The Disdain of Total Equality Total equality may seem fair and justifiable in the eyes of some people, but in many cases it turns out to be little more than a form of oppression, in which a group of people limit the abilities of others. Throughout the story Vonnegut speaks of this necessity for equality and the means that the government goes to achieve it by using devices called ‘handicaps’; one example of this is George’s earpiece, “A buzzer sounded in George’s head. His thoughts fled in panic, like bandits from a burglar alarm.” Vonnegut’s simile here creates a sort of loud diction, which expresses the sheer discomfort invoked by these restraints on the person wearing them. The governing body in this society views this as the solution to a problem, one that happens to be relatively impossible to solve, this is how Vonnegut incorporates satire into his story. He is poking fun at the age old concept of ‘equality,’ one that has inspired wars and movements alike; he accomplishes this by creating a system to make everyone equal, a system that happens to be just as stupid as the idea of ‘total equality.’ Under this system equality is achieved, but it is at the cost of individual freedom and a society full of stupid people, this in-turn creates the situational irony found in the story.
Sedaris and Swift share multiple similarities in their writing such as the element of details to add humor. Engaging the reader with exact numbers or details paints a picture of how observed an action or idea can be. In the case of Swift his uses of exact details cause the reader to pounder on how outlandish his ideas really are in A Modest Proposal. When discussing the benefits of selling the poor children as meat Swift goes in to disturbing detail “ in the art of making good bacon so much wanted among us by the great destruction of pigs , too frequent at our table ; which are no way comparable in taste of magnificence to a well-grown , fat, yearling
Comic set pieces with caricature-like characters get stale before they've begun, and he spins them out as if he was being paid by the word. A certain kind of broad, formulaic humor obtains, probably what he needed to write for newspapers at the time, but it seems out of place amidst his more mature writing. Whereas the parts where he is achingly funny tend to have a certain realness about them - Clemens is making observations about things trivial and profound that he
5. In contrast to Romeo, Mercutio is lively, cynical and level-headed. He has little time for love games. In fact, he does not seem to like women at all. In Act 2, Scene 4 he says “… runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole”, comparing love to cheap jewellery.
Note that a metaphor is introduced in the first sentence—the idea of the past at Auschwitz and other death camps echoing down through the ages. However, it is then immediately connected with a subject—tears—that cannot echo. This problem is commonly referred to as mixing metaphors, and using metaphors in this way can cause your reader a great deal of confusion hilarity, which does not serve the subject. At the very least, it can break the flow of a good metaphor by introducing an impossible image that your reader can’t correctly visualize. Another commonly used rhetorical device is parallelism.
Mr. Pluto does something to keep the horse from being able to run at night.) At this point, Mr. Small gets excited. He says Pluto isn't making any sense. Mr. Pluto repeats the word "sense" (7.42) a few times and looks sad. Then he says: "When hoot owl screeching, westward flies, Gauge the sun…Look to Dies, And Run."
The writer again suggests the sense of running into the danger by saying ''Sprinting away from our happiness among the fresh spring grasses by the oak'' Mcewan suggests again how they are running away from any bit of safety, happiness they might of had and the beautiful connotations of nature: the 'grass' and the 'oak' to something much more threatening and unknown. McEwan mentions 'a childs cry' further trying to create tension as childrens cry's are known to be the worst and most ear shattering this could signify that there might be something bad about to happen as the thought of a child hurt or in danger may unnerve the reader and cause anxiety. The writer continues to build narrative tension when he writes ''four
Poor Gene When only judging Gene based on his actions, Gene can definitely be considered immoral. After all, Gene does jounce Finny off a tree limb. Gene also kicks Leper’s chair from under him and runs away from his friend in need. Gene is completely contemptible for all of his immoral actions, true. Although, what he does is understandable considering that he is a young, inexperienced boy who struggles with “the war” (24), self-esteem, jealousy, fear (and other emotions), and maturing, or “growing up”, with no real guidance.
Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner!” (pg 4) through this he shows that he does not want to partake in Gandalf’s adventure at first. A battle of good and evil is portrayed throughout this all story. Especially when Gollum and Bilbo have a riddle off. Gollum is a wicked creature that lives in darkness and brings everyone down.
Though Franklin is not famous for his humor in his texts, in A way to Wealth there are times where he sprinkles some jokes in. One of these instances comes after quoting from an earlier essay. He states, “And again, the eye of the master will do a lot more work than both his hands”(238). If Franklin were to leave the word both out, then one might dispute that the master is an overseer and still getting work done. However, with the use of this word, it implies humor saying that all the master does is talk a big word, but never actually does as he says.