Friday, February 13, 2009. 1:05 a.m.: Mr. Jones couldn’t sleep. The streak of bright moonlight slashed on his blanket like a knife. He got up to close the curtains when he heard a sickening squawk downstairs.…
Truc Tran “Dialectic Journal for Book of Choice” “Quote(s) (with page number)” “Category(ies)” “Commentary” “He looked at it for a moment, picked it up, brought it to his mother and very carefully handed it to her, by which he meant what no man can guess and no child can remember to tell.” (pg. 13) Question, evaluate (Q) What is it about the egg that fascinates Ulysses? (E) The author is establishing the fact that Ulysses is young and very innocent.…
In Amanda Jernigan’s poem “Exclosure”, the speaker delivers the message that writing is a process of capturing and protecting the composition from being exposed to critiques or misinterpretations. The speaker is alarmed at the thought of her poem growing out of control and no longer in her discipline, therefore she creates a sanctuary to deny the poem exposure and vulnerability to an audience. The speaker is aware that each time a poem is read, it takes on new interpretations and meanings and it begins to change and develop with all the different perceptions. The speaker is obviously concerned about how her composition can transform because of the new interpretations, therefore she wants to keep it unexposed from such conditions. The speaker…
The Innkeeper probably learns from that experience was to not overprice people for their money. In the passage the author states that the Innkeeper tried to charge the farmer four thousand kroner for chicks that never existed. So when the farmer found a lawyer to go to the judge and try to make sense of it all the judge realized that the Innkeeper was showing greed and deception. So the end result was the judge told the Innkeeper to pay the lawyer and the farmer fifty dollars.…
In the essays Lost in the Kitchen by Dave Barry and Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris, both authors make use of several rhetorical literary techniques to enhance their work, such as creating specific tones for the essays and using stereotype. These techniques add humor to each essay, and Barry and Sedaris’s use of humor makes each essay comprehensible and relatable. However, the authors use the types of humor in various ways. Barry and Sedaris use tone and stereotype to give a sense of humor to their respective essays, but how they use tone differs in a few ways.…
In the mock press release from The Onion, the author(s) illustrate how products are marketed to consumers by using very bold claims and outlandish customer reviews to portray the message in a satirical fashion. This use of satire sparks pulls on the pathos of the reader and allows for a more engaging experience for the reader. The author(s) of this passage use satire to its fullest effect through outlandish claims. A prime example of these foolish would be, "If the frequency of one’s foot is out of alignment with the Earth, the entire body will suffer." The author(s) use claims such as this one to pull on the pathos of the reader that elicits a humorous response while still portraying a clear message.…
In the great Gatsby Chapter 3 page 39 F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote this excerpt to show how different he was from everyone else and stands alone since he does not drink, or dance he just watches. In chapter 3 of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald utilizes imagery and simile to illustrate more detail and emphasis in everything. The first type of figurative language noticed was a simile, On page 39, it states, ”in his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths…” him stating this is saying that the guest that came to the party just came and left but didn’t stay and probably didn’t know him. Another simile found on page 39, states, “while in his station wagon scampered like a brisk yellow bug…” means that the station wagon becomes the…
In the 1985 novel, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami. Murakami distinct use of parallel narration illustrates the complexity of human thought and behavior. Expressing the fine connection between the conscious and subconscious part of the mind. Through the use of motifs and relating characters in each narration, Murakami is able to outline the faint relationship between the conscious and subconscious parts of the human mind. This relationship can be seen from early on in the novel.…
In Novella Carpenter’s book, Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer, the author describes her adventure of creating a farm in an urban area she called “Ghost Town Farm” on a dead end street in the ghetto of Oakland, California. This non-fiction book is based on a true story of Carpenter’s life of creating a sustainable farm in an abandoned lot next to her apartment. Carpenter is the daughter of two hippies and believes that she is connecting to her roots by living out this farm city dream. She is an experienced writer with a degree in biology and English at the University of Washington. She has several odd jobs, one being a bug handler.…
Many hens, pigs, and sheep were killed at the confession and Napoleon starved the hens to death after they refused to give up their eggs during the Hen Rebellion. Napoleon lied to all the animals by making the animals work harder and minimizing their food portions so that all of the pigs can have a larger portion. The working farm animals saw that the pigs were putting on some extra weight but Napoleon told the other animals that the food was equally distributed upon all and that the animals are not working hard enough. This example shows that the truth is often deviated because Napoleon lies to the working animals about where the…
Henry Louis Gates Jr, an African American literature scholar, asserts, “No poet in the tradition was more crucial in the shaping of a distinct African- American poetic diction or voice than he, [Paul Laurence Dunbar]” (68). Dunbar’s ability to communicate the struggles of America through the black experience, with the assistance of Negro dialect, elevated him to become one of the most influential African American poets of his time. His success with written language allows today’s readers to experience and obtain knowledge about the life of an African American before and after the Civil War. The life and literature of Dunbar continue to galvanize students, educators, and critics today. Dunbar’s ancestral connection with slavery and interactions…
The piece “Us and Them” by David Sedaris is an amusing and thought provoking work that focuses on David’s childhood reaction to a family that “does not believe in TV”. By describing his personal experience, the author makes the reader think about human interaction and how something as simple as television can demonstrate the difference between people who merely observe the life of others, and people who actually engage with their own life and make the best out of it. Though the author does not explicitly state the intent of the essay, it is possible to catch it through his use of irony throughout the whole piece. For example, on multiple occasions, the author describes the Tomkeys’ lives as uninteresting and puny, when his family life revolves…
In his essay “Don’t Blame the Eater” David Zinczenko brings to our attention that today’s kids are in trouble. In fact their trouble is the ongoing obesity epidemic. Zinczenko brings to light that American children are becoming more obese due to their lack of education about fast food. In studies that Zinczenko found, diabetes generally affected 5 percent of children before 1994. He adds that today’s studies, by the National Institutes of Health, show that type 2 diabetes now accounts for 30 percent of these cases.…
“Breakfast is the most important meal of the day”. I use to hear this often from my parent and teachers before a long quiz. Skipping out on breakfast might not seem as bad, but it can make your body less able to assimilate food. Eating breakfast every morning helps improve your mood. This includes giving you the energy to complete a task, memory, and concentration.…
In celebration of his 50th birthday, Kurt Vonnegut wrote a book to himself as a present which is mentioned by Vonnegut in the preface of the book. The name of this book is Breakfast of Champions. This book is primarily about the meeting between a car dealer named Dwayne Hoover and an old writer named Kilgore Trout. This meeting leads to Dwayne going insane. At first, this book may seem to be a mix of irrelevant information with no exact chronological order.…