Miranda Hill’s book Sleeping Funny is a collection of short stories that are brought together through wit of her writing and an unexpected series of events. Specifically, the stories “Apple”, “Petitions to St. Chronic”, “6:19”, and “Digging for Thomas” are relatable for readers and cover harder topics in a light and humours way. Each story is quite different from the next but can be linked together through motifs or character driven hardships. Although the stories are not directly related, “Apple” and “6:19” have a strong connection between themes.
Ellie Wiesel, the author of Night, writes a highly graphic and realistic account of living in the middle of the Holocaust. Wiesel goes into much detail during many instances about holocaust life, luring the reader into his hell. During his life within the Holocaust, Wiesel witnesses a child being hung, the sacrificing of a truckload of children in a fiery ditch, people being shot, his own father being beaten by other prisoners, a son beating his father for bread, prisoners eating their own waste to survive, and many other inconceivable acts. In Night, the prisoners are stripped of almost everything that makes them human. At the end of the novel, Ellie looked at himself in the mirror after many years of being a prisoner; “I saw a corpse”,
Pg. 164. In conclusion, through the story and the diction used, remembering is the theme of this whole book. This has had an absolutley huge impact on me, showing me that if I continue on without remembering, everything is lost. Those are only some of the reasons why it is important to remember anything, and everything, especially in this heart- shattering
In the short story, “A sound of Thunder”, Ray Bradbury used figurative language to make a bigger impact on the story. When Eckels goes into the office he sees and hears, “... A sound like a gigantic bonfire burning all of Time, all the years and all the parchment calendars- all the hours piled high and set aflame.” The author, Ray Bradbury, wanted his audience to have a specific image set in the audience’s head. By using a simile he help the reader imagine how Eckle’s is going to get to the past.
The dawn by Octavia E.Butler is not just a science fiction but a true depiction of human psychology. It talks about extraterrestrial, spaceship, utopia and genetic modification. As the readers progress, they find themselves relatable; hence, completely indulged in master piece. This book diligently portrays human psychic through the different characters and a reader can easily affiliate the character to the real world.
For example, in life whenever something bad happens, humans typically associate the gloominess and grayness of rain with the situation. Rain in this case represents the tears that we want to shed. In some situations that happen to Montage, Rain also creates this sad atmosphere for him. For example, when Guy Montag’s wife almost dies the rain falls representing his “tears.” Another occasion would be when he tastes the rain and is curious to know more about what he just tried.
In “The Most Dangerous Game,” the setting creates a suspenseful mood which often helps the reader to predict what is going to happen next or to better understand a character. Connell writes great details in the exposition of the novel that create a foreboding mood for the upcoming storm. Before Rainsford finds himself stranded on Ship Trap Island, Connell writes, “There was no sound in the night as Rainsford sat there but the muffled throb of the engine that drove the yacht swiftly through the darkness, and the swish and ripple of the wash of the propeller” (20). The lack of sound in the night, the muffled throb of the engine and the ripple and swish of the propeller all work together to create a sense of anticipation or a foreboding mood for
Storms are used in plots to represent a variety of things, but generally show a changing of perspective and allows for a revelation. True to form this is when David becomes the “hero” he is meant to be and finds out Elijah’s villainous scheme. The rain is used as a progressive set to push the hero into self-awareness of what's going on around him. David’s journey ultimately sets polarity between the characterization between hero and monster, since the journey always surrounds the hero in test of morality and heroism and the villain is in the background and
The Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury is a short story based on science fiction thriller which efficiently builds rising tension throughout multiple parts of the story. This is conveyed by the way each paragraph is described using vivid imagery and many different language features such as similes and metaphors. For example, on page 230 ‘Each lower leg was a piston’ is an example of a metaphor. Furthermore, on the same page, lines 241 – 259 is an example of the use of imagery using many of the five senses. Another way that rising tension is also built throughout the story includes by foreshadowing and adding a dramatic climax.
Butler uses a powerful plot with determined and steadfast characters to drive this idea home. Butler’s criticism of illnesses mentioned in the book, Parable of
By the usage of metaphor and imagery, both poets offer an emphasis on the idea of internal conflict arising to the persona of each poem. Both poets use metaphor to offer their reader a vivid image either on the guilt the narrator is feeling leading to the PTSD he suffers or the yearning of the mother for her son leading to an emotional breakdown of the mother. Armitage uses the metaphor “[the soldier] see every run as it rips through [the looter’s] life - I see broad
“I Was Sleeping Where the Black Oaks Move” written by Louise Erdrich focuses on a child and a grandfather horrifically observing a flood consuming their entire village and the surrounding trees, obliterating the nests of the herons that had lived there. In the future they remember back to the day when they started cleaning up after the flood, when they notice the herons without their habitat “dancing” in the sky. According to the poet’s biographical context, many of the poems the poet had wrote themselves were a metaphor. There could be many viable explanations and themes to this fascinating poem, and the main literary devices that constitute this poem are imagery, personification, and a metaphor.
In William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, nature acts as brutal yet guiding force, showing the characters what is the most reasonable path for the dead through hints and roadblocks. Nature first provides strong hints about the urgency accompanied with death. Before the Bundrens begin their journey, buzzards are already present, seeking the deceased to scavenge.
The impact of the weather scene is a way to indirectly relate to the murder of Victor’s young brother, William. The author, Shelley utilizes weather to convey the Victor’s emotional feelings about the murder of his bother William. Through imagery in the quote, Shelley is able to utilize words to describe the weather relating them to both the storm and what has happened to our protagonist. To me, the flashes of light illuminate the lake which is his brother. William’s illumination is the light of his life is soon quenched when the author describes the “pitchy darkness”
The use of imagery in "Storm Warnings" conveys the literal and metaphorical meanings of the oncoming physical and emotional storms. Rich uses to imagery show the anxiety she is feeling about the storm in the beginning. For example, "The glass has been falling all the afternoon," and, "gray unrest moving across the land. " Both of these images have negative connotations, which show what she is feeling and what she sees.
