If I just looked at what only John says, his ideas seem more relevant and actually seemed to be true. When the narrator started writing that’s is also when her sanity started to drift farther and farther away. Analyzing the difficulties of the story got me to think outside the box and grasp what was unseen to me the first time
“The Things They Carried” is a text that focuses on writing as a form of coping with trauma and discusses how exaggeration is sometimes needed in a story to convey the message that the story-teller is trying to get at. An example of this is when the author talks about how for Rat Kiley “facts were formed by sensation” (89). Kiley is described as telling his stories as though they are intended to be tragedies, even the funny parts. This is because there is an underlying sadness to every war story, even though humor can be found in them. Part of this may be attributed to the ‘education’ each soldier received when they first went off to the war.
So it was easier for the reader to understand it coming from the characters them self then from a separate narrator. I think the author did well with picking the narration for this book. The writing style Steve Kluger used for this story was different from most; the author chose to set up the story mainly through diary entries directed toward the three student’s chosen confidents. For example T.C chose his mother who passed away, Augie chose the “diva of the week”, and Alejandra chose
It also allows sole focus on the story Rahim Khan is telling, once again pointing to extreme significance and importance within the story. However, alternate voices are also used by Hosseini, such as Hassan’s as Amir recalls his voice promising: ‘’For you, a thousand times over.’’ Hosseini does this to sharpen the story and remind the readers of Hassan and recall past events which eventually add up and fit the puzzle. In addition, Hosseini uses time in order to tell the story of Rahim Khan and Hassan. The events Rahim Khan recalls are fairly chronological and linear, apart from the occasional
ENG125: Journey into Literature Instructor: Linda O’Conner Laurie Smith July 23, 2012 The overall theme to a story is a more, broader scope of what happens in the story. The plot tells you what is happening in the story, but the theme tells what the story is about. You are also required to ask yourself questions, such as how is the author using the setting for his or her ideas, (Clugston, R. Wayne, 2010)? The other aspect that may vary from different people is the characters themselves and conflict with either strength or worth of the ideas of the author. I chose the story,” The Gift of Magi”, by William Sidney Porter.
Intention is used commonly and very clear in this novel. The author uses a lot of rhetorical questions to get the reader thinking. He lures in the reader with a lot of dramatic irony to get the reader thinking. His intention is for the reader to keep flipping the pages in order to figure out the true ending to the story. In the story the writer begins it with a causal story line, he later follows it with very elusive and interesting concepts to help build the story up to its climax.
Not long into the story another one of those comprehension strategies came into play and took me from just reading the story to being immersed in the story. Allow to me explain, reading a story from a reader’s perspective allows you to see only so much into and about the text you are reading; however, to truly comprehend the story’s meaning and purpose you need to get involved and make connections from the story itself to your very own experiences. For instance, the family in the story is trying very hard to fit into their society by doing whatever they can to put on a show of a lavish lifestyle like that of those around them. I took that idea and connected it to the very similar situations of many close
This gives it the edge and uniqueness that may get a little gory but reading this story takes you on a journey you'll never forget. First, Bloodchild opens with the line, “My last night of childhood began with a visit home” (Butler, 1). This expresses how it is an coming of age story. Which is critical because the beginning of the story distinctively explains human themes like coming of age and loss of childhood which can confuse the reader throughout the story . Gradually beginning to uncover the
Theme Theme is the basic concept of a story. You could write it in one sentence and have it all right there in front of you and understand a story before even reading it. Instead, the author wants to teach us this by putting his theme into a situation where we can see it reoccurring. When we empathize with characters in a novel, that's us connecting to the universal truth that's being given. This sounds kind of like the moral of a story but its slightly different.
But these characters were no accident. They may not seem like they have significance to the story but in reality the author strategically used them in The Great Gatsby for adding to the plot, creating new and ongoing themes, and supporting the main characters. Myrtle Wilson’s presence in the novel builds all the way until the end of the story with the climax. Myrtle’s impact on the novel has the most effect on the story out of the other minor characters. It all starts with Myrtles lies and her affair.