African literature

achieved. In Lord of the Flies symbolism is used to great effect as countless examples are prevalent throughout the book. Symbols can be interpreted in whatever way the reader wants them to, having the ability to add another layer to a piece of literature. In my mask, I will use symbols to depict my ideas of the themes and figurative language of the Lord of the Flies. In my mask savagery and civilization are represented by the different areas of the mask. The top of the mask represents…

2nd Hour The writing can mean a variety of things. However all can be narrowed down to one exact thing theme. Choices Choices are made throughout all of poems. Some choices the characters mae were regretful while other made a large impact. I know this because each article provides evidence for my claim. The first one, “Because I could not stop for death-” talked about how a women was being taken to her grave while enjoying a peaceful ride with death there. As sorrowful as it sound it’s…

There are many different elements to use in order to properly evaluate short stories. These elements include plot, character, point of view, and theme. Not only do these elements help the reader understand the story, it also allows the reader to be able to classify a short story as either commercial or interpretative fiction. When evaluating, it is important to pay attention to all aspects of the story as different interpretations can not only switch the meaning of the story, but also give the…

C.S. Lewis is a well-known British writer and ordinary layman from the 20th Century. Being a soldier from World War I, a broadcaster and a apologist are but a few of the titles deemed to him. Lewis was a former atheist but converted to Christianity after failing to disprove the Christian faith and it’s doctrines. He wrote to the goal that others would read his works and be able to make cognitive parallels between the objects in his books and the doctrines of Christianity. He combines both fable…

Rohinton Mistry, a prominent Indian writer, has emerged as a significant literary figure in the sphere of English Literature. He established himself quite rapidly as an exciting new voice on the literary scene. An immigrant writer’s total experience is stored in his memory and only the writer’s own conscious choices and unconscious energies might regulate his artistic expression, so did in the case of Mistry. As a diasporic writer Mistry exposed varied ways in his narrative that explored…

What is/are the themes revealed in the literary piece? The three stories have its own uniqueness and style in telling and showing a lesson that a man/woman could get. As I read through the story, THE PILGRIMS PROGRESS catches my attention, and somehow the story is where I can relate with. THE PILGRIMS PROGRESS theme may differ from other individuals, based on how they understand and process the story. For me there are three themes that I could conclude in the story, as listed: JOURNEY- Bunyan…

In a 2015 interview, Kazuo Ishiguro described a concept known as the “double cross metaphor,” used when an author implies a metaphor while truly intending the obvious topic to be the real importance of the novel. That is to say, the metaphor is a means of deception with the purpose of getting the reader to focus on the novel, therefore subconsciously intaking the intended deeper meaning (**cite). Though he did not overtly state that this is a strategy he employs, one can argue that his work is…

This page comes with microtonal theme music: ostentatious, except sevenfold; a song that doesn't offer anything new, instead lazily rolling around in its own filth. Not unlike you — only without that sense of entitlement. I adore Autumn, bitter coffee and being as insufferable as humanly possible. I could well be Emma Bovary herself in all of my contempt and boredom, in all of my meretricious pursuits and ambivalence. I'm a frequent purveyor of what may or may not be satirical hubris, chutzpah…

There is another ego, according to whose action the individual is unrecognizable.” (D. H. Lawrence) How did modernism re‐conceive character? With the rise of modernism there came a huge change in the way characters were presented in works of literature. Up to this point the realist writers painted their characters in broad strokes, often using clichés and making people act in a different way to how a real person would behave in their situation. Modernists, on the other hand, stuck to…

When our thoughts and actions are controlled by someone or something else, we don’t have the power to think for ourselves or use that power to do anything worth of meaning. In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, this way of manipulation is the way of life. The things to gain knowledge and thoughtfulness is in books. They are burned by firemen who are controlled by the government and the students have useless facts and information and the answers given to them so they don’t have the energy…