The Reader

The memoir A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah should be a requirement for English IV. The emotionally diverse memoir offers the readers connections to the real world and ideas of complexity. Significantly, the memoir has impacting information to help the reader connect with real world issues, therefore being a positive attribute as an English IV curriculum. For instance, in the memoir the war in Sierra Leone had just started, leaving everyone helpless and despaired. Food is the one source that…

personification in her poem to show readers an in-depth view of death. Death is in the form of a gentleman who picks up the speaker and takes her for a ride in a carriage. Most would assume that the reader would be scared to be in the same carriage as Death, but that is not the case. The speaker is actually very calm and they go about the ride in a calm and peaceful manner. However, they pass many sightings and end up in a not-so-peaceful place. In the first stanza, the reader is introduced to…

short stories which defy their readers’ expectations in order to reinforce an overarching idea or theme present in the story. These stories include “A Rose for Emily,” “The Jewelry,” and “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” William Faulkner’s short story, “A Rose for Emily,” is an enticing story of an affluent southern woman decaying both physically and socially, however, it has a surprise ending which no reader could easily predict. The story begins by informing the reader of Emily Grierson’s death…

from lectures, and to the goals of your course and your learning” as the reader continues to active read they should be checking their understanding of the text, monitoring for any difficulties, and looking for ways to correct these difficulties it’s important to note that, active reading if done properly is shown to save the reader time active reading helps eliminate the “wasteful and mindless repetition” that happens to a reader when they forget what they just…

the White City written by Erik Larson. This novel gives the reader a feeling as if he or she is reading two different stories but in the same book. The novel explains how the World’s fair became what it was and how it affected some people’s lives. This book gives all types of different readers a chance to enjoy the same book for a variety of reasons. Whether it be a character, event, or a genre this book is gives an opportunity to all readers. This book also shows the mind of both Olmsted,…

temper the people gathered around the furniture were. The use of a simile helps the reader to compare the people and jungle cats, where the author brings on board the fierce mood that the people had. In addition to this, because of the soothing quality of trinity’s voice, Neo feels it like a drug received through him (Larry and Wachowski, p. 13). With the knowledge of how people feel when they take a drug, the reader gets to picture how Neo heard Trinity’s voice. Just like a drug where one feels…

wants readers to experience the poem, not just simply read it. Collins wants the reader to use more than one of their senses to understand the poem. Many times when reading, the reader tries to “torture” it to find the meaning, but Collins suggests readers should simply be patient and observant. Collins’s use of literary devices really helped introduce a new and different approach to reading poetry. In the poem “Introduction to Poetry” by Billy Collins, Collins is trying to show readers that…

“Out, Out,” Robert Frost’s employ of imagery, words, and phrases to give expression aid the reader to feel a series of different emotions. Although he has an understated tone he is still able to create an ominous and grim mood which strengthens the impact the poem has on the reader. In the beginning of the poem the writer’s utilizes imagery to visually describe the setting of the poem which gives the reader a representation of serenity without having to change his inflection. For example,…

this essay is to show how Allen Poe affects the reader by using first person narration in "The Tell-Tale Heart". The first person narration helps the readers to connect themselves with the protagonist in the story so that the readers are able to feel and understand his actions and emotions, and sympathize with these. Without the use of first person narration, the connection between the reader and the protagonist would've broken and, therefore, the readers wouldn’t have able to feel sympathy…

in his story. The author choses to focus on one character only , which allows the reader to focus on and learn about one single individual . The writer's use of direct characterization can be analyzed at the introduction of his novel , as Zits identifies himself. “Call me Zits. Everybody calls me Zits That’s not my real name of course , My real mane isn’t important , (Alexie 1).” Here the author gives the reader with some important information about the character , and illustrates the…