Ellie Linton’s character is tested when she comes home to find the family pets dead. She must choose between right and wrong in her follow-up actions, battling through trauma and distress. Then her best friend, Corrie, witnesses her home being destroyed. It is in the group’s human spirit and empathy for each that keeps them strong. Ellie again questions herself and her actions when she blows up a lawnmower to save her friends.
Larry's Party by Carol Shields All good authors use a variety of writing techniques to create unique and imaginative stories. Most often when an author takes a particular perspective it allows the reader a certain amount of insight. Another useful technique is flashbacks, which allow the reader to become more aware of the story line. A very effective method of writing is to use metaphors to create a sense of symbolism. Through the techniques of perspective, metaphors and flashbacks, Carol Shields develops plot, character and symbolism.
Year of wonders, Geraldine brook’s historical novel depicts how individuals can change in certain circumstances. Narrator and protagonist Anna Frith, is changed through her experiences of living through and surviving the time when “spotted death ran armed” the contagion that Anna finds her true self compelled to grow in her determination and courage, to embrace her learning and her knowledge from Elinor, and go from death to life, darkness to light. Indeed Elinor’s words “I wonder if you know how you have changed: reflect the truly Anna is a changed woman because of significant experiences she has had when she was faced with the contagion that blighted the village. Year of Wonders characters change through the catastrophic plague as we find out from the conclusion of Geraldine Brooks novel, the protagonist Anna Frith new found physical power and strong mind. Secondly the rector Mompellions loss of faith as a result from the plague and lastly the towns people reaction to the plague as a punishment sent by God and the villages actions to punish those responsible for bringing it.
Lilly insisted in going too so her parents agreed and they took her to where Rosey dead body laid. Once they got there Lilly enter the tree house and saw Rosey she was puzzeled. She though to herself how could she be there if her body in on the floor. She later realized that Rosey had now become a roming ghost. That have Lilly and idea so she told Rosey to follow to her house.
Gwen Hardwood The emotive qualities of Gwen Harwood’s poetry resonate with her readers. She uses her own memories to illustrate love for her family, her loss of innocence and the swiftness of time passing. She demonstrates this in her poems Father and Child, The Violets and At Mornington. The poem The Violets opens with the line “It is dusk and cold,” the time of day symbolising that this persona has reached old age and is metaphorically drawing closer to nightfall or the end of her days. Death is made apparent with the negative adjective “cold.” The flowers she is picking at the beginning of this poem are clearly what stimulate her memory of childhood as they are referenced later in the poem.
Since Sara worked within the hospital of the camp she witnessed the birth of a baby who should have been born dead. While the baby was in good health, the person who delivered the child generally killed the baby and announced them dead so that the women could go back to a “normal” life within the camp. With the mother insisting that the camp would make arrangements for her and her baby, she showed off her new prized possession as if she was not a prisoner. After showing her baby to the “angel of death” Dr. Mengele, she was soon killed with her child just like the rest of the women who delivered within the campgrounds. Wanting to be “humanitarian”, Menegele insisted that mothers would die along side their children, “it would not be humanitarian to send a child to the ovens without permitting the mother to be there to witness the child’s death” (Nomberg-Przytyk 69).
This is because of the figure that is painted. The figure is a girl who has a fishtail and she represents a water spirit. Because water is a precious source, the figure is important to the artist and his language group. The area where the painting is from is Mumeka, Central Arnhem land, Northern territory, Australia. The painting was finished in 2000 and the artist unfortunately died in 2004.
Theme and Narrative Elements in the Short Story There are numerous literary elements that play a role in short stories in order to add to the larger narrative theme. An example of this is the narrative "The Welcome Table" by Alice Walker. Throughout this paper, this writer will demonstrate the significance of how the application of point of view, setting, and symbolism plays a role contributing the theme of a story. "The Welcome Table" by Alice Walker is narrated from a third person point of view. Walker's depiction of the main character is so vividly expressed that a reader could not visualize anything other than that of a poverty-stricken and destitute individual.
Figurative Language in The Great Gatsby Figurative language is a very important part of any novel. It helps the reader understand the setting, mood, and personality of the story and characters. Different types of figurative language help the readers understand different aspects of the novel. Imagery helps readers see a picture of any part of the story and metaphors and similes help us recognize the similarities between characters and settings. Figurative language is a part of everyday life and reading and analyzing it in a novel helps the reader throughout their daily lives as well as through a novel.
In this passage Jane Austen uses different narrative techniques to help the reader get a better understanding of the plot and the characters involved within it. These techniques include ‘showing’, when direct speech is used to show the characters speaking directly to each other and ‘telling’, in the form of focalization and free indirect speech which gives the reader access to the thoughts and emotions of the characters. We see how Austen uses the narrative voice to draw in the reader and capture their attention. The first paragraph in this passage is written by an omniscient narrator, which enables Austen to relate details to the reader in a neutral tone without having to show the full dialogue or thinking of the characters involved. The narrator is able to convey directly how the character is feeling and what has happened.