I can make myself feel again." O’Brien’s statement tells how his emotions can be expressed by make believe stories or story-truths. In order to make a story important, he must show the reader what he felt by describing the event in such a way that makes the reader feel like the action is right in their face. Juxtaposition is used to show story truth importance by explaining how similar story-truth and happening-truth are in any story. O’Brien states how in a happening-truth “there were many bodies, real bodies with real faces, but I was young then and I was afraid to look.” He explains the story-truth as though he were still there.
This crime against Hassan and Amir’s subsequent guilt permeate the texture of the narrative. After trying to repress his guilt, Amir finds it impossible, consequently sparking his journey to find peace through atoning for his crime as he begins his search for Sohrab. In the final chapters of the novel, Amir atones for his sin and is finally able to experience forgiveness and redemption. Thus his journey to find peace is complete through the atoning of his sin. The strained father son relationship that Baba and Amir have is the catalyst for Amir’s crime against his half-brother Hassan.
In The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien employs indirect characterization through imagery and refrain to illustrate a collective brutal rite of passage for young American men. The audience is exposed to the protagonist’s, Lieutenant Jimmy Cross, experiences in the Vietnam War as he reminisces about a girl named Martha, develops a closer relationship with his comrades, and further understands the horrors of war. At the beginning of the war Jimmy is withdrawn emotionally and inexperienced; by the end of the war he sacrifices his love and fantasy for Martha for the protection and safety of his men. In this story O’Brien uses the description of specific items to give the reader a better understanding of the key characters. Using a repetitive
ENGLISH – LEVEL 3 90721 Respond critically to written text(s) studied Question A novel usually depicts the journey of a character or characters. To what extent do you agree with this view? Your response should include close reference to a novel (or novels) you have studied. Text Type: Novel Novel Title: MAESTRO Author(s)/website(s): PETER GOLDSWORTHY Ignorance to realisation, adolescence to adulthood and dreams to reality are all journeys that Peter Goldsworthy explores in his novel, “Maestro”. Through the use of passage we see how Peter Goldsworthy takes Paul on these journeys to make important realisations about humans, ideas and himself.
His reasons were, ‘someone saying he’d look a god in kilts’ and to ‘please his Meg’. The reader is given the impression that his mind is still dazed from his experiences hence the disorderly thoughts. The war had caused him damage both mentally and physically and this raises poignancy. For instead of just disabling him, it has mentally affected him, hindering him from dreaming those dreams when he had ‘no fears of Fear’ and was ‘drafted out with drums and cheers.’ Moreover there is a more personal feel in his reminiscences as he takes the audience into his past and now to his present, he is
O'Brien's war stories, "The Things They Carried" and "How to Tell a True War Story" were similar in concerning the mental turmoil that Servicemen undergo while experiencing a life fighting in a war. My hands-on experiences are limited in physical contact; however; both stories are told by the narrator(s) about a letter that is being wrote to two special people of interest. In reference to Lieutenant Cross's letter from "a girl name Martha" (O'Brien p. 78), his misconception of “wishful thinking" about a virgin name Martha, he knew was mentally a myth, "the Love was only a way of signing and did not mean that he sometimes pretended" (78). However; O’Brien’s "How to Tell a True War Story," the 2nd person narrator describes his encounter about his Vietnam collogue during the time of his murder. This character uses the writing technique to "the guy's sister" (O'Brien p. 361) proves to the readers that he grieves and distraction of this incident consistently overtakes his daily focus.
[pic] Frederick Douglass Paragraph Writing Category (35%) 18 points Paragraph prompt: What is Douglass’s purpose in writing this narrative, and does he achieve this purpose? Find examples 3 quotations from the text to prove that he does or does not achieve his purpose; one of these quotations should be the examination of a figure of speech (metaphor, simile, etc.) and how that contributes to his purpose. Also consider looking at Douglass’s style and tone, including his objectivity and restraint in describing painful incidents. Respond in a paragraph that: 1.
He explains to his nephew to not let what destroyed the others in his family destroy him. You can sense the author’s anger in his voice as he tells his nephew that he’ll face difficulties that come along with his race. The authors tone in this letter shifts to different emotions throughout as his feelings begin to poor out onto the page. I believe that the author’s emotions seem to come out because he knows what he is talking about when he tells his nephew that life will be hard. He has lived in the cruel world and had to adapt to the way of living as a black man.
Where he tells us different things that the soldiers carried, and these could be an abstract explanation of their personalities. Lt. Jimmy Cross carries letters from his crush named Martha, he is constantly thinking about her and getting distracted when on missions. The lieutenant is the “master” and this character is a prime example of the outcome when you are immature to handle the responsibility. Another example is Ted Lavender; who is a scared young solider that calms him self with tranquilizers. Their young age is an instrument that intensifies their emotional
“Ted Lavender, who was scare, carried tranquilizers”. Once again irony between a characters name and who they really are; his name is Lavender which is generally associated with being peaceful and calm, Ted was at war which is not a peaceful place or calming environment. This underlining theme of things not being how they seem is a way of expressing the ambiguity of war. The men hold onto different things as a way of having a good reason to keep fighting after a long day, “In the late afternoon… he would unwrap the letters… and spend the last hour of light pretending.” Martha carried Jim through the war, she gave