With the different characters in the story, the meaning of their names gave color and attractions to the story itself and to the readers. Each character involvement gave impact to the flow from the beginning to end. The research aims to identify the meaning of the names of selected main characters in the two books. By knowing the meaning of the characters names, the readers would be able to decipher how it affects their corresponding characteristics. How the characters move to make the whole story in the two given books were also stated and sufficient examples and proofs were given.
This novel uses the emotions of the narrator, the actions and events in the story and the way that they connect with and clearly stem from society at the time that the novel was written, to make the novel easy to relate to for a reader and allows them to take on board the lessons and themes of The Handmaid's Tale in a more personal and meaningful way. A fictional novel can be made to feel real to a reader by use of details. If a book uses a lot of small details and intricacies it creates a world around the novel that can feel convincing and suck the reader in. Often books that invent a world tend to play off the world that already exists around them and then alter things so that the reader has a way 'in' to the plot and a level to connect with it on and then can open their mind to what the author chooses to add. Some famous series that do this include Harry Potter by J.K.Rowling, Lord of the Rings by J.R.R.Tolkein and Naughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman.
Running head: CRITICAL ESSAY: EUDORA WELTY’S “A WORN PATH” Critical Essay: Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path” When reading Eudora Welty’s Story “A Worn Path”. It stated that it was December and a bright frozen day. Meaning it was daylight outside and that it was probably snowing. She was a very old little lady. With continuing reading it is saying that she was trying to get to town and she was walking through pines and woods and nothing had scared her.
THotS Essay A narrator “is somebody who tells a story”, well at least that’s what the Encarta Dictionary says. When the point of view of the narrator is from more than one character it is dual narration, or two different narrators. Permitting the reader to be told the same story from two different perspectives, allows additional insight to the novel through the literary technique of foreshadowing. In addition to foreshadowing, Magical Realism takes its toll throughout this book. Being introduced to the same character in multiple circumstances furthers the reader’s familiarity with the characters.
“A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty is a story of an elderly black woman “ her head tied in a red rag, coming along path through the pinewoods. Her named was Phoenix Jackson” (Welty 82). Phoenix travels a long journey to town to acquire medicine for her grandson at the doctor’s office and the elderly woman goes through struggles against intense fatigue and poor eyesight, as well as such obstacles as thorn bushes and barbed wire and loose dogs such as.“ A black dog with a lolling tongue” (Welty 84). On that note, this illustrates that Phoenix Jackson overcomes many obstacles to reach her destination. It’s December when Phoenix starts on her journey to Natchez and it is a journey she has taken many times before.
Apply the term ‘narrative voice’ and two other of the following terms to two of the set texts you have read for the module this semester in a comparative fashion. On the surface of the two novels that are being studied there are many different ways that the authors have developed the narrative voice, the structure and the ideologies that are inset in the novels. Thus, allowing the reader to experience the authors intended emotions, sensations or simply to evoke a response from the reader. Intimacy by Hanif Kureishi and The Accidental by Ali Smith both use these devices throughout their novels to their advantage in creating an atmosphere within the discourse of their novels. Although the authors use these narrative devices in completely different ways they are both effective.
Fiction Overview The story I chose to do for this short story essay was “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty. After reading this story I think the element that she was trying to point out would be theme. In order for her to bring imagine a good theme she had to come up with an idea that would appeal to almost any reader. At the very beginning on of the ways she did that was to choose a very catchy title. “A Worn Path” to me tell me it is going to be about someone that has been through a lot in life and has been struggling with some important issues in life.
Narrative Vs. Descri Narrative Vs. Descriptive Adrian Clegg ENG121 December 20, 2013 Dusty Lavoie Narrative Vs. Descriptive A personal narrative tells a story about the writer, while a descriptive essay seeks to describe an object, person, place, event or emotion, according to Purdue University's Online Writing Lab. A narrative primarily develops the writer's ideas in the form of a story with a beginning, middle and end. A descriptive essay focuses on leaving a vivid impression in the mind of the reader by providing details that focus on the five senses and on feelings and experiences. Narration A narrative often reflects your personal experience, explaining what happened during some sort of experience. Stories are narrative, and narrative essays have a similar purpose of telling the events to a reader.
Fiction October 16, 2014 And of Clay Are We Created The tone of a story is the attitude that is given by the author about the story. It is created through the use of different details and components in order to express the conflict, setting , attitude ,etc. These elements give the reader a certain emotion that the author wants you to feel. In the short story, And of Clay are We Created by Isabel Allende, the narrator describes different scenarios in order to perceive the emotion he wants to convey. The tone throughout the story changes and keeps the reader intrigued.
Realist writers use literary devices to show people as they are. Time manipulation for example, is when an author uses different elements to suspend, accelerate, or to alter chronological order of events to add to the effectiveness of the story. Ambrose Bierce, Kate Chopin, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman use this to better focus on the true meaning of their works. In the stories, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, the Story of an Hour, and The Yellow Wallpaper they use time manipulation to add to the story as a whole. Ambrose Bierce’s An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge is a story told in limited third person.