“Two Hours on the Train”, written by Abdellatif Laâbi, is a free verse poem that follows the journey of the narrator and his companion. The two are riding a train, while the narrator ponders his past. While I may not know for sure what the narrator is thinking, why the poet chose to write in free verse, or where the train is headed, however, I can certainly make deductions based on the evidence that I do have. The answers to the following questions are a result of reading, interpreting, and attempting to resolve some missing links in “Two Hours on the Train.” 1.…
Foundation Before Density In Scott McCloud’s graphic essay, “Show & Tell”, McCloud uses an appreciable combination of words and images interchangeably to convey clear and comprehensible thoughts, He establishes better, more understood, literature by depicting images directly alongside pieces of text. Evidently, pictures are an associative mechanism that enables newcomer and experienced readers to make visual connections to text they normally would not conclude to by only analyzing and interpreting words (McCloud). Moreover, aside from images allowing readers to make connections, illustrations are particularly crucial components in literary works because they can convey coherent messages all on their own. In all, visual depictions in literature…
Point of view helps enhance his perspective to an extreme degree by constructing his story in a non-linear point of view with addition to demonstrating the confusion that accompanies war in any individual that has any semblance of involvement…
Frederick Douglass and His Use of Rhetorical Devices “The political character of one’s actions is inextricably bound to the political status of one’s subjectivity.” So says Frank B. Wilderson III, a writer focusing on critical and racial theory. For many authors, their message is heavily impacted not only by how they relate to the message, but through their style of writing itself. In Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, the author has an incredibly personal connection to the anecdotes presented and retells his feelings regarding subjectivity when he was under the chains of slavery. However, Frederick Douglass does not only rely on retelling past experiences to convey a message to his readers.…
The reader is positioned to respond negatively to Barry Bagsley, the main antagonist of the novel. The use of point of view establishes a connection between the reader and the characters, as the reader is able to ‘hear’ Ishmael’s thoughts and the impact that the bullying has on him. This is visible throughout the whole novel. For example, in chapter 7, when Miss Tarango begins to explain how the name ‘Ishmael’ is quite famous in english literature, the reader is able to distinguish his thoughts and embarrassment towards this, through the use of first person point of view. Ishmael’s thoughts are clearly stated through the quote ‘What?…
Point of view is one of the most important aspects of a novel. It helps the reader understand what is happening in a novel and how different characters react. When a novel uses multiple points of view it gives the reader a chance to view an event from multiple angles. The novel Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich uses multiple points of view to show irony among other things of different events. There are many characters that can be considered the protagonists of the novel as well as the antagonists of novel depending on the situation, point of view, and way the reader interprets it.…
For example when Amari talks to Polly, we want to be in Amari’s point of view so that we can understand what she is thinking, and know more information of that topic. When Amari and the others see Polly, the writer writes the point of view in Polly’s standpoint. The author does this because then we know what Polly is thinking and how she feels about these new African Americans. When Amari walks off of the ship we don't get that much information about how she feels, however the writer write this part of the book in Polly’s point of view so that this way we can understand what she is thinking and about how she…
Effective Storytelling in A Lesson Before Dying to Convey Themes In life, one is taught many lessons that in time prove to be essential stepping stones for one's growth. In Ernest J. Gaines A Lesson Before Dying, there are many lessons that are conveyed through effective storytelling techniques in the interest of providing the reader with useful knowledge to aid them throughout life.…
Langston Hughes uses point of view to show how the narrator reacts in some ways to the different things being done or said during the short story. At the beginning of the…
Once I was finished reading essays from NPR’s series “This I Believe” I found that the essay “Tomorrow will be a better day” by Josh Rittenberg to be extremely entertaining whereas some other essays lacked the ability to keep me interested. It managed to maintain my interest while still showing to be a great essay to read and analyze. The reason that I believe this is due to the fact that it does well when it comes to the point of grabbing attention with word choice, the way Rittenberg keeps readers focused, and his ability to paint a detailed picture for the reader. Rittenberg does extremely well keeping the reader focused and interest by the words he chooses like instead of energy shortage he uses “devastating energy crisis” or instead of…
The point of view was used a way for the author to allow the readers to see and hear what was going on. Ellison used skills with using point of view because he have the readers to have the attention on the details, thoughts, and emotions that he wanted to emphasize. His use of first-person point of view made the impact stronger. The benefit of using first person point of view is that the readers hear what is going on in the narrator ’s mind.…
Writers often use imagery to allow the reader more insight into the story by a visual representation in the reader’s mind. It can be used not only to just provide a more visual component to a story, but to aid in the telling of the story by foreshadowing or to mirror characters. In this passage from the short story A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner “They were admitted by the old Negro into a dim hall from which a stairway mounted into still more shadow. It smelled of dust and disuse-a close, dank smell. The Negro led them into the parlor.…
The truth can be a hard thing to come by when you are dealing with any type of person. In “Theme for English B,” by Langston Hughes, the topic of truth is what lays the foundation down for his poem. Hughes is most likely the speaker in this poem giving the view of an entire group, which would be the colored student population. The poem starts off by sharing an assignment the instructor gave the speaker for their class. The instructor informs the class that if they let their literary work come out off them than it will be true.…
“Theme for English B” is a poem by Langston Hughes about writing a paper for an English class, and coming up with ideas to write about. Hughes wrote this poem because most “coloured” people did not have voice to say this. A symbol Hughes writes is the use of “you and me”. In the poem, he is speaking to his teacher, but Hughes is also speaking to the audience too.…
Essay Imagery is used to describe a situation in such a way that a reader can get a sense of what is happening. It can be conveyed in a form of a picture, smell or even sound. Imagery is used in Macbeth to help the reader visualize it as if they were in the scene themselves. Imagery is also used to drive the play due to its significance in the book. One of the major example of imagery used it light and day.…