Harry Lavender Distinctive Voices
Good afternoon class. I will be talking about distinctive voices in The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender and in The Help.
Through distinctive voices in both texts the authors are permitting us to think about the sizeable issues, that we may not be able to see. The Life and Crime of Harry Lavender, by Marele Day a crime fiction novel, confronts our perspective of women and men and the ideology of their capabilities and in capabilities by introducing us to characters, Claudia and Harry Lavender, using distinctive voices in different circumstances thus exposing us to their personal information and relationships with others. Also through distinctive voices of Skeeter, Aibileen and Minny, the movie The Help, directed by Richard Lester and written by Kathryn Stockett, it expose us to the corrupted racial out casting of the African Americans in the 1960s in Jackson, Mississippi. By using distinctive voices to put forth their ideas, both texts allow the reader and viewer to consider significant issues in their world.
The female voices in both texts express their perspective, in first person, on the issues they're faced with through tones, for example Claudia’s curious tone, questioning all …show more content…
They speak like how the stereotypical southern black Americans would have spoken in the 60’s in Jackson Mississippi, for example “She done told every white woman in town I'm a thief.” And “I done went and did it this time!” this incorrect grammar contrasts from the way Claudia speaks in Harry Lavender. Speaking like a well-educated woman, always stating facts and evidence, using similes, personification and metaphors to illustrate her environment or emotions, for example, “The sinister left hand holding down the ALT chord while the dextrous right keyed in the melody.” Shows the difference in context between the two
Through distinctive voices in both texts the authors are permitting us to think about the sizeable issues, that we may not be able to see. The Life and Crime of Harry Lavender, by Marele Day a crime fiction novel, confronts our perspective of women and men and the ideology of their capabilities and in capabilities by introducing us to characters, Claudia and Harry Lavender, using distinctive voices in different circumstances thus exposing us to their personal information and relationships with others. Also through distinctive voices of Skeeter, Aibileen and Minny, the movie The Help, directed by Richard Lester and written by Kathryn Stockett, it expose us to the corrupted racial out casting of the African Americans in the 1960s in Jackson, Mississippi. By using distinctive voices to put forth their ideas, both texts allow the reader and viewer to consider significant issues in their world.
The female voices in both texts express their perspective, in first person, on the issues they're faced with through tones, for example Claudia’s curious tone, questioning all …show more content…
They speak like how the stereotypical southern black Americans would have spoken in the 60’s in Jackson Mississippi, for example “She done told every white woman in town I'm a thief.” And “I done went and did it this time!” this incorrect grammar contrasts from the way Claudia speaks in Harry Lavender. Speaking like a well-educated woman, always stating facts and evidence, using similes, personification and metaphors to illustrate her environment or emotions, for example, “The sinister left hand holding down the ALT chord while the dextrous right keyed in the melody.” Shows the difference in context between the two