TBS + TSG
A sense of affinity is felt when acceptance and understanding without compromise, conditions or limitations occur. Both Stephen Herrick and John lee Hancock challenge assumptions that are represented by family as well as alleged places in a community in an attempt to solidify this statement. Herrick’s free verse novel ‘The simple gift’ highlights how the protagonist, Billy Luckett, segregates himself from his town and dysfunctional home, eventually leading to his departure. in leaving he attains a secure sense of self identity and place through the formation of unconditional relationships that challenge the ambient communal fibres. Similarly John lee Hancock in his 2009 movie ‘The blind side’ brings to light how Michael Oher overcomes …show more content…
Herrick portrays these negative experiences by establishing Billy’s dysfunctional relationship with his father through the use of flashback imagery in the poem ‘sport’ and an accumulation of negative diction and interior monologue. Enjambment in the lines “as if nothing- had happened” and also the repetition in “no more sport- no more forever”, highlight Billy’s sense of exclusion and emotional isolation, more explicitly his sense of finality and estrangement in his home, a place where he feels he should belong. Herrick intensifies Billy’s desire to leave through his use of repetition of “no more” and the metaphoric language associated with “Slammed the door on my sporting childhood forever”. This anecdote expressed by Billy allows him to vividly recount the pain and suffering brought upon him by his abusive father, reinforcing his longing for affiliation. Because of this estrangement Herrick amplifies Billy’s desire to leave through the blunt expression of alienation and hate towards the town. These feeling of hate and alienation are expressed through the negative diction and imagery in the inner monologue “Dead beat” “shit hole” “no hoper” “downtrodden house” “no wheresville”. Through doing this Herrick creates a cumulative cover-up effect therefore eradicating any clichéd sadness associated with departure and further reiterates Billy’s need to feel
A sense of affinity is felt when acceptance and understanding without compromise, conditions or limitations occur. Both Stephen Herrick and John lee Hancock challenge assumptions that are represented by family as well as alleged places in a community in an attempt to solidify this statement. Herrick’s free verse novel ‘The simple gift’ highlights how the protagonist, Billy Luckett, segregates himself from his town and dysfunctional home, eventually leading to his departure. in leaving he attains a secure sense of self identity and place through the formation of unconditional relationships that challenge the ambient communal fibres. Similarly John lee Hancock in his 2009 movie ‘The blind side’ brings to light how Michael Oher overcomes …show more content…
Herrick portrays these negative experiences by establishing Billy’s dysfunctional relationship with his father through the use of flashback imagery in the poem ‘sport’ and an accumulation of negative diction and interior monologue. Enjambment in the lines “as if nothing- had happened” and also the repetition in “no more sport- no more forever”, highlight Billy’s sense of exclusion and emotional isolation, more explicitly his sense of finality and estrangement in his home, a place where he feels he should belong. Herrick intensifies Billy’s desire to leave through his use of repetition of “no more” and the metaphoric language associated with “Slammed the door on my sporting childhood forever”. This anecdote expressed by Billy allows him to vividly recount the pain and suffering brought upon him by his abusive father, reinforcing his longing for affiliation. Because of this estrangement Herrick amplifies Billy’s desire to leave through the blunt expression of alienation and hate towards the town. These feeling of hate and alienation are expressed through the negative diction and imagery in the inner monologue “Dead beat” “shit hole” “no hoper” “downtrodden house” “no wheresville”. Through doing this Herrick creates a cumulative cover-up effect therefore eradicating any clichéd sadness associated with departure and further reiterates Billy’s need to feel