Both authors have successfully used literary techniques, such as narration and use of themes, to strengthen the message their novel is trying to convey and consequently engage and enthrall the reader. Narration is used by an author to illustrate the message the novel is trying to convey through a certain character’s perspective. If used effectively, the audience will be manipulated to feel a certain emotion or be positioned into the context of the novel so the meaning of the novel will be conveyed. 1984 is a novel that was written in 1948 by George Orwell as a warning to the future world about the dangers of a totalitarian society. 1984 features a 3rd person limited narration, through the focal character Winston; a common, insular man who the reader can easily relate to due to his human flaws.
The key word in this quote is “thrilling”. Certainly any man can be transfixed by a “thrilling” seductive female. Imagine several “thrilling” seductive female voices, and what we know of the weak nature of man. I believe that Homer uses these beings to convey that man is completely spellbound, trapped, and facing danger when he gives in to the seductive nature of women. Odysseus wants to hear these songs of the Sirens, and he instructs his crew to tie him to the ship, to block sound from their ears with beeswax, and to tie him tighter if he pleads to be let loose.
How does James use the prologue to prepare the reader for the events of the novel? In ‘The Turn of the Screw’ prologue, Henry James presents to the reader a scene set for a gothic novel. Though, the novel is a ghost story, we sometimes forget that it is a ghost story and begin to believe what happens in it, he achieves this by using a narrative technique which makes the novel interesting as well as very convincing. He uses the frame narrative structure, the first person point of view and the flash back technique. However, upon further reading, the reader may begin to wonder about the narrator’s reliability.
Tiger’s, Lady’s, and Bird’s do Compare Short stories may seem like simple pieces of literature, but, in reality, they consist of impactful novel-like elements. The two famous short stories, “The Lady or the Tiger” and “The Scarlet Ibis”, are individual stories that share literary elements. Both of these pieces maintain closely related conflicts, differing settings, but the authors do a great job at describing their settings, and the mood of each piece can be understood in numerous ways. Ultimately, a reader knows conflict is what makes any story have meaning or charisma. In “The Scarlet Ibis”, a man versus self-conflict, the protagonist’s issues with pride, can be immediately recognized.
George Orwell's book 1984, written in 1948 in a post war context, warned about the dangers of a totalitarianism society. He penned the book after seeing the effects of the Cold War firsthand which had just ended not long before. Orwell's book is a portrayal of the perfect totalitarianism society in which he explores the consequences in depth with the use of many language techniques to contribute to the frightening aura. His overall use of language as power makes the book terrifying to readers. Orwell shows that language is of high importance to human thoughts as it structures ideas that one is capable of thinking.
How does HG Wells create an atmosphere of fear and tension in “The Red Room” In the red room, HG Wells creates tension and fear through various mediums. The short story is about a young man going to stay the night in a supposedly haunted room in Lorraine castle. His motives are unknown however the reader can assume that the sole purpose of his doing so is to attempt to prove it is not haunted. HG Wells creates fear through usage of Characters, Setting and imagery, which I will explore in this essay. Tension is a requisite of any story, as it is what makes it interesting and keeps the reader wondering what will happen next, it is often essential to the plot as well as it is created by a problem or an unknown factor, which makes the reader want to read on to the end.
Although the authors use these narrative devices in completely different ways they are both effective. The authors reconnoitre characters and by giving their novels big kernels explore their possible reactions to these major changes. In The Accidental a character called Amber comes into the Smart family’s life and in turn impacts on each characters life and individually and forces them asses their previous actions. The structure that Smith uses causes each character to encounter an epiphany because we look at the characters in such close detail. In contrast Intimacy by Hanif Kureshi looks at in detail the stream of consciousness of the character Jay.
“I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. Like the bodiless heads you see sometimes in circus sideshows, it is as though I have been surrounded by mirrors of hard, distorting glass.” - Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man In the prologue of Ellison's Invisible Man, the narrator immediately identifies himself as an invisible and unnamed young black man, a wisdom that he has gained from his adolescent experiences of docility in a Southern state to his more radical experiences in Harlem, New York. Once innocent and naïve, the narrator, now aware of his unnoticeable role as a black man, tells the story of his journey from blindness to sight and then insight. In his story, he passes through various communities as he grows as a person, each one promoting a different idea of how blacks should behave in society, and the invisible man tries to find himself in the values and expectations imposed on him, only to find that each appointed role he adheres to limits his individuality and forces him to play an unauthentic part. He is stereotyped by the groups he affiliates himself with – to the Brotherhood, he is the black token to be used to further the group's self-serving and abstract ideas; to wealthy, white trustees like Mr. Norton, he is their so-called destiny; to Dr. Bledsoe, he is another “black uneducated fool” (Ellison 143) who isn't able to play the game in order to gain influence and power; and to the white New York woman, he is a “big black bruiser” (Ellison 522) who can fulfill her Negro fantasies.
These secrets are necessary to the novel because they start the setting and mood of the characters. They also show the characters personality and insignificance of them to have just one identity and personality. As the plot reaches its peak more secrets are being kept such as; Jack’s true identity kept by Miss Prism and Lady Bracknell, the two men’s secrets, as to their fake brothers, and their true identities. The
When I read, “we slept here” (Woolf 41) and “kisses without number” (Woolf 41), I started to have my own memories of times gone by. The true treasure of life is the love we share rather than a tangible item. I would recommend this story and author because of the beautiful imagery and the unexpected twists the author is capable of. I appreciated the author’s ability to make the story come alive in my mind and cause me to reconsider the “treasure” I have in my life. The author’s skill in showing the irony that things are not always as we expect was thought-provoking.