A Common Reader

relationship after they have both been involved with other people. The prominent imagery from Dan’s narration allowed the reader to understand the complex emotional state of the couple. This point of view allowed the reader to see how Dan judged Nancy actions’, as well as his own, before the initial timeframe of the story as well as throughout the story. Access to Dan’s thoughts informed the reader of mental betrayals throughout the time spent with his wife trying to rescue their marriage. Caver…

example are logos, which is persuading the audience through and appeal of logic, and hypophora which is asking a question and answering it immediately. Even though the strategies have different effects and are used differently, their one common goal is to persuade the reader. Martin Luther King Jr. possessed these rhetorical strategies in his letter to the Clergymen, with a sole goal of persuading the audience to support his perspective. Pathos is a device that is capable of stirring up…

Ancient omens and Prophecies An omen is a technique used by writers to foretell the future, an omen is another way of foreshadowing. It provides hints throughout the text giving the readers signs or clues as to what might happen in the future for a character or in the plotens. The characters are connected to some ancient prophecies that are obscure, partial and confusing; and all along the plot unexplained incidents keep taking place to make these dreadful prophecies come true. The characters…

love. The author, Meinke uses creative word choices to let one fully understand the story, which is very important for the readers. An older husband and wife are sitting in a Dodge pickup gazing upon the Gulf. They end up watching two whooping cranes in the water that the wife spotted. As the story goes on, the older couple talks about all of the things that they have in common with the whooping cranes. At the end of the story, the wife gently closes her eyes and passes away. The author’s words…

mother and Teodoro. Teo’s unacceptable behaviors conveys the country’s disrespect against women and the tensions between Northern and Southern Italians. Although this event only functions as an extra in the overall plot of the story, it allows the reader to establish a deeper connection with Lorenzo and Italy. During the event of the car incident, we learn of Lorenzo’s profound admiration for his mother. This can be seen as a motive for Lorenzo being dishonest about going to ski week with his…

applied to the narration. Narration is important as it controls the mood, direction and the "regulation of narrative information”, between the reader and the story (1980, p. 41). In the opinion of Gérard Genette, narration is essentially diegesis, in that it can achieve no more than an impression of mimesis by making the story appear real and alive to the reader. Narration can impersonate reality, it will always appear as somewhat fictional no matter how realistic the author tries to make it. In…

Falcon for over seventeen years. When Gutman and Spade first encounter each other they’re discussing the whereabouts of the Maltese Falcon. Just like Cairo and O’Shaughnessy, Gutman too offered extreme amounts of money for Spade’s services. This is a common occurrence for the bad guys of this novel. All three offered well over the amount needed for their specific job to be done, it was as if to me they were also paying for coverage from the police. That and the fact that they all went to a…

could be a massive infringement of our privacy rights: “’there are a gazillion things that we read that we want to read in private,’ Mr. Schneier says” (22). The statement is an apparent use of hyperbole meant to evoke an emotional response from readers, who might reflect on the absurd total indicated by Schneier’s quote and, at the very least, come to the conclusion that they read a lot more things they want to be kept private than they might have otherwise thought. By framing the problem as…

looking to learn something, be entertained, or take something away they can apply to their own lives. In order to fulfill the reader’s purpose, each story must contain relevance to the reader along with an engaging and interesting storyline including internal conflict within the main character. Having relevance to the reader is a key aspect for any story. Personally, when I have to read a story with little to no impact or meaning to my life I’m bored before it even begins. Right now, I’m…

a restricted point of view on the use of images in various types of texts (Books, articles, etc.). In Scott McCloud’s graphic essay, From Show and Tell, he discusses how the use of images in a story does not lessen the effect the story has on the reader. He believes when text and image come together the greatest works are made. McCloud makes this claim due to his background of being a comic artist. His profession incorporates the usage of both text and image to progress the story. In order to…