An Analysis Of ' Alice Walker ' And ' Pablo Picasso 's Art

Well that isn't all the setting can impact the tone, mood and actually the whole story can be impacted by the setting. The setting is a VERY key element in a story because without it, you will not have a story at all! One very similar thing is the era, it is actually very similar because you can tell it took place in the twentieth century. Assuming that Sandra Cisneros is talking about a scenario that happened when she was a kid and know that Gary Soto is talking about a scenario that happened when he was a kid, those events would have had to happen in the twentieth century! A very apparent similarity is that most of the stories both take place at school, which leads to our next

"Every story would be another story, and unrecognizable if it took up its characters and plot and happened somewhere else... Place is the crossroads of circumstance, the proving ground of, what happened? Who 's here? Who 's coming?” Eudora Welty stated this, emphasizing the importance setting has on a story. Authors of all kinds, young and old, famous and not famous, boy or girl—they all have at least one thing in common: setting. In every story a setting is described, sometimes in exceeding detail. Some authors make an attempt to give their audience full understanding of the setting their story is taking place. Many do this by describing the smells, colors, textures, sounds, and sometimes even tastes, to the reader. In many early-American writings, authors go ‘above and beyond’ to help their reader understand the setting, so as to feel what the writer is feeling. Setting often stirs a sense of empathy in the reader’s mind if the descriptions are well-written and captivating. Authors such as Joyce Carol Oates and especially Edgar Allan Poe are well-known for their use of description in the setting. Two very successful stories, written by these authors, are excellent examples of setting. Furthermore, “The Fall of the House of Usher,” by Poe, and “Where is Here?” by Oates both display how the author uses setting to help the reader visualize the situation, create

Through the years art has been regarded as a form of communication, emotion, a feeling or expression of ideas, by which we mean a person or convey something. This idea can be captured in a painting, sculpture or even through writing, which through their expressions disclose the most characteristic form of a culture. By century to century there has been many creative persons like writer, artist, composer who contributed to development in the all creative fields. We also had so many great visual artists who create greatest arts, music and books. Pablo Picasso is one of them, who took modern art at new level. He was one of well-known artist in history .In fact, his vision and distinct creative style, some of the most innovative pieces he introduced to the art world.

• Do the settings make the stories believable or credible? How does setting impact the plot of the story, and how would the plot be affected if the story took place in another setting?

Alice Walkers "Roselily" is a short story about a woman who is about to be married, but is having second thoughts about the marriage. She is also looking into the past and the future trying to make sense of what is happening. Roselily is being torn between choosing between her current or possible future Economic status, Societies view of her, her religion and her freedom. All these thoughts go through her mind as the wedding ceremony takes place, and she begins to wonder if she has made the right choice is marrying this man.

The effects of setting on characterization differ depending on where the character is placed, and what time they were there. For example imagine a character living in Europe now, versus them living there in the late 1340’s, around the time of the black plague. Who they are and how they handle things completely changes depending on the situation they are placed into. In The Road by Cormac McCarthy the Father sees the world as “Barren, silent, godless.” but still keeps his calm in front of son as he is his entire reason for living in this lifeless dystopia.

In Alice Walker's "Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self”, her view of beauty changes through different stages of her life. In her childhood Walker has a misunderstanding of beauty. She is concerned with superficial signs of beauty and fails to appreciate her inner beauty. A tragic mishap as a young child leaves her right eye blind and deformed. She enters a period of depression her life, living her life in shame and disappointment because she believes her beauty to be lost. Even getting surgery as an adult doesn’t help defeat her demons. She continues to struggle until she finds her inner beauty through her daughter’s love. As a child, Alice Walker got her definition of beauty from her family, in her teens she turned to her peers to define beauty, her perception finally changed again in adulthood when she discovered an inner beauty.

Walkers essay is great of getting her audience to reminisce on the past by describing some childhood memories of life on the farm with the use of her beautiful language to share an image in Walkers memory.

If you ask twenty people to define beauty you will receive, in all probability, twenty different definitions. Beauty, being as ambiguous as it is, leaves room for interpretation. Alice Walker, in “Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self”, attempts to demonstrate that perception is subjective, and she successfully does so. Albeit, our perceptions do change as we go through life, experiencing and learning. By taking the reader on a sequential journey throughout her life and establishing a sentimental and sympathetic tone, Walker is able to portray that accepting and loving yourself is greater than being considered “beautiful” by society.

The setting is very important in both stories in that it defines not only the plot, but the characters themselves.

     Alice Walker is an African American essayist, novelist and poet. She is described as a “black feminist.”(Ten on Ten) Alice Walker tries to incorporate the concepts of her heritage that are absent into her essays; such things as how women should be independent and find their special talent or art to make their life better. Throughout Walker’s essay entitled “In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens,” I determined there were three factors that aided Walker gain the concepts of her heritage which are through artistic ability, her foremothers and artistic models.

Alice Walker's short fictional story, "Nineteen Fifty-five", revolves around the encounters among Gracie Mae Still, the narrator, and Traynor, the "Emperor of Rock and Roll." Traynor as a young prospective singer purchases a song from Mrs. Still, which becomes his "first hit record" and makes him rich and famous. Yet, he does not "even understand" the song and spends his entire life trying to figure out "what the song means." The song he sings seems as fictional as certain events in this story, but as historical as Traynor's based character, Elvis Presley.

What would you do if you suddenly become blind in one eye? Would you still act like yourself? Or would you become self-conscious of your imperfection? This situation occurred in Alice Walker’s life. She wrote the short story “Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self” to describe events that impacted her life. Walker first illustrates her personality when she was younger; she was a cheerful, outgoing girl who wanted to be “the prettiest” in town. However, when Walker’s brother shoots a pellet at her, she goes blind and a scar forms over her eye. She becomes self-conscious of her appearance and changes into a different person. Her personality goes from being social and friendly to being depressed and reserved. This is more than

The way she relates and tells a very similar story with an entirely different setting shows without the reader even knowing that she was born in London as opposed to Walker who was born in the United States. This is evident in her vocabulary alone. Words such as the verb "agog" or nouns like "stew" or "stockings" are not as culturally accepted and used here in the United States. This plays a key role in the way they use contexts to tell stories and get the morals across. Walker, being born a farm girl in Georgia, uses the context of the racial deep South, and its affects on the lives of black women. Woolf, who was born in London, uses the context of William Shakespeare most likely because he is a native legend all over the United Kingdom.

The setting in the cultural context of a text is definitely important when looking at character development, conflict, and the overall plot. It's the setting for all that is to come; it can convey so much about whom the people are and the way they live. The setting of a narrative can be a character of its own.