a more enhanced reading of the texts and in turn evoke a particular response from the reader. In the short story “The Good Corn” there are three main characters which are portrayed in such a way as to allow a tension and personal conflict to be created but only after the reader is positioned to respond favourably to the characters initially. Joe Mortimer and his wife are introduced to the reader first and the relationship established between them is a warm and caring mutual love
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In a great many stories there is suspense‚ but the story “The Most Dangerous Game” has many instances of suspense to keep the reader wanting to read‚ all based on the author’s cleverness in taking advantage of human nature. The first instance is in the very beginning- the sailors arriving at “Ship-Trap Island.” Suspense is created by the reputation of the island and the emotions of the sailors. Whitney first mentions‚ “Didn’t you notice that the crew’s nerves seemed a bit jumpy today?” The suspenseful
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that plant life and gardening had much meaning to Theodore Roethke. Overall‚ Theodore Roethke’s use of imagery and personification in Root Cellar gives society a different way to look at life. In “Root Cellar”‚ the large amount of imagery allows readers to build their senses in order to understand the true meaning of this poem. At the beginning of the poem‚ it starts out by saying‚ “Nothing would sleep in that cellar‚ dank as a ditch” ("Famous Poets and poems"). Usually when people imagine a cellar
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The events he describes extensively seem extremely long and could even cause the reader to lose interest in the reading. For example‚ one of the main points in the plot was when two twin boys‚ Sam and Eric‚ thought they saw the beast on top of the mountain on page ninety-eight. The boys were running back to the others to tell them about
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heart ache‚ hoping to emit some sort of heart felt reaction from the reader. Emotion and feeling‚ this is exactly what Wordsworth wanted to fill his Lyrical Ballads with‚ the common language of men mechanically speaking‚ but also including the language of the heart. However‚ Wordsworth does not want the reader to stop there. He does not simply fill his poems with emotions just for the sake of writing about emotions‚ he wants the reader to analyze these feelings‚ understand them‚ and ultimately understand
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However‚ as the book continues we learn that Spicer is an older man as we are told of his “spots” that appear as well as “upset...bowels”‚ his “carroty” hair and his “scarred” nose. The sympathy the reader felt before then changes to loathing‚ as these new descriptions create an unattractive image for the reader. As well as this his earlier weakness now comes across as spineless and almost pathetic. We also learn that Spicer used to be a Jew “but a hairdresser and surgeon had altered that”. This reiterates
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wife. That causes the reader to feel the seriousness of the man. This affects the readers experience because it really makes them feel the intensity of the scene. Carvers’ choice of words set a dark mood for the story. The last sentence of paragraph one says “But it was getting dark on the inside too.” The quote foreshadows the rest of the story. By saying it was getting dark on the inside too he’s saying the house became a very negative and unhappy environment. This helps readers
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tree is possibly left by the woodcutters as a boundary mark‚ and is “the last of its generation” (Excerpt from “A White Heron” (2). As Jewett describes the tree‚ readers sense that the tree is valuable and different from the rest of the trees in the woods. It evokes curiosity from the readers as to what will happen to this tree‚ and readers get the sense that this tree is valuable and unique. This tree which is ordinary turns into something extraordinary. Towards the middle of the introduction Jewett
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the poem depends on the readers ‘perspective. Some people think that this poem is one of a happy exchange between a father and son. Other people believe that this poem has a hidden message of parental abuse. In my point of view‚ the imagery and language‚ the symbolism‚ and tone in the poem gave me the impression of the love between the father and son‚ not of an abusive relationship between them that somewhat unfolds. When introduced to the poem "My Papa ’s Waltz‚" the reader begins making assumptions
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Choose one every day and one literary text. Using at least two analytical techniques from E301‚ analyze and compare your two texts in terms of their creativity and literariness‚ drawing on material from both parts of the module. In this paper I will analyze and compare a literary text and an everyday text‚ in terms of their creativity and literariness. I chose Philip Larkin’s (1964) poem‚ ‘Self’s the man’ (see Appendix‚ Text 1)‚ as the literary text for analysis because it is not only smooth and
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