I found ‘The Man I killed’ to be a particularly interesting story out of this book. I feel like it really goes to the heart of why the author feels he must write and get all these feelings out. He describes the body in vivid imagery, and he returns to it later on, in “Ambush”. He says: “I want to tell her that as a little girl she was absolutely right. This is why I keep writing war stories” (131) and then he goes on to talk about
In my opinion, I got the idea that this book was written more for the workings of the mind but at the same time Steinbeck wanted to make you feel something as you read this. I think it was written for the workings of the mind because he wanted to get his point across about the constant internal battle of good vs. bad. What I enjoyed most about this book was the way he used characters to portray actions or ideas. For example, he used Cathy to represent evil and Aron to represent the internal battle of good vs.
In this selection from the autobiography of Malcolm X titled “My First Conk”, readers will find out about Malcolm X's first real step towards what he calls “self-degradation”. Although there is no exact thesis stated in the excerpt there are still clear points stated throughout the reading. When Malcolm X wrote this piece the idea was to show the reader how society can make one feel like they must change to be considered better than who and what an individual really is. It is also expressed that one's individuality can be taken away and the negative outcomes one can struggle with after that change. It is described that society can be a truly horrifying thing and the ways men and women try to fit in can be both shameful in the long
As a consequence of this, Golding uses some of these horrific happenings to portray a message or even an extremely strong moral point through the setting and characters in particular. Golding specifically uses the interesting and diverse characters of Piggy and Simon to portray moral and ethical issues that concerned him at the time of when he wrote his novel. Not only this, but certain elements of Piggy and Simon’s personality and even exterior aesthetics are used to convey a message possibly about the government, democracy and society in general. When reading the novel, Jack and Ralph are first perceived as the main characters. It first seems, that Golding is really trying to make a point about these two boys’ behaviour he puts across the idea that these characters both dichotomous in terms of their interaction skills and general social demeanour are not morally upstanding.
The book is a cautionary tale about what happens when books are Forgotten or actively suppressed, and it forms one of its own best arguments in favour of the book as a keystone to intellectual freedom. The society it describes is a dystopia, but unlike other famous dystopias like 1984 and Brave New World, the book holds out some hope, however fragile and tentative. Fahrenheit 451 is a deceptive book too; it's a quick read, and it seems to be about people burning books. Fahrenheit 451 begins with a famous opening line: "It was a pleasure to burn" (33), a line which resonates
From the Great American Melting Pot to Critical Thinker I chose to write about topic two because it stuck out to me the most, and defines who I have become as a reader and writer, and thinker. There is one assignment that has contributed to the way I approach writing, read writing, and critically think about situations, before I say or write something I may regret. This phenomenon occurred after reading The Great American Melting Pot, which told edited versions of our American history, and left out key minority figures that founded this land. This in turn may have left us, the future society ignorant to our own society’s cultures and prone to stereotypical racism. I never looked at stereotyping as a form of racism, in fact on a regular
Letting you know, re-ensuring you through the storms of striking conflicts and rest you on the outcome of the storyline. The sensory language that Steinbeck brought into existence had succeeded when it grew into a visualization as if the reader also rides the journey with Lennie and George and the emotional connections are established. Talking more about the strategy and the technique angles of such gifted writer, in the novel of Of Mice and Men, Lennie was created to manipulate the excitement of fear into the book and further more to the readers. Bouncing to another angle, the repetition method was applied where George always gets angry and had enough with Lennie's troubles but the circle went on when George again feels sorry for Lennie, who doesn't understand the complicated life that he has. Foreshadowing was another ingredient added in the story to introduce the readers to ideas of incidents that become main parts of the story as it proceeded.
Scars: Possibility For Change China Mieville, author of The Scar, is a member of a group of writers devoted to shifting fantasy away from the commercial clichés that are recognized universally to be fantasy. One way that Mieville accomplishes this shift in his novel is to make the image of a scar, usually a negative feature, a positive theme because it allows the character opportunities to change. Mieville uses the theme of scarring throughout his novel, The Scar, to represent a development, or the possibility of change, within the nature of the character. ¬¬Mieville introduces the Lovers as the first characters with evidence, the scars ranging across their faces, of the theme of scarring being a significant factor of a characters’ growth. The scars on the female Lover are not as significant as the scars on the male Lover, because the wounds on the male represent the change that occurred in both the male and the female while the wounds on the female just represent a trivial adjustment in the female alone.
Commentary After reading Alice Walker’s novel ‘The Colour Purple’[1] I was heavily influenced by the theme of identity manipulation and oppression. Several other novels including ‘A Handmaid’s Tale’[2] and ‘Fingersmith’[3] helped further my understanding and thoughts around this theme, whilst also shaping my own attitudes and ideas on this subject. The oppression and manipulation of identity, a theme which neatly links the pieces together, was an appropriate foundation for my writing and was additionally developed by my wider reading. The non-fiction piece ‘Confessions of a People Watcher’ is a personal response to this theme; written in the form of a narrative essay it attracts a well-educated audience who have an interest in the personal opinion of such subjects. Although the primary purpose of this piece is to inform the reader, it was also created to inspire the reader’s own opinions around the themes.
The Stranger: Tone In Albert Camus’ novel, The Stranger, various rhetorical strategies are employed to more effectively enhance the novel. The main attitude the novel emits, the tone, dictates the way the piece is perceived by readers. The apathetic attitude radiating from the protagonist of the novel, Meursault, derives from the existentialist philosophy. This philosophy heavily focuses on indifference, detachment, and the irrationality of the universe. A sense of detachment is detected immediately at the start of the novel, when Meursault first hears word of his mother’s death.