Literary technique

1. Explore and evaluate the ways in which the use of literary techniques challenge the ideas and perspectives in Ray Bradbury’s, Fahrenheit 451? Theme- Fitting in with society, both reader and Montag The novel ‘Fahrenheit 451’ by Ray Bradbury uses literary techniques to challenge ideas and perspectives. Setting, reversal and point of view are used to challenge the theme of ‘society, and how it will change’. A literary technique which has been used in Fahrenheit 451 is setting. This is used as a…

Writers use literary techniques to contribute to the passage’s meaning and significance of the whole work. Nathaniel Hawthorne demonstrates the use of literary devices to create and shape meaning in his novel, The Scarlet Letter. In chapter 16, Hester leads Pearl into the forest in order to meet with the minister privately as he returns. Wanting to escape Chillingworth’s wrath and revenge, Hester tries to run away with Dimmesdale and Pearl. People’s view on purity and sin differ for a sinner and…

and can be grotesque. She uses those techniques so that her readers can get a feel of what is going on in the story. She wants her audiences to “feel it in their bones”. O’Conner’s writing has a good amount of religious background to it. O’Conner was a devout Roman Catholic and this has greatly influenced her writings. In the story, “Parkers Back”, O’Conner touches on issues that are impacting lives everywhere. O’Conner uses many types of literary techniques to get the message across to the…

Literary Techniques In “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin and “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Gilman the use of symbolism is used to tell the story. In both stories, the readers can infer that these stories where written back when had no rights in the 1800s. Louise mallard is the protagonist of the short story. Louise's interment to her room following the news of Brently's death is a representation for the course of her life so far. “Story of an Hour,” symbolism can be read throughout…

In her novel Push, Sapphire uses multiple literary techniques to demonstrate how Precious creates a self-identity and a form of independence. As Precious learns to read, write, and create perceptions of her life and the world, she realizes that she is an individual that is unique and beautiful. Through Precious’s character, Sapphire reveals the emergence of a persons self-identity and newly discovered independence through a story of traumatic experiences. From the beginning of the novel,…

it leads the reader to the intended purpose of the novel. The purpose of Atwood’s novel is to warn the society of what the future will hold if the political and social trends found in the 1980’s were to continue. Atwood uses her skilled writing techniques to allow the reader to reach this purpose; an important secondary lens in which to view this novel is therefore the formalist lens. Although the lack of women’s rights in the novel might lead the reader to allege that the feminist lens would be…

feeling a reader gets while reading a work of literature is called mood. Furthermore, a writer may also produce a unique mood with the usage of literary devices such as irony, similes, and personification, which are inserted throughout the story. For the most part, these literary devices help enhance a reader's experience while reading the story. Also, literary devices help act as guides to find the author's purpose in reading the work of literature such as for entertainment, persuasion, or to…

Through literary techniques, writers are able to generate stories that arise sympathy and increase understanding of their audience, providing them with the tools necessary to bring change within society. This is demonstrated in Jacob and Douglass’s works as they embody the human correlation in races through their description of the dehumanizing body of slavery. In his autobiography, “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas”, set in the early to middle 1800s in the states of Maryland, New…

In part one, chapter six of The Stranger, Camus utilizes a multitude of literary devices in hopes of describing and explaining Meursault’s killing of the Arab. Although Camus employs the use of a plethora of literary techniques, some of the most conspicuous include those of foreshadowing, imagery, and intricate diction. In the final chapter of part one, Camus makes use of various literary devices to present the notion that Meursault’s needless murder of the Arab lacks a rational explanation,…

psychology and women’s rights. In the works of many authors, we can see a reflection of their character or hobbies. The heroine Jane embodies the writer herself through different stages of her life. Charlotte Perkins Gilman uses a collection of literary techniques to convey the critical state of the protagonist. Firstly, the setting and the symbols in the novelle help create a rather creepy mood. The wallpaper is described as scary, horrid, the pattern reminds of a face; Gilman wrote: “There is…