"A writer is first and foremost an observer, but also a rummager". Alonso Cueto Caballero is a Peruvian writer born in April 1954, with a specific interest in traumatic episodes of Peruvian history. He is recognized for his mastery of contemporary narrative, using a wide range of literary tools that go beyond the simple structure of his stories, immersing readers in deep and multifaceted emotional experiences. The Blue Hour is one of his most emblematic novels. It is based on the life of the main character, Adrián Ormache, an upper-class lawyer from Lima; he seems to lead the perfect life until the death of his mother occurs, which triggers a series of surprising events that lead to a revelation. As a key characteristic of Alonso Cueto's prose, he makes continuous use of literary figures, especially metaphor, simile and symbolism. Metaphor establishes a relationship of similarity between two different elements, often implicitly, while simile is an explicit comparison between two different things using the key words "like" or "which". Finally, symbolism involves the use of objects, characters, or situations …show more content…
Either Sendero would get you, or the military would get you." Adrian Ormache. It is crucial to highlight the historical context of the novel, because it influences the author's narrative. La hora azul focuses on the internal conflict that ended in total tragedy in Peru in the 1980s and 2000s, during the existence of the most terrifying organizations, Sendero Luminoso and MRTA. Throughout the novel, a contrast of the socioeconomic level between characters is shown, which in those times was very noticeable. These comparisons are shown between the main character's family and the characters of his father's secret life, between the descriptions, the spaces in which they develop and, of course, through the resources used to express the disdain and disgust towards the Andean culture, typical of the Peruvian
celebrations, greed and pleasure. Fitzgerald creates an image of the early 1920’s through various applications of literary techniques to develop the importance and idea of being accepted. The text highlights society and class through the use of metaphor and simile, love is explored throughout symbolism and isolation exists in distinction to allusion. An example of how Fitzgerald uses metaphors is seen in how he describes Gatsby’s party guests, as they are depicted as being almost indistinguishable. The following
Language Similes Chopin’s usage of similes, comparing two unlike things with the words “like” or “as,” typically adheres to the style of other authors. Her similes tend to include a reference to nature-themed subjects. Readers should note that Chopin wants to establish nature as a prominent feature of The Awakening. Edna must experience many aspects of the natural world to experience her awakening, such as embracing water or discovering sexual needs. Choosing to focus many similes from Edna’s
poems also show how politics can be immoral, evil and mischievous. Auden’s “refugee blues” laments the plight of the Jews expelled from Europe, some were killed and some arrested under the rule of Hitler. The poem is about two Jews assumed to be a couple. They are refugees in Germany and they are not welcomed at all to add I feel this couple is at the wrong place at the wrong time. The poem takes the form of a ‘blues’ which is a slow sad song which originates from slave songs. Through the poet’s diction
brother’s lungs as they laugh and inhale dirt by using simile together starting with lines 2 to 3: Brothers hid and chortled and Slurped into their young pink Lungs the ash-blond dusty air that lay above the bales Like low cloud; and from the squeak and suck (2-3) The reader grasp an image of the brother’s pink lungs inhaling a blond color ash that it’s so low for the brothers to inhale it that he describes the dusty air as low like clouds. Another simile is line sixteen where Matthew compares the girl’s
realistic era. The effect that the flowers have on the poem is completely different to each other. To daffodils written by Robert Herrick is about Robert Herrick describing the shortness of life and using nature to describe the shortness. ”We die as hours do, and dry away”. In comparison to The Daffodils written by William Wordsworth and it is about enjoying nature and simple things in life. . They use personification to connect them to a life of a human wordsworth he walked into the woods lonley and
planned out, and covered up but in the end his guilt got him to confess to the entire murder. There are a few good similes in “The Tell-Tale Heart.” When in the similes that Poe writes is, (2) “until, at length a single dim ray, like the thread of a spider.” This to me means he is saying the ray of light that is shining through the room is as thin as a spider’s web. Another example of simile that Poe writes, (2) “a low, dull, quick sound, such as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton.” This sounds like
futuristic events. An effect on the outcome of the way this piece of literature was the time it was written. The time period was revealed through the use of characterization, and setting. Throughout the novel, Bradbury uses the literary elements simile and theme to get his point across. At the time this was written, World War II was happening. Prior to the 1940s, the United States for the last decade was in a depression and remained isolated from other nations. The United States was sucked into
Authors of every genre use images in their works to stand in as metaphors, similes, and more often as simple descriptions. Kate Chopin is very well known for her use of images in her writing. Kate Chopin uses imagery in her stories to build the characters and provide metaphors for their lives. In “Ripe Figs”, the imagery of nature is present, but at the same time, it is not heavy-handed. Here, Chopin introduces Babette and her god-mother Mamane-Nanaine as they wait for the ripening of the figs
almost 40 years since the illness had come across Greenwich village. The disease was like a mouse (simile) quiet and unexpected. As winter was around the corner Johnsy began to prepare her home. It was more tattered and broken then she has remembered and did the best she could to patch the holes. One day when snow began to fall Jonhsy was working on a painting and realized she ran out of some blue for the sky. She did not want to leave her home without somebody knowing she was gone. She went to
Aaliyah Franco Ms. Samora LA 8: Period 7 30 March 2017 Insanity Through Guilt The want to do something wrong is in all of mankind. There are certain moments in life that define you. Whether you choose to give in to the wrong or not is what will make-up some of those moments. In his story, “The Tell-Tale Heart,” Edgar Allan Poe writes to show the imperfections of people, the gruesome thoughts a person can have, and how these thoughts (“imperfections”) affect your actions. In the story there is a
Lawrence Ferlinghetti is an American poet best known as a leader of the beat movement of the 1950's. The beats were writers who condemned commercialism and middle-class American values. Ferlinghetti writes in colloquial free verse. His poetry describes the need to release literature and life from conformity and timidity. He believes drugs, Zen Buddhism, and emotional and physical love can open the soul to truth and beauty. Lawrence Ferlinghetti was born in Yonkers, New York, in 1919. After spending
commits suicide to escape his pain. MacLeod combines numerous coordinating conjunctions, specifically “and” (228), to join words together, and since it’s the narrator’s thoughts; it would be reasonable for the sentences to run-on longer. A simile in the sentence, “his blue eyes flashing like clearest ice beneath the snow that was his hair” (228), is to implicate an image for the readers of the father’s colorful eyes. At the beginning, there is color in the passage that shows his father is an ordinary man
this moment; he is wrecked of nerves when he saw Daisy and the atmosphere at the beginning of the meeting is kind of awkward because they barely talk to each other; this is the time that the weather is raining heavily and gloomy. After about half an hour, the rain stops and then the sun come out .The changing weather symbolizes the atmosphere changing. They started to talk to each other and being closed by the time Nick comes back to the room.
Included in Pam Houston’s “Cowboys Are My Weakness,” is a short story called A Blizzard under Blue Sky. In this short story, an unnamed narrator tells a time in her life when she was clinically depressed. The woman is overwhelmed by unfinished work and unpaid bills. To make things worse, she allowed a man into her life just so he could leave her heart broken into pieces. In order to cure her depression, her doctor suggests medication. Instead of utilizing drugs, she resorts to winter camping in an
In “The Story of an Hour,” Kate Chopin exposed the obligations and feelings of a stifled, young woman. The main character, Louise Mallard, thought she might get her freedom back, but the unexpected ending allowed the reader to understand what women experienced during this time, making the reader more connected to the characters. Additionally, readers were moved by the pathos of death, along with the imagery that was utilized by Chopin to make it easier for people to relate with. Her main purpose