Throughout the book Chloe Hooper speaks to Cameron Doomadgee’s family but she never asks them anything personal about Cameron himself. This passage is the first time intimate details about Cameron are revealed and it seems strategic the author leaves this to the person who knows him most intimately – his wife. Tracy Twaddle’s speech at the inquest is a main feature of the passage. The passion and vulnerabilities are clear of a life so tragically lost that did not need to be lost so tragically and needlessly. It also offers insight that this death was not accidental. Chloe Hooper’s introduction of Tracy Twaddle to the reader immediately moves the reader’s emotional senses that here is a grieving wife. The previous year Tracy had ‘gone to hospital with pneumonia after sleeping a night on Cameron’s grave.’ Throughout the book the reader only sees the abuse of women…
In the Passage, Cory Maxson struggles to decide whether he should go to his father funeral. Cory has emotional hate for his dad. He states “The whole time I was growing up papa was like a shadow that followed you everywhere”. Cory is feeling hurt due to the fact he didn’t respect his dad. Cory walks around with hurt in his heart because his father left an internal scar on him and his mother.…
The description of Thomas planning to spread Victor’s dad's ashes helps the reader understand how the young men feel about his death. Alexie…
Sentiment can be easily be stimulated from the readers by writing tender and sorrowful scenes. However, sentiment can also come from angry self-reflexive irony. Instead of the typical sentiment of warmness and sympathy, a different type of sentiment is produced from the words and actions of Daniel. The way he behaved so atrociously to his wife, but then reflected about what he did by addressing to the readers is quite ironic. One moment he is malicious to Phyllis, then the next he tried to pathetically appeal to the audience over his actions; the feeling of what is wrong with him is given by the readers. He does not truly reflect over his actions, but he uses his words to make it seem like he is reflecting to the readers. Doctorow is trying…
Lying on her deathbed , she contemplates that “She had spent so much time preparing for death there was no need for bringing it up again”(2). Even when approached with death she felt like she had to be in control of even the littlest thoughts. Her extreme propensity to control presents a psychological dependency; her urge to control may stem from the loss of her loved ones such as her husband John, her fiancé George, and her child Hapsy. The point of view changes occasionally switches to first person to emphasize the focus on Granny Weatherall’s desires and thoughts at specified time; for example in the middle of a description of George’s abandonment the author adds in, “No, I swear he never harmed me but in that.”(3). Because this information is directly from Granny’s perspective, it demonstrates her deepest thoughts: her need to convince herself that she is not hurt by the abandonment. She tries to suppress the unpleasant pain of the sudden abandonment in order to move on. Because she could not control the jilting by her fiancé, she instead tries to control her emotions not allowing herself to be hurt. To compensate for the unexpected…
The father thinks back to Della’s funeral and seeing how sad Eric was crying against the doorway. Eric was seen as gentle and understanding to his father who was tumbling over his words. When the father brings up a childhood story about the mother, Eric is “wary” and “twitches” up, and tensions builds when Eric wants to know when it was said and the father “‘can’t remember’” (33, 37). The father desperately wants to remember Della by telling Eric a story of how she fell asleep as a child. When her name is mentioned, it is like ripping up a band-aid to Eric, and he gets annoyed with his father for bringing up a painful memory that he is trying to let go of. The fact that the father can’t be remember when Della told him the story adds to Eric’s annoyance when he lets out a yawn. In the next paragraph, the father expresses his fear of losing his memories of his wife which shows why he wants to continue to talk about her as Eric is trying to do the opposite and forget. When Eric remembered the story of the “spark,” it “surprised” his father because it was the first time that he had talked about something involving Della in “weeks” (43, 44). Eric brings up a story about when he was little and the family was watching a fireworks show; and a…
The worst feeling a person can experience in a lifetime is cooping with the loss of a loved one. While the unknown author was reading stories in remembrance and recognition of his former partner, he was all alone trying to let the memories of his undying devotion he shared for Lenore go. Once the author heard the tapping at the door his became excited, until he noticed nobody was there. At that moment he looked out into the dark, cold, and gloomy December night and it made him feel that sense of emptiness all over again. His mournful state of mind was combined with his never ending remembrance of Lenore. As he turned and heard the tap once more he became excited again, for this time he knew somebody was there for him. The…
Empathy is created at the end of the piece, when he describes reaching the tent; ‘Martin was there and I burst into tears’. This highlights the stress they had been under and creates empathy. This makes the reader feel emotion towards the author. As source 2 is not very opinionated we as readers do not feel any emotional attachment towards ‘Sue’ instead the author uses humour, for the audience to laugh at Sue and her unfortunate yet ironic…
Doodle’s brother wants to change Doodle, and it also contributes to Doodle’s tragic fate. He puts a lot of pressure on him, wants him to be strong and educated, but Doodle is not able to become such a person. Doodle was born an invalid, and nothing can change that. The life doomed him to lack some of the pleasures of this world. His brother taught him to walk. However, this was not the act of love, but this was the act of shame. Doodle’s brother understood that and was ashamed of himself. However, he continued to treat Doodle in the same way, and then he had to shelter his…
Hill demonstrates this at the start of the book, when we feel sympathy for The Woman when Arthur sees her at her sister’s funeral. We feel sympathy ‘that a women who was perhaps only a short time from her own death, should drag herself to the funeral of another’. This makes the reader feel sad for The Woman.…
Important Quote: “When I went back to her room she was crying. We were not in the same social class, but at least we were in the same bed (p.37).”…
The writer tone is depressing, negative and an almost malicious undertone. The writer starts the essay off making the reader feel like she is upset with her father is living due to being forced to care for her aging parents. She continues thought the essay to write in a somber view of caring for her aging parents. A good example is when she sates that she is like a Kafka character who kills himself even though he has much to live for. Another statement the writer used to build tone in the essay was one that could be deemed as morbid: I almost don’t know what I envy Bernard Cooper for more—his incomparable literary genius or the fact that his father is dead. Wishing one’s parent was dead goes against all social norms, this leads to the tone of the essay being grim, dark and depressing. The use of negativity and resentment ensure the readers would be aware of the writers tone. The writer continues to develop this tone by inserting statements that seems against social norms, for example: With a sudden angry snort, my father woke up. I won’t say I wish I had hit him over the head with a frying pan to finish the job when it seemed we were so, so close. This showed in a passive aggressive way that she seems to want her father to die. Another example of the writer using a negative tone is when she is discussing Thomas, her Dad’s care giver who stated that he could help her dad live longer and she wrote ”Oh my God—how could he say…
Firstly, the use of the character’s narration readers is swayed into sympathising the character. Through the use of the character’s narration readers begins to understand the sentimental value of the letter. “You remember the taste of salt water in your mouth how cold the wind felt until you dried off. You remember talking to Peggy... You remember how her soft hands was” Through this narration readers begin to understand that the letters bring him back to his past into a fantasy. However the fantasy is often interrupted by reality leaks dripping on him, which the readers sympathises the character for.…
2. Fallow’s tone throughout the essay indicates that this essay is a lighter piece. His sentence structure and simple wording make the essay less complex. In many ways Fallow makes the essay relatable to many through his varied examples. Fallow uses an exaggerated or self-mocking tone to get across a point. One example of this is when he talked about a woman named Tammy Richards trying to heave dried cow chips farther than her brother could as a form of learning how to throw. His use of humor helps the reader become more engaged in his essay and get a better understanding of how he feels about the issue and what exactly he is trying to share with the reader.…
The story begins on a very sad note especially in the eyes of a reader. Mrs. Mallard is said to have a “heart trouble” and so Josephine felt that great care had to be taken when delivering the sad news of Bently’s death (Mrs. Mallard’s husband). Upon the delivery of the news, she starts sobbing and grieving then goes to her room to be by herself. This was a time to reflect upon her life. The reality of a life without her husband slowly started setting in. During this time the author helps us to realize that the death of her husband meant that there will be no more women and men oppressing one another. As she is in her room, there is an overwhelming feeling that slowly builds up. Although she tries to conceal it, she can feel it within. It is the feeling of joy and happiness as to the new freedom she has found.…