Writing is a representation of language in visual form. Just like how the limitations of your imagination are endless, writing is the same. This undoubtedly applies to literature where you are not recounting the lives or events of the past like in a history textbook, but instead you create the characters, events, settings, and traits. Because of the many possibilities literature has available, there arises different styles of writing. You may find it alluring to create a story where the next events unfold through revelations of the character's thoughts or feelings or through a characters inner conflict, which would be character driven. On the other hand, you may be more pleased to have a piece where the character remains essentially the same
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The fact of the matter is that many of the worlds most renowned authors use vagary even if their styles of writing differ, because words go beyond our A,B,C's. In the passage “The Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne the author wrote a story full of character driven events which aids him in creating a sense of vagary. “The Birthmark” is a short parable illustrating the moral lesson that perfection is not adventure worth chasing. The aspiration of achieving perfection kills Georgiana not only once, but twice. First, in the dreams of Aylmer, her husband, where “the deeper went the knife, the deeper sank the hand, until at length its tiny grasp appeared to have caught hold of Georgiana's heart.” And secondly in the lab of Aylmer and Aminadab “as the last crimson tint of the birthmark faded from her cheek,” as so did Georgiana's life with her closing breath. Aylmer’s yearning and fixation on his wife's outward appearance slowly grew into how one would turn their focus to a stain on an elegant rug; He began to not see the beauty of Georgiana to the point where he was sickened by her presence. Initially, the dream of Aylmer’s is perceived by the reader and characters as a bad omen or a warning about the danger of the birthmark and how they should seek it’s …show more content…
This also ties in with the time setting of the story because it took place in The Age of Reason, which was an intellectual movement where many advances were being made, but it was important to remember that even the most beautiful things have hints of imperfection. Likewise, a sense of vagary is created in “Bartleby, The Scrivener” and it is enhanced through a character driven style of writing. In the passage, “Bartleby, The Scrivener” by Herman Melville a sense of vagary is created through character driven events. Bartleby is a short story about a successful lawyer who has 3 loyal employees all representing stages of life and work experience. His oldest employee, Turkey, was very productive in the beginning of the day, but after his dinner hour his face burned the color of “a grate full of Christmas coals” and he later tired throughout the day. His middle-aged employee, Nippers, on the other hand must settle down before he gets periodically gets more excited. And lastly, his youngest employee, Ginger Nut, is an apprentice and growing boy so he has not unlocked his full potential so he occasionally runs small errands; His father “was ambitious of seeing his son on the bench instead of a cart.” Humorously, Melville has named these characters after foods which symbolize how they “nourish him,” not only with food, but with errands they
The fact of the matter is that many of the worlds most renowned authors use vagary even if their styles of writing differ, because words go beyond our A,B,C's. In the passage “The Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne the author wrote a story full of character driven events which aids him in creating a sense of vagary. “The Birthmark” is a short parable illustrating the moral lesson that perfection is not adventure worth chasing. The aspiration of achieving perfection kills Georgiana not only once, but twice. First, in the dreams of Aylmer, her husband, where “the deeper went the knife, the deeper sank the hand, until at length its tiny grasp appeared to have caught hold of Georgiana's heart.” And secondly in the lab of Aylmer and Aminadab “as the last crimson tint of the birthmark faded from her cheek,” as so did Georgiana's life with her closing breath. Aylmer’s yearning and fixation on his wife's outward appearance slowly grew into how one would turn their focus to a stain on an elegant rug; He began to not see the beauty of Georgiana to the point where he was sickened by her presence. Initially, the dream of Aylmer’s is perceived by the reader and characters as a bad omen or a warning about the danger of the birthmark and how they should seek it’s …show more content…
This also ties in with the time setting of the story because it took place in The Age of Reason, which was an intellectual movement where many advances were being made, but it was important to remember that even the most beautiful things have hints of imperfection. Likewise, a sense of vagary is created in “Bartleby, The Scrivener” and it is enhanced through a character driven style of writing. In the passage, “Bartleby, The Scrivener” by Herman Melville a sense of vagary is created through character driven events. Bartleby is a short story about a successful lawyer who has 3 loyal employees all representing stages of life and work experience. His oldest employee, Turkey, was very productive in the beginning of the day, but after his dinner hour his face burned the color of “a grate full of Christmas coals” and he later tired throughout the day. His middle-aged employee, Nippers, on the other hand must settle down before he gets periodically gets more excited. And lastly, his youngest employee, Ginger Nut, is an apprentice and growing boy so he has not unlocked his full potential so he occasionally runs small errands; His father “was ambitious of seeing his son on the bench instead of a cart.” Humorously, Melville has named these characters after foods which symbolize how they “nourish him,” not only with food, but with errands they