In the following narrative written by Gary sotto, he uses several different literary devices. He uses these devices to effectively describe and recreate one of his experiences with guilt from when he was just a small child. Among these devices used to recreate Sotto’s past are repetition, imagery, and diction. Repetition is used several times throughout the passage of him when he was a child in order to make the more important details evident to the readers. Repetition in this passage is used a not by just repeating the same word throughout the narrative, but by also repeating certain ideas and thoughts as well.
Brian Vo English 101 2/24/14 Dr. Lackey Cisneros vs. Alexie All famous writers have their own ways of organizing their writing work that will be best suited for readers to understand their work. In both nonfictional works, Sherman Alexie's "Indian Education" and Sandra Cisneros' "Only Daughter" are vastly different due to how they organized their writing works. Alexie wrote his narrative chronically by explaining what happen in each grade of his life, while Cisneros wrote her narrative by going back and forth with the events she experienced as a child. Alexie decided to organize his narrative by explaining what happen in his life chronically. The way he does this is by explaining a significant event in each grade.
Ever since his brilliant insight, reading clicked for him. He was even able to take the concept of what paragraphs meant and compare them to real life This was a talent he grew up with and never gave up, as we know since he became a writer himself and now visits those schools hoping to enlighten those boys into the lifestyle he grew up livings with possibly even giving them the chance of survival. Sherman metaphorically gives us enlightenment that he is Superman. Just like how he saw Superman breaking through those doors in the comic book, he broke down those social barriers of a failing Indian in the non-Indian
How does F Scott FitzGerald present nick Carraway as a character and a narrator in the opening chapters of ‘The Great Gatsby’? F Scott FitzGerald presents Nick Carraway, the novels narrator as well as character as to having a special place within ‘The Great Gatsby’. As the story begins, nick Carraway; the story’s narrator reflects on himself, his upbringing and the knowledge he has been taught by his family members i.e. his father. He had been taught to reserve judgements about other people as if he was to compare them to himself he may misunderstand them.
Nicholas Carr is giving voice to these concerns. This article is about one skill that he believes is being eroded, that of reading: "I'm not thinking the way I used to think. I can feel it most strongly when I'm reading. Immersing myself in a book or a lengthy article used to be easy. My mind would get caught up in the narrative or the turns of the argument, and I'd spend hours strolling through long stretches of prose.
Using the first-person point of view in the novel, the author makes readers feel as though they are experiencing the protagonist’s personal feeling and thoughts about particular people or scenes. For example, when he is attending the opening ceremony of his father’s orphanage, Amir says that he” wished they’d all died along with their parents” (19), and this personalized emotion clearly depicts his strong desire for his father’s love and attention. Also, the writer uses this literary device to enhances the ability of the reader to follow Amir’s epic journey from childhood to his adult self. Therefore, the reader directly perceives Amir’s emotions and thoughts transforming throughout the novel. Amir starts off as a loving and caring person—when Hassen is insulted by the soldiers, “I reached across [Hassen’s] seat, slung my arm around [Hassen], pulled [Hassen] close.
At the end of this essay, you may understand why The Secret Life of Walter Mitty captured my interest and why I have chosen to write this essay on this particular literature. Usually, I have a hard time reading. Not because I have trouble reading the words, I have trouble reading because I tend to lose focus when something does not grab my attention. I am the type of person who likes to use my imagination while I am reading. It helps me visualize what I am reading and helps me connect to whatever I am reading.
The voice of Frank shows the immaturity of him during his childhood. That juvenile voice magnified the intensity of the book and grabs a hold of the readers attention. Frank McCourt, it seems, intended to write this book for anyone who has lived, or is living a hard childhood. This audience could relate with what he went through. I think Frank is trying to teach that the struggles that you go through only make you stronger when you have to face the world.
Essay 1 “Superman and Me” English 111 4/1/2014 I had the pleasure of reading “Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie. I went into it thinking I was going to read an essay about a boy that had a fascination with Superman. I soon realized that it was more than just Superman the author was talking about. The author started off the essay with a short but descriptive sentenced “I learned to read with a Superman comic book” (582). I began to think that the author is now telling us how he began his journey or struggles of reading.
But I liked reading David Foster Wallace’s The Good People. So I thought, why not give it a go? After all I am trying to imitate him. In The Good People, David Foster Wallace uses a lot of flashback, details, and characterizations. I tried that with my story.