In Anita Desai’s cultural and influencing novel, Fasting, Feasting, the author employs literary devices such as figurative language, reluctant speech, and third person point of view in order to characterize Arun’s distasteful experience at the beach.
Demonstrating the use of descriptive words in the passage, Desai illustrates Arun’s annoyance with nature while going to the beach. While making his way through the woods, Arun depicts the cicadas’ “shrill” and the birds’ “shrieks” as an unpleasant sound. Portraying the negative connotation of the language, the “shrill” and “shrieks” represent Arun’s own emotions of unwillingness and annoyance. The piercing noises demonstrate how easily nature disrupts Arun’s mind as he views them as “jarring” …show more content…
Patton encourages him. Arun “wildly [tries] to find excuses” so he isn’t forced to spend time with the family. Highlighting the excuse, Arun tries to be respectful by not flat out refusing her orders. The use of his reluctant speech shows how he’s uncomfortable because he’s still adjusting to their customs as a family. Characterizing his disapproval of the beach, Desai employs his unwillingness to proceed with the plans as a way to cope with his discomfort. Moreover, Mrs. Patton’s constant rejections to his excuses with “no, no, no” emphasizes how she’s including him in activities because he’s a guest at their home. She’s persuading Arun to break out of his shell and experience the world in order for him to feel apart of their family. However, Desai’s portrays her encouraging speech as forceful in order to make Arun feel obliged to go and makes his experience at the beach as a mandatory event. Using the literary device of speech, the author demonstrates a reluctant dialogue between the two characters in order to characterize Arun’s unwilling and forced experience at the …show more content…
While in the woods, Arun’s hands become “sweaty” and “puffy” due to the hot air. The author chooses to focus on this in order to display his discomfort and unfamiliarity of the area. Giving insight to the audience, Arun’s nervousness provokes a sense of his disgust with the woods. Desai employs the third person point of view in order for the readers to understand how uncomfortable Arun feels with his experience at the beach. Furthermore, the omniscient point of view also reveals Arun’s thought process as he asks “why must people live in the vicinity of such benighted wilderness?” Revealing his own emotions, the audience can see how Arun is completely chilled at the fact that people enjoy going out into nature. He’s so accustomed to staying indoors that he’s not used to the climate and the creatures. Desai portrays this as a way to show Arun’s experience is unpleasant. Emphasizing the use of literary devices, the author demonstrates a third person omniscient point of view in order to characterize Arun’s distasteful experience at the
Demonstrating the use of descriptive words in the passage, Desai illustrates Arun’s annoyance with nature while going to the beach. While making his way through the woods, Arun depicts the cicadas’ “shrill” and the birds’ “shrieks” as an unpleasant sound. Portraying the negative connotation of the language, the “shrill” and “shrieks” represent Arun’s own emotions of unwillingness and annoyance. The piercing noises demonstrate how easily nature disrupts Arun’s mind as he views them as “jarring” …show more content…
Patton encourages him. Arun “wildly [tries] to find excuses” so he isn’t forced to spend time with the family. Highlighting the excuse, Arun tries to be respectful by not flat out refusing her orders. The use of his reluctant speech shows how he’s uncomfortable because he’s still adjusting to their customs as a family. Characterizing his disapproval of the beach, Desai employs his unwillingness to proceed with the plans as a way to cope with his discomfort. Moreover, Mrs. Patton’s constant rejections to his excuses with “no, no, no” emphasizes how she’s including him in activities because he’s a guest at their home. She’s persuading Arun to break out of his shell and experience the world in order for him to feel apart of their family. However, Desai’s portrays her encouraging speech as forceful in order to make Arun feel obliged to go and makes his experience at the beach as a mandatory event. Using the literary device of speech, the author demonstrates a reluctant dialogue between the two characters in order to characterize Arun’s unwilling and forced experience at the …show more content…
While in the woods, Arun’s hands become “sweaty” and “puffy” due to the hot air. The author chooses to focus on this in order to display his discomfort and unfamiliarity of the area. Giving insight to the audience, Arun’s nervousness provokes a sense of his disgust with the woods. Desai employs the third person point of view in order for the readers to understand how uncomfortable Arun feels with his experience at the beach. Furthermore, the omniscient point of view also reveals Arun’s thought process as he asks “why must people live in the vicinity of such benighted wilderness?” Revealing his own emotions, the audience can see how Arun is completely chilled at the fact that people enjoy going out into nature. He’s so accustomed to staying indoors that he’s not used to the climate and the creatures. Desai portrays this as a way to show Arun’s experience is unpleasant. Emphasizing the use of literary devices, the author demonstrates a third person omniscient point of view in order to characterize Arun’s distasteful experience at the