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Everyone has their own process when coming down to writing a paper. People have many different methods to how they perfect their writing, and make it good. Furthermore, I’m going explaining my writing process in order of importance. When starting my paper, I don’t exactly start writing right of the back. Usually I’ll just sit down, and think of a really interesting intro the will attract the reader to my piece. When it’s all said and done, I make sure that the thesis statement is placed towards…

In the novel Song of Solomon, written by Toni Morrison, the concept of flight is used as a literal and metaphorical symbol of escape. Flight has several meanings and interpretations such as, soaring through the sky, running away from something, suicide, a continuous series of stairs from one landing or floor to another, etc. What most people don’t realize is that by choosing to fly away as a means to escape, a person is also deliberately choosing to abandon their life while leaving their family…

Morrison’s book Song of Solomon. This trope appears in the book as a branch of magic realism and it provides the magical element within harshness and tepid realism. The trope unites all the different elements of the story together throughout the entire book. Obviously, flying is an important clue in the book and it is used for both literally and figuratively as a way to separate the irrationalness from the rationalness. Without this trope of flying, the reader would be lost in the book with…

Eliezer Wiesel is the author of the memoir “Night”, a book describing the Holocaust from the perspective of fifteen year old Wiesel. The story begins in Sighet, Transylvania as Wiesel is forced from his homeland by the Nazis to Auschwitz and later transferred to Buchwald. Here Wiesel, still an innocent, impressionable young man, undergoes a horrific journey in which his only goal is to survive. His experiences of hopelessness, inhumanity, human suffering, and death in the concentration camps…

In this specific section, the author is going through Macon Dead’s past, but presenting it as if it is the present. Since this is written from a 3rd person omniscient point of view, with the section above, we learn about the thoughts of Ruth’s dad and how he feels about her odd “inappropriate” behavior. Through these passages, Morrison reveals that the source of Ruth’s psychological issues come from the death of her mother and the inappropriately close relationship that develops with her father…

within the Belgian Congo. Although the book is about the whole family’s experience, each chapter includes many narrations from different narrators, also known as a multi-voiced narrative. The multi-voiced narrative allows for the reader to view the story through different members of the family, and this reveals previously hidden aspects of the story. Nathan Price, the minister, spearheads the trip, but his narration is not included. The family members within the book who do share their stories…

Kingsolver makes the Poisonwood Bible a unique experience by telling the story from five different points of view. She tells the story from a mother and four daughter’s point of view. Each of the characters portrays the story in their own distinct way. The story is told by either Orleanna, Adah, Ruth May, Leah, or Rachel and they all speak in the first-person. The husband of Orleanna and father of the four girls, Nathan Price, is the only member of the Price family who doesn’t have a voice in…

The Price family's intention to single-handedly convert the natural ways of the Congo acted as a kick-start to Ruth May’s tragic downfall. As the Price family ventured throughout Kilanga they were faced with challenges. The traditional values of the Congolese were foreign to the Price family and their actions brought along consequences. The garden, Nathan planted was a prime example of the force Kilanga has on the Price family. When Nathan set out to plant his garden, “he declared he would make…

The two texts read this end of the semester have demonstrated both the lack of heritage and the importance of heritage. In Toni Morrison’s novel “Song of Solomon,” Milkman Dead finds his own identity by discovering his heritage. In Sherman Alexie’s novel “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven,” the characters struggle with their Native American heritage, whether to embrace it or create a new life. In the novel the “Song of Solomon,” Milkman desires to learn about his past. Milkman is…

The novel, The Poisonwood Bible opens with a narrative directive to get the reader to use their imagination to imagine the setting, so he/she can know where the story is about to take place. This suggests that the novel is about to have a lot of events unfolding and they are going to be important because the author wants the reader to picture everything that is happening. Orleanna Price’s narration uses “you” in her storytelling, which the “you” refers to Ruth May Price because she blames…