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In a 2015 interview, Kazuo Ishiguro described a concept known as the “double cross metaphor,” used when an author implies a metaphor while truly intending the obvious topic to be the real importance of the novel. That is to say, the metaphor is a means of deception with the purpose of getting the reader to focus on the novel, therefore subconsciously intaking the intended deeper meaning (**cite). Though he did not overtly state that this is a strategy he employs, one can argue that his work is…

O’Brien’s usage of rhetorical elements such as narration from different point of views (which is “made up” or exaggerated) and several rhetorical techniques provide support to the various arguments he makes in his work of The Things They Carried. The rhetorical mode of this book is mainly narration. It is made up of the viewpoints of several different characters and the story that follows. This “jumping” of several viewpoints is one of the things he argues about; and that is, the fact that…

Identifying Types of Characters Story: A brief moment in the life of Angus Buffon By Ben Type of Character How do you know? (Traits, Actions, Motives) Protagonist Angus Bethune. This character is who the story is about. Angus causes lots of self conflict and is also bullied at school. Antagonist Rick ranford: He is the antagonist because he makes fun of angus and is disrespectful to his girlfriend Confidante Melissa: She is The crush Of Angus and Angus often…

Coming dangerously close to being smothered under the multitude of books written under the broad genre of diaspora and contemporary writing, Half a life by V.S. Naipaul manages to create a niche for itself by having surprising and unconventional characters and settings, tone, storyline and by possessing a very unusual aura, not commonly found elsewhere for that matter. The first thing that strikes the reader is the tone of the book which is curiously detached and written in a matter-of-fact way.…

In Catherine Calloway’s article, “How to Tell a True War Story”: Metafiction in The Things They Carried, Calloway highlights the inner workings of both the writing style and alternate persona Tim O’Brien creates within the book. By using fiction and introducing different viewpoints, O’Brien is able to strengthen the truth behind the story. In order to tell his story, O’Brien uses many different types of elements, ranging from unfinished works to altering the stories to fit his narrative. However…

The opening of the story is filled with literary devices that setup and outline the rest of the story. The first two words are the protagonists name, and they establish the standard of words having hidden meanings. The main character's name is “Rosemary Fell” (Mansfield 522). The first part of her name, rose, is expensive, high maintenance and full of thorns. The second part of her first name, mary, refers to the Virgin Mary, therefore, pure, maternal and miraculous. Her last name, fell, meaning…

INTRODUCTION “Novel and shorter works of literary fiction are narratives: in other words, they all in some sense present readers with a ‘telling’ rather than an ‘enacting’, and this distinguishes them in an important sense from the drama[,]” and “generally restricted to works with characters, action and a plot” (Hawthorn, 2010, pp. 6 & 237). In this paper, The Cave by Jose Saramago, a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, and the third book of the global phenomenon from the Potter series,…

Throughout the ages, we have seen that a symbol in literature can suggest more than its average run of the mill meaning. In Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” she uses several different symbols for their realistic and symbolic meanings. On the realistic level, each symbol sets as a part and that has its own place in the story but represents a hidden thought or idea upon closer inspection. She uses symbolism for these items in the story to create a sense of foreshadowing and to create some…

In his short story Blankets, Alex La Guma takes us through the life story of Choker. He makes use of the blankets as a motif and flashbacks to help us understand the past, which intern help us to understand the present. The essay will show how the story of Choker can be seen as tragic, and how the onlookers are antagonistic toward Choker and vice versa. It will also show how the readers can show both sympathy and antipathy toward Choker, and will indicate a reversal of initial assumptions.…

themes of isolation in him that he feared becoming his father, permanently cut off from society in the almshouse until death. It is for this reason that the island setting holds so much significance to the story, because in leaving the island, the narrator believes he can escape his isolation. In leaving the island setting, “He thinks he will escape the poverty and rejection and death associated with his father” (Dance…