In the poem A Barred Owl by Richard Wilbur, the author explains that an adult protects a child from the truth by telling her in lines 3-6 that she only heard an owl asking her a harmless question “Who cooks for you”. In the poem The History Teacher by Billy Collins, Mr. Collins depicts a school teacher who chooses to hide the truth of the world's past history from his students to protect their innocence. Both authors have trusted figures in the children’s lives who both have the same concept of lying and misleading the children into believing something that is false to in order to “protect” the child's innocence and for the sake of the adult's peace of mind. In the Barred Owl, the parents telling the child that the bird is asking her simple questions that shouldn’t make her scared is an example of personification (the Owl talking) and it also symbolizes a lack of foresight that is an effort to protect their daughter, but they have given her an unrealistic outlook on the world that can create its own future negative effects in the child's life. The poem The History Teacher while lacking personification it shares the same concept of symbolism in the same way, the teacher hides and shelters his students from the truth about history by telling his students made up pleasant events rather than cold hard facts of history to protect their innocence.
Similar Situations, Different Destinations: A Comparison of Mary Rowlandson and Olaudah Equiano Choice of diction, modes of discourse, and figurative language can all add value and depth to a work of literature. Mary Rowlandson and Olaudah Equiano were two early examples of American authors who used these elements of literature to their advantage. Rowlandson’s A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson and Equiano’s From Africa to America have extensive similarities as well as notable differences. It is important to examine their individual feelings about family, religion, and their own situations in order to truly understand the way that these captives felt. Though Mary Rowlandson and Olaudah Equiano shared similar experiences, they related the experience through very different writing styles.
To Kill a Mockingbird "Ignorant individuals are those who refuse to see the world through the eyes of another." - Matthew Michael James once said. Ignorance is something that is oblivious to humans and are not aware of their lack of knowledge about other people. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, displays Attics Finch a lawyer that was chosen to defend Tom Robinson's life from the racist people in Maycomb County such as Bob Ewell, and to always be their for his two children Scout, and Jem that experience many conflicts throughout the novel. Two characters that show bewilderment throughout the course of the novel is Scout, and Bob Ewell.
Written communication also has an impact on people as well. One of the purposes of poems is to make people react to them. Whether it is by making people relate to the poem through love, death, sex or class or by stirring up controversial issues. Whenever someone writes a novel, short story or anything most of the time they are trying to relay a message. In a short story called “Black People and Public Spaces by Brent Staples he shows readers how language can be powerful through nonverbal language.
“The Awakening” By Kate Chopin Kate Chopin uses many different situations and different settings in the novel “The Awakening” to get her points and aspects of the story across to the readers. Throughout the story Chopin also uses many different literary techniques and situations to explain the characters and their place within the story. Chopin seems to be very specific at points, but also very vague when brining new characters into the story and the meaning behind such characters. From the many different aspects of the story the significance of the ending of the novel seems to be the most important and most interesting within the works writing. Chopin seems to use many different themes and symbols throughout the story to portray Edna’s character and way of life that causes the many problems and difficulties for her.
Things Fall Apart Major Essay In his novel Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe attempts to answer many questions, such as “Is fate real?” Achebe provides readers with a few options to this question, some of which are logical, and others that are superstitions adapted by the Igbo culture of Africa. Achebe clearly states the idea of an individual’s chi, yet characters have their own beliefs about that superstition. For example, Okonkwo, the main character of the novel, and other members of his clan believe in different specific details and proverbs about chi. Chi helped shape Okonkwo’s destiny. Okonkwo ends up fighting against his chi, and he eventually lost.
Owen could also be trying to convey a message about society’s voluntary ignorance during the war because the public sang anthems for the youths as they were heading to war knowing what fate intended to do with them. Owen is specific about the words he uses in this poem, as they are essential to getting the reader to sympathise with him. Firstly the use of the words “rattle and cattle” brings unpleasant feelings as they are hard sounding words which are intended to alert us and to keep us out of our safety zone. The word “rattle” can be associated with the rattle snake which incite fear and that’s exactly what Owen wants us to feel. On the other hand “cattle” does not bring fear or safety, the connotation of “cattle” is something that isn’t loved or cared for.
As the elders said, if a child washed his hands he could eat with kings." Narrator Pg. 5 5. "Darkness held a vague terror for these people, even the bravest among them. Children were warned not to whistle at night for fear of evil spirits."
Contents Introduction Chronology 11 14 Chapter 1: Background on Chinua Achebe 1. The Life of Chinua Achebe G.D. Killam In writing his seminal novel about Africa, Chinua Achebe established himself as the most prominent African writer of his generation. In all his work, Achebe has focused on dispelling the idealized images of his own people and depicting them as they live in the real world. 19 2. Chinua Achebe’s Philosophy of Fiction Jerome Brooks, interviewing Chinua Achebe Achebe recounts in an interview that his first attraction to the art of storytelling was a result of the stories told in his home as a child.
Post-colonial Africa is still trying to recover, by trying to adapt a mindset of what it truly means to be an African. Achebe explores these issues through his own African roots and portrays what he believes is the true essence of African culture. One major theme of the novel is language. Language is the most effective and prominently used tool for communicating to other people. It is clear that speech is used in a different form depending on who is addressed.