The support from literature is the image of different communities and cultures. As a reader, we can have an open-minded to the reading of the story. We also learn about other ways of life and how it can reflects with our own life, our history, and situations. If the story we read is an imaginary tale, invented story, novel or even the truth, the method of literature has a way of getting our attention and helps us show the impact that our feelings have about that certain story. Literature replicates the community by the occurrence of different culture, attitude, setting, and belief.
With the different characters in the story, the meaning of their names gave color and attractions to the story itself and to the readers. Each character involvement gave impact to the flow from the beginning to end. The research aims to identify the meaning of the names of selected main characters in the two books. By knowing the meaning of the characters names, the readers would be able to decipher how it affects their corresponding characteristics. How the characters move to make the whole story in the two given books were also stated and sufficient examples and proofs were given.
Narrative compositions often rely on personal experiences and it is often in the form of a story. Once a writer uses this technique, he must make sure to include all the aspects of storytelling which are plot, character, setting, climax, and ending. These aspects are used to explain, support, and give life to the story. The narrative composition offers the writer a chance to write and think about themselves. The writer can get these stories from his experiences and memories and these are the memories that he wants to share with other people.
This story interested me clearly because of the elements mentioned above. The narrator’s point of view pulled me in with details of the setting, which made me feel as if though I was part of many moments. And, the descriptions of Phoenix the main character, had me seeing and feeling what she was seeing and feeling. Having a clear understanding of what literary elements affect a story will help you as reader connect with the story. Point of view The point of view refers to who tells the story—how the action is presented to the reader.
Many authors have used literature to reflect communities, and how societies and individuals affect each other. "Literature has been used to reflect communities by the context of settings, time, culture, beliefs, and attitudes." (Terri 2008) Literature makes use of language as a tool that signifies what it feels like to be in particular setting. For this matter, literature has helped to create experience. Through the literature we are able to learn new world at different time periods.
A great example of this would be how Harper Lee expresses several themes through the use of Ms. Dubose. The most easily inferred theme expressed by Ms. Dubose is the theme of bravery. In her novel, Harper Lee creates the situation of having Ms. Dubose to be a dying morphine addict, whose final wish is to break her own addiction. And according to the definition of bravery given to us in the novel, this event translate into Ms. Dubose displaying a strong sign of bravery because she was able to see her recovery through to the very end. And as described by Atticus to Jem, “She died as free
This novel uses the emotions of the narrator, the actions and events in the story and the way that they connect with and clearly stem from society at the time that the novel was written, to make the novel easy to relate to for a reader and allows them to take on board the lessons and themes of The Handmaid's Tale in a more personal and meaningful way. A fictional novel can be made to feel real to a reader by use of details. If a book uses a lot of small details and intricacies it creates a world around the novel that can feel convincing and suck the reader in. Often books that invent a world tend to play off the world that already exists around them and then alter things so that the reader has a way 'in' to the plot and a level to connect with it on and then can open their mind to what the author chooses to add. Some famous series that do this include Harry Potter by J.K.Rowling, Lord of the Rings by J.R.R.Tolkein and Naughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman.
This type of literature also contains a variety of genres including fiction, poetry, and drama. These genres as well as the literature, provide essence for different countries and people. Chinua Achebe uses folk literature in "Things Fall Apart" to enhance the overall story. The story "Things Fall Apart" is centered on the Ibo tribe and their traditions. As a result, religious myths play a key role within the society.
How Literature Reflects Communities Reading literature such as poetry, fiction, and drama necessitates that the reader think and feel what they are reading. People may respond to the differently to the same play, story, or poem. Di Yanni (2007) discusses “literature as involving students in the twin acts of reading and analysis.” The impact that literature can have on a person’s life is intangible. Literature is necessary and important for the continuing growth of our world. Individuals that observe literary works gain important knowledge and show different relationships to the community.
The literacy also use image which is a distinct representation of something that can be experienced and understood through the senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste), or the representation of an idea. Writers use precise language in developing images, or imagery, in literature. This also keeps the reader going and into the story, it also makes you anxious while wondering what will happen next in the story. Lastly the literacy uses Imagination which is the human power that shapes artistic expression; it enables a writer's work to become an expression of meaning in our world, and allows readers to engage in identifying with what the writer's work has to say about things that matter. This is also important to readers because it also draws the attention that makes them want to read more of the story or whatever they are reading.