A Common Reader

In the media today, people with disabilities are no longer seen as normal human beings. They are being portrayed as a person that has overcome a huge obstacle, or a hero that has won a fight against their disability; they are never portrayed as people who have accomplished something despite their disability challenges. In an excerpt from Charles A. Riley II’s book “Disability and the Media: Prescriptions for Change,” he shows how badly the media is displaying people with disabilities and why it…

Radclyffe Hall has brought forth a symbolic treasure, The Well of Loneliness, with the use of characterization, symbolism, and a establish mood throughout the novel, Hall symphosize a lugubrious tale. Through the whole of this novel, indirect characterization has been the primary approach Hall chooses to bring forth the multitude of character’s personality and inner beings. Alongside the use of indirect characterization, Hall utilizes symbolism to her advantage. Symbolism can be observed in the…

Stories and narratives are two words that are often interchangeable. In the context of literary preservation however, distinction has to be made. A story is a body of text that focuses on the subject, time, and space (Smith, 1981). A narrative instead ignores all these aspects and focuses on the plot. It is a story stripped out of settings, purely as a series of events (Abbott, 2008, p.20). By this definition, in the perspective of a narrative, Cinderella and Mulan may not be two different…

identifies one of the key symbols within the story: the scarlet letter A that Hester Prynne wears upon her bosom. Assuming that this paragraph was not included within the Custom House Introductory, the reader would not be able to identify the inspiration behind “The Scarlet Letter”. Additionally, the reader would not understand the reason behind creating a story based around something as arbitrary as a red letter A. Even though this paragraph creates a basic understanding as to the origin of the…

An analysis on “Closed Eyes” by Jayden Connelly This poem entitled “Closed Eyes” by DJ Corchin consists of four stanzas and four lines per stanza. This poem isn’t set up in any special format, in fact it’s very common in poetry. This simple format keeps the focus of the poem on the words, instead of the format it is in. Since this poem is about listening instead of seeing, I believe the author did this on purpose. He wants you to listen to the message he is conveying instead of what his words…

the reader to experience. With this outstanding tone it impacts how the poem flows so he also backs up that part of his writing with figurative language. The figurative language provides the poem and reader with a better understanding what is happening and what he really means. The speaker of this poem is obviously Robert Frost or any other individual that could work in the woodworking field or just another citizen. “Snarling, Rattling” is an example of Onomatopoeia. This gives the reader a…

examining and analysing “Into Thin Air” by Jon Krakauer from a reader response perspective allows the reader to bring personal traits, memories and experiences to the text, forces the reader to look past the words in search for a deeper meaning, and it allows readers to see different perspectives of others while reading. It is fairly easy to connect with Krakauer on a personal level because, he is a very descriptive author allowing the reader to connect with him emotionally, he is very reliable…

In the excerpt from The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien effectively develops his philosophy that a soldier carries pride, and that they also hold the burden to do terrible things to others for justice and most of all they have to experience terrible things. through his creative use of a variety of syntax techniques. One such technique is his use of polysyndeton. . He writes, “War is nasty; war is fun. War is thrilling, war is drudgery. War makes you a man; war makes you dead.” The effect of…

The Scarlet Ibis In “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, the colors are brilliantly displayed throughout the text to immerse the reader into this story.One of the biggest connections between in the book is the color red ,it is used often throughout the entire book and even connects to Doodle one of the characters in the book.For example ”Its a great big red bird” is a echo to Doodle as he was born being a very odd red.Another example of a connection is ”It tumbled down, bumping through the…

The memoir A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah should be a requirement for English IV. The emotionally diverse memoir offers the readers connections to the real world and ideas of complexity. Significantly, the memoir has impacting information to help the reader connect with real world issues, therefore being a positive attribute as an English IV curriculum. For instance, in the memoir the war in Sierra Leone had just started, leaving everyone helpless and despaired. Food is the one source that…