Lewes exposes her perspective that the development of a writer isn’t always a straightforward path through the use of Aristotle’s rhetorical strategies (Pathos, Ethos) and paradoxy to project her message towards Ms. Pierce. In the letter that accomplished author, Mrs. Lewes sends to amateur writer, Ms. Pierce she offers Pathos as a means to capture Ms. Pierce’s attention. Lewes writes about her discoveries through the path of writing through the use of clear, concise imagery; she explains to Pierce that after achievement the “vehicle” of a person is transformed into a “poor husk” (lines 12-13). Through this use of clear imagery Pierce is able to comprehend that writing takes people on journeys that they don’t involve a direct path to success.…
James Baldwin’s novel, Giovanni’s Room, contains subtle yet powerful messages about society and its effects on people. The novel follows the narrator, David, as he internally battles with his emotions over love, lust, and trust. David restricts himself from displaying his emotions outwardly thus keeping others from knowing how he truly feels. David’s internalized homophobia plays a role in his mental reasoning for abstaining from outwardly presenting emotions. Throughout the novel, David does not ever intentionally give his emotions away to those close to him.…
There is a sickness destroying lives on every surface of the world, which can be eradicated with out spending a single dollar or loosing a single life to any medical trial. That disease is the vitriolic way in which the world treats its citizens. The world has an innate way of tearing down others for the sake of succeeding but success is possible with out the destruction of the individual. The author Wes Moore had a healthy self-image reinforced through strong influential characters in his life and stable relationships. The other Wes Moore however was not as fortunate as the man whose namesake he shares; he was conditioned with a negative image strengthened by the social situations he engaged in.…
In the novel “All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr, I noticed there was numerous amounts of symbolism, one which stood out to me was the radio. Werner who is one of the main characters would always be fascinated by radios due to a show he would listen to by a professor named Etienne. He was selected to attend the National Political Institute due to his extortionary ability to fix any radio. After in the book Marie, who is the other main character and who is Etienne's grandniece became curious and wondered if anyone would still listen to her great uncles broadcast. At that same moment Werner was investigating an enemy transmission and eventually found the source and visited it to find in astonishment that it was a blind girl he thinks…
At first glance, two dystopian novels, Fahrenheit 451 (F451) by Ray Bradbury and Anthem by Ayn Rand may not have common ground with the historical, influential, and inspirational autobiography the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. However, the main characters in each piece struggle to know. Frederick Douglass, a slave, details in a chapter entitled “Learning to Read and Write” how he faces grave opposition to his endeavor, yet eventually setting himself on a path to freedom. Montag the main character of F451 struggles with whether or not he should read books.…
When a coin is tossed into the air one can never accurately predict which side will show its face, we can make predictions and assumptions of the altitude it shall rotate and change its fate but we will never truly know until it lands. This reminds me of the unpredictable reactions in human beings when a difficult situation bares its ugly head. Delve closer on a psychological view and we will see the relationship that the brain has with one’s self, communicating by sending out chemical information from one neuron or nerve cell to another; allowing daily functions such as generating movement, speaking, listening, regulating the systems of the body, thinking and most importantly in this argument; feeling. Sure you can say certain situations evoke selected emotions, emotions enable us to react to situations whether it be with anger, fear, happiness, jealousy and so on but as an…
It is argued that the interest society has with Jones’s stories is due in part to the stories revealing things that are typically not seen in the everyday section of society ( May 3). Most people are not comfortable discussing the idea that they are not happy with who they are; however, Thom Jones uses Ad Magic in “A White Horse to exhibit this aspect of humanity and bring it into focus. The seemingly absurd events that take place make it seem like there is less connection for the audience but the way the events play out actually ties the audience to Ad Magic. The audience feels less insulted by the deeper topics by not feeling immediately tied to the character even though they may actually feel that way. The audience does not feel like they are being directly accused of not being happy with their life and feeling like it lacks some more definite meaning.…
In Raymond Carver’s short story Cathedral, he establishes an ignorant narrator, dependent on alcohol and fixated upon physical appearance. He juxtaposes the narrator to a blind man who feels emotion rather than sees it. Through indirect characterization and first person limited point of view, Carver foils the narcissistic narrator to the intuitive blind man while utilizing sight as a symbol of emotional understanding. He establishes the difference between looking and seeing to prove that sight is more than physical.…
Lee Herrick show in his poem “The impossible replication of desire” that, what you think you desire can be different from what you want when you get it. He shows this through short brief stanzas, imagery and symbolism. Each stanza in this poem is only 3 lines long which makes the message brief and a little confusing due to the fact there he doesn’t say anything that is very straight-forward in this poem of his. In stanza 3 Lee Herrick shows through symbolism that our ideas of what is desired change very quick even, without notice like the change to autumn “Think how fast some landscapes change…the failing maple.”. In stanza 4 he shows, through imagery, “the boat about to capsize, the correction, the hand’s…
Brown, Charles B. "Somnambulism. A Fragment." The Heath Anthology of American Literature Volume 1, edited by Paul Lauter, D.C. Health and Company, 1990, pages 1165-1177. This short story was written my Charles Brown and published in May of 1805.…
In order to achieve a goal, sometimes you must do the very opposite to achieve the aimed result. It sounds counterintuitive in the beginning, but it may lead to outstanding outcome. In “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver, that is precisely what happened. The short story is about a man whose wife invited her old friend, Robert, to visit them at their home. He is not enthusiastic and annoyed about the visit claiming that the Robert’s blindness bothers him.…
Sometimes an individual’s desires cause them to face internal suffering. The poem “For That He Looked Not upon Her” by sixteenth-century English poet George Gascoigne explores this idea through illustrating the reasoning of why a man cannot look into the eyes of the women he once loved anymore. Gascoigne portrays the man in the poem as being hopeless and unable to unhook himself from the passion he has for the women which mesmerized him. Gascoigne depicts his hopelessness, and rather bleak almost cautious outlook on love after coming out of a bad relationship through the use of diction.…
Emily Montemayor Mrs. Stecker AP Literature & Composition 1 February 2016 Thou Blind Man’s Mark A burning desire can be the greatest motivator and the reason for one’s downfall. In the poem, “Thou Blind Man’s Mark” by Sir Philip Sidney, desire is the main theme, addressed in many ways and uses different techniques to exaggerate the complex attitude the speaker has towards desire. It is often personified as if it holds power over the speaker and he speaks of the hatred he has towards desire and uses a shift in the poem to exemplify an ironic tone.…
Throughout the novel, Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison incorporates many different ideas of blindness and impaired vision and how they affect someone's ability to see. In these situations the characters failure to comprehend outwardly correlates to their failures to comprehend inwardly. Ellison uses blindness to dissect the cultural prejudice against African Americans by the ingrained ideology of society. As the narrator struggles to find his identity in a world full of racism and stereotypes he is forced to accept his invisibility. Ellison conveys that there are two sides to blindness.…
In the stories, “Hills Like White Elephants” and “Cathedral”, both main characters go through life changing events; however, only one evolves and becomes a more desirable human. The American, in “Hills Like White Elephants”, displays an egocentric personality, devoid of any character development. Although the Narrator in “Cathedral” shows little to no empathy in the beginning of the story, his mind is opened to new perspectives by the conclusion. Both stories show human personality flaws and weaknesses during times of stress, it is how they respond to these life situations which determines how they are viewed by humanity.…