For the purpose of enticing emotion and bringing about a desire in readers to continue indulging in the text, the appeal of emotions through succinct language is utilized. In speaking of personal connections, Cullen appeals to readers’ emotions by using specific background stories of characters in order to ferment a personal connection between the two. For example,
Laurie Halse Anderson’s historical fiction novel, Fever 1793 takes place in colonial Philadelphia, during the time of the yellow fever outbreak. Mattie Cook, a young girl during the outbreak has to cope with the many hardships brought onto her by the disease. While the fever brought many terrible things to Mattie and her family, she is able to move past them and build her life up again. By using character development and figurative language, Anderson is able to create the theme that good things can always come out of something bad. The theme that prevails throughout the novel Fever 1793 is that good things can always come out of something bad.
This connection adheres with the reader, whether it be conscious or not, and affects their day to day life, changing how readers view situations given to them ranging in
The reader awaits, hoping that the good in him will overcome or that there could be a better ending for him besides a broken neck. Protagonists are not always the hero, and protagonists do not always
The audience is interested in the story and also feels empathy for what these men went through and for the progress they made, thus making this strategy effective in persuading the
It engages readers through the entire novel by reading events through the eyes and minds of four separate
“True!- nervous-very,very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?” (par. 1) First person point of view is unique, because it shows the reader every thought of the main character. Other points of view convey the thoughts
When the reader has finished the novel they can understand the meaning behind the
At this point in the story, the reader begins to sense the theme of inaccurate perception and false accusation, for the
On July 18, 1964, The New Yorker published a short story entitled “The Swimmer” (Wilhite 215). Edited thoroughly and heavily compacted from its original form, “The Swimmer” represents John Cheever 's most acclaimed and recognized work. The protagonist of the famous and momentous short story, Neddy Merrill, undergoes a watery journey of self-exploration, acceptance, and tragedy while swimming in various pools as he makes his way home from a party. Slyly and allegorically, the short story dramatically demonstrates the possible density of the literary technique called characterization. Containing many cliffhangers open to the reader 's individual self-interpretation, the short story effectively uses the strong power of language to illuminate
of the character. Because of the tone, it also may cause the reader to feel a certain way. The tone and mood are very essential to a book. Without the tone or mood , you would basically be reading a dictionary.
Schools have been desegregated by law since 1954, when the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education made it illegal, but today the effects of segregation can still be seen. Although there are a large variety of factors contributing to the underfunding of schools with high minority concentrations, the two largest contributing factors are the lasting effects of segregation and the overdependence on local taxes. The high schools of Saint Joseph, MI, and Benton Harbor, MI, two neighboring cities with a history of segregation, are tragic examples of how segregation has affected education standards. Benton Harbor, a school with 99% minority enrollment, has only a 64% graduation rate, and only 3% of students have math and reading proficiency.
Once the reader begins to question the lack of explanation surrounding the event, a suspenseful tone beings to grow. Due to the unexpected
This is a key point in understanding the narrator’s character and the overall meaning of the
This is because it contains a variety of raw, utterly human emotions, and usually presents the ‘drive’ for the protagonist to accomplish an unbeatable task. In the Old Man and the Sea, Santiago is driven by his wounded pride to fare out far into sea in order to kill the Marlin. He succumbs to his pride and kills the marlin, and then questions it “You killed him (the marlin) for pride and because you are a fisherman… If you love him, it is not a sin to kill him. Or is it more?”
