This is illustrated in the beginning of the article, Heyman states “In the countryside, I felt the sky to be too low, the hills too close.”√ The repetition of ‘too’ creates a lack of familiarity for the composer, it also portrays to the responders that she is uncomfortable and disjointed in her new surroundings – how is this shown with repetition? You need to explain in more depth. All she is really looking for is a place of her own that she can relate to and call home. But why is it so hard for her to connect? Why does she need to feel a sense of belonging?
Belonging is an inevitable human quest that drives an individual for better or for worse. It is a concept that deals with the human need or desire to feel a connection with a person, place or community. Perceptions and ideas of belonging, or not belonging, vary within each individual and can be shaped by personal past experiences and relationships. Individuals may find the tensions between their identity and their context damaging. Many texts explore the positive aspects of belonging but many texts explore the negatives; alienation, and obstruction, or the impositions that are incurred by belonging.
Though techniques like personification and imaginary Slesser and Mackellar could show more effectively how they view Australia in their eyes . As they both have similar meaning and purpose for their poems which is ultimately the love for their country. I chose these two poems because
The wallpaper is at first a great annoyance to Jane as she claims that it is confusing and contradicting. Jane was a writer and was not permitted to express herself through the means of writing. She is not only affected by the physical restraints of being inside the room alone, but the yellow wallpaper is dreadful and fosters only negative creativity. Jane's negative thoughts are first displayed through "It is dull enough to confuse the eye in following, pronounced enough to constantly irritate and provoke study, and when you follow the lame uncertain curves for a little distance they suddenly commit suicide plunge off at outrageous angles, destroy themselves in unheard of contradictions." This is displaying the beginning of her negative thoughts which is the contribution to her spiralling into insanity since her disease confuses her mind and contradicts her logic, the paper parallels her mental state at this point.
Aunty Jean is significant in communicating to the reader how negative Martyn’s view of authority figures is, because using his interaction with her as source material the reader can see his mistrust and hatred of Aunty Jean, therefore it is clear that Martyn views Aunty Jean in a very negative way: ‘Thought of Aunty Jean made my stomach turn.’ The verb ‘turn’ describes Martyn’s uneasiness and the fact that he feels physically unwell at the thought of having to live with Aunty Jean. We the reader are able to deduce from this, just how much Martyn’s opinion of her has been negatively impacted by his father’s views. Martyn has no reason to suspect that Aunty Jean would be cruel to him or that she would be worse to live with, all of his hatred and wariness about her stems directly from his father’s own opinion and what he has heard his father say about her. Therefore Aunty Jean is central to the reader’s understanding of Martyn’s immature outlook on adult figures, and how much living with an alcoholic father has shaped his view of authority figures. Brooks also presents her through Martyn’s perspective as evil and sub-humanly disgusted, the thought of her makes him feel physically ill, in order to show how much Martyn needs her to prove his assumptions wrong so that he can grow up and mature.
"I stayed away because it weren't cheerful--and that's why I ought to have come. I"--she looked around--"I've never liked this place. Maybe because it's down in a hollow and you don't see the road. I don't know what it is, but it's a lonesome place, and always was” (Glaspell, 12). Due to the homes dreadful setting and appearance no one wanted to visit the friendless and lonesome Mrs. Wright.
There's a word I really hate. It's a phony." He displays his disgust through hyperboles, stating that he would "puke" at phony things. In this portion of the novel, he uses metaphores, stating that Spencer seemed as sharp as a "tack." His attitude of revulsion causes him to alienate himself from the adult world.
For evidence she said to Lennie,"I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely". It shows she was very lonely. "I get lonely " she said repetition of word describes her loneliness. Another piece of evidence ,to suggest that Curly,s wife is lonely is that she had no name !
Many themes appear in “A Rose for Emily,” including fantasy versus reality, death, love, and social class. Isolation is one of the primary themes that are evident throughout the story and the depth of the theme helps to understand her characterization. Miss Emily Grierson is a character with various levels of emotional instability which directly result from her lack of interaction with society. Examples of her emotional problems include her obvious hostility towards the members of her community and her proclivity for necrophilia. In William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily,” skewed public perception for the Grierson family and both unintentional and intentional lack of public interaction force Miss Emily Grierson to live and die in a world isolated from the rest of her society.
But it remains very hard to ascribe its behaviour to ignorance.” (Le Guin, 146). Furthermore, lack of communication resulted in humiliation. Due to the lack of understanding and communication, the protagonist felt alienated. Moreover, in “Was it a Dream?” the death of the protagonist’s wife caused psychological pain. The protagonist attempts to let go of the past, but has difficulty in the process.