A Common Reader

When reading, many people do not pay close attention to facial expressions, colors, or the time period, however, once you deeply analyze them you start to uncover more secrets about a novel.ADD BROAD IDEA. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, incorporates the use of eyes and vision to display wisdom, emotions, and corruption. Scott Fitzgerald displays wisdom of his characters by using descriptions of eyes and vision. An example of this in the text is when we are introduced to…

I would compare “In The Woods” to “The Maze Runner.” Both books are about a main character that had something happen to them when they were young and they don’t know what happened or how to explain it. In “The Maze Runner,” the main character can’t remember anything about his past or his childhood, while “In The Woods,” the main character had an unexplainable event happen to him when he was young. In each of the books, there is a place that is mysterious and know of the characters know a lot…

Death in its retelling of the story of Liesel Meminger, the book thief, associates its meeting with Liesel through colors. Death states that it derives pleasure from colors, colors are its vacation from its melancholy occupation for no one can replace it. Death’s love of colors provides its relief from the pain of watching those who are “leftover”, the loved ones of those who passed. In the excerpt from the “The Flag”, death recollects on its last meeting with the book thief. The author, Mark…

In the book The Outsiders, written by S.E. Hinton, is a story about a boy named Ponyboy and how he goes through the troubles of life. The book which is fiction focused on the fight between rich and poor. It also focuses on the journey from youth to adulthood. The three topics addressed in the interesting book power of friendship, journey from youth to adulthood, and fight between rich and poor. First, the book addresses the significance of the power of friendship. One example of the power of…

One of the greatest abilities in writing is getting the reader to convey with the characters, to feel how they feel in that exact moment. This is a bond we gain between us and the characters, we learn to understand these characters. When a reader can truly bond or empathize with the characters, we can really know what they are thinking and relate to them on a more personal level. When we feel sorrow or pain from a characters actions or emotions, we know that the author has indeed bonded us with…

The Hidden Motive: “A Rose for Emily” Faulkner’s story of a daughter who was born into wealth in the deep South, “A Rose for Emily” leaves the reader with the impression that no one will ever know if the meaning of the story directly relates to the motive for the murder of Homer Barron. Faulkner’s use of first person plural narration, left the reader in suspense with a need to be the detective in the case of the noble women who murdered her lover. Since Tobe, the servant, ran off as soon as…

Harrison Bergeron In Harrison Bergeron Kurt Vonnegut writes a short story about an american dystopia of the future. This short story is a satire and work of black humor. His tone throughout the story is sarcastic and sardonic and he also displays a dry witty sense of humor he adopts the same tone throughout the story even though he is talking about a dangerous and worrying situation. He uses satire to point out the absurdity of a society where everything is controlled, “The year was 2081 and…

No this is the end! My boat is submerging and I’m going to be stuck in this lonely desert island. I could only save one book The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson or the Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman? What a hard choice to pick especially since both books are so amazing and exceptional. Well my choices are limited, but sadly I would save the Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. I choose Whitman’s book because his writing is blunt, also Whitman’s topics are more intriguing, and…

knew that I was practicing little more than a plausible piece of self-deception.” (Harvey) He feels like he knows this man and there’s a reason why but he just has not found it yet. Foreshadowing is a big part of suspenseful stories. It lets the reader know that there is something about to happen before it actually happens. Let’s say that in a story someone happens to say “The winter is coming.”, which could mean that there might be a death coming in the near future. The drawing for example in…

camps and are denied of citizenship, while also deprived of jobs, education, adequate food, and health care. These facts allow the reader to understand how different the outside world is from his/her ethics, culture, and beliefs. Kristof elaborates on how gruesome the living…