Diction In Katharine Brush's Birthday Party

Katharine Brush used shifts in mood and tone, from light and warm-hearted to bleak, first person point of view, and alliteration at the very end of the short story, “Birthday Party”, to demonstrate society’s flaw in failing to appreciate the little actions people do for one another, and instead, let feelings such as pride get in the

Sometimes the things we do for others don’t always go as planned. That was the case for the innocent wife in “Birthday Party” by Katharine Brush, as what was thought to be a nice gesture by the wife, was viewed as a crime by her husband. This small event can be an indicator of a crumbling relationship, and through literary devices such as diction and shifts to portray this deeper meaning. The harsh adjectives used throughout this piece paint a story much darker than simple botched celebration.

After reading the article Can We Talk by Deborah Tannen I agree with her on her statements. Where she says "When a men and woman interpret the same interchange in such conflicting ways, it`s no wonder they can find themselves leveling angry charges of selfishness and obstinacy at each other ". The reason i believe in this is my husband and I have these all the time. One my experience is about stopping to get a drink while we was out and bout like the example Tannen gave about the married couple. I got mad because my husband said no to me about stopping get a drink.

Then, she sees Bob Cratchit. He is on the phone with his wife who is telling him that if he doesn 't get home soon, his son Tim may not be spared. As Ebony watches, she visibly softens and later can be seen that she changed at that very

At first, he ended up being rude to Thao who knocked his door to requests for cables. He then covered up his talk with the fact that they were still mourning and slams the door. This act showed how he downgraded his youthfulness and felt that he can’t tell him anything new. Walt displays an openness to experience as he becomes familiar with his new neighbours the Vang Lors.

(Hosseini, 86). But after the Mujahedeen took over, women were treated horribly especially by their husbands and were sometimes the punching bags if something wrong happened. The novel does a great job on letting the readers know why women were always blamed and/or beaten, what happens after the men blame the women for something and shows examples of little things that a woman has done or does that trigger the men to become angry or upset. If you dig deep

Appearance can be deceiving and people could turn out the exact opposite of what one would. In the short story “Birthday Party,” Katherine Brush depicts an event that happens with a couple to turn out miserably, and depicts how the man verbally abuses his wife. Brush uses literary devices such as point of view, diction, and syntax to show how the couple aren’t what people would assume them to be if you looked at them. Brush discusses the point of view from first person and how someone on the outside would observe an event.

In “Birthday Party,” Katharine Brush describes the event of a married couple celebrating the husband’s birthday in her short story. His wife plans a surprise for him, but instead he feels furious and embarrassed. Brush uses imagery and irony to emphasize certain moments of the story. First, imagery is used to depict the appearance of the married couple. “The man had a round, self-satisfied face, with glasses on it; the woman was fadingly pretty, in a big hat.”

In Act 2, scene 1, lines 252-255 Iago explains, “Now, for want of these required conveniences, her delicate tenderness will find it-self abused, begin to heave gorge, disrelish and abhor the Moor.” From the beginning of the play, readers know that Iago hates Othello because he believed it was unfair that someone who was not as experienced in war was promoted as lieutenant, instead of him. Iago was plotting to get Othello to believe that his wife was a strumpet. He knew that this would anger and sadden Othello but he wanted to carry it out anyways, all while still making sure the Moor thought Iago was being loyal to

In the short story “Birthday Party,” Katharine Brush describes a couple the narrator sees in a restaurant having dinner. The couple seems happy together at first but the night takes an unexpected turn into a disaster, leaving the woman crying. What seems beautiful and perfect at first may not be perfect at all and Brush uses literary devices such as diction, imagery and parallel structure to convey this message. In the beginning of the story, Brush describes the couple as “unmistakably married.”

In her short Story, “ Birthday Party” Katharine Brush uses diction and vivid imagery to convey her disapproval for traditions of society and lack of appreciation of a wife by her husband. Brush’s diction is not overly complex. Brush crates a common scene of an “unmistakable married” couple celebrating “the husband’s birthday.” The husband wears glasses and the wife is “fadingly pretty.”

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In Michael Nicholas’s “Why don’t People Listen?” he explains the process of communication and the reasons why people do not listen to each other. People assume the reason that they are not listening is because they are selfish or inconsiderate, but the problem is that the listening process is complex. For instance, the husband assumed that his wife was not interesting in his job, so he never communicated with his wife. Then Nicholas suggested to the husband that he should imagine talking to someone that he felt was normally interested in his job.

By presenting herself on the battlefield, she establishes the common ground with her troops. Her actual presence is more reassuring than a royal messenger’s appearance. The queen’s speech is full of rhetoric, also reinforcing the common ground. Queen Elizabeth stated that she’s come “to lay down for [her] God, [her] kingdom, and [her] people, [her] honour and [her] blood, even in the dust.” She assured the men that she’d defend her country with her blood.

Sor Juana's poem “You Men,” is a literary work that explores the social injustice of mankind, prominently those of men aimed towards women. It displays a main theme of oppression geared toward women. This piece of writing is a prime example of the ever-ongoing battle between gender roles since the dawn of time. How women have taken a second place to men and will never be seen more than second class citizens to them. With a second person narration, Sor Juana writes her poem directly towards a specific group of audience.