One technique he certainly utilizes more than once is exaggeration. By embellishing the story, he heightens the enjoyment for his reader, and also gets his point across more clearly. Furthermore, satire and sarcasm help illustrate what Sedaris finds absurd, while still making it humorous. In “I Pledge Allegiance to the Bag,” Sedaris ridicules American tendencies by writing, “Trains don’t normally sneak up on people. Unless they’re derailed, you pretty much know where to find them…” (216).
Riana Watkins-Martin Mrs. Scobell AP English 11 7/11/14 Brave New World sections: A.) Satirical Writing— Satire: a writing technique that may be used throughout a piece of literature to mock someone or something thought to be corrupt in hopes of gradually improving humanity by exposing it. Satire is very effective because it uses humor to cleverly disguise criticism. This allows the author to get his or her point across in a delicate rather than an offensive way. At the same time, the readers are actually able to both enjoy and absorb the information the author is trying to communicate due to the comical approach.
These two lines follow each other consistently, and appear on the first page. This is interesting due to the fact the other two little pigs get a far deeper description of their particular houses and idiosyncrasies. Although short and sweet, this description sums up the predominant message the author wants to convey; the first little pig is lazy and naive. The rather quick and vague description of the first little pig leads the reader to believe he will be of less importance as a character, but possibly more useful as a structural tool to further develop plot by connecting events. “Then he danced down the road, to see how his brothers were getting along”.
Keats uses dialogue to tell the story, by using dialogue it allows the reader to connect more with the characters and give the story more realism. Also the voices used in the story can help establish character traits, and so are a part of characterisation, but they also enable Keats to give the readers information. The phrases “My Madeline! Sweet dreamer! Lovely bride!” bring the story into the present tense and the use of short sentences make the words more powerful.
Three Day Road I found the novel Three Day Road very interesting and enjoyed it once I got into it, I found that the way it was plotted was very clever as it kept me wanting to read more and find out the ending. I enjoyed the imagery and at times it was so descriptive that you felt like you were watching it happen instead of reading it for instance when Xavier said “[…] then drag Elijah back to where we came from, bullets splattering in the mud around us like hail-stones, their mortars popping and exploding” (pg 149). I found this quote stuck with me as it gave me an idea of the panic there must have been at that time, and made me wonder what they were thinking and what was going through their heads. I also liked the style of writing that was used although it could be confusing at times, I liked how they referred to years as ‘winters’, as they used that to count how old they were. I was also confused a couple of times throughout the book as it tended to be a bit jumpy, moving from one time period, to a flashback and then back to the original time period.
Dan Ketchum American Lit II – Ihrman Essay 1 Embodying Psychosis: Metaphorical Imagery in “The Fall of the House of Usher” and “The Yellow Wallpaper” In well written literature, the choice of setting is not accidental or coincidental; instead, it is deliberately chosen to develop the characters and themes. A confining, dark, uncomfortable setting may mirror the character’s feelings of unrest and entrapment, just as a large, beautiful, outdoor landscape may imply liberation and freedom. The most vivid and personal writing can sometimes create a reality so detailed that the most complex aspects of the human mind and heart can seem completely understandable. Edgar Allan Poe is known for his dark, rich settings that act as extended psychological metaphors. Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” is a famous piece of feminist, realist literature that explores an oppressed woman’s mental collapse embodied by the hideous wallpaper that she is surrounded by.
You can be a dwarf, human, elf, half elf. One great theme is that you can transfer your BG1 characters to BG2 when you are done.. (A low gear, generalized opening. Make sure you open your letter in high gear and grab the attention of your reader. Make it intriguing. Felt comfortable, but I made a couple of mistakes on the ball, so I not completely happy with my performance.
The two short stories I chose to write my analysis on, The Lottery by Shirley Jackson and The Chrysanthemums by John Steinbeck are very similar in theme and structure. I found them both in intriguing and extremely enthralling in the way the author decided to narrate them and continue to express the character’s thoughts and emotions through dramatic and vivid words. I would like to begin by giving a synopsis of each of the stories and expressing my commentary on how each are similar in theme and structure. When someone thinks about what a “lottery” is, they normally think of something that has to do with a nice give-away or a cash prize of some sort, but in this case, Shirley Jackson decides to write about a small town that has a haunting tradition of having all the villagers (even children) pick a piece of paper from a box, and if it just so happens that a person picks the wrong slip of paper with the black dot on it, then that person will be brutally and unforgivably stoned to death. This tradition is unbearably horrific.
Analytical Essay: Raymond Carver I tend to believe that Raymond Carver writes in a way that has very intense pessimistic qualities, but often ends up shining light into optimistic ways of thinking and living. His two short stories Cathedral and A Small, Good Thing do just that. While both stories involve very dark and negative actions and ways of thinking, both conclude with sincere optimism. Both of these stories deal with characters only seeing things on the surface and for that reason, seem pessimistic. But when looked at in a deeper meaningful way, in which the characters look deep within themselves and the situation around them, optimism shines through and that is why Carver’s work is so elegant.
Language is an important device, and I am going to write about how language can create the impression of good and evil in both characters, and in films. The film, Shrek, opens with a picture of a book and Shrek getting ready for the day in his swamp. At the beginning of the story his voice is pleasant and you immediately like him. There is also humor. In a conventional fairy tale the ogre would be mean.