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The short story “The Knife” utilizes various forms of diction to strengthen the quality of the text. He uses imagery in order to draw the audience into the story. Vivid phrases, such as “the tight click of clamps” and “the tough fibrous sheet” create a description that resonates with the audience. Selzer uses diction to create the tone and mood of the story. In the opening paragraph, his word choice suggests that the speaker is a murderer; in later paragraphs, it is implied that the speaker is a surgeon trying to save a patient.
Epiphany: a moment of sudden revelation or insight. In the stories many acts of “sudden revelation or insight” occurred. In the short story “Con’s” by Jess Walters and “Killings” by Andre Dubus the characters Lisa in “Con’s” and Matt in “Killings” experience epiphanies.
Sam Baxter Ms. Patrick English 9-6 20 January 2023 Brutality in All-American Boys Readers often times cannot relate to situations in books, whether they be bizarre, make-believe fictional stories, or real things that happen to people. The solution is to use stylistic techniques to help readers understand what characters are going through and highlight their struggles in a relatable way. The book All-American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely uses various stylistic techniques to develop a brutal tone. The tone of brutality is created by using such techniques as sentence structure, sensory details, and simile.
The Appeal to Pathos in Ida’s Fink’s The Scrap Of Time Intro; I personally choose the short story called “The Scrap Of Time” because it provided more evidence for the appeal of pathos also it showed the monstrosities that these victims of holocaust endured. Thesis: The short story “The Scrap Of Time” written by Ida Fink.
In this novel, the responsibility to make a society on an abandoned island leads to boys stuck there to go crazy and ultimately, kill some of their own. This shows that kids are not prepared for the
Prose Appreciation Rough copy Effective diction, literary devices and structural devices are the most important element of a novel. In the passage of the novel titled The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness is developed deeply by different kinds of devices. In the authors opinion, the passage in the novel is about Todd's hatred towards the town and how it is developed by effective diction, literary devices and structural devices. Effective diction has a played a huge part in the development of the passage. Firstly, in the passage there is an example of effective diction and how it adds effect to the surroundings.
AJ Krafton – Heartstopping fiction that is epic in scope Author AJ Krafton has always been fascinated with Victorian society and has a thing for vampires, which is very evident when reading her book, The Heartbeat Thief. However, having already written about demivamps in her Demimonde series, she came up with a brand new twist for The Heartbeat Thief. Today we chat to her about the immense research that the book required, the challenge of writing about macarbe subject matter and the influence of Edgar Allan Poe on her work.
he effect of a horrific memory on a small fragile boy is clearly depicted in the book Fugitive Pieces by Ann Michaels. Furthermore, Jakob’s sister is used during his life to help him cope with the memories of the holocaust. He see’s her during his hallucinations because of his PTSD and is defiantly part of the reason why he is so traumatized. His nightmares continue from his childhood even into his adulthood. Because of the dramatic experiences Jakob has gone though he also becomes a writer of the future, in which he can help prevent such catastrophe’s from ever happening.
In this book by the name of “whale talk” was a typical underdog story, but at the same time it had a small touch of a hero story all wrapped in one. We meet TJ an adopted and troubled young teenager with a good trait of fighting for what he believes in even if his parents and society isn 't completely okay with the use of physical violence. At a young age the boy was neglected by an addicted and neglective mother, he always had a certain rage in him. When he was just three years of age, he had to go to a therapist for children taken from abusive homes that don’t know exactly how to deal with their feelings or extreme outbursts, TJ had very bad outbursts of physical anger over the smallest of things, after years of therapy he got over it,
Robert Downey, Junior once said “ I think that we all do heroic things, but hero is not a noun , it’s a verb.” The word hero is based on only a person’s definition. A hero’s definition depends on how the world sees fit. Heros do everything in their power and fight for something they believe in and fight for something worthwhile, persevere, and do not rely on physical strength, but mental strength. Heroes fight for something they believe in.
Conformity and Rebellion in The Hunger Artist People do not always make their own individual decisions. In fact, many people’s opinions and actions are consistent with everyone around them. This is known as conformity. Conformity is an essential part in any culture.
The "grand building" (Pullman, 1997 : 78) which provides the titular quote is the Pitt-Rivers Museum in Oxford. The visit to the museum occurs in the second novel of Pullman's trilogy, The Subtle Knife (1997), which sees Lyra leave her world to enter the parallel world of Will; a universe that is distinctly recognisable to that of the readers own. Whilst in this world, Lyra visits the Pitt-Rivers Museum and finds there: "an old glass case with a black-painted wooden frame [within which] there were a number of human skulls, and some of them had holes in them" (79). At this point in the narrative, she is engaged both in the act of being seen and seeing; Lyra is studying the trepanned skulls on display in the case, but also being considered and
Moral is a strange thing, it effects the way we act and reach. It effects what we think about others and were we draw the line. Moral is a concept of what is wrong and what is right when it comes to many things. Most of the time we have the same morals, most people consider murder wrong, but sadly, we do not all have the same morals. Morals can be something more personal and therefor they can differ.
Power leads to pride leads to poison; in Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw, this line of thought is central to the novel’s thematic scope. James reflects on the theme of power through the literary device of foil. Further, he delves into pride through narrative perspective. These two themes, pride and power, poison the narrator’s mind to the point of madness. As such, the exploration of these themes, as well as their capacity for corruption—corruption of one’s sanity—implies a cautionary tale.
Lamb to the Slaughter is an action packed short story about a wife who is let down by her husband and proceeds to kill him as an act of revenge. Obviously much more happens in this story consisting of humour, action, mystery and irony. Roald Dahl is a master of writing short stories in ways that attract readers, draw them into what is happening through using literary elements and universal themes to make the story relatable to the readers. In this story the main literary elements were foreshadowing, situation and dramatic irony, imagery and symbolism which really drew me in and kept me attached to the story. Literary elements are what make a story powerful and attracts readers to continue reading in the story and in this story they highlight the universal theme of Revenge and Betrayal.