Michellae Brown Ms. Horton AP Lit. And Comp. Rhetorical Essay (Final) The beauty of birds in flight is all in the eye of the beholder. Two experiences of bird watching by Audubon and Dillard differ, one is objectively descriptive while the other is poetic in nature. In Audubon’s essay, he uses “objective” diction to create impartial and precise aspects of the birds in flock, with words such as “extreme beauty” and “immense legions.” He uses words such as these to not compare the birds to actual life, but to describe the image he sees and how it makes him feel.
John James Audubon and Annie Dillard both wrote short passages describing large flocks of birds using vivid imagery and descriptive diction to convey the effect that the flocks had on them as an observer. Both passages have an awed and laudatory tone since the writers seem to be enchanted by the beauty o the birds. While Audubon gives a literal description of what he saw, Dillard describes the birds through the extensive use of figurative language. The descriptive diction in both passages serves to give the reader a mental image of what the writer saw as the birds flew by. Audubon uses phrases like “countless multitudes” and “immense legions” to describe the large amount of birds that he watched fill the sky.
Tom Robinson, boo Radley and Scout finch are all major characters in the book that have similarities to the symbolic mocking bird.the characters all show innocence, happiness and hope. The thought of killing one of these can rafters would be like disturbing the peace of the harmless song the mocking bird whistles. Tom Robinson is a character the betrays the characteristics of a mockingbird. Tom Robinson is acaused of rapping a white woman, Mayella Ewell. During the court case we hear the evidence given to prove toms innocence.
He explains this using the strongly negative terms such as ‘clogging’, ‘stumbling’ and slithering’ to put a clear image in the readers of the great impacts they have on people. These selected words build up the readers’ sense of fear as they will associate pigeons with danger and that would lead them to go against these ‘pests’ and agree on the writer have to say. Bonella asserts the way to reduce the population of the pigeon. He uses an expert opinion from Daniel Haag-Wackernagel, a famous Swiss biologist who says that the pigeons
Melanie’s only source of light is her flashlight. Hitchcock uses high angle shots of Melanie ascending the stairs and a low angle shots of the door, to show that the door as having power over Melanie. As Melanie opens the door, there is focus on the hole in the roof which makes us aware that something is wrong. The birds then come rushing down to attack Melanie. Quick cutting from Melanie to the birds shows the confusion of The short story “The Birds” is similar to the movie “The Birds” in many different ways.
He appeal to the emotion of sympathy for the bird as she tirelessly soar and wait for the captured. This shows that the birds have emotion and real connection for each other unlike anything a machine can have. This emotional connection between the birds is what makes machines different from real life. With ethos, Eiseley is able to showcase how birds possess emotion and how important that emotion. Eiseley uses juxtaposition in order to help show the differences between life and machine.
It contrasts the language quality between the two types of characters and thus presents this class distinction. Metaphor is then used again when they speak of Caesar presenting the first and biggest conflicting perspective of the play, "who else would soar above the view of men and leave us all in servile fearfulness." This compares Caesar to a large bird and captures the view of the Tribunes apposing Caesar and fearing his power. This presents a conflicting perspective to the commoners whose playful attitude shows they support Caesar. The tribunes use metaphor to dramatically and effectively present their perspective of Julius Caesar and his power and how they fear he will make them slaves.
She states that although roses are small and lovely they are also a never changing force. Oliver also uses complex descriptions and goes in depth about the bird. She describes the owl in the first paragraph: different types of owls, its outer appearance, and a little about its diet. In the second paragraph, she even describes an owl’s waste by using a simile to compare the sound it makes to dropping stones. “Owls” written by Mary Oliver is all over the place.
This quote is a very good example of an adjective, because it is very descriptive and vivid which helps the reader picturize this. Now we can see that adjectives can change the story to another story. "There was a sound like a great matted yellow hive of bees within a dark bellows, the lazy bumble of
“Remember, it is a sin to kill a mockingbird” (pg 90). Mockingbirds are animals that don’t do us any harm. It is the type of animal that will give its heart out to you. Every morning you can find mockingbirds sitting out side a window chirping a pleasant tune. It is a sin to kill the innocent and helpful mockingbird.