Chinese literature

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…

The Chosen vs To Kill a Mockingbird After many observations, I have come to the decision that Chaim Potok’s The Chosen exceeds Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird in the following areas: character development, making readers fell like they are watching from the sidelines, and creating great examples that people can follow. Throughout The Chosen, Chaim Potok displays his extensive vocabulary to describe his scenes and characters in his novel. Fortunately, his talents in writing do not end there…

Hunger Games Essay Are you interested in survival skills and intense romance? If so Hunger Games is a book for you. It tells a story of a young teenager going through what is called the Hunger Games. This story is placed in the future when everybody has gone to a point of watching fighting to a death on live television. This story goes through a first person point of view of Katniss, She is from district 12. She first started from a poor family, after that she is drafted into the hunger games…

Throughout the ages, we have seen that a symbol in literature can suggest more than its average run of the mill meaning. In Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” she uses several different symbols for their realistic and symbolic meanings. On the realistic level, each symbol sets as a part and that has its own place in the story but represents a hidden thought or idea upon closer inspection. She uses symbolism for these items in the story to create a sense of foreshadowing and to create some…

During the romantic era, There were poets like William Wordsworth and Percy Bysshe Shelley, who used their lives as inspiration.William Wordsworth is considered the father of modern romantic literature. While Shelley paid a tribute to William Wordsworth, however it was more of a look where you are now. Both poets used themes, symbols, and characterization to get their thoughts across. “To Wordsworth” was written by Shelly and “I wandered lonely as a cloud” by Wordsworth. To begin, there are…