Blatantly, Alfred Hitchcock introduces his movie with a shot of cawing birds, establishing suspense, and then drops the audience on their rears, stranded with a few shots of squawking birds. There is lack of a pertinent element in the film that runs amuck in the story, and this element is foreshadowing. Foreshadowing is one of the various strengths in Du Maurier’s The Birds and it is by far the most effective, and so one can elaborate to the conclusion that without a plethora of clues, the reader is numb to arising suspense. Another opportunity given to Hitchcock was the option of paralleling his movie to the genius of the story, because without taking some material from the author, his version is almost a different species and thus the lack of suspense. Furthermore, Daphne Du Maurier stresses important details so the suspense is evident.
Michellae Brown Ms. Horton AP Lit. And Comp. Rhetorical Essay (Final) The beauty of birds in flight is all in the eye of the beholder. Two experiences of bird watching by Audubon and Dillard differ, one is objectively descriptive while the other is poetic in nature. In Audubon’s essay, he uses “objective” diction to create impartial and precise aspects of the birds in flock, with words such as “extreme beauty” and “immense legions.” He uses words such as these to not compare the birds to actual life, but to describe the image he sees and how it makes him feel.
John James Audubon and Annie Dillard both wrote short passages describing large flocks of birds using vivid imagery and descriptive diction to convey the effect that the flocks had on them as an observer. Both passages have an awed and laudatory tone since the writers seem to be enchanted by the beauty o the birds. While Audubon gives a literal description of what he saw, Dillard describes the birds through the extensive use of figurative language. The descriptive diction in both passages serves to give the reader a mental image of what the writer saw as the birds flew by. Audubon uses phrases like “countless multitudes” and “immense legions” to describe the large amount of birds that he watched fill the sky.
Hwawon Bae AP English 3 – 2nd period 12/10/09 IWA #2 Mary Oliver is a poet who is an “indefatigable guide to the natural world.” “Owls” shows us Oliver’s detailed perspective and emotional feeling on the big eyed, flying creatures; her love and respect towards them. Oliver’s style in writing conveys the complexity of her response to nature. Mary Oliver greatly exaggerates reverence to owls. Although they are simply animals, birds to be more specific, she refers to them like they are gods and very elevated. Oliver uses words like glory and delicate to show her thoughts on the owl.
“The Lesson of the Moth” In society today there are two main different types of people, the free spirited individuals and the conservative individuals. The free spirits believe to live in the moment and die doing something that makes them happy while the conservatives believe to live in routine and stick to “playing it safe”. In Don Marquis’s poem, “The Lesson of the Moth”, Don uses a moth and a cockroach, named Archy, to portray those two personalities. The poem dives deep into how people go about their lives, a touchy subject for some, and how they view each other. The poem starts off with Archy giving the reader the setting and an idea that the moth is suicidal, but the next stanza explains that the moth and the cockroach do not understand each other’s lives.
He appeal to the emotion of sympathy for the bird as she tirelessly soar and wait for the captured. This shows that the birds have emotion and real connection for each other unlike anything a machine can have. This emotional connection between the birds is what makes machines different from real life. With ethos, Eiseley is able to showcase how birds possess emotion and how important that emotion. Eiseley uses juxtaposition in order to help show the differences between life and machine.
How does Keats tell the story of ‘The Eve of St. Agnes’ in stanzas 36-42? Stanzas 36-42 are focused on Porphyro and Madeline’s relationship deepening. Keats uses a reference to birds in the phrase “A dove forlorn and lost with sick unpruned wing.” Shows how Madeline is afraid of being abandoned by Porphyro now that they have consummated their relationship. The use of the “dove” represents the love that they share and the purity of their relationship which perhaps clashes with the fact that they consummated their relationship before marriage. By referring to birds it perhaps shows that they are trying to get ‘free’ and ‘fly’ away.
The range of time and birds has been increasing since the 1900s. The subject of this painting is being portrayed as honorable based on how much birds are very love and cared for in the Indian culture. The audience emotions for this painting is to feel appreciated and have love for the things that means so much to our culture today. This art is different and very simple due to not being made by a lot of materials. Its made of watercolor and
In the book, Atticus and Miss Maudie tell Scout and Jem a mockingbird’s job is to provide music and joy to people, “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy . . . but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” That quote could be metaphorically used for Atticus, also.
The Innocence of the Mockingbird The symbolism of the mockingbird has a strong impact on Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. It is said throughout the novel that “it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Lee,90). Mockingbird’s are some of the most gentle, and heartfelt birds, they do not “eat up people’s gardens, [and] don’t nest in corncribs” (Lee,90). Their innocence is proven by singing charming music for all of Maycomb, they are deeply adored and respected by Maycomb’s people. But they are not the only gentle and caring creatures in Maycomb, Atticus Finch, Boo Radley, and Tom Robinson are all agreeable representation of what is it to be a mockingbird.