The Analysis of Percy’s Classifications of Readers The act of reading becomes most effective when it becomes an ongoing collaboration between both the reader and the author of the work. It is one’s responsibility as an effective reader to naturally question and contribute the main ideas of the author, and then work towards developing a deeper understanding of the material. The ability of a person to approach the act of reading with this constructive mindset allows them to be either distinguished as a “common” or a “complex” reader based on how they perceive the work. The ideas presented in the essay "The Loss of the Creature”, written by Walker Percy, allows for readers to be either classified as “common” or “complex” based on the observation of whether they choose to advance on given
The Affect of Narration on Character Development Great Literary works have for years brought great enjoyment to readers and has sparked many discussions. These works give the audience the benefit of allowing them to succumb inside the story, either from multiple perspectives or a direct single point of view. However, no matter the case, the direction of the stories and development of the characters are directly related to the development of the narration. The narration of any story is the main drive behind the success and the gateway for a reader to succumb themselves inside . I believe that the type of narration of a great literary work is purposefully placed to show two cases: the flaws of a great character, or the hidden good conscious
Use specifics and direct your analysis to moments in the text as well as the text’s overall arc. You might start with the idea that Prose is careful to begin her essay by speaking on the friendly common ground of parenthood. As she continues, her role as educator and English professor becomes a stronger persona; the way she presents research she has done establishes this ethos (para. 29 is a striking example). She also speaks as a reader, someone who loves books, especially fiction, and learns from them; the section on her reading of King Lear is particularly germane to this persona (paras.
Both authors used detailed description that allowed the reader to portray drastic images that allowed the reader to feel as if he or she was living in that time era. They both created a tone of stern deep content that allowed the reader to feel the seriousness of what the author was trying to express. The symbols that were used by the authors were imperative to conveying understood emotion that the authors were feeling throughout their poetry By utilizing their words through poetry instead of a short story form, it put a stronger emphasis on the realization of the history within diversity that continues to still place an impact on the American population today. As the young struggle to find their identity as described by Smith, the older struggle to find where their place is in this world by preserving heritage as described by Morales (Clugston, R. W. , Chapter 12). In similarity, all humans struggle to find where they belong within their identity in this world no matter what race, age, or ethnicity you are.
William Carlos Williams makes great use of several elements in the presentation of the poem. Some of these elements are language, form and content. First of all I was greatly attracted to the aspect of content. The author chose to narrow down to old age as the essential content of the poem. Actually it activated me as I read through the poem.
The Blue Bowl Each piece of literature that we read can be viewed as a journey that brings up and reflects upon new insights in an imaginary world entered upon by the reader. “Poems may be complex, requiring a good deal of explanation or even correction of corrupt scripts, but there has to be an immediate impact of some sort” (Types of Literary Criticism). There are many works of literature that are imaginary but often times these works will still teach us insights that may differ from ordinary life, but that still reflect upon ordinary life. The feelings of this poem, The Blue Bowl, are conveyed through emotional visual images. The images within this poem evoke a strong sense of loss and strength.
With both these goals, we need to find out what their needs are and address them right away. We need to understand their attitude towards the topic, by looking into their background. Knowing the purpose of our writing will allow us to take the reader on a journey to a greater understanding. Otherwise we are truly writing for ourselves hoping we can get the attention of someone when we just have us in mind. Bibliography Flower, Linda “Writing for an Audience”.
Belonging essay: “Life presents us with opportunities and challenges to connect to our world”. Life has complex definitions depends on individuals’ point of view. During our life, we all have to socialise and make connections to people around us and at a larger scale system is to our world. The process of getting familiar with the world and its people will face propitiousness and hardness. In another way of interpretation, life brings us opportunities and creates obstacles in order to challenge us to get contact with our world, specifically, is getting to know people and our community that we associate with.
The analytical differences of interpreting literature is not limited to your interpretive community, but is also influenced by the age at which you read the work, your life experiences with the subject matter, as well as “how the text produces a response” through the transaction of the reader and the text (Siegel). This theoretical approach is referred to as reader response criticism and is an extremely interesting way of critiquing literary works, especially fiction. This reader response criticism involves many variables and infers that the act of reading
What is reading rhetorically? When you read rhetorically “you engage in this kind of reading, you look for the rhetorical strategies of the writer -- the patterns, structures, figures, & methods that a writer uses in order to make her/his point. This kind of reading can, in turn, help you to strategize your own approach to creating effective texts for particular audiences and purposes” (Malea Powell 1) Thorough out this semester we have reviewed several rhetorical readings. Although in the beginning, I never quite understood what the author was truly trying to say, but now I do. Understanding this form of reading can be very helpful in my future education.