The Persimmon Tree Literary Devices

“The art of the storyteller is to hold the attention to the reader.” If they are able to grab the whole mind of the reader, they can convey the ideas and themes represented in the story successfully to the audience, and therefore the intension of the writer can be better understood and appreciated. In order to achieve this target, the writers often employ literary techniques, such as foreshadowing, story in story, suspense, etc, to attract and hold the reader’s attention.
Usually, the plot itself plays the most important role in holding the reader’s attention, by evoking the interest and curiosity in the reader. Many stories are not simply chronologically-plotted, allowing the writer to set a foreshadowing section, or postpone the revealing of the truth. In the midst of the story, something maybe called up and brought in by the memory of the protagonist, which serves to provide additional information and explanation. In the
For example, The Persimmon Tree is told in the first person’s narrative viewpoint, so that the feelings and thoughts of the narrator are quite subjective, appealing and persuasive. The opinions in the story are easily conveyed to the reader and the reader feels like the communication with the narrator in the story. The writer of the story allows the reader to share the same feeling and mood with the person in the story, to ensure the full attention of the reader in the story itself. Atmosphere is related to the narrative viewpoint, playing a role in entertaining the reader and attracting their attention. In The Sacrificial Egg, the atmosphere is kind of laziness, loneliness and desolation. It constantly occupies the heart of the reader and makes him/her finish reading in a depressed mood, as an observer. The atmosphere is so touching and it spreads fast into the reader, who therefore will not refuse to keep on