Text Response Nanberry What are the advantages of Jackie French telling the story from different characters points of view? By Robert Milligan 7A In the novel Nanberry by Jackie French she shows the advantage of telling the story from different characters point of view are seeing different points of view, seeing the differences between the aboriginal way of life and the English way of life and makes the book a lot make interesting. In the next 3 paragraphs I will explain them. It shows you the different points of view of people in the novel. An example of this in the novel is when Colbee says ‘’ come boy ‘’ but Nanberry said ‘’no’’ because he wanted to stay with his family this is an example of different points of view because Colbee wants
For example, Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle, was not primarily conversational, and thus would not benefit as much from being orally told like Harriet Beecher Stowe’s The Ghost in the Mill or Samuel Clemens’s Cannibalism in the Cars. Where Irving takes the reader on a more personal creative literary journey – void of a separate storyteller though filled with imagery and vivid landscapes allowing the reader to make their own determinations – Stowe allows for a dialect advantageous of being acted aloud. Upon reading The Ghost in the Mill, you want to actually hear Sam Lawson tell the story, to know every aspect of the story and every word spoken by the characters in exactly the way he tells it, just like the children have learned to. Through stories like Stowe’s, written using dialect heavy in Southern slave culture, the need for a storyteller becomes more apparent, aiding in understanding the story’s tone. Likewise, in Clemens’s Cannibalism in the Cars, the written description only serves for so many creative possibilities; it is the storyteller that really brings the story to life.
Establishing Ethos in Writing An author can write with spectacular diction and elegant flow, but without establishing good ethos, that can dilute the rest of the message. In Sherman Alexie’s What You Pawn I Will Redeem, Lame Deer’s Talking to the Owls and Butterflies, and Benjamin Franklin’s Way to Wealth, their writings are focused on this exact idea. Whether it is through telling a story of a drunken Indian, attacking whites for what they have done to the world, or even giving advice on work ethic and gratuity, they all let their intelligence shine, make the reader feel sympathetic, and add some humor to lighten the mood. Each of the three authors portrays their intelligence in unique manner. At the end of Franklin’s essay he states, “I am, as ever, thine to
Online discussion of Clive Thompson | Criterion | User names and first few words of their comments | Who does not seem to pay careful attention to what others have said? (listening) | Rapidwritters,” This looks excellent”; Lana,” Well have you thought in general”; Hoppy,” Definitely an interesting topic”; Hello,” Haiku-like concision?”; Vegas,” Great piece”; Manbearpig,” Sounds French Canadian to me”; | Who examines different sides of the issue? | Cwall,” Um, did this guy actually check out”; Hpliferaft,” As a college composition instructor”; Wlz,” Another college writing instructor here”; Rss,” As our world changes, so must”; | Who suspends judgment? | Cyberwasteland,” As opposed to people who cannot afford”; Miller,” There are several comments arguing”; Hoppy,” Definitely an
Another outstanding composer who can recognise and utilise the power of language is Alistair McLeod. His short stories are laden with implied meaning and encourage his audience to think more in-depth about the themes and ideas displayed in his texts. His collection of short stories, The Lost Salt Gift of Blood, is set in Nova Scotia, a remote region of Canada where Gaelic is still spoken and tradition triumphs over technology. It explores many universal themes, like man vs. nature and tradition vs. individuality. The stories are often disturbing, delving deep into the realm of human emotion.
To look at early Canadian history we must view documents created by the earliest European settlers into Canada from France; however, this has a few notable disadvantages. Since the Canadian Natives orally delivered their past, it is hard to determine how accurate and how widely-accepted the facts of it would have been today. On the positive side of viewing the French settlers’ documents, we can see many common practices of the natives and learn about their society; for example we can see that there were no police or government, no monetary system, people worked together in harmony (for the most part), and the society existed based on the independence of each family and peacefulness among members its’ members, essentially. The disadvantage of the European documents, to start, is that they do not contain any of the emotions or thoughts of the natives. It is told that the natives are savages who do not understand the very nature of emotions such as “gout, stone, gravel, gall, colic, rheumatism,” however; it is likely that, as humans, they shared a large range of emotions in common with their European visitors and simply used different words for them or described the feelings in completely disparate ways.
What does it mean to be an Indian man? Lastly, what does it mena to live on an Indian Reservation?” • Protagonists in his work show a constant struggle with themselves and their own powerlessness among white American society. • Influences: evoke sadness, while using humor and pop culture • Film: Created the first all-Indian movie “Smoke Signals” and based the screen play off two of his short stories. This movie took top honors at the Sundance Film Festival • Awards: ’92 National Endowment of the Arts Poetry Fellowship • ’93 PEN/Hemingway award • ’94 Lila Wallace-Readers digest writers
Redefining Truth in Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried By: Rose Monahan May 2011 The Pennsylvania State University In an interview with Tobey C. Herzog, Tim O’Brien discussed the merits of truth by saying, “You have to understand about life itself. There is a truth as we live it; there is a truth as we tell it. Those two are not compatible all the time. There are times when the story truth can be truer, I think, than a happening truth” (120). Many literary scholars have struggled with the “truth” in one of O’Brien’s most famous works, The Things They Carried, a collection of twenty-two tales on the Vietnam War that stand alone just as strongly as they tie together.
Because myths are linked historically not just to literature, but also to the experience of the sacred, their use has the effect turning an experience sacrosanct (Clasby xi). The two texts, Wild Thorns and Waltz with Bashir: A Lebanon War Story are imbued with various myths, of heroism and martyrdom, nation and national identity, and the motherland and revolution. Though the myths in the story are born out of a historical and political necessity to create a unified community, the same myths are also far removed from the lived experience, often alienating characters instead, and limiting the exploration of different possibilities and interpretations of history and nation. Myths, as the chosen form of communication of “prophets, poets and rebels” (Clasby xv), offer a symbolic language for articulating experience that can be used as a narrative of the experience of a people. In the light of the fact that many scholars see “modern consciousness” as a fall grace (Clasby 1), myths elevate the ordinary experience to the sacred (Clasby xi).
'The Handmaids Tale' is a first person narrative. The narrator is active in the story therefore can be considered as defective as the events are conveyed from a predisposed view point. Atwood reveals Offreds 'state of mind' through both the structure of the narrative and the opinions explored by our narrator. Offreds narrative style can be interpreted to highlight a number of viewpoints about Gilead. For instance the fragmented element of the narrative can both reflect Offreds 'state of mind' and contribute to the suggestions about Gilead as a nation/ society.