Flashback

In the play, Death of a Salesman, there are so many different and important things that go on and make the play something that everyone wants to watch and read. Three of the things that make it important, are the flashbacks that he is having all throughout the play. During these flashbacks, he tells a lot about his life, and a few of the reasons that he is the way he is now. Another important part of this play is the way he talks to dead people and recognizes live people as dead people. The last…

bad. Another element that is used in both stories is flashback, flashbacks are used to help the reader understand how or why the character acts the way he or she does. In “Old Ben’ and “Fox Hunt” one example of flashback that is used in each story is in “Old Ben” the narrator or main character had a flashback or remembered what his father had said about the only good snake is a dead snake and in “Fox Hunt” Andy remembers or has a flashback of the many stories his father and mother had told…

Behind every monumental idea or work of art lies someone who was different, but refused to change despite how society viewed them. Tim Burton is one of these individuals. Burton’s movies are incredibly unique and similar to no other director’s work, due to his originality he has been extremely successful in Hollywood. Tim Burton uses his unique style and techniques to influence the audience and show them that individuality should be celebrated and not judged. Some of his most well-known…

speaking about her life after an accident, she uses many rhetorical devices to speak to her readers. As well was adopting a sentimental tone to appeal to similar feelings and experiences in her readers. Plot development, metaphors, repetition, flashback, and Aristotelian appeals are only some of the devices used. However, those few certainly deliver the message that she is trying to point out to her audience. Without a plot in narrative writing,…

As Abdul Katam once said “Let us sacrifice our today so our children can have a Better tomorrow”. In “Trail of My Tears” a family struggles and makes sacrifice to have a better life as US citizens. Sun uses flashbacks to help us understand what they went through. The author uses these to show how you need to appreciate what you have. Sun establishes a societal conflict by showing us what their family went through. This conflict occurs many times in this piece. For example when they found out…

Slaughterhouse five by Kurt Vonnegut is an anti- war novel based on the time frame before, during, and after world war 2. The main character , Billy Pilgrim, portrays his PTSD throughout the book with random flashbacks that he calls “ time traveling”. In Vonnegut 's SlaughterHouse Five the use of random flashbacks and chaotic writing illustrates the…

of the narrator and main character’s childhood. She, as well the as the rest of the characters, is introduced in this first piece of the story, which is representative of the rest of the story, as it is the first of the many flashbacks we are introduced to. These flashbacks make up the most essential element of the structure of the story. They serve the purpose of linking the present and past in order for us to understand the…

within a family. In “Sonny’s Blues” two brothers relationship is in turmoil, after growing up in a bad neighborhood of Harlem. In this short story “Sonny’s Blues” written by James Baldwin’s, Baldwin uses the narrator point of view, setting and flashback to capture the person vs. society conflict between the two brothers to demonstrate how important it is to respect and listen to the choices people make in their life. Baldwin chooses Sonny’s older brother to tell the story from the narrator’s…

After defeating Grendel, the vicious monster that was terrorizing the Danes, Beowulf was rewarded with fame, glory, and treasure. Amidst the celebration, the point of view is flashed back to another time when Siegmund, a great warrior who killed the treasure-rich dragon, foundered as a result of his vanity and pride. In this passage, Siegmund and Beowulf are being juxtaposed because of their similar triumphs and because they both earned many gifts for their feats. However, through a reassured…

have answered why he dies and why would he suicide in the last chapter when he was told that he has more time to live. Daytripper is not worth reading because it has confusing flashbacks, sudden deaths are never clarified although the artwork is extraordinary, use of color to suggest moods. Daytripper has many confusing flashbacks. Each chapter…