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.
Edgar Lee Masters used an exceptionally detailed poem as an opportunity to sum up the life of his adored and beloved grandmother. Masters successfully depicted the simplicity of rural life in the 1900’s by not only using the appropriate grammar for the era, but also describing various the events that took place for gratification. Masters showed his pride in Lucinda through his use of convivial diction. He put across the robust and yet relevant message that a content life is one of fulfillment. In the poem ‘Lucinda Matlock’, four of Matlock’s stages in life are explicated.
Edgar Lee Masters used an exceptionally detailed poem as an opportunity to sum up the life of his adored and beloved grandmother. Masters successfully depicted the simplicity of rural life in the 1900’s by not only using the appropriate grammar for the era, but also describing various the events that took place for gratification. Masters showed his pride in Lucinda through his use of convivial diction. He put across the robust and yet relevant message that a content life is one of fulfillment. In the poem ‘Lucinda Matlock’, four of Matlock’s stages in life are explicated.
Which elements of the steie t vpes remain? Which are challenged? In pirierii’hs ‘ , I lV The Myth of the Latin Woman: I just Met a Girl Named Maria JUI)ITII Oimz CoFER Poet, novelist, and essayist Judith Ortiz Cofer was born in Puerto Rico in 1952 and grew up in New Jersey. She is currently the Regents’ and Franklin Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Georgia. Among her many publi cations are the poetry collection A Love Story Beginning in Spanish (2005), the novel rhe Meaning of Consuelo (2004), her memoirs Silent Dancing: A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood (1990), and Woman in Front of the Sun: Becoming a Writer (2000), and her collection of prose arid poetry, ihe Latin Deli (1993) She has won many awards, including the ArnsfieldWolf Award for Race Relations and the Americas Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature; she was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1 989.
The poems analyzed in this paper include: Woman Work by Maya Angelou; Old Florist by Theodore Roethke; and Share Croppers by Langston Hughes. The analyses will include how the poets shape their language to communicate the selected workplace themes. Additionally, there will be an analysis of the way in which the choices of the poets are fitting to the messages attempted to be portrayed. Ultimately, this paper will analyze the use of the various poetic techniques used by each poet. Woman Work – Maya Angelou The three poems share the same relationship; they are all poems about the workplace.
The Symbol of the Quilt in Story of ‘Everyday Use’ In many countries, especially on African and Asian countries, a quilt is used as a bed cover, a table cover, a cushion, a shawl, and a blanket. Alice Walker has a great imagination as she uses the quilt as a main outstanding symbol in “Everyday Use” to discuss about the rural versus city cultures or educated versus working persons. Mrs. Johnson and Maggie appreciate the quilt for everyday usefulness to make the body warm, while Dee wants to use it as a reminder of her African-American cultural heritage. Mrs. Johnson would like to give it to either one of her daughters who could keep their African traditional generations. The idea of how to use the quilt in Mrs. Johnson’s family in Georgia in the early 1970s describes the whole picture of historical and cultural conflicts in the African-American community at that time.
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now “Wouldn’t take nothing for my journey now” by Maya Angelou is a book of short meditations. The topics include fashion, entertainment, sensuality and pregnancy, racism, and death. The characters in the book are family memories, friends, associates, and Maya herself. The book also contains two poems, “Mrs. V.B.” about her mother Vivian Baxter, who was one of the first black females to join the merchant marines.
Marissa Baird ENGWR 101: MW 12-2pm Professor Graham 25 November 2014 Assignment: Compare and Contrast Paper Final Draft Self-Perception is What Counts The everlasting Southern love story of an independent woman is illustrated through the colorful words of Zora Neale Hurston, in her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. Janie, the protagonist, is introduced at the beginning of the novel as a natural and comfortable woman. Janie goes through her life story of growing up with Nanny, who took care of Janie, three marriages, and her journey to find new adventures and love. Janie’s self-perception and visions of her life were conflicting from others around her. Nanny believed that her decision, which was to have Janie marry Logan Killicks, was out of love.
Elements of Confucian principles such as women having a lower status within the Patriarchal family structure, and women being self-sacrificial; are reminiscent throughout these early works and in Ban Zhao’s Lessons for Women. Many later works by women writers adopt similar elements found from early texts. Later Women writers draw upon earlier cultural models by writing in the same context. Through the use of their education, wisdom, and religious beliefs, they achieve to write manuals for women that illustrate the proper ways of instilling order, peace with oneself, and the duties of women. An example can be seen from Empress Xu who is the wife of the Yongle Emperor.
T2W4 In what ways do the literary techniques used in The Lovely Bones develop the themes of the novel? The themes in The Lovely Bones are portrayed through various literary techniques. The ideas of loneliness, grief and the relationships between the members of the Salmon family are depicted through the use of tone, imagery, flashback and the narrative style within the novel. The narrative style in the book allows Alice Sebold to create an intimate relationship between the reader and the protagonist Susie Salmon. This means that we easily side with her instantly and show great empathy to her situation.