African literature

Title In the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns the author, Khaled Hosseini, portrays powerful messages through sophisticated linguistic techniques. He takes advantage of a popular rhetorical device called a Christ figure to strengthen his argument and cement his intended lessons into the reader. Christ figures are not always a mirror image of Christ himself, but do symbolize him in certain aspects. Khaled Hosseini conveys a message of hope in the direst situations through Christ figures such as…

Jess Walter's book entitled “We Live in Water” is very much unlike most books written this day in the sense that it is not one book but rather a collection of thirteen separate, powerful, short stories. In Walter's stories, through relatable characters in stories with hidden connections in often unrelatable ways, he presents themes relating to minorities that are important to all of society. The first of many relatable characters is Wayne “Bit” Bittinger. Bit is a homeless man who at…

In Juliana Delgado Lopera’s short novel, Quiéreme, she her autobiography is best described as an untraditional in every sense of the word. Lopera’s quick novel clocks in at about 44 pages but is a colorful twisted versions of noting one’s life. In her series of essays, Lopera uses a wide range of writing tools such as her personal voice, Spanglish language, and narrative, she tells her journey of self-discovery through her life and reveals her unique identity to the reader. One of the way…

Heart of Aztlan by Rudolfo A. Anaya is a novel that displays Brelas life during the periods of post-Korean War. Though it is a novel that involves fictitious characters, the described situation in the novel was real. Though the characters utilized in the novel are in dire hopelessness, the mood of the novel is filled with hope. The book is a pure dedication as indicated by the author to people all over the world that could have in life struggled with self determination right, dignity and…

Borrowed from: Mrs. Fraley’s Language Arts Page Name: Eric Comparing Symbols A symbol is a person, place, or thing that represen ts something beyond its literal meaning. For examp le, doves usually symbolize peace. To add depth and insight to their literary works, authors can use these stra tegies: • Use existing symbols with commonly understood meaning ngs. • Create their own symbols and develop the symbol’s m earnings through descriptions, actions, and events o f a story. For many stories,…

Edgar Allan Poe autobiography reflected in his work. Sometime authors are influenced by events that happened in their lives. Edgar Allan Poe is one of these authors. His life was very depressing which explains his dark literary work. Poe was adopted at a young age because his mother passed away before he became three years old. Furthermore, his foster mother and wife also died before him and his foster father did want anything to do with him. Those miserable events in his life lead him to…

and this distinguishes them in an important sense from the drama[,]” and “generally restricted to works with characters, action and a plot” (Hawthorn, 2010, pp. 6 & 237). In this paper, The Cave by Jose Saramago, a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, and the third book of the global phenomenon from the Potter series, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K Rowling would be discussed. The respective styles - specifically symbols - structures, and settings of both novels would be…

Fairy tales seem to be a broad array of perceptions or views. If I were to introspect to settle for one ideal opinion on fairy tales, I probably would fail. Amidst the varied opinions of worldwide scholars, authors, and other writing professionals, I don't know which argument I would side. But I do know, that I have learned that fairy tales is not a single entity but a heterogeneous collection of thoughts. When I hear the word fairy tale today, I think of many ideas or notions, not just one such…

“Soledad Brother,” by George Jackson at the beginning of the book it's seemed to me as if it would be another boring book. As I read through the book it seemed interesting to me, also as I was reading the book I did something I had never done with any other book, I was relating my self to the story. I had some similar events as the guy in “ Soledad Brother.” Even though we are two different races I related to someone not even the same Identity, roots, ethnicity,background as myself. I knew i…

LANGUAGE AND ITS ROLE IN FANTASY LITERATURE The fantasy genre is distinctive due to its freedom of expression – the entirely independent framework of story and its style of writing. It has the ability to take people into an alternate universe via a portal or immerse them in a completely different world. These worlds are characterised as unique and separate from us due to the unfamiliar lands, mystical culture and history of the characters in the story which is brought to us by the use of a…