Flashback

Often in novels the author 's use of style, technique, and structure create a greater meaning in the novel. In Paradise of the Blind by Duong Thu Huong, uses these things in tandem to emphasize Hang’s journey to find her own individual purpose. Flashbacks to family situations and traditional events, the contrast in setting between Russia and Hanoi, and the use of a circular writing, symbols, and setting, Huong establishes the theme that one must find one’s own purpose. Huong uses a circular…

cause a traumatic event that can trigger the nightmares and flashbacks that PTSD can cause. Post-traumatic stress in most cases will not last forever some cases can last only a couple of days, but more severe cases can last years. There are treatments that can slow and even stop PTSD. Just going out and talking to someone can help out a victim of the disorder dramatically. There are multiple different therapy’s that can help stop the flashbacks, dreams, and…

A cathedral is a large church from the Gothic period, but in Raymond Carver’s short story “Cathedral”, a cathedral represents much more than that. The story of Cathedral is about an unknown man whose wife invites a long-standing friend over to stay, who happens to be blind. The unknown man, who is the narrator, is unhappy about the blind man’s visit for he has prejudices against blind people, as he has never met a blind person before. In the end, he overcomes his prejudices and everyone has a…

can cause for man to long for the past- usually done through flashbacks and aspirations for future plans. In Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, the main character, a salesman known as Willy Loman, confronts endless interruptions of flashbacks to the past in hope to bring back cherishing moments in which he urges his son, Biff Loman, to model his father in also becoming a salesman. Miller’s constant interjections of Willy’s flashbacks and overall drive to recreate success illustrates man’s…

After the death of Erica, caused by an ‘asthma’ attack, Edmond, her brother flashbacks to the time when the two were together, alive and well, “... joking like the closest of brothers” (8). These flashbacks illustrate the very close bond they use to have and causes Edmond to reminisce their childhood. As a result, Edmond also carries a sense of regret for not being there for Erica when he…

the themes of infantilisation and paternalism, acceptance, and division between women. The use of these techniques, which link the past and present, highlight the past’s influence on Gilead’s current values. Atwood’s use of figurative language, flashbacks, and repeated language to juxtapose the infantilisation of women with the domineering nature of their oppressors illustrates Gilead’s roots in the past. Prior to Gilead’s inception, figurative language is often used to portray the…

GREYLOCK presents as a very compelling, psychological dramatic-thriller. The script offers a very complex and disturbed female protagonist, who appears to be suffering from PTSD and/or a Bipolar Disorder. The script does a skillful job with showing a paranoid and troubled Jessica. There are solid themes about healing and survival. The script is character driven and the goal is more emotional and psychological versus the idea of the protagonist trying to achieve an actionable goal. Essentially,…

Lahiri does not need to show every moment in the plot just key moments that are told through subtle flashbacks that show why Shukumar and Shoba are the way they are with one another. The readers learn about the loss of their son, how their relationship was before they lost their son and how they felt during that time. By pacing the story just right the readers…

“If I Stay” by Gayle Forman, for this novels describes a decision that not all of mankind is fortunate enough to get, the chance to keep living and create a life. Forman brilliantly uses literary devices such as, setting, point of view, style and flashbacks in order to convey the themes of passion and loved ones throughout the entire work. For the majority of the novel, the setting is in a Poland hospital, just outside the narrator’s…

Another very important scene that Tony Kaye has used mise en scène is when Derek walks out of the shower and slowly places his right hand over his right breast with tattooed Swastika, and the flashback that he remembers during the scene. What we can see in this scene is the swastika and the shower water landing on his body. This scene has a very powerful meaning behind it because every single wicked deed that Derek has committed is related to the swastika. The swastika represents that he is a…