Comparable to the beginning of the novel McEwan immediately dives into the plot with the objective being to captivating the reader, he starts the novel with the sentence “The beginning is simple to mark”, and by using the word ‘beginning’ it leaves the reader to suggest that an important event is going to take place. This sentence is used to create suspense that leads the reader to carry on out of curiosity and uncertainty, the short length of the sentence conveys a bluntness which leaves more emotional impact. Ironically the narrator, who is also the protagonist: Joe, claims the beginning of the story to be ‘simple’ yet his frequent digression and evading of the topic makes it seem far from. This is another device McEwan uses, Joe's tendencies to have his thoughts diverted elsewhere lengthens the narrative, essentially building up tension for the readers. McEwan uses the narrator’s euphemistic persona to build tension demonstrated through the way he withholds vital information with the use of euphemisms, “saw the danger”, “running towards it”, the narrator intentionally omits what the situation is by identifying it as “the danger” or “it”.
“Tartuffe reminds me of a grown up version of a Dr. Seuss book.” says Casey McCall, who plays Mariane, “It really is a great Show, and I think that people will enjoy it a lot.” The audience is in for quite the surprise when they see this show. They’ll be shocked to see how many parallels there are in modern life to a play that was written centuries ago. Every audience member will be able to connect to a character, whether they’re the religious hypocrite, the person who speaks out of place to fight for what’s right, or the young boy having their love seduced by another man who we all know
Naming and detailing help paint a picture for the readers, making them aware of the surroundings, as if the reader had experienced the same childhood memory. The combinations of the sentences are structured to give every detail, binding every small piece of information together, with the use of many commas to separate the many elements given. On the other hand, “Always Running” is not so much detailed as Dillard’s. The use of descriptive strategies draws the readers in differently, creating dominant impressions that enable the readers to imagine what the significance was like for the author. “We stopped in front of a chain-linked fence which surrounded the school.
A successful story should be something that makes you think and wonder how you can relate to it in your life. In ‘Looking for Alibrandi, I think, many people who read it can relate too some of the feelings felt by Josie. Some of the common relations to the book people have are, John Barton’s suicide and how Josie grieved or to the hilarious situation of ‘the Hot Pants magazine quiz’ at the beginning of the book and how Josie attempted to get out of being caught, as everyone would try to do in her situation. ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ I think was successful of achieving the expectations that a reader expects in a novel. One of the expectations of a successful novel is ‘Entertainment’ this is needed to keep a reader amused and not bored with the book.
AS Level Drama Supporting Notes Section 1 The chosen practitioners for our AS Level drama performance of ‘Stolen Secrets’ by Finn Kennedy is the Kneehigh Theatre Company. We read books about Kneehigh, watched video clips of their performances and discussed their methods. The key aspect of Kneehigh that inspired was their unique way of storytelling that is woven into each of their plays. Kneehigh has been called ‘the company that has put the soul back into storytelling’. Kneehigh use physical theatre and eccentric characterisations to add to the quirkiness of their storytelling which was appealing to our group as we wanted to push ourselves to find new strengths enabling us to create challenging, innovative, emotionally-charged work as Kneehigh
The symbolism of the holocaust is engaging as fairy-tales are always considered to have a happy ending but using such a dark topical matter which seems to have no happy outcomes is able to surprise the audience and to keep them reading as the audience is waiting to see the “Happily ever after” (pg. 239). Yolen has used topical/subject matter and intertextuality to great effect to produce a novel which is engaging and intriguing to the
Victims of Pride DeMarcus Potter 3/13/13 In the story ‘’The Crucible’’ by Arthur Miller gives a very good first impression right off the jump. Miller sets the mood which can make you paint a picture, and almost make you feel like you’re actually there. The way Miller begins to set the stage is addicting, because you want to do nothing but keep reading. And as you might read on your introduced in to some important characters. Such as, Abigail, John Procter, Parris, and a slave from Barbados named Tituba.
Classical conditioning can help to explain the simple things in life such as a person’s reaction to particular song, or smell as well as larger emotional problems such as fear and anxiety. Have we ever heard songs on the radio, or find ourselves in places, that instantly make us feel good because they have connected to special times we have had? When we smell freshly baked cookies, does it make our mouth water or stomach growl? These examples illustrate a learning process called classical conditioning, in which an organism learns to associate two stimuli (e.g., a song and a memorable event), such that one stimulus (the song) comes to produce a response (feeling happy) that originally was produced only by the other stimulus (the memorable event). Classical conditioning was the first type of learning to be discovered and studied within the behaviorist tradition.
“Why do we bother…” (line 1), “The swale of the afternoon, the sudden dip into evening” (line 1-2) were the lines that opened the poem. They combined with stanza 2 to form a question (the only question in the poem) that set up a melancholy mood only to surprise you with the sudden shift of alertness and happiness in line 6: “This is the best- (sounds childlike) throwing off the light covers”. It made me want to “just wake up”
Michael Frayn wrote the Novel Spies in an irregular and highly significant style through the use of a dual narration. Stephen Wheatley is a character that Frayn uses to illustrate emotions and feelings from almost any age in life, through Stephen literally narrating from more than one stage in his life. This use of dual narration across several ages is very effective in allowing a much broader audience to relate to the book; it expresses the thoughts of both adult Stephen and Stephen as a child, allowing us to access both the wisdom and personal reflections of the adult Stephen whilst simultaneously witnessing the excitement and naivety of a younger Stephen. In the second chapter, we are introduced to the other part of the novel, the third person narrative from younger Stephen’s perspective. The narrator begins referring to himself as ‘Stephen Wheatley’, showing his innate struggle for identity, as he is no longer referring to himself as ‘I’ or ‘me but in the third person such as ‘him’ or ‘he’.