Literary technique

A Broken Puzzle “Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change” (Shelley). The two stories “The Red Convertible” by Louise Erdrich and “The Brothers” by Lysley Tenorio demonstrates that a sudden change can turn a lifetime of memories into betrayals, In “The Red Convertible,” the brothers Henry and Lyman has a strong bond filled with amusement and adoration but disintegrates as a result of an unexpected event that happens to Henry. In comparison, in “The Brothers,” the…

their seats. The story surrounds the cliché: the hero always gets the girl. We follow the protagonist Westley as he sets out on an action filled journey driven by his love for a woman named Buttercup. The manipulation of tropes, commonly recurring literary devices, give a comedic feel to this romance narrative structured plot. Typically, certain characters such as princes, henchman, and witches are specifically characterized during a romance narrative, but in The Princess Bride they claim…

This scene illustrates to us just how safe he feels at home and that he requires exceptional bravado, wiliness and courage to overcome his greatest fears. Silvey has used the literary devices symbolism, diction, metaphor and awed tone. The quote that shows Charlies character development is pg. 2 “"Something invisible tugs at my legs. This is the first time I 've ever dared to sneak away from home". This quote is the first part…

Many passages, poems, and stories give different meanings to their choice of words. In” On the Subway” Sharon Olds uses three different literary techniques. She portrays how two cultures are very different through point of view, symbolism, and imagery. Sharon writes about how two different people are so different yet close to each other. They are demonstrated through first person point of view. “The boy and i faced each other” shows how the speaker is using “I” which gives off as first person.…

Dialogue is a writing style that present the conversations between two or more characters on certain topics. Writers often use dialogues in literary works as a narrating technique. Dialogues can bring readers into the setting of the story and make them feel personally involved. The use of conversations also can reflect the major theme of the story through narrators’ exchange of ideas. Dialogues are also prevalent in African and Caribbean poems and stories, as seen from “Girl”, “Miguel Street”,…

Vietnam War is in his own distinctive way of fictional writing. O’Brien is especially known for this book because of the way he switched from a narrative to a conversational writing style. In The Things They Carried, O’Brien constantly uses multiple literary devices to make his remarkable war stories seem as if the reader were actually there to experience the situation for themselves. Throughout the story, O’Brien tends to use symbolism to explain his short stories. Also, scattered through the…

Fitzgerald uses a variety of authorial methods and techniques to inform the tragic nature of ‘The Great Gatsby’, and amongst these are the settings and structure of the novel. These both enhance and detract form the tragic nature of the novel. By examining each aspect of the setting and structure, it can be determined how they inform the tragic nature of the novel. Gatsby’s position in society, shown by the setting that he represents, diminishes the tragic nature of the novel. He is superior…

involved. I believe the writers use diverse writing techniques to pull their writing together and create the overall theme of all people should be treated fairly and humanely. The Devil’s Arithmetic is a historical fiction novel about a Jewish girl named Hannah who got transported to the time of the Holocaust. She arrives as a girl named Chaya and has to try to survive as…

In "The Dead", James Joyce explores the character of Gabriel. Joyce goes into detail about Gabriel's emotions and his thoughts. Joyce uses literary techniques to present those emotions and Gabriel's character. Joyce uses imagery to describe the scenes that Gabriel experiences. For instance, "Gabriel, leaning on his elbow, looked for a few moments unresentfully on her tangled hair and half-open mouth, listening to her deep-drawn breath." This quote and its imagery gives insight to Gabriel's…

003 12 October 2017 The Hound of the Baskervilles: Element of Surprise Arthur Conan Doyle is widely recognized as one of the most thrilling adventure novelists during the Victorian era. Through his use of linear writing style and various literary techniques, Doyle is able to captivate the world with his famous Sherlock Holmes novels. In one of Doyle’s novels, The Hound of the Baskervilles, he is able to instill the sense of adventure for the reader to follow along with the journey of Sherlock…