At the beginning of the story Dunmore presents Carla as a part time member of a school's canteen staff, on a basic wage. She has a Polish mother who used to teach her the Polish language and Polish poems until her English father stopped it when she was six. One of the techniques Dunmore uses to present Carla is that she uses Carla’s character to narrate the story from start to finish as it shows the reader that Carla is not connected to any of her colleagues or her boss and that neither does she share an intimate relationship with any of them; the narration therefore does the job of presenting her as an outsider. We know that Carla doesn’t have a relationship with the adults around her as she say that she “dishes out buns to the teachers... and shovels chips on to the kids’ trays, however she clearly states that she likes the job due to the kids, but does not mention the adults again. Carla Carter Now she has only half memories of it all.
Controlled Assessment Introduction I have studied the stories in the book ‘Sunlight on the grass’. But the two I am going to focus on are ‘My polish teachers tie’ also ‘Compass and the torch’. I have focused on difference between characters in these two stories by looking at the two main characters in each and seeing the massive difference between their personalities and the way they act. I think in my polish teachers tie there was a powerful change as one of the main characters really changed throughout the story, as it brought the two main characters together massively. It made a massive impact on both of their lives.
THotS Essay A narrator “is somebody who tells a story”, well at least that’s what the Encarta Dictionary says. When the point of view of the narrator is from more than one character it is dual narration, or two different narrators. Permitting the reader to be told the same story from two different perspectives, allows additional insight to the novel through the literary technique of foreshadowing. In addition to foreshadowing, Magical Realism takes its toll throughout this book. Being introduced to the same character in multiple circumstances furthers the reader’s familiarity with the characters.
My Ántonia by Willa Cather is a novel that is based on the memories of the protagonist, Jim Burden. Many critics have assessed this novel, and they have focused on such literary elements as symbolism, motif, and characterization. Although, the most agreed upon argument is the one that says that the groundwork of every section of the book is based on the personal memories of Willa Cather. It seems that her ideas for characters, settings, and plots all come from her own personal memories. In the introduction, Cather’s description of Jim could easily be a description of herself.
How the characters move to make the whole story in the two given books were also stated and sufficient examples and proofs were given. In the process of knowing those things, the reader would be able to appreciate the characters ideas and qualities in making the story interesting for the read. The research was divided into two parts in which the characters in the first book and the characters in the second book were separated. The characters in the first book covered were Cinna, Effie Tinket, Gale, Primrose, Madge, Darius , Flavius and Rue. The characters in the second book covered were Finnick Odair, Cato, Brutus and Plutarch.
This essay will discuss the definition of narrative literature and provide both advantages and disadvantages of the use of narrative text in a secondary classroom. There will also be an explanation of five different practices that can be used in the secondary classroom that connects narrative literature with expository text, along with, a sample graphic organizer for use with narrative text. Narrative literature can be defined as any account of connected events, experiences, or the like presented to a reader or listener in a sequence of spoken words, whether true or fictitious. In most situations, narrative literature follows a model to help with telling the story. There is usually an introduction which introduces the characters, setting, and time of the story.
This shopper was surprisingly not a cross shopper, everything that she bought was Spartan brand and she didn’t stray into other brands of food, regardless of the price. - She did not have a list and this was obvious because of how slow she moved along the isles. She appeared to be analyzing her options and looking at everything she passed by. She did, however, respond to tags indicating items on sale. If she was unsure about buying a certain item, her choice would be swayed by the sale and most of the time she would choose to buy it.
In this journal she describes the setting and imagery of the wallpaper. With close reading, readers see she is really describing herself and her illness. Gilman creates this character through the setting and imagery of the wallpaper. Next, Gilman used setting to set the mood of the story. In the second sentence of the story,
3, Autumn 1982, pp. 61-75 Arlene A. Elder, a Professor of Women’s Studies at the University of Cincinnati, conducted an interview with Nikki Giovanni in 1982. During their conversation, Giovanni discusses her relationship with Africa, how poetry evolves over time, what it's like to have her own poetry taught in classes, and the responsibility of the writer. Throughout her career, Nikki Giovanni's poetry has been valued, at least in part, as a benchmark to the latest political and artistic ideas in Black American writing.
In Mrs. Tilscher's Class How does the writer (Carol Ann Duffy) show the reader their memories of school? The writer shows her memories of school in the poem by using a variety of different techniques; Similes, metaphors, alliteration, imagery, onomatopoeia and personification. Firstly, Carol Ann Duffy uses similes. Similes are a comparison being made between two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’. Evidence for this is “classroom glowed like a sweetshop”.