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In a passage excerpted from the novel Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Raskolnikov fixes his attention on a girl who is staggeringly drunk. While Raskolnikov is watching her, he notices a large man, who is also paying special attention to the drunk girl; however, the stranger is clearly intent on taking advantage of the girl. Raskolnikov notifies a police officer of the circumstance in order to protect the girl, and in an instant, he decides that he does not care about what happens to…

Hurston’s Seraph on the Suwanee, the narrator portrays the homely town of Sawley in west Florida, a town where “the scanty flowers in front yards and in tin cans and buckets looked like the people”. The narrator explores the town’s seemingly simple and rustic way of living, along with the ignorant yet paradoxically informed people in the town, that comes from the town’s attitude where “few knew and nobody cared”. Ultimate In ly, through the use of devices such as contrasting imagery, simile,…

or creamy in its broth, and casual or formal in its purpose. The chef is the ultimate decision maker in all these factors. A chef’s artistry is similar to that of a writer’s, or speaker’s being that the final product conveys the artist's signature style and aims to evoke certain feelings and emotions through their creation. Just as ingredients assist a chef in accomplishing just that, the elements of rhetoric…

6. Throughout the book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer figurative language is utilized in various ways. As a whole, by Krakauer using figurative language illustrates the extreme consistency to deliver Chris McCandless’ message towards the audience. Krakauer uses multiple examples of metaphors, personification, and similes. He utilizes specific word choice to support his ideas, express the surroundings, and tone around the character he is writing about. In the chapter one Krakauer uses a simile…

Set in 1931, Toni Morrison portrays a wealthy African American family who values, more than anything, their reputation. The high expectations and standards they have for their children create a dysfunctional family. Living with overbearing and domineering parents as well as a lack of a role model, Macon dead’s son Milkman continued to question his identity and role in society, which is illustrated through multiple literary techniques such as symbolism, diction, and syntax. Milkman’s autocratic…

‘The Tell-Tale Heart’ is an American classic of the Gothic fiction, first published in 1843 by Edgar Allen Poe. Poe combines his own lifetime experience of bereavement, human despair and troubled human relationships into one disturbing, yet engaging first-person narrative told by an unreliable narrator. Poe’s use of first-person narration is essential to enlightening the audience as the narrative exemplifies an internal monologue of the disturbing mentality of a man who claims to be “sane.”…

Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel, Maus is a story about the survival of Spiegelman's father, Vladek, during The Holocaust and World War II. The novel both demonstrates the thrifty ways Vladek survived but also the problematic relationship between father and son. Spiegelman uses an abundance of literary devices to convey the story in an interesting and unique manner. He uses devices such as animalisation of people and bold visual imagery to emphasise the story in a distinctive and clear way. One of…

And once both are combined with the exceptional sound design, they collectively create a sense of place like no other. Caves, cafes, and even basements are all convincing despite their low polygon art style, and thorough the entirety of Virginia they allow the player to genuinely experience the feeling of inhabitancy in a place that will be foreign to some. But just like coherence, this also disappears as soon as Virginia enters its final stretch. And…

films The Adventures of Félix and Tomboy each cause the viewer to question the identities of the characters within the films and their own identities. Due to similar styles of self-discovery and a variety of equivalent identities, connections can be found between both of the main characters, Félix and Mikäel. Additionally, varying styles of narration communicate numerous complimentary ideals of identity and self. Through the creation of personal quests for Félix in The Adventures of Félix and…

The method of storytelling plays a big role looking through the eyes of the reader. Through the many frames, the author challenges the reader to interpret the text using the captions and the specific images, rather than just the text as in many novels. In this autobiographical narrative, the author presents her story in a primitive manner, which directly correlates to her age at the beginning. This detailed format forces the reader to interpret the text in a way that seems simpler than if they…