The book was a 4/5 because it was a good conclusion to the series that tied up loose ends but overall had a slower less interesting pace. I…
From a solid elite New England pedigree family there was a young man name Ernest Lawrence Thayer who had a dream to change the poetry world. Growing up Ernest was pushed to best he can be even though school came easy to him. When he graduated college from Harvard University, he followed his friend from college out to San Francisco to join his friend’s dad’s newspaper company, “Hearst’s Paper “(Author Biography 56). Working at this company Mr. Thayer worked on obituaries, ballad poems, and editorials. On October 8 1915 he watches the World Series game of baseball and then that is when the inspiration struck.…
In “The Custom House” Nathaniel Hawthorne uses figurative language and negative diction to potray the US government in a negative light after losing his job at the customs house. Hawthrne compares the government to the national bird, the bald eagle. He describes the eagle as a “unhappy fowl,she appears, by the fierceness of her beak and eye” who “..has no great tenderness, even in her best of moods.” Hawthorne potrays the government as unhappy and rather mean with no kindness in it. She attacks those who sit under her for protection despite her vixenly looks and their itrustion onto her premises.…
I would rate this book 6 or 7 out of 10, because is was very detailed on what it was saying and I could imagine what was going on in the book. The thing that I did not like in the book. The story ends with Scout well on her way to growing up, as well. She now has some idea of what being a lady involves, and she no longer seems to mind so much. But importantly, Lee leaves readers with the remembrance that Scout the narrator is still a little girl.…
Reading Response 2 1. A few examples of hyperbole from Miss Chestnut’s dialogue in the first few paragraphs are: “You’re up and down like a flea.”, “I’m assuming you weren't raised by animals.”, and “Is she blind, your mother?”. Sedaris’ use of hyperbole in Miss Chestnuts dialogue reads as snarky and witty which establishes a humorous tone for this piece. 2. I perceived sedaris’ characterization of miss chestnut as a kind of crotchety and uptight old woman.…
Snow White was listening(102) carefully to the woodsman's message, as she was sensing(102), understanding( 102), evaluating( 102), and responding( 102), to what he was saying. Snow White understood what he said because she knew she was in danger. She responded by questioning what he was saying, seeing as, she was in shock and had not previously know her stepmother's intentions of murdering her. There were many different types of listening styles( 106) used during the conversation;Snow White used action-oriented listening( 106) and time-oriented listening( 107) because there was not any time to waste since she was in danger. She also used informational listening and content-oriented listening as she had to pay attention to the content of…
Throughout this poem, Shel Silverstein uses alot of repetition, Which helps the reader pull out the main parts of the story. The parts that the author keeps making because it is important in the story. Silverstein continously uses the word once to show that he once did something. For example, he says "Once I smiled in secret at the gossip of the starlings" and he says "Once I understood each word the caterpillar said". He says that to show the reader he did that.…
Another thought, is how in the beginning of the book “ Miss peregrine's home of peculiar children” Jacobs seems to believe that no one understands him except his grandpa abe portman who has told him about his life and experience as a child. Jacob feels as though he is understood from his grandfather because he feels as that he understand where his grandpa is coming from. Which seems to be perfectly until eventually things seem to drift away when Jacob see his grandfather pass away from monsters and it seems as though it has open the way jacob thinks toward particular things. Which then he tries to decode the last words his grandpa said before passing away. Though the ways he learns new things which helps him clearly think that everything his…
Today, millions of students are reading books in school that they find boring and unrelatable. Students sometimes find it hard to connect to the characters and the situations represented in the books they read for class. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is not one of those books. This book has relatable characters like Scout and Jem who go through situations that student can find themselves relating to. To Kill a Mockingbird is a wonderful book with life lessons that will always be relevant and important to people of all ages.…
Ransom Riggs- the author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children -believes that bad things can change us for the good. Such as here the main character (Jacob) lied to his grandfather saying that they were fine when he believed they weren’t okay. ¨It was the old paranoia. We were going to be fine.…
Response 1--chapters 1,2,3 I find it interesting to see how the Finch family has diction that is fairly advanced compared to the other families in the book. The Cunningham’s clearly have diction that is not as advanced, and the Ewell’s have diction that is even less advanced. This is done to reflect how educated each family and each person is. Though Scout comes from a well educated family, her diction is still far more advanced than that of a seven year old.…
Almost all girls have either seen or have heard the “Cinderella” story before. Being a princess has been most girl 's dreams as a child, but little do they think about the theme and the message the “Cinderella” story creates. Elisabeth Panttaja, professor from Tufts University and author of the article “Cinderella: Not So Morally Superior,” explains a theme that people may find unsettling because she claims that Cinderella and the prince may not have been in love. She hints at the fact that Cinderella’s mother may have been the culprit in scheming and seducing the prince into marrying her.…
After reading Marge Piercy’s Barbie Doll, the girl in the story had killed herself because she felt that others saw her as ugly. Upon further reading, the poem shows that there is more meaning behind it. The poem is not just about a young woman who takes her life for not being perfect. Piercy uses literary techniques and figurative language that describes a society for women.…
Poets commonly talk about issues in society by using figurative language to avoid offending civilization. “Caged Bird” by Maya Angelou addresses the huge issue that some humans are repressed while others live free. Angelou uses figurative language such as synecdoches, juxtaposing a caged bird to a free bird, which signifies the natural born rights and freedom that people have, while the caged bird represents people who are repressed and, unfortunately, do not have these rights. The overall message of the poem is highlighting the idea of freedom and natural born rights, and how certain people have these rights, but others have these rights taken away from them.…
I have chosen Question One: Emile Bronte’s Wuthering Heights discuss how an attention to figurative language can help in an analysis of literary texts as I enjoyed reading the text and the many qualities that made it such an enjoyable read. When we read something we usually take it as it is but that is exactly what figurative language is not. When we read certain expressions or words with a different meaning it is known as figurative language which is different from literal interpretation. Figurative language goes beyond the meanings of the words that we read which give us, the readers a greater insight into the piece. There are many types of figurative language such as symbolism, metaphors and similes which are all seen in Emily Bronte's 'Wuthering…