been Americanized, while still holding on to their previous cultural history, has advanced the country and because of this Salins feels that the use of metaphors like "the melting pot," fail the meaning and purpose of what assimilation in America really does or means. As mentioned in the article, "The greatest failing of the melting pot metaphor is that it overreaches." Salins believes that the melting pot defeats assimilation because the melting pot is more about being able to differentiate…
In my Shakespearean sonnet, I used metaphor, simile, personification and symbolism for the figurative languages. In line 13, “Running horses, carrying love and hope”, I use horses to metaphor refugees, it was not the horses who carried love and hope, it was the refugees. In line 4, 5, I used simile to compare horses and refugees, I used horses to describe refugees…
Happy Risks Authors use genres and characters to develop a theme. Sometimes different main characters can be used to build the same theme. In the poem, “the lesson of the moth,” poet Don Marquis uses the main character, a moth, to teach the narrator Archy, a cockroach, what it is like to have a dream worth dying for. Similarly, Daniel Keyes, author of “Flowers for Algernon,” uses the protagonist Charlie Gordon, a mentally challenged person, who longs to be more intelligent, to develop the idea…
Sasha Maharaj has used a personal tone to convey emotions underlying her feelings about relationships in the poem, “Worthless’’. In this essay, I disclose how poetic devices, diction, syntax and other language functions have been utilized to reveal feelings/emotions of the writer in regard to relationships. Taking into account the title of the poem, one cannot put a figure on what or who is worthless. Nevertheless, it is known that worthless is an adjective; meaning something that has no use or…
In life, there is that tendency to ruin the good things one has going on in their lives when they become more successful than they already are. People become inundated with the joy and achievement that they begin to act irresponsibly. A great thing such as winning the lottery can bring cheerfulness and satisfaction into one’s life but, on the other hand, this great thing can also become a complete nightmare. In most cases, when one goes from being extremely poor to being exceptionally rich, it…
The story Araby written by James Joyce has a very high level of diction. The story is written about a young boys experience, but you could tell that the way that the experience is described that the person narrating is an older man. The authors choice of diction was great because the narrator is speaking of memories that were very important to him, it allows the reader to know more about what was happening. The reader is also able to understand the emotions of the boy better. He uses the amount…
In terms of figurative language, Mernissi frequently uses metaphors, similes, and hyperboles to compare her culture to American culture. She would use a simile about the clothing clerk by saying she sounded like “an Imam’s fatwa,” in order to show how she seemed as controlling as a Muslim priest reading her the rules that she must follow (Mernissi 275). Later a metaphor is put into use when she describes herself being “a dinosaur” when she realized that her body…
Faulkner mainly focuses on Vardaman referencing animals, in the form of metaphors. The significance of Vardaman using a fish to symbolize his mom, is so the reader can understand his despair. Vardaman is contemplating people’s existence on earth and what life truly means. “I will be where the fish was, and it all cut up into not-fish now (Faulkner 53).” Vardaman questions if his mom is not an alive anymore, does that mean she never was? The question of Addie’s existence is reiterated several…
Emily Dickinson’s poems are rich with metaphors, specifically “Where ships of purple gently toss.” She conveys vivid imagery and uses detailed expression throughout. Through description, “Where ships of purple gently toss”, illustrates a beautiful sunset. Metaphors in the poem “Where ships of purple gently toss”, help to establish the meaning of a sunset. The author uses a metaphors containing key words that give indications to this poems allegorical meaning. The words “ships”, “sailors”,…
elements like hyperboles, metaphors and symbolism helps compose the story to make it more well-rounded. It is effective in its content and is distinct from other stories. Some people might say that it is unimportant to start a story off with facts. Others might say that it is important to start a…