This text was written by Jay Mclerney as a part of the novel “Bright Lights, Big City” in 1984. It is a narrative text with a lot of dialogues such as “My birthday is January thirteenth. I will be twenty-nine years old”, “Excuse me, sir, but you’re sitting on me”. These dialogues help animate the text. The text is targeted to everyone in the society and the goal is to entertain the readers and to deliver a message that people should be more open minded to actively aide other people in need instead of waiting for another person to do it instead. The text recounts an event that took place at a train. It involves the main character which is the “you” in the passage, the tramp, and the old lady. It is told through the eyes and the point of view of the “you”. The text commences with the tramp approaching narrator and telling him about his birthday. Then he goes down the car and sits down on the lap of an elderly lady. There are dozens of “healthy men” around them but no one is brave enough to go and help her. She starts to cry and the narrator imagines the incident being reported on a newspaper. As the lady continues to suffer under the weight of the man, the narrator stands up to help her. However, as soon as he stands up, the man gets off of her lap and moves to the back of the car which creates an awkward atmosphere in the car. The second person narrative of this text engages the readers. It makes the readers feel as if they are …show more content…
First, the whole situation of the man sitting on the old lady has a humorous aspect. The headline “GRANNY CRUSHED BY NUT WHILE WIMPS WATCH” also creates a humorous atmosphere due to the vocabulary used. Moreover, vocabularies such as “lay some silver”, “heebie-jeebies”, “out-to-lunch”, “nut” and “wimps” all reinforce the sense of humor. These words are informal, familiar words that people often use in daily life and allow the readers to sympathize with the
This abrupt sentence elicits a sense of urgency in readers, causing them to view the author’s argument with
This clearly identifies one of the novel’s main themes of how perceptions are individualized
Observing each character, the book draws attention to the inner dialogue and struggles they
To make the story interesting, the author creates a conflict between two different communities by stating, “That’s right- run, boy, and tell that foreign girl her letters are not welcomed here or you will be hurt by me and my friends” (Clements) (136). From this quote, the author makes this interesting for readers by making the conflict relate to the theme of the story. Therefore, many readers would be captivated by this book. Near the end of the story, the author employs a literary device, such as imagery, by saying, “She saw the field through Sadeed’s eyes; it wasn’t flat and boring, but beautiful” (Clements) (183). From this sentence, the author provides imagery for the reader to feel heartwarming, heartbreaking, and interested.
There is something interesting about seeing the world through someone else’s eyes. The intriguing novels, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, by Mark Haddon, and The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, both capture the lives of adolescent boys experiencing reality through their afflictions and personal struggles while growing up. Haddon and Salinger equally perceive the authentic lifestyle through which average teenagers mature. First person narration enhances the readers understanding of the characters from both novels and provides them with insight to their thoughts and emotions, allowing one to empathize with them. Due to the insight given through this form of narration, one is able to discover who the characters truly are,
The imagery of the story “On the Subway” is used to describe the characters appearances and how are looks at each other; giving us on insight of the situation being portrayed. Another device used gives us the double meanings of objects or clothing. Such as “black cotton” and “taking food from his mouth”. Symbolism places the role to give the poem its
Is Robert Penn Warren’s claim that fiction makes us feel significant in our everyday lives accurate? Warren believes that fiction can fulfill a person’s wants and desires. Robert Penn Warren’s claim that fiction makes people feel significant is accurate. NEED MORE. People who read fiction are able to gain a sense of significance by living vicariously through characters within the piece of fiction they are reading.
A Jury of Her Peers, is abused in ways that are very well hidden. There is no physical evidence of abuse, simply because it is not physical abuse, it is mainly emotional and mental abuse and it has been let go of for numerous years. Minnie Wright, overtime, is dealing with various amounts of stress and abuse. It is only a matter of time before Minnie Wright reaches her limit and has enough of the abuse and then everything will take a turn for the
Alexie's repetition also evokes emotion from the reader. The reader immediately becomes interested in Alexie's life. When he uses the same phrase he used to relate to his life and talk about the Native American children, the reader feels
When she’s alone, she feels fine because there is nobody to judge her. She made up her mind to write about her own story when she falls in the women’s room. The author writes “the building deserted, I was free to laugh aloud as I wriggled back to my feet, my voice bouncing off the yellowish tiles from all directions. Had anyone been there with me, I’d have been still and faint and hot with chagrin. I decided that it was high time to write the essay” (20).
Throughout this weeks reading on Chapter 4, we focus in on the Progressive Era and the establishment of urban America. The industrial revolution was at its peak and the United States was developing rapidly. Immigration, manufacturing output, and urban development grew faster than any other time in the nation’s history. Not only that, but scientific developments changed lives and revolutionary theories challenged traditional beliefs. As Rury suggests, “ . . .
In a future totalitarian society, all books have been outlawed by the government, fearing an independent-thinking public. Fahrenheit 451 is a futuristic novel, telling the story of a time where books and independent thinking are outlawed. In a time so unenlightened, where those who want to better themselves by thinking, are outlawed and killed. Guy Montag is a senior firefighter who is much respected by his superiors and is in line for a promotion. He does not question what he does or why he does it until he meets Clarisse.
(1). He uses the rhetorical device of figurative language to give the reader a strong image of his feeling
This first sentence in the passage immediately makes the reader wonder about the setting and what’s going on. In other words, the author W.W. Jacobs grabs the reader’s attention by making the readers think and be curious about
Also, there can be several opinions to one aspect. Thus, when reading and analysing a novel, students should have the opportunity to develop ideas and concepts of their own. Aside from that, a novel makes the reader aware of the aspect of subjectivity. The characters in a novel have their own subjective way of looking at the world surrounding them. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, in particular, shows the view of a disabled person and his aims in life, which makes students think of their own