A Common Reader

Dog food advertisers often use personification and factual claims to support their positions. The most common arguments include that their brand is healthier for your dog and will allow them to live longer. Pedigree took a different approach with a recent ad and presented the importance of relationships between a dog and their owner. The ad displays a lonely man on the beach in one image, and the same image on the right side but with the inclusion of a dog. This Pedigree ad uses the man and the…

deep emotional responses resulting from these moments, in her two essays “Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self” and “Flowers”. Walker uses imagery, symbolism, and contrast as well as other figurative language throughout her essays to engage the reader in the life changing events. While some differences between “Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self” and “Flowers” are evident, the similarities are salient. Both of the essays are a vivid snapshot of a simple life turning into a complex…

Badge of Courage serves to remind readers of the…

appear in the front of the ad are older. The ad promotes the most common yet popular drink found anywhere in the planet, Pepsi. The author specifies that the drink will and I quote “adds sparkle to any get-together”-Look(Pg.8). Among several ads published both in the past until now, the author in which we the reader do not pay attention, has a purpose or a goal of what he wants us the audience or reader to obtain. Normally, the readers observe what is painted and they tend to ignore small…

While reading through this book I was quickly captivated by the first page, and successfully drawn in even deeper throughout the progression of the novel. In this book, Higashida takes the reader with him on an exploration of many different emotions and relatable scenarios that strike a chord with the readers following along. Before reading through this book, I just knew a general idea of what it was about. All I knew was that it was written by a young boy with autism, and was then translated…

teaches readers an important lesson that is applicable to everyone. The display of this influential lesson is one of the many reasons that Fahrenheit 451 is a work literary merit. Readers are able to learn from the characters journey thus possibly preventing readers from repeating similar behavior shown by the characters. Another reason Fahrenheit 451 is a work of literary merit is its appeal to a wide variety of people. This is due to its message hitting home for many people. It is very common…

Julian’s mother paid a large enough amount of money to express buyer’s remorse. Knowing the price and class associated with the hat, the reader can assume the reason Carver’s mother explodes in a fit of rage, is because she feels Julian’s mother sees her as unequal and of lower-class, while the hat proves otherwise. The irony expressed in the story allows the reader to deeper understand the intentions of the characters, and derive a greater understanding of the complex issue in the story, which…

hardships, emotional weakness, and guilt . O’Brien uses common motifs of amoral decision making, isolation, and moral ambiguity. The motifs set the path for the book because O’Brien creates a novel about a group of men who endure the mental and physical fight on war. War can be considered one of the most traumatizing “job” in the world because of the potential it can change a human. O’Brien makes several attempts to make his message or theme clear to reader by putting direct characterization of…

altruistic actions in the hopes that it ends in personal gain. With little to no information provided about the characters in Hemingway’s story, he forces the reader to acknowledge that minimalistic ideals can result in complex/powerful ones as well. The opening paragraph of most stories often reveal characters and settings in which the reader will get to know personally and begin to adapt with them as well. In this story however, we are immersed in a train station in an unspecified location in…

to get the reader to understand the real side of war; a fight that is a horrific and disturbing experience to those fighting, which is contrary to the popular belief that war brings glory to those who partake in it. Owen utilizes creative similes to help the reader understand his point. The opening line, “Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,” this simile describes all the fighting soldiers as “Old beggars, and as imagery, this line paints a picture in the mind of the reader of tired,…