In the first paragraph, ‘‘Behind the white board fence of the school playground, from a dusky clump of brushes under the black cherry trees, an insect’s voice could be heard’’ (Kawabata, 1988, 341). Kawabata uses sight imagery to provide a delightful reading experience in the story: he tells the reader what is going on that pertains to sight, allowing the reader to visualize an environment they can relate to in the everyday scenario. Kawabata uses the title as a symbol to differentiate amongst two different kinds of people. He also illustrates the love for Japanese tradition – that of making lanterns. He saw a group of children, on an insect chase, with varicoloured lanterns.
The alliteration of H and C used in lines 1 and 2 – ‘’He cannot hold his hand huge enough’’ and ‘’How can he cage the sudden clockwork fizz’’ emphasizes on the child’s action on how he tries to hold the grasshopper safely to stop it from falling. The carefulness the child gives to the grasshopper indirectly conveys his excitement to something new that he experiences, which in this case of catching a grasshopper, shows the innocence of a child since it may already be something old and dull to adults, or even teenagers who have had this experience for uncountable times. Then in line 2, the use of personification of the grasshopper as ‘’clockwork fizz’’ also makes the atmosphere more lively. The speaker compares the arms and legs of the grasshopper like that of a clock, long and slim that moves around quickly all around. This vivid description of the grasshopper immediately allows the readers to picture
Summer Abdallah Mr. Weeg AP English Literature 1 December 2010 A Barred Owl and History Teacher In the poem “A Barred Owl” by Richard Wilbur uses symbolism and soothing diction to portray how the innocence of a child can be protected by the lies we tell; while in the “The History Teacher” by Billy Collins uses deceiving imagery and realistic juxtaposition to acknowledge the fact that although their innocence is shielded by our lies, it is inevitable to guard them from the world. As the child was awakened by the freighting owl voice, Wilbur uses soothing diction in “we tell the wakened child that all she heard/ odd question from a forest bird,” to create a lie of comfort for the little girl. “Words, which can make our terrors bravely clear/can also domesticate a fear,” also demonstrates Wilbur’s soothing diction as he explains how the reassurance of a lie could secure the Childs innocence. The symbolism also utilized by Wilbur creates a sense of ease only told through a protective falsity. As Wilbur describes “the warping night air have brought the boom/of a owls voice into her darkened room,” exposes the reality of the world entering the Childs mind.
. When the murderer's identity is discovered, "the professor" reveals that he has been watching the children's play all along, because they made him feel young again, and because they were using fire in some of their rituals. He gives the children the keys to the storage yard, which they had previously accessed by slipping through a loose board in the yard's fence. Although the children feel that the Egypt game cannot continue because its essential property of secrecy (or at least their perception of its secrecy) has been destroyed, the book ends with one of the children raising the possibility of a new game involving Gypsies. Snyder followed up on this possibility by writing The Gypsy Game in
My friends and I started giggling and whispering to each other about her because we thought she looked kind of funny. One day during recess time, my friends went up to her and asked whether or not she lived in a barn with the other farm animals, they started laughing at her. I however, did not because the moment I saw the expression on the new girl’s face it broke my heart. I thought to myself I wonder how I’d feel being a new student and being laughed at because of my differences from others, I knew how bad that would feel so I went up to my friends and told them to stop making fun of her. They ended up getting mad at me and I ended up making friends with the new girl.
Anthony is clever and loves to write stories. Some day he hopes to become a novelist. He also has a great faith in God. He makes some very poignant remarks pertaining to his neighborhood and life in general. For example, one day Kozol and Anthony are discussing if anyone in the neighborhood is truly happy and Kozol pints out that some of the children seem cheerful playing in the school playgrounds.
Everyone easily realizes it is about the event 9/11. Another example is “A Boo Grave” with three kids dressing like they are playing a game in the Halloween which is actually an image of prison abuse in Iraq or “Dear Leader” with a boy posing in front of a carton mushroom-shaped cloud actually is an image of supreme leader Kim Jong Il of North Korea. They introduce the readers to a gallery with visual images and description. He wants to let them see how the kids have taken what they see in life through the media and incorporate it into their play, especially in an exaggerative way. Each of them is so unique to catch people’s attention from the first glance.
Yunior is at a crossroads in his life, in many ways he is still a boy seeking things that boys like to do, like “playing with the local kids” (150) in a parking lot baseball game, but is coming of age where he starts seeing the world and those around him in new ways. He sees his mother as a woman, an attractive woman who “smelled good, like the wind through the trees” (150) who had desires of her own as she said “I want to dance” (150) when they were getting ready for school that morning. His admiration of his mother seems to be strengthened as the story unfolds and he learns of his father’s infidelity. The revelation
As I stood there looking the sounds of the crickets was getting louder which meant it was time to head back to the campsite and for me to finally make that campfire. I made it back to camp right before the rays of the sun stop slicing through the trees. All the children was laughing and chasing the lighting bugs with jars just hoping to catch a few to watch them glow, while I was making the campfire. After about five to ten minutes of trying to get the campfire going the family where able to gather around the fire as a family to roast marshmallows for smores. Have to be carefully though that chocolate marshmallowie mess can burn your tongue.
His voice began to drone on, and soon they were both captured by the story; so when they heard Candy pipe up, they were both startled. Candy listening the whole time became intrigued, and asked if he could come along. He also offered to help out around the farm and would also chip in some money of his own. George rejected at first but then said yes, telling Lennie and Candy to not say a word about it to anyone else. Lennie of course being Lennie, forgot.