An author can use figurative language and dialogue to develop a common central theme. Like in the two short stories ‘Everything Must Rise and Converge’ and ‘Everyday Use’. Figurative language using figures of speech to be more effective, persuasive and impactful. Dialogue is conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie. In both stories they use dialogue and figurative language to make their central theme.
In ‘Everyday Use’ the central theme is that family is more important than materialistic things. The mother uses figurative language in the story and dialogue is shared between all the characters. When Dee and her boyfriend came to visit the mother sized them up, in a very stereotypical way and used figurative language while doing it! She used classism to, and had the nerve …show more content…
Julian’s mom is very stereotypical in a racial way : and let’s not forget how judgemental she is. She thinks appearance is everything but that’s not the case. A black well dressed man comes on the bus and she gets very uncomfortable, but when her son takes off his tie she says “You look like a thug!”. That’s racism, classism, and hyperbole in a nutshell. Later in the story a black woman and her child get on the bus. The little boy is well behaved and dressed very nicely and and J’s mom is delighted. She comments on him saying, “ Isn’t he cute?”, which the mother replies back with, “ I reckon he is.” She thinks he’s such a good boy that he deserves charity and she tries to give him a penny. That is highly offensive and obviously J”s mom wouldn’t give a penny to a white little boy.
In conclusion, Figurative language and dialogue can definitely develop a theme. You could probably do it without even realizing it! There’s a variety of both to choose from and when you pay attention they’re not hard to spot out. Figurative language and dialogue plays a big role in making a story so why wouldn’t it in making a
In ‘Everyday Use’ the central theme is that family is more important than materialistic things. The mother uses figurative language in the story and dialogue is shared between all the characters. When Dee and her boyfriend came to visit the mother sized them up, in a very stereotypical way and used figurative language while doing it! She used classism to, and had the nerve …show more content…
Julian’s mom is very stereotypical in a racial way : and let’s not forget how judgemental she is. She thinks appearance is everything but that’s not the case. A black well dressed man comes on the bus and she gets very uncomfortable, but when her son takes off his tie she says “You look like a thug!”. That’s racism, classism, and hyperbole in a nutshell. Later in the story a black woman and her child get on the bus. The little boy is well behaved and dressed very nicely and and J’s mom is delighted. She comments on him saying, “ Isn’t he cute?”, which the mother replies back with, “ I reckon he is.” She thinks he’s such a good boy that he deserves charity and she tries to give him a penny. That is highly offensive and obviously J”s mom wouldn’t give a penny to a white little boy.
In conclusion, Figurative language and dialogue can definitely develop a theme. You could probably do it without even realizing it! There’s a variety of both to choose from and when you pay attention they’re not hard to spot out. Figurative language and dialogue plays a big role in making a story so why wouldn’t it in making a