“Snow” And the Impact of Love on Memory
The style of a story is the director of attention, fixing the readers’ eyes on a central theme or idea. Ann Beattie uses style to portray the effects of memories influenced by love in her short story called “Snow”. The power, strength, and futility of love effects someone by touching their heart and marking on their memory. Now, the author’s voice in this story is spoken through the style; the primary message about love and memory in this work is successfully brought to reader’s attention by the style. She is creative in doing this by using a specific tongue that creates emotions, and by hiding a profound message in literary symbols. Tone and Symbolism are two of many pieces of style that “work …show more content…
The choice of tone in “Snow” informs the reader that the story is one of dim memories. The author’s unstated attitude towards this story reinforces the theme. (Charters 1094). This is given to the reader through the tone, another aspect of style. The type of tone produced by the story’s language shows how strong love can be. The first line of this short literary work conveniently hands the reader information right away; it tells the reader that the author is thinking of specific moments in the past by starting off with “I remember the cold night you brought in a pile of logs…”. (Beattie 74). In the first paragraph, the narrator includes many specific details of a memory. This reveals to the audience that this memory is meaningful to the narrator, due to the fact that he/she recalls exactly how certain things existed or took place. For example, the narrator recalls specifics of a snowy day with a significant person in her memory. “The day of the big snow, when you had to shovel the walk and couldn’t find your cap and asked me how to wind a towel so
The style of a story is the director of attention, fixing the readers’ eyes on a central theme or idea. Ann Beattie uses style to portray the effects of memories influenced by love in her short story called “Snow”. The power, strength, and futility of love effects someone by touching their heart and marking on their memory. Now, the author’s voice in this story is spoken through the style; the primary message about love and memory in this work is successfully brought to reader’s attention by the style. She is creative in doing this by using a specific tongue that creates emotions, and by hiding a profound message in literary symbols. Tone and Symbolism are two of many pieces of style that “work …show more content…
The choice of tone in “Snow” informs the reader that the story is one of dim memories. The author’s unstated attitude towards this story reinforces the theme. (Charters 1094). This is given to the reader through the tone, another aspect of style. The type of tone produced by the story’s language shows how strong love can be. The first line of this short literary work conveniently hands the reader information right away; it tells the reader that the author is thinking of specific moments in the past by starting off with “I remember the cold night you brought in a pile of logs…”. (Beattie 74). In the first paragraph, the narrator includes many specific details of a memory. This reveals to the audience that this memory is meaningful to the narrator, due to the fact that he/she recalls exactly how certain things existed or took place. For example, the narrator recalls specifics of a snowy day with a significant person in her memory. “The day of the big snow, when you had to shovel the walk and couldn’t find your cap and asked me how to wind a towel so