In the third section however by some miracle, the rope snaps as he falls into the water, and manages to escape from his executioners. Again he dies at the very end of section III even though in this part his escape seems realistic for the readers. Section III is narrated with a realistic timeline and description but it is in fact as we learn it at the end a daydream, an illusion provoked maybe by fear. Peyton Farquhar is tricked by the fear of death or even hope, triggered by “He closed his eyes in order to fix his last thoughts upon his wife and children” (section I, paragraph 5) or even the flashback of section II. Ambrose Bierce plays with the readers.
“A Sound Of Thunder” In the short story “A Sound of Thunder”, Ray Bradbury uses literary devices such as foreshadowing, and imagery to tell the theme, and to enhance the story. Ray Bradbury uses the literary device, imagery to show a picture in the readers head. He also uses imagery to describe things like Eckels nervousness of the situation and to deliver the theme. Bradbury also uses foreshadowing and to deliver the theme. Foreshadowing and imagery are both used to deliver the theme that being careless with technology can be harmful to life.
For example, when Farquhar frees his hands after plunging unexpectedly into the river, the narrator’s voice contains a hint of sarcasm, as though Bierce is mocking storytelling conventions. Adventure fiction, in particular, often involves elaborate and seemingly impossible means of escape. By tipping his hand in this way, Bierce calls into question readers’ assumptions about
Vivid imagery such as “the calluses on his thin fingers,” (104) and describing collection of water as a “routine ritual of survival,” (104) really tug at the reader’s heartstrings. Anyone reading “The Water and Culture Reader” or Américas (where this article was originally published) are likely to have unlimited access to water. This imagery is intended to cause the reader to feel sympathy for the “tens of millions of people throughout the Americas” (104) that suffer from similar problems. Logos is the second rhetorical appeal Holston uses. This appeal uses logic such as statistics and facts to explore the technical side of an issue.
This is also how Twain makes use of word choice to contrast the two very different lifestyles. Mark Twain also uses his knowledge about imagery in his writing by painting readers a picture of a crazy-refuge seeking criminal lifestyle, and also a life of ease with nothing but man and his nature.The pictures he provides through his writing show how differently Mark Twain viewed the two lifestyles. Twain writes “The boys jumped for the river--both of them hurt--and as they swum down the current the men run along the bank shooting at them and singing out, ‘Kill them, kill them!’” and makes use of imagery to paint a picture of how dangerous living in that position was to the
This creates suspense for the reader as we wait in anticipation to meet him. The structure of this chapter is an effective narrative technique that helps with the telling of the story. The first person retrospective narrative allows us to see things as Nick does and get his opinions. He says ‘his determination to have my company bordered on violence’ about Tom and this permits us to characterize Tom as an aggressive person. The first person narration helps the telling of the story as we get an insight into what's happening, and we are allowed to make judgements based on Nick’s outlook on things.
I believe that the author is showing us what could have happened if luck had been on Peyton’s side. Even though Peyton has lived through the hanging he is now faced with more obstacles, trying to get himself free of the ropes binding his hands so that he can rid himself of the noose before he drowns. We are able to feel what he felt the noose still strangling him while he sinks, the fight and strength that it takes to break the bindings to save himself. Once he over comes that obstacle he still has to swim away from the soldiers without being shot not only by guns but by cannons. The authors writing was able to make me imagine what it would be like to be stuck swimming for my life while bullets and cannons fired at me with little hope of escaping before being hit.
One may agree that with the imagery Bierce provided he brought our senses to life, for example, when Farquhar finally reached the bank of the stream, “saw the individual trees, the leaves and the veining of each leaf” (Bierce, III). I can picture the vivid details of a leaf, a simple illustration of life, or as he “inhaled the fragrance of their blooms” (Bierce, III). The writing brought me closer with every real life detail he depicted. I was able to imagine the anguish, the intensity, the anxiety and the relentlessness Farquhar was undergoing. This is a realistic story; the events remained factual to the picture he was painting.
The fantasized escape that runs counter to the actual execution in the story mirrors the gap between who Farquhar actually is and who he would like to be. In his world of illusion, he is able to outwit his captors and make it back to the family fold—whereas the reality of his situation is much more grim. Farquhar’s overindulgence of fantasy in both his image of himself and his reimagining of his fate ultimately undoes him. He cannot realize his desires in the real world, and at the end of his life, he is prey to the same delusions and misinterpretations that led him to the gallows to begin with. Farquhar’s Wife Farquhar’s wife emerges as an embodiment of innocence and domestic safety, although throughout the story, she is an almost entirely imagined presence.
The Hunter or The Hunted Suspense entices readers when reading stories to continue reading on, and it keeps them interested in the story. In Richard Connell’s story, “The Most Dangerous Game,” the reader is fascinated with the narrative and with the increase of tension and suspense in the story, so much that he must read on. Richard Connell makes effective use of literary devices, particularly powerful foreshadowing and vivid imagery, to increase tension and suspense in the reader. Richard Connell employs powerful foreshadowing to cause the reader to feel suspense in the story. In the beginning of the story, Whitney’s consideration of the fear of the prey and Rainsford’s dismissal illustrates foreshadowing.