In The Flowers by Alice Walker, Myop’s innocence is emphasized by many literary devices, such as, symbolism, metaphor, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, tone, and imagery. Walker named the main character, Myop on purpose as it is short for myopia, which is the scientific term for, nearsightedness. This is an example of symbolism because in most parts of the story, Myop is a very innocent and pure girl, and is not able to see farther than the idealistic beauty of her childhood. To Myop, the harvesting of crops “[makes] each day a golden surprise” (Walker, 1). As a little girl, she looks forward to every single day as she believes that it will always bring happiness or “a golden surprise”. Myop’s innocence is emphasized by this metaphor because in reality,
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Walker uses onomatopoeia to point out the importance of the song that she creates. The child-like behaviour of describing the sound of an imaginary song presents Myop’s innocence because as she focuses on the small details of what makes her happy, it makes her unaware of some things around her, such as the danger of wandering off somewhere unfamiliar. Myop “[bounces] this way and that way” as she moves along her own path, into the woods (Walker, 1). The choice of words that Walker chooses sets the tone as joyful and frisky. This enhances the image of Myop’s innocence as she is not aware of the dangerous or unpleasant things ahead, of the path she makes on her own. She does not fear that something bad will happen, although she is doing something new. When Myop finds “an armful of strange blue flowers with velvety ridges and a sweet suds bush full of the brown, fragrant buds”, Walker displays her as a very observant young girl (Walker, 1). Myop’s attention to all these small details about the beautiful flowers that she collects on her trip emphasizes that she only sees the beauty and good in things. In conclusion, Alice Walker does a fabulous job as she puts in many literary devices including, symbolism, metaphor, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, tone, and imagery, in order to highlight the innocence of
Walker uses onomatopoeia to point out the importance of the song that she creates. The child-like behaviour of describing the sound of an imaginary song presents Myop’s innocence because as she focuses on the small details of what makes her happy, it makes her unaware of some things around her, such as the danger of wandering off somewhere unfamiliar. Myop “[bounces] this way and that way” as she moves along her own path, into the woods (Walker, 1). The choice of words that Walker chooses sets the tone as joyful and frisky. This enhances the image of Myop’s innocence as she is not aware of the dangerous or unpleasant things ahead, of the path she makes on her own. She does not fear that something bad will happen, although she is doing something new. When Myop finds “an armful of strange blue flowers with velvety ridges and a sweet suds bush full of the brown, fragrant buds”, Walker displays her as a very observant young girl (Walker, 1). Myop’s attention to all these small details about the beautiful flowers that she collects on her trip emphasizes that she only sees the beauty and good in things. In conclusion, Alice Walker does a fabulous job as she puts in many literary devices including, symbolism, metaphor, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, tone, and imagery, in order to highlight the innocence of