What Sense Or Senses Is John Updike
Questions:
1. What sense or senses is John Updike using in this description?
John Updike used mainly the following two ones:
Sight: When he described vividly what he sees, for example: a pigeon, seven men without hat, a policeman, a man reading, some workers repairing the roof, and the animals’ cages outside the zoo.
Hearing: When he described, the conversation of the three relatives, people listening to the radio, the child talking to the Father Seal, and the old man when feeding the squirrels.
But he also described the touch when he said “the snow was soggy”.
2. For whom do you think this is written? Who is the audience for which is he writing this description?
It was an article for The New Yorker Magazine, so the audience are the readers of it. But, in my opinion it could be a great description for blind people.
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What do you think was the writer’s goal in creating this description?
The goal is to make a detailed description that it could help the readers to clearly imagine how Central Park is at the beginning of the Spring.
4. Is this, in your opinion, an effective description of Central Park? Explain why or why not.
Yes. It is an effective description of Central Park because you feel you are inside the park, and you can see through the description how a spring day looks
1. What sense or senses is John Updike using in this description?
John Updike used mainly the following two ones:
Sight: When he described vividly what he sees, for example: a pigeon, seven men without hat, a policeman, a man reading, some workers repairing the roof, and the animals’ cages outside the zoo.
Hearing: When he described, the conversation of the three relatives, people listening to the radio, the child talking to the Father Seal, and the old man when feeding the squirrels.
But he also described the touch when he said “the snow was soggy”.
2. For whom do you think this is written? Who is the audience for which is he writing this description?
It was an article for The New Yorker Magazine, so the audience are the readers of it. But, in my opinion it could be a great description for blind people.
3. …show more content…
What do you think was the writer’s goal in creating this description?
The goal is to make a detailed description that it could help the readers to clearly imagine how Central Park is at the beginning of the Spring.
4. Is this, in your opinion, an effective description of Central Park? Explain why or why not.
Yes. It is an effective description of Central Park because you feel you are inside the park, and you can see through the description how a spring day looks