McCarthy uses language in the road to stir readers emotions. The Road is a story of a father and son fighting to survive in a post apocalyptic world where the basics of humanity have disappeared. The writing is fragmented‚ sparse and‚ from the beginning‚ reflects the barren and bleak landscape through which the father and Son are traveling. McCarthy abandons quotation marks in dialogue‚ he dispenses minimal punctuation. His toying with the rules of grammar and punctuation in effect emphasises the
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addressed by the lawyer‚ and the only thing the lawyer mentions about them is when they work best and his explanation of how their nicknames came to be. This impersonality of the characters is hugely significant because it suggests that the business-based world in which they operate has no room for personal interaction. It’s evident that we don’t learn anything about any of the characters beyond what they’re like in the
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Courtney Mehmen How does Stowe use religion and the characters in the book to argue that slavery is inherently evil and immoral? In what specific instances do southerners use religion to defend slavery? In the book‚ Uncle Tom’s Cabin‚ by Harriet Stowe‚ she writes many different dynamic opportunities to show us how she felt about the problems of America in the 1850’s era. She was very avid about anti-slavery and wanted to show the North what truly happened in the South when it came to slavery
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play “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare makes use of many techniques in order to convey the downfall of the tragic main character‚ Macbeth. Through the use of techniques such as aside‚ adjectives and punctuation‚ Shakespeare enforces the message of the play to show Macbeth’s transition from a war hero into a murderer. In the opening scenes of the play‚ William Shakespeare presents Macbeth as an honorable war hero and courageous fighter. Through the use of dialogue‚ such as “For brave Macbeth (well
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Steinbeck presents disadvantaged characters in the novel In 1937‚ the American author John Steinbeck published ’Of mice and Men’. Set in the Salinas Valley of California‚ it conveys the story of the struggles of the American people during ’The Great Depression’. The Great Depression was a massive devastation throughout the whole of America where people suffered and the economy was at a huge crisis. The Unemployment rose from 3% to 26% and many people had died‚ showing how hard the citizens coped to
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Alone" by Alice Walker‚ both teller share theme‚ feeling‚ and repetition. Though both were expressing a thought or idea‚ both told a different story. In both poems‚ thoughts and ideas were expressed in both different and similar ways. Although the authors develop their themes differently‚ they both use feeling‚ images‚ and repetition in their work to express their message. In the Poem “It’s all I have to bring today-” Emily Dickinson‚ uses repetition to develop her theme that everyday things can
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The Use of Soliloquies in Macbeth In Macbeth‚ Shakespeare uses soliloquies to give further insight into the characters. These soliloquies help to bring out the aspects of each character’s personality that is otherwise hidden. Macbeth and his wife‚ Lady Macbeth‚ are prime examples of Shakespeare’s purpose when using soliloquies. Throughout the story‚ by what he says in dialogue alone‚ one can assume that Macbeth is a coward whose violence is sparked by the three witches and his wife. However‚
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3. Who is the mother proud of? Who does the mother prefer? How is this suggested? At the beginning of the story‚ Dee is definitely the one Mama is proud of‚ although it is not very clear who she prefers. There are subtle hints of it though: she subconsciously pairs herself with Maggie because it is this daughter that has been with her and in her life for the longest. Although Dee is successful and confident‚ Mama gives readers the impression that she is homely and simple‚ who enjoys an uncomplicated
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to use as a symbol of her heritage. She wants people to see her heritage. Bits of old cloth sewn together demonstrating her oppressed past. Allowing people to see‚ she has over come her past. That she is no longer oppressed. In contrast Maggie has lived her family’s values. She is part of the family’s history its heritage. One day she will add a piece of cloth to the quilts and pass them down to her children. Unlike Wangero she
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a) How does the author present the character of Crooks? In ’Of Mice and Men’ Crooks is presented as a lonely man who quickly gains our sympathy as readers. Steinbeck’s novel as a whole uncovers the loneliness at the heart of American society at the time‚ using a microcosm of this society represented by the ranch. The ranch houses a number of figures arguably intended to represent different aspects of mankind. The boss and his son represent the capitalist figures in society who are withdrawn
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