Summary
In an Asian town, along the edge of a Jewish ghetto, lays a Christian school. A young boy of 7 years old, strong in his faith of christianity, attended said school and was a member of the choir, he was also the son of a widow. The young boy was kind, sweet, and very innocent. The words used to describe him ensure us that we realize how innocent he was. He would sit and listen to children of the choir sing O Alma Redemptoris until he knew the opening verse by memory, he soon asked what the song was, what it meant, and what it was for.
In that town, the Jewish had a certain hatred for the Christians as they had hate for Christ and all his company. So, when the young boy learned the entire song, and began to walk the streets singing sweetly with an …show more content…
Imagery is scattered throughout the story to paint a picture in the reader’s mind as the tale is read.
An example of imagery in the text is “He had no notion what this Latin meant Being so young, so tender too, so green:..”, this describes the young boy as a young, innocent child, not understanding the meaning of the song O Alma Redemptoris.
Another example in the text where imagery is strongly shown is also another descriptive piece concerning the widow’s son. “This cursed Jew grabbed him and held him, slit His little throat and cast him in a pit.” As horrible as it is, this text shows imagery as with the descriptive words saying how the Jew grabbed him, held him, cut his little throat then threw him, you get a clear image of how the scene went down making you mortified which was the intention.
One other example of imagery in the Prioress’s Tale is when the mother of the 7 year old boy is described when her son hadn’t returned home that night. “All pale with sleepless dread and busy thought,..”, she stayed up all night worrying over where her child may be and this piece of imagery allows us to clearly picture
In an Asian town, along the edge of a Jewish ghetto, lays a Christian school. A young boy of 7 years old, strong in his faith of christianity, attended said school and was a member of the choir, he was also the son of a widow. The young boy was kind, sweet, and very innocent. The words used to describe him ensure us that we realize how innocent he was. He would sit and listen to children of the choir sing O Alma Redemptoris until he knew the opening verse by memory, he soon asked what the song was, what it meant, and what it was for.
In that town, the Jewish had a certain hatred for the Christians as they had hate for Christ and all his company. So, when the young boy learned the entire song, and began to walk the streets singing sweetly with an …show more content…
Imagery is scattered throughout the story to paint a picture in the reader’s mind as the tale is read.
An example of imagery in the text is “He had no notion what this Latin meant Being so young, so tender too, so green:..”, this describes the young boy as a young, innocent child, not understanding the meaning of the song O Alma Redemptoris.
Another example in the text where imagery is strongly shown is also another descriptive piece concerning the widow’s son. “This cursed Jew grabbed him and held him, slit His little throat and cast him in a pit.” As horrible as it is, this text shows imagery as with the descriptive words saying how the Jew grabbed him, held him, cut his little throat then threw him, you get a clear image of how the scene went down making you mortified which was the intention.
One other example of imagery in the Prioress’s Tale is when the mother of the 7 year old boy is described when her son hadn’t returned home that night. “All pale with sleepless dread and busy thought,..”, she stayed up all night worrying over where her child may be and this piece of imagery allows us to clearly picture