CUSTOMS AND BONDS A piece of writing, as in every form of art, is a manifestation of its creator. Authors include fragments of themselves, their history, and their experiences for either personal motive or simply to establish a moral connection with the reader. In The Custom House, Nathaniel Hawthorne's introduction to his novel The Scarlet Letter, an unnamed narrator establishes a connection with the reader through personal anecdote, history, and emotion. This anonymous customs officer is not Hawthorne himself, rather an idealized figment of the author's imagination, a vehicle to deliver personal motives and apprehensions. It can then be said that the purpose of this piece is to act as a bond to Hawthorne's past, present, and views toward his strong familial ties to an area so rich with religious fervor, giving a glimpse into the realities caused by his own family and past.
Michael Blasl Introduction to Analytical Writing 10:25-11:20 October 8th 2009 Love on the Rocks: An Ironic Rite of Passage In both John Updike’s “A&P” and Alice Munro’s “How I Met My Husband” the authors use the literary devices of irony and theme in their stories. In the following essay, this writer will analyze and compare both characters rite of passage, and how the use of irony leads them towards their completion of that rite. First, Sammy’s naïve and inexperienced persona cause him to make several poor choices such as quitting his job and force him to see how his actions can have very serious consequences. Second, this writer will compare his rite of passage to that of Edie’s.
The novel , Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck is a book about an unlikely pair. At the end of the novel George kills Lennie because Lennie was becoming more and more unstable. “Sometimes a tragic end is justified.” is a lens that can be agreed upon. This critical lens can mean that when something bad happens well is brought about. John Steinbeck uses literary elements throughout his novel to bring the book to life.
Andrew Eyres 14/2/2013 Question: Explain the ways that aspects of a text construction are used to explore ideas. In the short story, Big World, The author, Tim Winston is able to promote the idea that friendship should be built out of respect and loyalty and not the thrill power and intelligence through his use of characterisation; namely through the unnamed narrator and his “best friend” Biggie Botson. Through out the story, it starts become clear that these two have an unstable friendship. This first becomes noticeable when the narrator says ‘I suppose we are wrong for each other, Biggie and me.’ Secondly becoming concrete as the narrator
In the novel 'of Mice and Men' written by John Steinbeck, one of the protagonist who names George travels with his friend Lennie, they find a new job in the ranch and try to adapt themselves to new circumstance. During this time, they meet an old swamper whose name is Candy. Generally, Candy and George are different because they have different backgrounds, and they are similar because they have the same wishes about their futures. To start with, the reason why George chooses to come and work on the ranch is that Lennie and George have no choice but to leave their hometown. In the novel, George and his friend Lennie worked in their hometown-- Weed.
Through any and every writing, an author has a point hidden within literary elements. With literary elements authors develop a style to their writing to prove the point they intended from the beginning. There are many various literary elements to make up a rhetorical situation, to develop a side of ideas, some very commonly used in especially rhetorical situations. Like allusion, hyperbole, rhetorical questions, hypophora, and commonly simile. Mohandas K. Gandhi and Henry David Thoreau speak of and develop similar government opinions and points, through their interpretations of Civil Disobedience through literary elements; they prove similar points of civil disobedience but with their own style of writing and use of rhetorical devices.
Similar to a lot of Fitzgerald’s writing, “Babylon Revisited” is considered a autobiography in some way. By looking at the character list and just reading a short introduction a reader can see why this is. The lead character Charlie Wales is almost an exact representation of Fitzgerald with his partying lifestyle, loss of wealth, and baring the responsibility of the death of his wife. This story had lots of themes and symbols within it that could signify the significant of the title holding a biblical title. For example, the theme of not being able to escape the past, the theme of rebuilding, and it could also be a biblical allusion.
These men were the Proto-Romantics. Benjamin Franklin was among these individuals. Franklin’s ideas and actions represent some of the most basic and primitive ideas behind the Romantic Movement. What specifically is Romanticism? “…a literary, artistic, and philosophical movement originating in the 18th century, characterized chiefly by a reaction against neoclassicism and an emphasis on the imagination and emotions, and marked especially in English literature by sensibility and the use of autobiographical material, an exaltation of the primitive and the common man, an appreciation of external nature, an interest in the remote, a predilection for melancholy, and the use in poetry of older verse forms…” (marriam-webster.com).
Like Bethany, I found the narrator quite interesting. In line 917 when Criseyde goes to sleep, the narrator says, "Reherce it nedeth nought for ye ben wise." Why does the narrator assume that his readers are 'wise'? Is he pandering to his readers, just as Pandarus is pandering to Troilus? 1 - Oxford English
In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald illustrated an unattainable dream of Jay Gatsby. Gatsby wishes he can re-create the past again with Daisy, but Gatsby is so naïve to believe that it is possible. The book is filled with important symbols that serve as an important significance. The green light at the end of the Buchanan’s dock represents Gatsby’s dream of meeting Daisy again. The Valley of Ashes is a dark place, where only the poor live; they are separated from the rich.