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Ex-Basketball Player, is a poem that tells the activities and life of former high school star basketball player, Flick Webb. Updike shows the rise of Webb’s high school career to the fall of his daily job, selling gas. The message behind the poem is to not only be a star athlete, but to also be a star student. He portrays this message by showing how Webb’s basketball skills became unprofitable after graduation. The lack of education that Webb received only allows him to be able to sell gas.…

wanted to express a wide range of knowledge, an easier way to have done so would have been to say something like “It used to be more frequently the case that…”, or “Although not as common as it once was, in the time before steam…”. This authoritative style is not the case. In its published form the line lends itself to a reading in which the narrator establishes his authority but also limits it. Melville has immediately brought first and third person narration into…

Throughout literature, authors have used multiple literary devices to convey messages about their writings to the audience. From speeches and essays to poems and stories, literary devices have been used throughout multiple works of literature to emphasize the author’s points and provoke thought and feedback from the audience concerning the piece; by helping the readers appreciate, learn, analyze and understand pieces of literature more in depth. One literary device that attributes to this is…

make sure the house was warm when his family awoke. One of the examples of moods in this poem would be guilt and regret, he mentions more than once in the poem how nobody ever thanked his father, now thinking back, he realizes his father was showing love by making sure the house was warm for his family. An example, of imagery in this poem is when his discusses “the blue-black cold” (line 2) as well as describing, “his father…

In the short story, It Would be Different If by Maggie Mitchell, the story takes place in Canada in the 80’s. The story is told in a first person narrative, but in an unreliable narration. “I’m trying to figure out what boat you are in,” (Mitchell, 169) as the narrator dwells on a past relationship, readers can get the sense of attachment and obsession for a man that is no longer hers. The main character Nikki, draws out an image of the fantasized life she is living, waiting on Jeff to be…

Whether it’s about a man out for revenge due to an insult from a friend or a mysterious castle on a hill, setting often play an important role in establishing meaning in stories. Setting is the when, where, an action in fiction takes place. While the setting in a story may seem like a simple part of the story, it can in fact have a huge impact on what is going on in the narrative. In “A Pair of Ticket” the setting plays an effective role because it shows the progression of June May learning…

In Sula, Morrison's intimate use of omniscient narration allows the reader to understand the depth of each character, a facet of her writing that proves itself to be almost hunger-inducing. Morrison is able to describe each major character, including Sula, Nel, Shadrack, and even minor characters like Eva, Hannah, and Helene, with a level of intricacy that any other form of narration could not rise to. Considering the simplicity of the plot, the omniscient narration leaves a wide birth of…

In his essay, Orwell strives to get the audience to understand that they need to say what they mean get to the point in their writing. He makes his position clear when arguing “that the decline of a language must ultimately have a political and economic causes” (Orwell 1). f 2. He hopes his message resonates with people who write and read about politics, because he urges them to form their own opinions and pay more attention to what they write. 3. Orwell maintains a contradictory tone…

choice, explain how the point of view of the book you have read has influenced your reading of the book's storyline, other characters or themes. Suggested responses: Option 1: write an analytical response in which you answer the question with essay-style paragraphs. This response should be 500-800 words long. Narration by definition means how an author chooses to convey essential information to readers in their work. Authors get to play in how they tell their story, because of this their actions…

Diction is extremely prevalent in this excerpt from Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities. In this text about the violent storming of the Bastille, Dickens uses diction to help the reader visualize the transition from the anticipation of the mob to the chaos and anarchy of the battle. During the beginning of the passage when people were gathering around the streets in preparation for the ensuing violence, Dickens uses language such as “vast dusky mass (1)” , “forest of naked arms (5)”, and “…