“On Not Shoplifting Louise Bogan’s The Blue Estuaries” Julia Alvarez’s poem “On Not Shoplifting Louise Bogan’s The Blue Estuaries” talks about a girl who has just discovered a poetry book that has made her want to also write poetry. Alvarez uses many different poetic devices to show how the poetry book made the speaker want to become poet even though she is a girl. Alvarez uses imagery and diction to convey the speaker’s realization of wanting to become a poet and not being a thief. Alvarez uses imagery to convey the speaker’s realization of wanting to become a poet and not be a thief. After deciding to read this book of poems Alvarez says “Page after page, your poems/ were stirring my own poems words rose, breaking the surface;/ shattering
Deciding how we react in moments of triumph represents us at our best or worst. Although we can't control what irrational situations we are placed in, we do have a say in how we react and feel towards those situations. In the novel “The Color of Water” written by James McBride the tone of the passage in chapter four is most definitely anxious. The reason being that the word anxious can mean many things and in this case it does. James is anxious in an excited way because his people finally have a voice and they are realizing that they have rights and that they should be treated no different than non-blacks.
Throughout the novel, Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese, very memorable, powerful and important sections stand out. These sections help move the plot forward, establish or continue the prevailing theme or help the reader learn more about a certain character. One example is; after bearing witness to the Iron Sister, Saul laments the lack of charity, hostility and destructivity of St. Jerome’s, when he says, “When your innocence is stripped from you, when your people are denigrated, when the family you came from is denounced and your tribal ways and rituals are pronounced backward, primitive, savage, you come to see yourself as less than human. That is hell on earth, that sense of unworthiness. That’s what they inflicted on us” (81).
“Nineteen”, by Elizabeth Alexander uses language and tone to form a multi-sensory poem about remembering her youth and desire to connect to her past Vietnam vet lover. These aspects of language and tone are embedded in the outer form of the poem, as the author forms an imaginative recreation of her young adult life, which directly impacts the reader to allow for an enjoyable simple read. The elements of language and tone formation ensure the translation of Alexander’s emotions or feelings of her youth for the audience to relate and understand. In the first place, the language within “Nineteen” is casual and not really poetic.
When he talks about the hardships of having to go through the grocery after work, the little things that make life tougher, you can feel the store around you. The hard concrete floors with the damp light roughly illuminating the isle. “...the ADHD kids who all block the aisle and you have to grit your teeth and try to be polite as you ask them to let you by, and eventually, finally, you get all your supper supplies, except now it turns out there aren't enough checkout lanes open even though it's the end-of-the-day-rush…” Is a great quote to represent the vivid imagery used in this piece. The way that he writes about more than just the image
A close reading of the opening paragraphs of Cartagena illustrates how Nam Le employs an anguished juvenile gaze to excuse the anti-feminist portrayal of women in the story. An adolescent narration grants freedom for sexist representations, and one-dimensional female characterizations, because, as a literary technique, it changes how readers engage with a text. A vulnerable lens is exploited by Le in multiple stories across the entire The Boat collection, functioning to justify all the subpar female characters within them. In the passage, the language that is used in relation to girls, restricts, dehumanizes, and strips them of value.
Imagery encompasses a broad topic that includes both visual imagery and sensual imagery or imagery that one feels. Melville elicits feelings of confusion, tension, and fear throughout the novella, “Benito Cereno.” In particular, the shaving scene involving Babo, Captain Delano and Benito Cereno entices readers to feel fearful, and perplexed. Through the use of visual and sensory imagery, Melville adds drama to the adventure story, while also foreshadowing a future discovery of a former mutiny on the ship. Visual imagery adds to Melville’s talent as an author by placing the reader within the novella, itself.
The Outs and Ins of Julia Alvarez Writing poetry for a profession is a very challenging task, but taking up poetry as well as writing novels is even harder. Julia Alvarez manages to do both, all while attempting to adjust to the life as an immigrant in the US from the Dominican Republic, only as a young girl. In Julia Alvarez’s poetry, she portrays a common theme in her writing, focused on her entire experience as an immigrant, from isolation, and heartbreak, to gratitude and new opportunities. New York City, 1950, happens to be the birthplace of Julia Alvarez, but the Dominican Republic was where she lived as a child, when her family was forced to return back there shortly after her birth, due to her father’s poor actions.
The book Stolen by Lucy Christopher is about a girl named Gemma who encounters an unusual man at the airport. The book starts out by her going to get some coffee and the man behind her offers to buy it for her. They sit down and talk for a little bit and in that moment when she wasn’t looking he slipped something in her drink. From then on everything was a blur. She then wakes up in an unfamiliar room.
Sibling Rivalry: A Literary Analysis of Julie Orringer Short Story Although siblings may be close in age, they do not understand what each other are feeling and so they tend to fight over differences in each other’s lives. They cannot see where their emotions are coming from and how powerful these emotions are. But fights should not be able to tear a family apart, every day is a new day to start again. In the short story “ The Isabel Fish” by Julie Orringer it follows the everyday life of the siblings Sage and Maddy after a tragic car accident. This accident kills Maddy's “friend” and Sage’s girlfriend, Isabel.
In the story, “A Place Where the Sea Remembers” by Sandra Benitez, every character faces major difficulties of some sort. From Marta being raped to Don Justo’s daughter dying, there are twists and turns around every corner. A topic the author brushes upon is education and where it lies in society. By getting an education, anyone can acquire more wealth and can be useful in day to day life. “A boy’s education is very important” (Benitez 73).
The poem Dusting by Julia Alverez relays several ideas to the reader. It begins by describing a young child going about a house and writing their name on the furniture. The child 's mother follows behind her and, in the process of dusting, incidentally erases the writing. While this poem may seem superficial from a quick reading, it not only reflects some aspects of Alverez’s childhood, but it also reveals some thought provoking questions. In Dusting, through making an analogy to a relationship between a mother and her child, Julia Alvarez demonstrates her desire to break away from traditional or cultural expectations, express her individuality, be well-known, and, ultimately, she makes an important point about life.
If you’ve ever had the chance to watch the 1980’s movie “The Blue Lagoon” with Brooke Shields, you might know that the blue lagoon in the movie is stunning. I had the chance to go to Jamaica with my family and see it with my own eyes, it wasn’t only beautiful it was also a bit magical. The blue lagoon in Jamaica has to be the coolest thing i've ever seen in nature. We were staying in a place called Port Antonio when a guy from the hotel told us that the blue lagoon of the movie was really close from us, we had to go and see it. Early in the morning we woke up and went to the beach where the boat that would take us there was waiting for us.
Imagery and Transformation in Frances Hodgson Burnett’s “A Little Princess” The use of imagery in a story is a way to aid the readers’ imagination towards characters or events. In Frances Hodgson Burnett’s “A Little Princess”, the narrator starts by depicting a vivid description of the day when Sara and her father arrives in London by using particular words: “Once on a dark winter 's day, when the yellow fog hung so thick and heavy in the streets of London that the lamps were lighted and the shop windows blazed with gas as they do at night...” (Burnett 1) The word “dark”, “thick and heavy [fog]” aids our imagination to generate a visualized scene of a gloomy weather and ambience.
“Bishop’s carefully judged use of language aids the reader to uncover the intensity of feeling in her poetry.” Elizabeth Bishop’s superb use of language in her introspective poetry allows the reader to grasp a better understand of feeling in her poetry. Bishop’s concentration of minor details led to her being referred to as a “miniaturist”, however this allows her to paint vivid imagery, immersing the reader in her chosen scenario. Through descriptive detail, use of metaphor, simile, and many other excellently executed stylistic devices, the reader can almost feel the emotion being conveyed. Bishop clearly demonstrates her innate talent to communicate environments at ease.
