Briar Rose-Jane Yolen This module is called close study of text. It is module B of paper 2 worth 20%. This is a novel‚ a work of fiction. The author or composer is Jane Yolen. Context In order to understand this novel we have to know about the NAZI‚ holocaust‚ which aimed to exterminate the Jewish people from Europe In total nearly 6 million Jews were systematically killed in NAZI occupied Europe. A Briar is a thorn or prickly plant. A Briar Rose is a beautiful flower that grows from a potentially
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Briar Rose Wombat 1. He uses Similes - "Plunging like red flood water" This gives the effect of the wombat plunging down at a very fast speed. 2. He uses Metaphors - "Ha there! Old pig‚ old bear‚ old bristly and gingery" This gives the effect that he thinks he is a good old friend with the wombat. 3. Onomatopoeia - Thumps‚ Trembling‚ Thud This is used to make more of your senses being used when reading the poem 4. Repetition - "Old pig‚ old bear‚ old bristly
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suffering in Briar Rose? The sufferings of individuals are the incidents of unfortunate events that traumatize and change the perspective on reality. In the novel‚ Briar Rose‚ Yolen bases the concept of suffering in reference to the Nazi regime (1939-1945). Yolen has created a bleak‚ inhumane past for certain charecters that are survivors from the mistreatment of the Nazi regime to share their first hand experience and highlight their continuous suffering. In the novel‚ Briar Rose‚ Gemma’s suffering
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still reflect the reality which surrounds them. In Yolen’s Briar Rose‚ heroes and heroines are inspired by fairy tales still reflecting the reality which surrounds them. This is seen‚ for example‚ in her characters who are inspired by fairy tales. In reality‚ these characters represent the real life experiences of those who lived through the Holocaust and the heroes of World War two. The heroes and heroines in Yolen’s Briar Rose include; Gemma‚ Becca‚ Josef and Aron‚ real people who experience
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altered the fairy tale‚ Briar Rose. The original tale was a straight forward story that can lead the reader to come up with a moral. It was one that also had a happy ending. When Anne Sexton tells us her version of Briar Rose‚ she immediately begins by giving the reader a view of what Briar Rose’s sleep is like. She tells us of how Briar Rose feels‚ and gives the reader some what of an introduction to the ways of Briar Rose. After this psychedelic section of a girl‚ Briar Rose‚ who keeps "slipping
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Young adults have developed the mental capability to take in the facts that occurred in the Holocaust without being traumatize or dramatically stunned. Jane Yolen’s novel‚ Briar Rose serves as a remembrance of the Holocaust‚ and what it was followed by it‚ yet it also serves as a reminder of World War II as well. Briar Rose has an interesting fairy tale element that keeps the reader interested in continuing exploring the reading--as it serves as a reminiscing moment to the reader’s childhood.
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Jane Yolen’s use of structure in the novel Briar Rose is very clever. Her use of allegory and the technique of parallel narrative is very effective in conveying her story which she delivers in a superb fashion. Elements of the story are reveled at specific times to tie in with the theme of growth and development both personal and historical. The use of allegory drives the story along. It is a constant reminder of The Holocaust to ensure the reader is not too captivated by the fairy tale element
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Jane Yolen presents a great holocaust novel ‘Briar Rose’ concerning about the beauty and the brutality of human and the difference between the fairytale and the ugly reality. Yolen uses variety of techniques to explore her concerns‚ such as story within story‚ allegory‚ symbolism and irony‚ through Gemma’s version of a “Sleeping Beauty” narrative in the novel. Yolen has included all the elements of traditional fairytale in her novel‚ Briar Rose. She used the character‚ Gemma‚ to explore the main
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explain the lead: Déjà vu means "already seen". It is the phenomenon of having the strong sensation that an event or experience currently being experienced had been experienced in the past. 3. overview of the topic/summary of the story: Briar Rose is a novel about a women‚ Becca‚ whos grandmother dies. when Becca was younger her grandmother‚ Gemma‚ would tell Becca and her sisters the story of Sleeping Beauty. when Gemma dies‚ Becca‚ goes to Poland to discover her grandmother’s past. Becca
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“A Rose for Emily” Symbolism In “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner symbolism is used throughout the entire story. A symbol “in literature [is]‚ a person‚ place‚ or thing that suggests more than its literal meaning” (Kennedy 223). William Faulkner used symbolism constantly in many of his stories‚ so he was very familiar with creating symbols and giving them meanings that the wanted the readers to understand. There is a main symbol and then there are some symbols that are still important to the
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