McGuffey Readers

No matter where a person may come from, everyone encounters a similar journey. The journey that is heard in stories is symbolic to what anyone may go through in life. In the story “A worn path”, an old women goes through many obstacles as she is on the pathway to acquiring what she sought after. In order to better convey the hero’s journey in the story A Worn Path, Eudora Welty uses characterization, symbolism, and conflict. In the story characterization is used to describe the main character Phoenix Jackson. Every story must have its hero and Phoenix Jackson is the “hero” in this journey. In the story she is described as an old Negro woman. The story says “She was very old and small and walked slowly in the dark pine shadows, moving a little from side to side in her steps” (275). This may depict that she is not that she is a frail lady who is probably weakening as she get older. She has to make a journey on a cold winter day in December and see that she is old and most likely weak this journey will a difficult one for Phoenix. Heller states “mainly because of her age, the simple walk from her remote home in Natchez is a difficult enough journey to take on epic proportions.” Phoenix is really old and this journey is a hard one for her to make.In the story old Phoenix says “Out of my way, all the foxes, owls, beetles, jack rabbits, coons and wild animals” (275). This conveys that Phoenix may be old but she is determined and fearless. She will not let anyone or anything…

times and no time but not the very best of times, there was a castle” through this the reader is able to remember the original fairytales told to them in their childhood and therefore can relate to Becca and her sisters (Sylvia and Shana)when they eagerly listen to their grandmother in chapter 2. 'tell us seepin boot'. Jane Yolen also utilises certain techniques which make the novel more engaging thus fulfilling its purpose. Briar Rose is a narrative by definition, however' throughout the novel…

Maggie digs a "well in the sand with her toe" (877). We can almost see Maggie looking down and embarrassed. As Dee gets out of the car, it is her legs that her mother first recognizes. She says it looks as if "God himself shaped them with a certain style" (878). The next thing the mother notices is the stocky man with long messy hair and "hair hanging from his chin like a kinky mule tail" (878). Walker then spells out the sound that Maggie makes as she sees the male friend. She says, "Uhnnnh,"…

sensory details that bring the reader into Matthew’s world, but is lacking in some structural aspects and leaves the reader without a satisfactory conclusion. His vocabulary notwithstanding, Matthew’s essay is spectacularly descriptive and easily conveys the atmosphere he felt as a child as he takes his readers through the experience he is sharing. There are areas, however, that could be analyzed as outside the trend and lacking in the colorful language that the rest of the paper exhibits. While…

young lady during the First World War. Her memoir consists of clips of letters, from her brother (Edward) and her fiancé (Roland), and clips of her journal in order to better understand her thoughts and feelings concerning both the war and her personal life. Brittain’s purpose is to try to unravel all the feelings she has, while trying to understand them, because, at the time, it was difficult for young men and women to have time to process their feelings, or express them. Brittain’s tone varies…

audiences of this paper are peers in the physiological science field and economics. The first thing one notices while reading this paper is the diction and sentence structure. Right off the bat the author engages the reader with a very commonly asked question, “Does money buy happiness” (Boyce, Brown, & Moore, 2010). This grabs the reader’s attention while at the same time, quite concisely, tells the reader what topic this paper will be centered around. Additionally one can immediately tell that…

The endings of stories are crucial to making a good tale. Endings are used for wrapping up the falling action, explaining the mysteries, and tying up loose ends. Without endings, stories would constantly have one event after another happen with no stopping point and the conclusion would be left of to a reader 's imagination. Due to the vitality of endings, readers must evaluate them based one whether or not they do a fine job at concluding the story instead of whether the ending is happy or not.…

Atwood’s environmental focus of ‘The Year of the Flood’ contributes to the realism of women’s enslavement as other topics take precedence over their treatment. Despite being based in different times and settings, the writers make readers consider how women have been/will be treated wrongly in the past or the future. The objectification of women significantly contributes to their enslavement, therefore showing how in each society the central characters are effectively enslaved by males. In ‘A…

unreal, just as he says a GYPSY’s goals are. It shows just how farfetched their goals are in a simple way to the reader. For the majority of Urban’s argument, Urban is targeting and pointing fingers at GYPSYs. If the reader of his argument were to fall in the “Gen Y” and “yuppie” category, they could find his statements very rude and demeaning. However, in the last bit of his argument, Urban completely changes his mood toward GYPSYs by giving his advice on how they can better themselves. His…

the window; moreover, through and out of her marriage. Combining the symbols of an armchair and an open window allows the reader to see that Mrs. Mallard, rather than grieve the end of her marriage, is comfortable with the realization and thought of moving…