Hill’s use of the first person narrator is a key element of the novel. Susan Hill’s characters in this novel have limited development because the story is told by the main character, Arthur Kipps. His character is developed in an interesting way because as narrator he is looking back and describing events from the perspective of his younger self. This adds depth to his character and to the plot because as readers, we live through his nightmare with him and share his fears. This viewpoint is particularly effective in this chapter, as readers, we can relate to the terror and anxiety felt by Arthur.
Words can have a large effect on many things, they can affect what people do, they can change how people feel, words are extremely powerful . The book that I decided to read for my ISU is called “The Book Thief” it was written by Markus Zusak. Here is some background knowledge on the book Thief, the book thief took place before and during WWII. The main character throughout the story is a little girl named Liesel, she is an orphan and an only child as her younger brother dies at the beginning of the book. Later on in the book a jewish man named max shows up at their doorstep looking for somewhere to stay because he was told that he would be able to get help here.
Demonstrative and possessive pronouns are words that create the "psychological distance" between the narrator and the characters. Polly Rose Peterson states that in the first paragraph the readers are drawn into the Cathedral by using demonstratives and possessives, and central determiners which creates psychological distance between the two characters and the narrator. The reader cannot infer that right away, it needs to be thought through well. However, after the reader has analyzed it they realized that the author uses "this" in "This blind man, an old friend of my wife’s, he was on his way to spend the night" (Carver 131) to explain the closeness yet the distance between the blind man and the narrator. The husband usually refers to him as "this blind man" (Carver 131), and he never uses Robert’s name or assigns any human attributes to him.
What had started as an experiment, turned out to be a reality of someone else’s dreams. In the novel, Oryx and Crake, Atwood creates a character Crake, in which she explores his journey and his contribution to the novel as a whole. Was Crake a ‘lunatic’ or an intellectually honourable man as described by those around him? Or was he just another psychopath? In the novel, Glenn or Crake as he is commonly referred to as, is first introduced to the reader when his parents are transferred to the HelthWyzer Compound.
Hoang 01 Lisa Hoang 124/01 Mrs.Maccherone Poe, the Father of Mystery Stories, uses many literary devices to create a specific mood to present the story smoothly. Growing up, Poe felt lonely and a sense of loss. Because of growing up with those emotions, Poe’s works are full of horror, mystery, and fear. Throughout the story of Fall House of Usher, a creepy feeling is maintained from the beginning to the end. Poe’s usage of literary devices and choice of words are what use to maintain the creepy feeling.
To begin the analysis of the surreal events, we should start from the title of the story "The Bucket Rider", and then moves towards the surreal event related to it. Next, analyze another important event, in which the wife of the Coal Dealer chooses the bucket rider's ill fate. Lastly, compare what the man is begging for in the story, compared to what people normally beg for in real life. This story relies upon its surreal events to keep the reader's interest, as very event that occurs helps develop the story and eventually conclude it. As I began reading the short story, right off the bat I noticed there were many events present in the story that did not really make a lot of sense to me.
Christina Trouchon Mrs. Dolan English- 5 5 December 2011 Catcher in the Rye Symbolism In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger there are many places and things that are usesd for symbolism. As you are reading the book and you start to really put the symbols together, it also shows you how the main character, Holden thinks of things and who he is as a person. Each symbol affects Holden in many different ways such as something that he uses as s security item, how he feels about childeren and what truely will make this very depressed boy happy for at least a moment. One of the phrases used in The Catcher in the Rye would be just those words alone. In the novel Holden believes that all of the youth in the world needs to
Berry uses poetic diction to make the reader wonder and think in a differant way and view feeling and emotions with a complex use of words, so that the reader will look more into the real meaning of his work. In the first two lines the narrator, which is the father says, “When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the lease of sound”. I feel he says this because he is the protector in the house and has to be alert at all times.These first two lines give the reader a glimpse of the narrator’s persona and what he is feeling, and his purpose. In the third line, “in fear of what my life and my children’s lives might be”, he is in fear of what his life and his children’s lives might be. .
Framton brings a letter of introduction to Mrs. Sappleton in order to make her acquaintance. He was going to talk to her about his illness. While he waits for Mrs. Sappleton to appear, her niece, Vera, keeps him company and tells him a story about why a window in the room has been left open. He begins to believe her story and becomes frightened, once these three men appear in a distance from the window his emotions and unconscious desires begin to take control of him as he becomes panicked and runs from the house, this being controlled by his id psyche. From my class note the id is when someone does things without thinking and this is an example of our daydreams or fantasy.
What do we learn about the great aunt in the story, “Secrets” In the story “Secrets” by Bernard MacLaverty, the author conveyed loss and suffering as the theme of the story because the great aunt passed away. “Secrets” conveys how life can change so suddenly, from happiness to loss and suffering. The story is written in a form of a flashback, and as it continues, it introduces the Aunt and the boy. At the beginning of the story, the author introduces the dying aunt and her nephew who she seems distant from. The reader discovers that the boy and the aunt were not always distant, but they used to share a very close bond.