Writers protest war by using imagery‚ irony‚ and structure. The writers in this DBQ to protest against war using and describing images and war. They use irony by making the title seem for war while the text really is against war. They use structure like lists and such to describe how they die because of simple thing. I think writers using imagery‚ irony‚ and structure is an effective way of protesting war. Writers use imagery to protest war by describing certain events that happened using sensory
Premium Poetry World War II Literature
them a good year of crops. These stories show how people have their own thoughts that society finds unusual. Irony occurs a various amount of occasions throughout the stories. For example‚ "’She will persuade him yet‚’ because Homer himself had remarked--he liked men" (Faulkner #). This exemplifies an example of irony because of how she tried to persuade him to be with her after she
Premium Marriage Love Short story
“Us and Them” consists of three types of irony: situational‚ dramatic‚ and verbal. These types make the story more interesting as a reader. Irony can be used in the sense of tricking the reader into one thing happening‚ but a completely other event takes place. This keeps the reader intrigued and is excited to see what happens next due to the fact that nothing is predictable. In the story‚ the child uses a variety of irony‚ an example of dramatic irony is when Sedaris is spying on the Tomkeys
Premium Irony
commonly used literary devices is irony. Irony can be defined as the difference between appearance and reality‚ or when a reader expects or assumes one thing and the opposite is true. It allows an author to engage and surprise the audience‚ which often also teaches an important lesson. Two classic examples of irony through literature are Oedipus the King by Sophocles and The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin. In the play Oedipus the King‚ Sophocles uses dramatic irony for the moral and political education
Premium Irony Oedipus Oedipus the King
usually a good thing‚ but at the same time surprise can be a bad thing. Situational irony is what authors will use to create an unexpected twist in the story that will surprise the reader. Other than surprise‚ situational irony creates many more emotions for the reader. For example‚ O.Henry utilizes situational irony to develop a hysterical feeling in “The Ransom of Red Chief.” Guy de Maupassant uses situational irony to construct the feeling sorrow in his story “The Necklace.” By looking over “The
Premium Family Short story Fiction
she really? Throughout the story her true colors begin to reveal. Jackson develops this central idea through the use of irony. Through all three types of irony the theme is expressed. The first use of irony Shirley applies is verbal irony. When Ms. Strangeworth says to Mrs Crane‚ "Nonsense. All babies are different. Some of them develop much more quickly than others" is an example of verbal
Premium Woman Pregnancy Gender
Satire/Irony in ‘The Lottery’: The Lucky Ticket The use of Satire/Irony within literature establishes situations where the unlikelihood of the occurrence of an event will happen. Jackson’s manipulation of his story‚ The Lottery‚ provides an unexpected twist to what one may seem to be a normal subject. Northrop Frye’s The Singing School‚ suggests that all stories are told in either one of four ways: Comedy‚ Romance‚ Tragedy or Satire/Irony (Frye 18). The use of Irony and its conventional associations
Premium The Lottery
My Best friend. My best friend is a very special lady I grew up with‚ my sister Roberta. My sister Robert is two years younger than me‚ but everyone always assumes she is older than me. She always laughs at me when I tease her by saying it must be because I look younger than her. We have been there for each other through all the important milestones in our lives; from our wild and fun childhoods‚ to our first day of school‚ to the births of our first born children. My sister Roberta loves working
Premium
(600) ENC 1101 Mr. Temple 29 September 2010 My Place of Comfort There is nothing that is more comforting to me than a cozy bed with crisp‚ clean sheets. My bed has always been my place for rest and relaxation. The only thing that could come close to comparison would be a shower. Both my bed and a shower seem to help me wash my problems away. On my days off‚ I love to stay in bed as late as I possibly can; I can also‚ sit in the shower until my fingers and toes are pruned‚ leaving me without
Premium
My Personal Place To descibe a special place‚ you have to be able to descibe the person that it belongs to. To describe my special place‚ you would have to know me and the things that I like. Myself I like many things. That’s why my special place is my bedroom. It has many things that I love and enjoy. Just to name a few‚ my walls‚ bookshelf‚ my bed. Each shows every aspect of me! In my bedroom‚ my walls show freeze frames of moments‚ special times and places that I’ve been
Premium