oncology. Peed Onk” (Moore 224). The language in this passage–of describing the hospital as another planet and the description of the boys as though they were aliens–acts to show how the Mother herself feels alienated from the cycle within the hospital. Eventually, however, the …show more content…
The language used in this story denotes that the process affects the characters language and behavior so that is becomes almost mechanical or automatic. The description of the other characters also shows that the cycle is continuous–existing before the Mother arrived and continuing after she leaves the cycle. The use of the setting as a symbolic device in this way gives broader meaning to stories and helps the reader to understand the characters the author has created for us on a deeper
Ken Kesey’s novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and film Girl, Interrupted directed by James Mangold display the hospitals act as a microcosms for society. This idea is shown through characters that promote non-conformity, the showing of prejudice against minorities and when authority figures rule absolutely. The audience respond to this idea which is common to both, this idea is mainly presented through the stylistic techniques dialogue, camera angles, sound, and literary techniques, as each reflect the idea of the hospitals acting as microcosms for society.
In the stories Lord of The Flies and “I Only Came To Use The Phone”, there are countless instances where setting obviously affected the characters actions, but there are also instances in which it was not so obvious. Settings in these stories are crucial to how characters act as normal as they do at their house, how they act stirred up or anxious, as well as how they act mad or insane. By examining the textual evidence in Lord of The Flies and “I Only Came To Use The Phone”, setting is proven to be a key factor in how characters act, building up from normal behavior to seemingly mad behavior.
Oliver Sacks presents this passage as a way of comparing two very stressful and manipulative places, a hospital and a prison. He uses various examples of advanced diction, tone and figurative language to compare these situations. Sacks models these areas by connecting to the audience and placing a comparison into the mind of the reader. All of these aspects of the passage add and connect to the connotation and subject of this literary piece.
This hopeless place provides a stark contrast between the low-status people living here and the high-status people living in West Egg and East Egg. In the end, Myrtle’s death in her home in the Valley of Ashes further associates the place with pain, misfortune, and despair, a place where nothing ever good
...what? Said I. Vote the straight communist ticket. Would it make us any dumber? Said the ear man” . From here, at least one thing is clear the constant arrival of the deformed children complimented by the selfless actions of the staff is wearing on them, yet the press on. Ironically, Communism would go on the rise starting around this era an ideology crudely interpreted as a social club that focuses on collaboration over individual privileges. This particular quote highlights the ironic state the hospital is in now, due to high demand yet impoverished state of the children and sometimes parents that come in.
There are some literary devices or methods that can be applied in analyzing a given story that can either be short or long. Other aspects include literary devices, contrast, repetition, and anomalies (Wallek and Warren, 1956). In this task, I will use the short story, The First Day, which is written by Edward P. Jones. I will provide a summary of the story and later analyze it by identifying the devices used and how they have been applied to bring out the meaning of the story. The story is about a little girl seeing her mother as a flawed woman. The first day of school or the young girl, she found out her mother is not perfect. It’s not easy when you grew up expecting something, but after a while you find out the opposite is completely right.
Throughout the story, the different roles and expectations placed on men and women are given the spotlight, and the coming-of-age of two children is depicted in a way that can be related to by many women looking back on their own childhood. The narrator leaves behind her title of “child” and begins to take on a new role as a young, adolescent woman.
Early in the film , a psychologist is called in to treat the troubled child :and she calmed the mother with a statement to the effect that, “ These things come and go but they are unexplainable”. This juncture of the film is a starting point for one of the central themes of the film which is : how a fragile family unit is besieged by unusual forces both natural and supernatural which breaks and possesses and unites with the morally challenged father while the mother and the child through their innocence, love, and honesty triumph over these forces.
The room describes the narrator. The room was once a nursery so it reminds her that she has a baby which she is not able to see or hold. The room was also a playroom so it reminds her once again that she cannot play with or watch her baby play. The room has two windows which she looks out of and sees all the beautiful places she cannot go because of her husband. The bars on the windows represent a prison which her husband has put her in to heal from her illness.
The setting of a story is the physical and social context in which the action of a story occurs.(Meyer 1635) The setting can also set the mood of the story, which will help readers to get a better idea pf what is happening. The major elements of the setting are the time, place, and social environment that frame the characters. (Meyer 1635) "Trifles by Susan Glaspell portrays a gloomy, dark, and lonely setting. Glaspell uses symbolic objects to help the audience get a better understanding for the characters. The three symbolizes used are a birdcage, a bird, and rope.
One of the great literary devices is setting. Throughout the story there are three different setting.
The mother in the story a nameless figure with very little description and almost no voice what so ever. She is a bitter reminder of how society views some woman. They are seen as a permanent stature of a home but not necessarily a figure in society. The kids both very loud and annoying portray a selfish, rude, an almost ignorant way of society such as Jo...
Setting - Identify the physical (when/where) settings of the book. How do these settings affect the moods or emotions of the characters?
Setting is one of the most significant elements in a story. The setting goes far beyond the simple physical attributes and external face value. It seems "Eveline" solely takes place in Dublin in an old room, but the setting actually plays a key role in the story. The setting in "Eveline" helps the reader to better understand the behavior of the main character. The setting in "Eveline" is paralyzing, and this helps the reader to understand why Eveline does not go with Frank to Buenos Aires.
Literary elements are demonstrated throughout the story and further improve our understanding of the central idea. The setting is important to the central idea because it shows the reader the type of society being described in the story. The language is also important to the central idea because it contains metaphors which further prove that the people are afraid of going against tradition because they are scared of being the target of violence. The conflict contributes to the central idea as well, because there are many examples of the society going against character, Mrs. Hutchinson, for not respecting the traditions put in place. The central idea is important to our understanding of the story because it sums up the main objective and furthers our