Andy Poon Ms. Gothelf AP Language and Composition 23 November 2016 In paragraph 5 of E.B. White’s “Once More to the Lake”, White is going fishing with his son at the lake. As they are fishing, he notices that the lake’s setting is practically identical to when White was fishing as a child. White is forgetting that he is now the adult and no longer the child.
Symbolism can be identified in the short play, “Naked Lunch” written by Michael Hollinger (2003). The play opens and the characters Vern and Lucy are sitting at a dining room table. Hollinger describes flowers on the table, “There is a small vase with too many flowers in it, or a large vase with too few.” (pp. 823) A bottle of wine has been open and the couple is having dinner.
Nicholas Craft AP Language and Composition Mrs. Fertenbaugh August 24 2015 Certainty is Key In this except from John M. Barry’s book The Great Influenza, the author discusses the challenges of science and the significance of certainty. In the field of science, certainty is important and it is necessary in order to advance. Being uncertain about something when it comes to science can cause a scientist to potentially miss out on an important discovery or fail to accomplish something. John M. Barry illustrates the importance of certainty with syntax, diction, and allegories.
The author also uses imagery in the following quote, “Watermelon is the ambrosia of the household, closely followed by cantaloupe, strawberries, and cherries.” Through this quote the author conveys the idea to the reader that the family admires watermelon. Since the author refers to the watermelon as ambrosia, meaning the food of the gods, the readers can imagine that the taste of watermelon which might make them want it. The usage of imagery throughout the article allows the readers to view food from the same perspective as her
As well as the tree blossoms symbolizing Janie's womanhood emerging, ready for her to take on the world without someone looking over her shoulder. Janie sees the love in the pear tree, to which motivates her to seek her own version of such love. As Janie's life has been through ups and downs, Hurston still includes the pear tree as a metaphor of love, nearing the end of the novel. As Janie is feeling the aftermath of her beloved tea cakes death, she still holds true to the love she sees through the pear tree, she thinks back about the pear seeds, “The seeds reminded Janie of Tea Cake…”(191). This metaphor of love conclusively fills the novel.
Flowers symbolize so many things in society nowadays. People receive and give flowers on several different occasions. Flowers are symbols of love, sadness, apologizes, excitement, passion, and many others. Flowers also play a big role in the story “Paul’s Case” written by Willa Cather. The main character, Paul, often gives special meaning to the flowers present in the story.
The Symbolism of Me… The Plant Symbolism is everywhere, like carbon dioxide needed for me to live. In case you did not know already symbolism is the picture or symbol that represents something else. Just like how a rose represents love. In the drama “ A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry I, the Plant, represent everything Mama went through.
In conclusion, the chinaberry tree which Delia sticks to toward the finish of story likewise speaks to an image. The tree has profound roots and will live for quite a while after Sykes passes on, so will Delia. She picks up learning at the tree, "She could hardly achieve the chinaberry tree, where she held up in the developing warmth while inside she knew the frosty waterway was crawling up and up to quench that eye which must know at this point she knew" (Hurston 8,112). Sweat by Zora Neale Hurston is crammed with symbolism from imagery that is effectively seen, to things that require more complex knowledge to be able to fully comprehend.
Duong Thu Huong’s thematic use of the Cripple to reflect physical and emotion unfulfillment in Paradise of the Blind Huong’s description of the cripple portrays the concept of living a life unfulfilled. The character’s disabilities result in not only a physical handicap but they also ‘cripple’ his ability to attain the type of fulfillment that he desires, due to this he is one of the most evident characters with unreached potential. As the cripple embodies unfulfilment both physically and emotionally, Duong uses his presence to play a pronounced role in reinforcing this thematic idea. From the description Duong provides, the reader is able to gain understanding of the regret and failure of this broken man.
In the poem “BLackberry -Picking,” Seamus Heaney explains vivid experiences with the picking of berries with deep understandings. Heaney executes the experience by using figurative language such as simile, imagery, and hyperbole. Firstly, Heaney introduces a simile that describes the sweetness of the berry that is being picked: “You ate that first one and it’s flesh was sweet Like thickened wine…”
Imagery helps make the place, setting and environment or objects in the moment which the main character and his girlfriend are in, in that point in time or what he is talking about right then, easy to imagine and is very descriptive. This literary device still connects with the theme of sacrifice for love in the poem and describes many things the character saw or felt seem like you were there with him. When the main character makes the trade, the money he had and the one orange for the chocolate bar, he describes the feeling after with the other orange left as “that, from some distance, someone might have thought I was making a fire in my hand.” ( Soto, 54) For giving up what he had for the girl he loved the orange represented generosity, kindness, and of course, love. The author also describes the weather around him on that day to make the setting seem real with many descriptions.
The poem “A Certain Lady” by Dorothy Parker, is an unrequited love declaration presented in first person by the speaker to a love interest, whom remains oblivious to the feelings expressed by the speaker. The writer, Dorothy Parker, best known her piercing wit and wordplay was a celebrated writer and critic during the prime of the roaring 20’s and 30’s. A biography on her life and people she worked with while she wrote gives insight to a story about a woman who was lonely, sad, and unlucky in love. In this piece she adeptly illustrates the yearning that a woman has for her casual lover. His ambivalence to her experience pains her so as he is unable to see.
I must admit I was completely shocked by the accuracy of the Strength Finders Survey. Knowing that my 5 greatest strengths are communication, includer, woo, harmony, and activator has given me a different perspective about myself. I was slightly reluctant and skeptical about taking the survey but now I am excited about using the results to my advantage. My main focus will be to use these strengths in my coursework and on the job.
Materialistic objects can become powerful symbolic meanings to an individual. The sentimental symbolism behind the objects does not take into account the amount it was worth at moment of purchase, but rather, the background, meaningful story behind it. Gary Soto, an American poet, in his poem “Oranges” depicts the impact of the symbolism behind two oranges upon a twelve year old boy and his young, premature love with a girl. In order to showcase the oranges’ power of hope upon the purity of a young love that goes through adversary, Soto invokes the use of diction, symbolism, and juxtaposition which formulate his literary piece into a literary merit value. To begin with, Soto portrays the purity of the young love through diction that establishes
In the poem, “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” by Sir Walter Raleigh, the author uses parallelism, alliteration, and imagery to help establish the message that over time, love, like physical gifts, will become worthless. The poem was written in response to “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” by Christopher Marlowe, a poem about a shepherd trying to convince a nymph to live with him in the countryside. The shepherd bribes the woman with countless gifts and experiences, hoping that she would fall for him. “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” is her response to his proposal. Raleigh uses parallelism to show that both physical gifts and love will eventually fade to nothing when listing the gifts that the shepherd offered and when describing
