Kristapher Guillen Mrs. Trammell Ap Language & Composition January 30 2013 The Juxtaposition of the King's men Within the famed novel, All the King's Men, Robert Penn Warren uses juxtaposition in order to convey one of the novel's most prominent themes. Throughout All The King’s Men, there is a constant struggle between innocence and awareness. For a reader to fully understand the novel one must acknowledge this struggle, for it is integral to the transformations of several major characters and the development of the novel itself. In the book, there are many cases where ignorance does prove to be bliss. However, there are also quite a few instances where awareness helps to empower a character.
ALLUSIONS IN FAHRENHEIT 451 Literary allusions often are used to relate a novel to various other pieces of literary work. Ray Bradbury used a multitude of literary allusions to enrich the plotline of Fahrenheit 451. These references provided subtle hints of depth in the novel to the reader. Some allusions helped the novel by adding to the plot, providing a relatable experience to the reader, referencing familiar stories and fables, and giving characters and settings that special something called an “it factor” that the reader could find special. Some allusions, however, were harmful to the plot or to the reader, most often by confusing the reader if they did not know the context of the original quotation.
First, the setting is one of the most important elements of a novel. It is where the scene takes place. Second, it gives twist in a story or novel. And lastly, a novel without setting is incomplete. C. What is the importance of the setting in the scenes, situations, events happened in the
You will be required to respond to at least 3 quotations for each chapter in the novel. You may comment on the characters, the conflicts, the themes, the structure, and/or general feelings about the story that your particular quotations identify. You may choose a particular quotation because you don’t understand its meaning; however, you think the quotation is necessary in some way regarding one’s understanding of the text. There are no “perfect” answers. This dialectical journal’s purpose is for your understanding and may become part of an important class discussion.
To me she used a pacing that kept me wanting to read and get to the ending so that I could see what would finally happen in the end. Orwell’s essay tended to get away from me at times and took more than a couple of reads to get what he might have been saying. Even now as I think about Orwell’s essay I’m left with a cloudy interpretation of what his story could have been
Minimum Of Two Minimum of two focuses on ordinary people who struggle to cope with challenges/Change. Discuss...... In Tim Winton's collection of short stories, Minimum of Two, it embraces interesting individuals and relationships, which process some significant messages. His characters are ordinary people who battle to maintain loyalty against all odds and there are many characters that find it difficult to move on, to let go of their past and to cope with challenges and change. There are also characters that have moved on and trying to make something of their lives.
Brave New World Timed Writing Throughout our society in this current day and age, it seems to be one of the most, if not the most crucial thing to a person to be socially accepted by others. Conforming to society is what will get a person to be acknowledged and desired by others. However, a person will often go through countless episodes of moral questioning and introspect. This idea of the tension between a character's outward conformity and inward questioning acts as a strong theme throughout the novel, Brave New World. The author, Aldous Huxley, demonstrates this theme through means of one particular character, Lenina.
2. When fiction authors write a book it is sometimes mistakenly thought that the author is revealing something about themselves in their writing. This is not always true. The ease of writing about one’s own life is an easy path to follow, because writers are first taught to write about what they know. This should not be a reflection of the fiction or non-fiction being told, it should merely be based upon the conviction of the story and the readers ability to connect to it.
Readers are very different; certain people prefer different genres of literature, such as action/adventure, romance, humor, and so on. Despite this, there are some basic criteria that need to be included in the short story for it to be worth reading. In addition, to the different tastes of the readers, literature has to be written for a specific group or target audience. A well written piece of literature should be written for the specific target audience. Some skillful writers are able to pull this off, as well as writing stories that are great for almost any age group.
Imagery in Fiction Writing Authors often use imagery as a powerful tool for describing and delivering their main point in fiction writing. Imagery can hint at an underlying meaning, let the reader know character traits, describe the setting, and has a host of other uses. As such it is one of the most important literary devices. Two excellent examples of how to use imagery properly are Kate Chopin’s “Desiree’s Baby” and Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral”. In both of these stories the authors use imagery to help drive home their main points, although in a somewhat different manner.