of equal rights? In this written task‚ I have chosen to write a speech in regards to the poem “Lady Luncheon Club” by Maya Angelou; The main purpose of this speech is to educate young women of an all girls school‚ in a rural part of the country where solely men are appointed to leadership roles and given opportunities for higher education‚ of equal rights for all. After having read “Lady Luncheon Club”‚ a frustrated eighteen-year-old
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powerful story about the racial discrimination that was raging through the Alabama’s in the 1930s‚ with devastating realism and complexity. Lee’s town in Alabama represents everything that was going on in a small town‚ it is described as a town that isn’t growing outwards‚ but instead growing inwards‚ ‘the same families married the same families until the members of the community looked faintly alike’. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Lee uses stylistic devices as symbolism‚ foreshadowing and irony to present
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Pathetically innocent‚ brutally ironic‚ and terribly funny Lamb to the slaughter is a story which reveals the savagery that lurks inside of all civilized people and the suddenness with which it can emerge. Like fat melting in a pan‚ Lamb to the Slaughter has a smooth and natural feel to it. The way that the story depicts Mrs. Maloney actually makes the reader feel sympathetic towards her‚ regardless of her actions. To the reader it seems obvious that Mrs. Maloney has been mistreated. The husband
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bring serious repercussions such as execution and death. On the contrary‚ “The Lottery‚” written by Shirley Jackson‚ uses irony to exemplify how people can illogically follow senseless traditions and ultimately demonstrates how society can blindly persecute innocent individuals. Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” is easily considered as one of the most highly regarded short stories of all times as it leaves the readers with excitement and suspense at the seemingly peaceful-but-turned-violent scenario
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Many times authors use irony to prove a point. There are three types of irony: dramatic‚ verbal‚ and situational. Situational irony is present in “The Sniper”‚ “The Most Dangerous Game”‚ “Gift of the Magi”‚ and “The Necklace” to help create the theme in the stories. In the story The Sniper situational irony plays a major part in the story.”The lust of battle died in him. He became bitten by remorse” (O’Flanerty). This shows situational irony because he was ready to kill‚ but when the sniper
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Significance of Irony Irony is a rhetorical device used to illustrate a discordant situation or verbalization in which the outcome is opposite of what was expected. As a result‚ this writing technique often introduces humor into the storyline‚ depending on the tone of the story. This element of indirectness is partly what makes poetry so interesting. Poetry’s lack of simplicity forces the reader to think independently‚ therefore creating numerous possible interpretations. The techniques of irony used in
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satirized by author Jonathan Swift who uses an absurd idea to find solutions to a large problem. Swift appears to come up with an answer to the overpopulation that is present in Ireland. The dozens of children born into the poverty stricken families were seen to Swift as exotic merchandise. Upon reading the essay‚ readers realize that the entire piece is a satire when they discover the promised “modest” proposal is nowhere near being subtle. Through the use of satire‚ irony‚ and understatement‚ Swift criticized
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Everyday Use By Alice Walker (1973) T one- This story ‚ in my opinion‚ does not possess the warm-hearted‚ jolly‚ and happy side of a short story‚ we’d expect from a title‚ such as Everyday Use. Instead‚ this story is a more refreshing realistic tone of life and the harshness it may possess. There is a perfectly adequate amount of crudeness in the story‚ especially within the lifestyle of these individuals. The tone changes as the story continues on. In the beginning the story has a more worrisome
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"The Irony of McCarthy ’s Use of Title" In the novel All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy‚ the author shows how important the roles of the horses are in the story and how they relate to John Grady‚ the protagonist of the novel. The horse has played an important role in the development of America. It has been a form of transportation‚ easy muscle‚ and companionship. In the Wild West‚ it was an essential resource for a cowboy to do his daily chores. McCarthy describes horses as spiritual
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180410120082 17/01/13 Social Irony in Connell’s Short Story “The Cage Man” Irony can be defined as a double significance which arises from the contrast in values associated with two different point of view (Leech and Short‚ Style in fiction; 223). The most usual kind is that which involves a contrast between a point of view stated or implied in some part of the fiction‚ and the assumed point of view of the author‚ and hence of the reader. In the Richard Connell’s short story entitled “The Cage Man” it
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