Steinbeck leaves her unnamed so she lacks something that makes her appear as an equal individual. She is not meant to be very important in this novel. Curley’s wife is not part of the story to connect with the reader, and by giving her a name, the reader would become much more attached. Curley’s wife is isolated and ignored in Of Mice and Men. She isn’t cared about at all.
Irony is used in many places such as the story’s title, the setting an even in certain character’s personality traits. In addition to Jackson’s use of irony, the black box and the story’s title represent the importance of questioning irrational traditions and the unexpected nature of death. With the use of these two literary techniques, Shirley Jackson is able to highlight important dramatic events within the plot. Reading this story allowed me to better understand the importance of questioning society. If people would have questioned Hitler’s plans before he gained too much power perhaps we could have prevented the horrible mistreatment face by the
Emily's Isolation Having to deal with someone who is in their own world, their own different state of mind rather than the regular thoughts people have is difficult. Emily Grierson seems to be a woman who keeps to herself, and those who are closest to her such as her father, Tobe, and at one point Homer Barron; once those ones who are close to her vanish she resorts to closing off her life in eventual complete isolation from the outside world until her death. Emily being the way she is, it makes the townspeople want to have an understanding for her situation, but they cannot seem ti find a way to put up with the consequences from the way she acts around the people of the town ans also how she treats them. The townspeople all come a census of something they don't like of Emily and go to the Board of Aldermen and ask them to do something about the problem that she is
A literary tool that was revolutionized and mastered by Mark Twain. He used it prolifically in the writing of Huck Finn, and as such is a great tool for teachers to explain satire. Huck Finn is actually one massive compilation of satire because it pokes fun at the institution of slavery throughout and portrays all white southerners as “drunkards, murderers, bullies, swindlers, lynchers, thieves, liars, frauds, child abusers, numskulls, hypocrites, windbags and traders in human flesh,” as Russell Baker, writer for the New York Times once wrote. Twain also used irony in his writing. One of the greatest examples of irony ever is the “crisis of conscience” scene, when Huck decides to “do the right thing” by social standards of the time period, and write to Miss Watson to reclaim her “property” Jim.
Joe Whittle Mrs. Dutton AP Lang/Comp 9 January 2013 Nancy Mairs is mentally resilient and passionate. She refuses to oblige in the society’s way of feeling conscience-stricken for those who are unfortunate, as in her case. She repudiates the very deliberation of social protection for her "unable" limbs. Mairs is an individualist who refuses to seek protection for her "crippled" body. The word choice employed by any writer can interpret or conceal any of the author's motives or secrets.
Some of the most common themes in Joseph Kafka's literature deal with justice and punishment. "In the Penal Colony" is a narrative which takes a critical look at totalitarian punishment and its faults. As the title suggests, it is set in a penal colony, on a small island where discipline and punishment are all-important. The story is told from the perspective of an explorer who, much like the reader, is an outsider of the penal colony, Western educated and liberal. He has come to evaluate the effectiveness of this machine, a device of punishment, torture, and execution.
The Lottery And A Rose for Emily Ruby Cohen Axia College “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “A Rose for Emily” by William Falkner are excellent pieces of literature that deserve to be compared. The literary devices in these two stories have similarities such as death and differences such as the tone of each story. The authors of each lead completely different lives but each of their lives are encompassed in their work. Comparing and contrasting these two stories gives us insight into the authors own individual vision of murder and death. In The Lottery the setting was in the town square on a clear summer day (Jackson, 1948).
From the start of John and Kathy’s relationship, Kathy is a main contributor to the communication issues the couple has throughout their marriage. Even though Kathy knows about his horrifying past, she never does anything to help John cope with his issues, but instead makes them worse during their life together. In John and Kathy’s marriage, they do not talk about the issues they are having, nor do they put any effort in to try and fix it. When John is in Vietnam, their relationship only starts to fail even more than it already has. John attempts to communicate with Kathy while he is away, but Kathy for the most part lets him down through some of her degrading letters.
Additionally, Milkman takes women and family for granted. He doesn't consider how his actions affect them.
Harry Goldberg, on the other hand, said nothing. “And yet,” she continued, “we get less to eat than my little toe. What about that, Harry?” He kept silent. She tried to lower her voice even more, which seemed to be a strain on her. “What about our babies, Harry?