Leeza often shows good sides to her that make Reef want to be a better person. Leeza shows how she is open with her feelings witch makes Reef also do the same as appose to his regular self which consists of him living in a shell and not expressing himself. An example of Reef showing his feelings is when on page two-hundred sixty-three the author says “Reef did not look up. He did the only thing he could do. He wept.” This shows how Leeza made Reef open up his emotions during the scene at the rehabilitation center.
. The rhythm of the poem ‘Magpies’ is at a medium pace. The rhythm of this poem pulls the reader in and makes them feel the relaxed and then in the second stanza in a panic, and in the third appreciation that magpies can sing beautifully and that they thank God with every note. The rhythm also helps the reader to feel the descriptive words in the poem such as clashing beaks and greedy eyes. The sound devices used in this poem are assonance, alliteration and rhyme.
Brett’s dark confused thoughts become clear. That is the role of friendship. The idea of letting others into your life and caring for one another is shown when Brett insists ‘If Frog’s missing I want to help find him’ (pg. 175). This states that he cares about Frog when he goes out looking for him and when he realises Frog is in trouble, he helps him out and sticks up for him which shows he is a true friend.
The author sets the mood in a happy way when a calamity should be miserable. The poet uses similes to make the tone more joyful. “Dogs barked and the children sprouted like dandelions on my lawn,” is a perfect example which compares the dogs and children to dandelions. It means that they appeared very quickly just like how dandelions grow really fast. Dandelions are also known to be happy flowers so this sets the mood in a more soothing and calming place.
There was excitement, sadness, grieve, racism, abandonment, hate, love, and happiness. The author explained the plot and the characters very well by making the story seem as realistic as it could be. These characters are completely believable, as well as the settings and actions. For example, when May had committed suicide, the setting seemed sad and gloomy. Another example is when everyone starts playing in the sprinklers, their actions are playful, excited, and childish.
The sow’s head and the conch shell do wield their own certain type of power over the boys , but their powers are two different types of power. The conch shell is the first of the two symbols to be introduced to the reader. The conch shell represents various civilized circumstances such as order, reason, civilization, law, and just the overall principle of good. That is why the author of this novel makes ralph and piggy find the conch. Ralph and Piggy both represent the greater good inside of people and humanity.
Holden has proven to hint at the idea that he has been a bit too much influenced by movies, which would most likely be a reason why Allie’s death was such a big deal. The movies have had a role in Holden’s life because they made him to believe that the protagonist or the “good” guy always miraculously survives dire situations, which made him believe that Allie would survive somehow through the leukemia. This idea was hinted towards when Holden was talking about how he felt after Maurice had punched him in the gut, Holden said that he was picturing himself going to the elevator, shooting Maurice, smoking a cigarette, and call up Janet to bandage him up. The idea of the “good” guy winning the battle is a very typical movie type of ending, which points to how influenced Holden is by the movies. The very same type of ending was seen when Holden recalled the movie he watched about the Englishman who had lost his memory and his response to it.
Taking an idea as abstract as thinking, it's animated as he describes them like a flowing river that has lost the strength of its current. A reviewer states, “his love affair with language breathes life into the people, places, and events he describes, making them true and essential” (Moniz). At times Baca can really exaggerate his descriptions, but it works for what he wants to convey and that's what makes his book such a mastery of imagery. The Glass Castle does have descriptions of objects and characters, but not as visceral as A Place to Stand. Descriptions were used to just describe, but in Baca's story the descriptions and imagery had an emotion that the reader felt even though it wasn't stated clearly.
The words ‘hissing’ and ‘rattle’ are mentioned, describing the sounds of the marshes, both of which create unpleasant onomatopoeic sounds and yet Kipps finds this pleasing. Hill presents the setting of Eel Marsh house as so overwhelmingly attractive to Kipps that he can overlook all the obviously strange and unattractive, even deathly, features. The structure of this chapter is done so that the beautiful is presented first and
The Effect Of Word-length in Memory Recall Definition The concept that it is more challenging to remember a list of long words compared to a list of short words. It also states that words that are shorter to pronounce are easier to remember than words that take longer to pronounce. Significance The word length effect shows that short words are easier to remember and this is because it takes longer to rehearse the long words. This effect also provides an explanation as to why American children can remember a larger range of digits than Welsh children. Generally, Welsh numbers require a greater amount of time to pronounce than English numbers.