Informative Analysis of The Human Fly The Human Fly by T.C. Boyle tells the story of a man who wants to be a famous superhero. The text deals with morality, mental illness and loss. This essay demonstrates an analysis of how these elements are interpreted and describes how the life lessons of this text can be applied to reality. This essay will provide a description of the text, audience, language, theme and purpose to evaluate the value of a human life. The genres of this text are short story, adventure and young adult. The text provides the reader with fast-paced action stunts and keeps the reader wondering what will happen next in the 19 pages. It tries to resonate with young adults or people that once were by mimicking the short and sweet sentences of most young adult books and capturing the quirky, fun elements with its zany characters. This serves to remind people of their books they used to love or are currently loving. The Human Fly describes the story of a man with big dreams, despite having no actual superpowers. Zoltan is first seen as a nutcase wearing a ratty, super suit he threw together, however he is later seen as an extraordinary man due to his death-defying stunts. …show more content…
He includes a first person viewpoint so the reader is able to feel connected to the characters and see them as living people in order to have the reader sympathize with their tragedy. His resigned tone shows that the death of Zoltan is inevitable and the reader is able to understand how deeply the death affected the agent, whose attempts to help were futile. This allows the reader to feel sympathy for the characters that become trapped in Zoltan’s tangled web and contempt for Sol who encouraged the death by taking advantage of his mental instability. Boyle foreshadows the death by using words such as “vulnerable, fragile, frail, emaciated and spindly” which describes how Zoltan looked during his tragic
The short fiction story of “ The Life You Save May Be Your Own ” written by Flannery O’Connor uses many literary devices. O'Connor expresses real life tragedies throughout this story using imagery, underlying bibliomancy, and symbolism. Usage of bright vivid colors provides an insight on O’Conner double meanings. The weather plays a role in which it shows the characters mood and crucial moments. The references of religious symbols assists the characters.
Because of this, Smith looks to take his soul on a flight to have a less grueling, shameful, and horrible life. Next, Morrison describes the length of time between when Smith decides to fly and when he actually does. Morrison does this through imagery when she writes, “They stood this way for some time, none of them crying out to Mr. Smith, all of them preoccupied with one or the other of the minor events about them, until the hospital people came.” (12) Morrison gives readers a time scale of how long Smith has been trying to fly by using the image of a crowd gathering in the place of where Smith is trying to fly and how long it they have been standing there. This further helps readers further develop theme of no matter how long it takes, the flight of the soul will always lead to a better life by portraying how long it can take a soul to fly.
What makes a story enjoyable? Is it the plot? Or is it the methods the author uses to connect to the reader? Plot is a big thing, but it is the literary devices that bring the story together. In the three stories, “The Tunnel” by Sarah Ellis, “The Skating Party” by Merna Summers and “The Bicycle” by Jillian Horton all have unique literary devices to make each story more intriguing and to give them the feeling of being part of the story.
A Demonstration of Chemotaxis Between Flies and Various Substances (Sugar vs Bacteria) Abstract: The purpose of this lab based on the Drosophila melanogaster (the common fruit fly) reactions. Since the fly has been studied and observed for many years, and known for its unique chemotactic attractions to different stimuli, it was an ideal organism for the study being conducted. In the experiment the purpose was to be able to figure out whether the flies would be more attracted to sugar or bacteria.
Gifted with incredible endurance and super strength, the ability of flight, and an impeccable moral compass, Superman is the quintessential superhero that Americans of all ages have admired and looked up to since his conception in 1938. In Brad Bird’s 1999 feature animation The Iron Giant, the fifty-foot metal protagonist is no exception. Hiding out in a barn, he peers at an issue of the Superman comic book like an amused child with his eyes wide and mouth agape. His closest human companion, nine-year old Hogarth, sits before the giant and explains to him, “Sure, he’s famous now, but he started off just like you! Crash landed on Earth…he only uses his powers for good, never for evil.”
"What is the value of life?” When you are asked this question most people will start to think about their accomplishments, their families, what they have done, and sometimes people simply do not know how to answer this question. In the article “What is Life Worth?” by Amanda Ripley, it talks more about putting a value of money on a life.
Want to learn a life lesson without getting in trouble? Life lessons are something we have to learn in order to be a better person, most times it takes a bad experience to actually learn. But they don’t always have to be bad. For example learning a lesson or theme from a story. In this case, on important lesson readers can learn from Richard Connell’s, “ The Most Dangerous Game”, is to take into consideration how others feel.
The value of life changes over the years as some mature and deal with mental issues. Like Hamlet I did not know if life had been worth living. Chris Jone’s article on Roger Ebert inspired me to look at the brighter side of life and appreciate what I had been given. Roger Ebert did not give up on life after being diagnosed with cancer, Ebert decided to finish his last days with the ones he loved rather than go through more dangerous
I used to think genre was a category or a label that defined a written piece. My understanding relied exclusively on the format. However, when I read “Navigating Genres”, by Kerry Dirk, I realized how limited my understanding was. In his essay, Dirk wants his audience to challenge the misconceptions of genres in writing. Dirk exposes the reader to see writing through the lenses of genre theory and to conceptualize the benefits of genres in our rhetoric.
“This morning, I wake in a room I do not recognize. I often wake in strange rooms” (Alexie 1). Flight is about a teenage orphan named Zits who wakes up as numerous different people in many different situations throughout the book. Zits goes on a journey to learn several lessons about life and his self worth. Sherman Alexie included many literary devices to help and represent Zits’ growth.
When someone is alive people do not see the value of life and how precious it is, they do not realize it until it is too late. Many people would not notice such a small moment like this in their lives and would take it for granted. However, the characters seen in the novel treasure every moment similar to how they treasure life. They are able to see the value of life and how each person 's struggles has helped them heal. People are able to see that the obstacles an individual faces, which leads them to survival.
Lord of The Flies: Human Nature Are humans instinctively evil? Savage? In Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, young boys are left to organize themselves into a society to keep balance and peace on the island. When the society crumbles beneath their feet, one must ask these questions. The downfall and overall plot of the book is largely telling of human nature, and may be a smaller analogy for human nature in itself.
Seung Woo Lee Ms.Aubrey World Literature September 11, 2014 World Literature Paper To many, the meaning of of life is a constant cycle of searching and failing. Many have attempted to ascertain the true value and meaning of life. People repeatedly question the purpose of life.
Leading a human life is a full-time occupation, to which everyone devotes decades of intense concern.” (Nagel, 719) Nagel also argues that we all reflect about whether life is worth it or not. To avoid this this absurdity, we try to give meaning to our lives through what we do “seeking fulfillment in service to society, the state, the revolution, the progress of history, the advance of science, or religion and the glory of God.” (Nagel, 720) But this leads to the conflict that if this thing that gives meaning to our life, it must be significant.
In other words, the good life means to me when life looks like a blessing than a burden. This essay aims to provide more than one answers about what makes people live a good life mean. Human beings, since their apparition is often misleading, what it is really mean a good life. We have been seen on the television or magazines that having a good life means being rich or famous when many of them, in reality, are miserable by a problem that wouldn’t affect ordinary people. Personally, I believe that there are many factors that should be considered when it comes to a good life.