Essay English 102 Professor Reggury February 22, 2011 “Barn Burning” In “Barn-Burning” Faulkner presents Abner Snopes as an evil Character. Symbolically, Snopes is shown to share similar qualities to the most pure of evil, Satan. Faulkner uses the mind of Snopes’s son, Sarty, to describe and point out to the readers these Satan-like characteristics that Snopes possesses. Additionally, it shows the readers the relationship that Snopes have with his family (blood loyalty) and the rest of society. Throughout the short story Faulkner makes reference to the depthless silhouette of Abner Snopes.
Literature is a large portion in education filled with many relatable themes and symbols. The Monster finds portmanteau with novels he is able to read. The Monster reads “Sorrows of Werter” which lead him to relate to how his protectors have treated him. “The disquisitions upon death and suicide were calculated to fill me with wonder. “(168) This novel gave the idea of suicide to the Monster which was inflicted upon being denied by everyone and not knowing his spot in humanity.
In contrast Gardner portrayed Grendel and Beowulf completely different than how Orwell did. We could see a more in-depth complex view of Grendel, the monster himself. The text explains Grendel’s horrible life and includes the explanations to why he does the evil deeds. Gardner shows readers that
This is also similar to Frankenstein because Shelley uses a similar example of personification to describe Victor’s feelings. “The sun and the heavens, who have viewed my operations, can bear witness of my truth” (Shelley, 1994, p.137). These are both instances of how personification is used, in similar ways, to show that both Victor and the Mariner feel as if they are being watched by the people who have died because of their mistakes of either killing the bird who brought good to the men, or created a monster who killed people that Victor loved very
Nowhere in the novel is there a happy thought of war, it is constantly being shown as a destructive route to go. This portrayal of war in a negative light is highlighted by including the words slaughterhouse in the tittle. The slaughterhouse is the location where animals are slaughtered, the parallel between this and the tittle is that the book promotes the idea that war is an unnecessary route and only leads to the slaughter of humans. The tittle of the novel also reflects the major motif of Death. Death is embedded in every chapter and is used to show the destructiveness of a war.
Another type of imagery that appears in both poems in the description of the war itself and the imagery used reinforces the brutality of it, so is the aim of both poems. ‘the sob and clubbing of the gunfire’ and ‘the steaming Chow Mein’ as descriptions of both the landscape and the action of killing produces vivid images in the reader’s head to evoke a certain emotion that the poet is trying to convey. Dogs are used in various parts of Bruce Dawe’s homecoming to personify the mourning experienced by the families and friends of the soldiers, the homecoming jets are ‘whining like hounds’ and as they land and dogs ‘raise their muzzles in mute salute’ as a sign of respect and sorrow. The imagery used in both homecoming and beach burial is an important tool for reinforcing the powerful messages behind each poem and making sure the reader comes away having truly understood what the writer is trying to convey. “Beach Burial” by Kenneth Slessor and “Homecoming” by Bruce Dawe both explore the themes of the
In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the author, Harper Lee has used symbolism with emotive language, frequent use and symbolising people to help the reader understand the timeless idea of how infested with prejudice people and societies can be. The word ‘sin’ is used in “it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird,” rather than a word like ‘wrong’ because of the strong negative connotations associated with it. These make the reader understand how unforgivable it is to ‘kill a mockingbird’ which is a symbol representing innocent people that are harmed undeservedly. Using a powerful word such as ‘sin’ conveys the extent of the evil shown by those who ‘kill mockingbirds’ with prejudice. An example of this are the rumours circulating around the “tired, old town” of Maycomb about the recluse ‘Boo’ Radley.
Robert Gray’s poem ‘Flames and Dangling Wire’ is a didactic poem in which the reader is warned of the consequences of humanity’s devastating overindulgent materialism. Gray makes heavy use of allusion, symbolism and imagery, but also uses irony and personification to emphasize and develop his warning. The most effective technique implemented by Gray in ‘Flames and Dangling Wire’ to warn the reader is imagery. The city is described as being ‘driven like stakes into the Earth’, symbolizing the merciless and violent imposition of humans on their world. This is also ironic, as humans themselves are a part of the earth and nature, yet are destroying it for their own ends.
The thought always in their head that beyond any field of grass or behind any tree the enemy could be waiting. John Wade the protagonist of the story found himself witnessing first hand how horrid war can be and what it can make out of individuals. He saw his whole company turn into evil selfless animals who raped and murdered the innocent and weak. In the novel, In The Lake Of The Woods by Tim O'Brien, small footnotes were attached at the end of each important chapter which give the reader clues and symbolic twists that made the novel somewhat unpredictable. The Footnote I chosen explains related truth on the Vietnam War, symbolizes what John Wade witnessed, and finally how it portrays the rest of the novel.
Ted Hughes has been described as a “voyeur of violence” (Calvin Bedient, 1974). To what extent does your reading of his poetry encourage you to agree with this view? Hughes has frequently been described as a poet of blood and violence, and as quoted by Calvin Bedient, a “voyeur of violence”. The “voyeur of violence”, in his poetry shows that he enjoys describing violence and that in some of his poetry suggests that there is an element of pornographic depiction in his poetry. For example in some of his poetry he uses specticals of animals hurting each other, from which could be said that Hughes likes the compulsive element in watching the animals fight.