Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream: Imagery In "Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream‚" the author Didion uses fiery imagery to parallel the San Bernardino Valley to hell. It is a place where the "hills blaze up spontaneously‚" and "every voice seems a scream." (p.3) Didions hellish descriptions of the geography reflect the culture of San Bernardino Valley. It is "where the hot wind blows and the old ways do not seem relevant‚ where the divorce rate is double the national average." (p.4)
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without colors. Colors not only make life more vibrant‚ but they can also be linked to characteristics and emotions. In Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse‚ color is frequently used to enhance the imagery and to better represent the characters and the overall setting. Woolf uses each color to further implant imagery in the reader’s mind. She uses the color grey to represent the elderly and sleepiness when she wrote‚ "When she looked in the glass and saw her hair grey‚ her cheek sunk‚ at fifty‚" and also
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“Images are used to convey meaning‚ values‚ and ideas in a range of texts” Compare the ways Maestro and one other text use imagery. Through the exploration of the texts Maestro‚ by Peter Goldsworthy‚ and The Falling Man‚ by Richard Drew‚ the emergence of imagery deciphers and projects the varying meanings of each text. Through distinctively visual language features in the novel Maestro‚ images are created which help convey the major theme of the text; relationships. This is contrasted by the
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purity and passion of religon. The effect that this imagery would have on the reader‚ or audience‚ would be that they would believe Romeo and Juliet’s romance would be only driven and motivated by pure passion and not be explotation or lust. This allows Shakespeare to portary their innocence and what is really just blind and thoughtless love and this is making the feud between the families seem more and more evil and unnesscary. There is also imagery and foreshadowing into the roles that they will have
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Books has the unique power to evoke strong emotional reactions within us as a result of the rich‚ sometimes magical imagery that the author creates as a result of the creative processes involved with giving birth to literary characters. Each one of us can reflect onto past experiences that we have had with literature in order to empathize deeply with the textual sorcery that one finds within the art form. For me‚ personally‚ I always find myself experiencing the most profound reactions in response
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symbol that pulls the story to its ending. The last line says‚ “And the summer was over”. Thus‚ the word “summer” becomes a symbol. In order to make this specific symbol stand out more‚ Walker built her story around the use of imagery and other symbols. Walker uses imagery and symbols to build her story throughout. Throughout the first three paragraphs‚ Myop is in a peaceful place and does not worry about anything too much because she is behaving as a child
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In the excerpt‚ “My Name” from Sandra Cisneros’ novel‚ “The House on Mango Street”‚ she uses specific diction‚ syntax‚ and imagery to create tone. The best example of this is in paragraph 3 when Esperanza talks about her grandmother. Using imagery for example‚ Cisneros paints a picture by saying‚ “My great-grandmother. I would’ve liked to have known her‚ a wild horse of a woman‚ so wild she wouldn’t marry. Until my great-grandfather threw a sack over her head and carried her off. Just like that
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leaves the safety and peacefulness of her family’s cabin to collect new and wonderful flowers. Through her adventure‚ she finds a decaying dead body and this is when her innocence is over. Walker employs symbolism‚change of setting and tone‚ and imagery in order to instill in his readers the importance of exploring their world because some paths are hidden till we go and find them. Throughout her story‚ Walker uses symbols to describes issues like innocence and racism. She uses flowers to represent
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“Hominid Alone: Imagery‚ Symbolism‚ and Diction” Home and being alone are two of the worst things to be on a cold day in the middle of the winter. In the poem February by Margret Atwood there is a lot to be said about the content. When reading take focus on things such as the Imagery‚ Symbolism‚ and Diction of the poem itself. The women or man that is narrating the poem is not in a good place in their life. What is happening around them seems to be much more upbeat and intriguing. The narrator is
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The speaker in the poem‚ “Those Winter Sundays”‚ by Robert Hayden‚ reveals both his loving and regretful feelings about his father by using symbolization‚ diction‚ and a regretful‚ “if only” tone‚ which are all reflected by the “angry home”. Hayden uses symbolization to convey the child’s feelings for the father. The speaker would “rise and dress‚/ fearing the chronic angers of that house.” The reader can imagine a child nervously getting out of bed to see his or her father. The bed is a symbol
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