In the essays Lost in the Kitchen by Dave Barry and Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris, both authors make use of several rhetorical literary techniques to enhance their work, such as creating specific tones for the essays and using stereotype. These techniques add humor to each essay, and Barry and Sedaris’s use of humor makes each essay comprehensible and relatable. However, the authors use the types of humor in various ways. Barry and Sedaris use tone and stereotype to give a sense of humor to their respective essays, but how they use tone differs in a few ways.…
In Liu and Hanauer’s gardens of democracy, a metaphor referenced as the garden metaphor is used. Discussed is how we look at the economy as a giant machine that should just run smoothly with no hiccups, and will just be take care of without us. However as we look in on this metaphor we as citizens need to make the change and treat our economy like a garden. We expect it to just run on its own with no care, when we need to be tending to our garden. A garden requires gardeners, watering and care.…
Furthermore, the concept emphasizes the theme of devotedness and unity of a group, especially, when misfortune hits and many simple or drastic changes are made. Sherman Alexie‘s offensive humor directs the readers through his collection of subjective short stories and poems, therefore making it familiar and relatable to all readers. He self-mocks himself and his culture because the readers can skillfully understand the story or poem. Consequently, the offensive humor joins all readers through stereotypes and creates a passport to all cultures. For instance, in the section called “Blankets”, Sherman Alexie uses many Native American stereotypes to attract and familiarize the readers to the environment with impertinent humor.…
Harper Lee, in the book, To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), argues via the closing statement of Atticus Finch against the mistreatment of black people. In his closing argument, Atticus argues that the defendant, Tom Robinson, is innocent, and should not be so quickly accused or condemned simply because of the color of his skin. Lee supports her argument by illustrating that the townspeople's beliefs about black people are obviously false. The author's purpose is to show the immorality of the oppression of black people. The author writes in a formal tone, using Atticus's diction to make an emotional appeal to Maycomb county, and America by extension, that black people are no more criminal than white; that the prejudice against them besmirches the…
Power is like confidence, the more you have, the more successful you will be. In this book, a man named Edmond Dantes is brought down by three men and later, gains the power to defeat them. In the Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, the author uses figurative language and diction to portray the theme of power. To begin with, the first form of figurative language Dumas uses to show power is irony. After Maximilian threatens to commit suicide the first time the count stops him,”’Try and stop me then!’…
In “The Approximate Size of My Favorite Tumor,” Sherman Alexie analyzes how Norma and Jimmy One-Horse’s marriage changed after his cancer diagnosis. Alexie employs humor through satire to contrast the values of both characters in the story. However, the development of their relationship from laughter is also examined through the plot. From this, certain aspects of Native American culture are highlighted within Norma and Jimmy One-Horse’s union, despite their apparent challenges. Sherman Alexie uses satirical elements in his work to “make dialogue possible” (Nygren 161).…
Canterbury's speech is intriguing in light of the fact that the Archbishop uses such striking imagery to prove the subservient relationship between the subjects and their ruler. Here, he makes an analogy between society and a settlement of honeybees. Like humans, honeybees have a ruler (in the Renaissance individuals thought that queen bees were male) and the rest of the hive works towards a common goal. As such, Canterbury is saying that the division of individuals into different classes is as natural as a hive of bees cooperating in…
The Importance of a Mountain The writer E.E. Cummings once stated, “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” In “The Birthplace” by Robert Frost, the speaker uses many literary tools to describe his childhood. Maturity is a key contributor for an individual to reach their full potential whereas repression is detrimental to this cause. Figurative language is used to convey the importance of growth and repression.…
“Helping people is a good action”. These words are always in my heart. I believe helping people can make them joyful. Everything is not absolute. After I finished reading “The Hallucinations of Mr. Butt’s”, I realize that helping people also can annoy people.…
He cannot empathize because he cannot image how others may feel or what they may be thinking. An example of this is his misunderstanding of metaphors due to not knowing what the meaning is or when people use non-verbal communication (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon, 2002, Pg. 16, Chapter 26). He also has a hard time depicting how someone is feeling (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon, 2002, Pg. 4 & 5, Chapter 3). With more social interaction, Christopher will develop the ability to socialize and understand more of human…
In the Representation & Power of part three, explains that groups are engaged in political activity, always. The author stated that “the portrayal of deaf people as socially isolated, intellectually weak, behaviorally impulsive, and emotionally immature makes school psychology and counseling, special education and rehabilitation, appear necessary” (Lane, p.68). The author is explaining how deaf people tend to socially isolate because they don’t know how to interact and communicate with other people while hearing can do everything because they can hear. As being deaf person, we don’t have intellectual because we don’t understand what goes on or don’t have the knowledge. As being deaf person, our behaviorally impulsive, means that we don’t think…
I got Siobhan to draw lots of these faces and then write down next to them exactly what they meant. I kept the piece of paper in my pocket and took it out when I didn't understand what someone was saying. But it was very difficult to decide which of the diagrams was most like the face they were making because people's faces move very quickly,” (Haddon 4). Christopher has trouble deciphering other people's emotions because he takes everything so literally, to help him Siobhan gave him drawings to help him understand other people. Christopher told Siobhan that he would take the picture out and put it next to the other person's facial expressions, this creates a roadblock for Christopher by making it harder for Christopher to be social with other people because he can not understand other people are…
1. After going through the play, my initial expression was that it was full of conflicts. There are a lot of quarrels between the lovers. Hermia and Lysander even ran off to the woods with the hope of starting a future life together. Here there is a presentation of a great personal versus society conflict that would see Hermia executed if she didn’t marry Demetrius as her father wanted.…
Shakespeare 's works frequently employ similes and metaphors to enhance the complexity of his writing, as well as to invoke distinct images that are being described for his audience. In Twelfth Night, Shakespeare continues with this theme in describing the beauty of countess Olivia. Viola, acting as a messenger on behalf of Orsino, conveys to Olivia the degree to which she finds her beautiful through a metaphor: 'Tis beauty truly blent, whose red and white Nature 's own sweet and cunning hand laid on. Lady, you are the cruell 'st she alive If you will lead these graces to the grave And leave the world no copy.…
This problem interferes and makes socializing very hard for Christopher as he cannot understand jokes, this is shown in chapter 13, ‘I cannot tell jokes because I do not understand them’. Then his example of a joke which his father had told him, ‘His face was drawn but the curtains were real’. He explains how he understands how it is funny, because of how drawn has multiple meanings, however, if he were to tell himself this, it would only confuse him as having something mean different things at the same time is, ‘hearing three different pieces of music’ and ‘uncomfortable and confusing’. Another thing his behavior problem interferes with is, are his interactions with others and how he cannot understand what others may be trying to do to help him. An example of this is in chapter 211, ‘a man came up to me’, ‘he said, ‘You look lost.’…