Epigraph

1. The title of the book is referenced in the epigraph, where a biblical quote is used to introduce and set the mood for the book. Ecclesiathes writes that, “The sun also ariseth,”(7) and the phrase is conveying regardless of the minuscule events going on in all the character’s lives, the sun is going to come up again the next day and life will go on. The cycles that the Earth are known for will continue as they are now. Looking at the series of events that go on in the book can show while the…

least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they have escaped shells, were destroyed by the war” Claims Enrich Remarques’s in the epigraph of the novel. This quote summarizes the novel and the terrorizing experience soldiers encountered during the war. This quotes is significant because it unveils a different perspective of war. War is neither an adventure nor a heroic story…

questioning which elements are true. The ancient Greek tragedian Aeschylus once said, “In war, truth is the first casualty”. This idea still remains true in the common era and is ever present throughout the novel. This quote serves as a relevant epigraph for The Things They Carried, as it incorporates the blurring of reality and fiction that O’Brien emphasizes as a key component of a ‘true war story’. A unique feature in O’Brien’s writing style is that he breaks off from his stories to tell the…

of how the small things affect the behavior of diverse people in different circumstances (Roy 1997). The book revolves around an epigraph that states that never again will a single story be told as if it’s the only one.’ Roy’s choice of the line was not only strategic but also sought to inform the readers of the multiple-perspective way of telling stories. The epigraph has great significance and plays out in the content and form of the novel. It is imperative to note that the choice of the words…

Girls Raised by Wolves” she uses the epigraph, which is based off a book named “The Jesuit Handbook on Lycanthropic Culture Shock”, to show the reader what the wolf-Girls should be thinking or acting like during that stage. An epigraph is a quotation at the beginning of a text or a section of a text suggesting the text’s theme or central idea. In Stage One Karen Russell shows this by devolving the majority of the characters in this stage. Although the epigraph is meant to show what that section…

and keeping their innocence. In the epigraph, Rossetti shows how one of the girls gave into temptation. The epigraph shows one of the themes given in the entire poem and how it connects to the rest of the poem. The entire poem portrays purity, temptation, addiction, euphoria, and sibling bonds. The poem also offers a couple of interpretations based on the themes of the poem. The theme in the epigraph reveals Laura’s temptation. In the first line of the epigraph, Rossetti describes Laura’s…

slave community through the use of folk tradition, such as epigraphs, song, and knowledge of the land, along with the focus…

using rhetorical devices such as the epigraphs that open the chapter which serve to foreshadow the chapter’s content as well as Chris’s later demise. Krakauer also draws analogies between other young men and McCandless to shed light on why so many young men are enticed into the wild. The chapter starts out with two epigraphs. The first epigraph describes that smart and creative people push themselves into the extremes that ultimately results in death. This epigraph foreshadows the ending of…

Each chapter of Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees begins with an epigraph, a few lines taken from various books about bees. These are used for many reasons; to connect each chapter with the major motif of bees, to provide insights in to the events of each chapter, and to accentuate the ideas about women and mothers that resonate throughout the entire story. Chapter four begins by saying that “’Honeybees are social insects and live in colonies. Each colony is a family unit, comprising a…

The epigraph at the beginning of each chapter gives the reader a preview of what might happen during that chapter. For example, the epigraph for chapter 6 is “The queen must produce some substance that attracts the workers” (102). In this chapter, the queen is referring to the statue of Black Mary, who holds the black community together through her strength and protection. Our Lady of Chains is the story that explains the origin of Mary. After Mary was placed in the prayer house, slaves would…