Writers use symbolism to strengthen their writing, making it more interesting and adding a layer of deeper meaning by adding key literary elements because it fills the story with excitement which makes it more fun for the reader. Most authors get an opportunity to utilize these literary devices to make each story his or her own like setting the tone, building the characters, and leading the reader through the journey of the authors mind. Likewise, the literary elements like imagery and syntax are used by the author to attempt to create a mental picture in the mind of the reader and syntax to help make inferences and draw conclusions about what the reader reads. In the short stories, Indian Education by Sherman Alexie and The Dew Breaker
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For example, in the story Junior says, “I could hear the white girls forced vomiting, a sound so familiar and natural to me after years of listening to my father’s hangovers” (177). As a reader it is through those words like vomiting and hangovers that create a visual representation of ideas in the mind of the reader. When the author speaks of feelings, they are presented poeticly or in a dramatic way, he uses short and true words, which makes the feelings seem to be real. Another way that short sentences have an effect on how the author demonstrates the feelings that a specific character is going through is the sentence, “In third grade, though I stood alone in the corner, faced the wall, and waited for the punishment to end …show more content…
For example, in the sentence “I thought exposing a few details of my life would inspire them to do the same” (170). Also, the author conveys complex ideas through the long sentences. The writer Dandicat uses long sentences to give vivid description and emphasize something important. For instance, in this sentence “I was lying in bed when I felt the thin cotton sheet covering my body rise”(172). The writer Dandicat uses short sentences just to emphasize a point. One example of a short sentence is Life is full of dead spots.(169). In this short sentence the writer uses a short sentence to emphasize a
For example, in the story Junior says, “I could hear the white girls forced vomiting, a sound so familiar and natural to me after years of listening to my father’s hangovers” (177). As a reader it is through those words like vomiting and hangovers that create a visual representation of ideas in the mind of the reader. When the author speaks of feelings, they are presented poeticly or in a dramatic way, he uses short and true words, which makes the feelings seem to be real. Another way that short sentences have an effect on how the author demonstrates the feelings that a specific character is going through is the sentence, “In third grade, though I stood alone in the corner, faced the wall, and waited for the punishment to end …show more content…
For example, in the sentence “I thought exposing a few details of my life would inspire them to do the same” (170). Also, the author conveys complex ideas through the long sentences. The writer Dandicat uses long sentences to give vivid description and emphasize something important. For instance, in this sentence “I was lying in bed when I felt the thin cotton sheet covering my body rise”(172). The writer Dandicat uses short sentences just to emphasize a point. One example of a short sentence is Life is full of dead spots.(169). In this short sentence the writer uses a short sentence to emphasize a