Stadium Tiger Mr. Grevstad and Mrs. Hathaway AP Language and Composition 27 August 2014 Ethos, Pathos, and Logos in Black Boy by Richard Wright Black Boy by Richard Wright may be a biography, but it contains many writing essential. These writing essentials are used in the novel to persuade, stir up emotion, and demonstrate logic so readers can better understand and connect to the novel. Richard does this this in the form of ethos, pathos, and logos. Richard applies ethos to express reasoning. This is demonstrated when he says, “If I were going to violate the law, then I ought to get something out of it.
CUSTOMS AND BONDS A piece of writing, as in every form of art, is a manifestation of its creator. Authors include fragments of themselves, their history, and their experiences for either personal motive or simply to establish a moral connection with the reader. In The Custom House, Nathaniel Hawthorne's introduction to his novel The Scarlet Letter, an unnamed narrator establishes a connection with the reader through personal anecdote, history, and emotion. This anonymous customs officer is not Hawthorne himself, rather an idealized figment of the author's imagination, a vehicle to deliver personal motives and apprehensions. It can then be said that the purpose of this piece is to act as a bond to Hawthorne's past, present, and views toward his strong familial ties to an area so rich with religious fervor, giving a glimpse into the realities caused by his own family and past.
The Scarlet Letter In a time where evil was believed to lurk amongst the puritan colonies, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Author of “The Scarlet Letter” discusses religious mind sets and prosecutions of the convicted sinners. The depth and complexities discussed in this historical fiction fulfills William Faulkner’s definition of a writer’s purpose. The writer has a responsibility which through Hester he shows the intensity of her experiences that she endeavored. William Faulkner delivered a classic speech upon receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature. Faulkner’s perspective on a writer’s responsibility should portray “love and honor and pity and pride and sacrifice”.
"Young Goodman Brown" and "The Birthmark" by Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in 1804 in the town of Salem, in Massachusetts. His works have been written while the Puritan views were shaping literature. Aspects of the Puritan beliefs and lifestyle are present in Hawthorne's works, such as in "Young Goodman Brown." Various themes which Hawthorne uses in his writing include the reference to dreams and how this helps to reveal the true personality of a character, and the reference to Puritan beliefs such as Calvin's Five Points. In two of Hawthorne's pieces of literature, "Young Goodman Brown" and "The Birthmark," there are many similarities and differences in the way they are written and the messages they convey to the reader.
Ambiguity in the Scarlet Letter In his 1850 novel The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s continual use of ambiguous and unclear elements allows him to “mingle the marvelous” and to give the book a certain air of mystery, permitting the reader to draw his or her own conclusions by constantly weighing the natural versus the marvelous reason for an event. To what extent can we say that the ambiguity and imagery are inextricably linked all over the story? Symbolism and allegory of particular events will be explained in a first part, and the study of Pearl’s meaning throughout the story will be done in a second part. To begin with, the prison door is described as having never known "a youthful era.” Yet, the wild rosebush that grows at the side of the portal is its saving grace. The rosebush represents kindness and forgiveness to the prisoners who must face either a prison sentence or a death sentence.
Through a close study of the narrative structure, relationships and detective fiction the reader will gain a better understanding of the distinctive elements of this novel. In the book “Curious” Mark Haddon has used an interesting narrative structure to convey the effects of Christopher Boone as the distinctive narrator. A distinctive feature we see in “Curious” is the use of Narrative Digressions. Haddon has structured this novel so that about every second chapter we see a Narrative digression which throws the story into pause and in these narrative digressions he goes into unneeded subjects such as Christopher listing all of his behavioural problems Christopher says “I used to think mother and father would get divorced” this digression had followed Ed Boone stating that he wanted to leave Swindon and live somewhere else. Christopher stating all these behavioural problems shows us his thought pattern.
Views toward Native and/or African Americans. Colonial authors of the fifteenth and sixteenth century William Bradford, Cotton Mather, and, Sarah Knight, centered their literary writing on personal experiences. These three authors writing styles gave rise to different opinions regarding personal views toward Native Americans and/or African Americans. It is easy to determine differences and similarities between these authors when taking in account religious background, social upbringing and personal convictions that would later transform this literally era. A strong belief in Puritanism offered preconceived ideas regarding Native Americans in the 1500’s, which lead to William Bradford’s initial fear of barbaric creatures.
The climactic moment of a novel or play is often internal rather than external, a flash of insight or an epiphany on the part of one or more of the characters. In a well-organized essay, explain the epiphanies experienced by both the narrator and Jefferson and how the character arcs and story arcs parallel one another. 3. Culturally significant allusions – to the Bible, classical mythology, and the like – are common in works of literary merit. Write a well-organized essay in which you examine Gaines’s use of biblical allusions in A Lesson Before Dying and evaluate how they contribute to the overall theme of the novel.
(Thesis)- Main idea of the whole essay. (Introduction) leads in Aspect (A, B, C) For body paragraphs Note: in the test you need to start the essay by referring to the title of the story, the author and the key words Homecoming by Bruce Dawe Essay-Introduction Writing the illustration- 1) Make a Point 2) Back up with evidence e.g. Quote 3) comment on the effect it has on the readers (Aspect A)- first body paragraph Transition- first sentence Topic sentence-also the first sentence Illustration- examples quotes etc opinion Poetry has endeavoured to communicate human emotion and ideas over the centuries. Bruce Dawe’s poem homecoming conveys the trauma war-stricken situations and the loss involved. The poem is based around the returning
As the contemporary influences of time affect the idea of the texts, in this essay I will be comparing how scientific advances affected literature. Firstly, John Donne, who is frequently referred to as the dominant figure of a school of 17th century English writers known as the metaphysical poetswhose work was characterized by the inventive use of conceits, and by speculation about topics such as love or religion included controversial opinions of science which questioned the legitimacy of religion. Secondly in the novel, “Tess of the D’Urbervilles” by Thomas Hardy, which presents complex pictures of the importance of social class in nineteenth-century England and the difficulty of defining class, writing at the time of the industrial revolution. And finally “Wit”, a play written in 1995 by Margaret Edson whose main protagonist was a professor of John Donnes’ poetry, (tying in with his metaphysical style and how a modern professor interprets them).The relative ideas are therefore different because of the time the play was written in. John Donne was born a Catholic and gained notoriety with a small circle of admirers for his controversial poetry and later in life became an Anglican priest.