Analyzing Katharine Brush's Birthday Party

The point of view is mainly third person. Whenever Ruby and Jonathan are sharing their thoughts, it is third person, but when the author speaks about the both of them together, it is third person plural. The narrator is omniscient. The point of view creates sympathy for the main characters because it shows their time together and how they came to form a bond so strong, that they fell in love with each other. Even though both characters are already married, the reader sees how they start to develop a relationship in a bad situation. Most times, when people experience something bad together, they bond for life. When the narrator talks about the tension that comes between the couple, the reader can see the thing that dissolves their tension is

Because the way she describes it makes you feel like your right there, knowing the feeling without actually seeing the item. Capturing the reader’s attention to detail bring the scenery closer to understanding and wanting to know more.

The narrator is being completely controlled by her husband. The narrator's husband has told the her over

The narrator is totally crushed by the gender discrimination. She longed to be seen by her mother and her grandma. The narrator is heartbroken that her mother loved her brother more than her and failed to notice her. “When she went into Nonso’s room to say good night, she always came out laughing that laugh. Most times, you pressed your palms to your ears to keep the sound out, and kept your palms pressed to your ears, even when she came into your room to say Good night, darling, sleep well. She never left your room with that laugh” (190). Her agony can be easily seen by the way of her narrating. She does not get the affection that she deserves. She really needs the affection from her own mother, but she is not getting it. She compares the love which her mother shows to his brother and herself. This is gender discrimination can be seen with her grandmother too. She hated her grandma as she would always support her brother and find fault with her. Even though what the brother did, no matter what crime. Her mother and grandmother always supported her brother and never supported or showed interest towards

In the short story "The Birthday Party", by Katherine Brush, Brush utilizes literary devices to portray the fact that people act heartlessly towards each other. Brush uses imagery in multiple occasions as well as inference. First of all, Brush utilizes imagery to help stimulate one the five senses. The sense that is stimulated is "sight". For instance, the author writes, "The man had a round, self-satisfied face, with glasses on it..."

In Katharine Brush’s short story, “The Birthday Party”, it describes the interaction between of a seemingly untroubling married couple on what should be a joyous event for both the husband and the wife. Brush manipulates literacy devices, like foreshadowing and alliteration, to emphasize her theme of how looks don't reflect the reality of the situation. In order to create an atmosphere of suspense in the short story, Brush utilizes the element of foreshadowing to establish a sense of uneasiness,which contributes the validity of her theme early in the story. Brushes writes,” nothing particularly noticeable until the end of their meal”.

"The Birthday Party" by Katharine Brush interprets the cruelty of a man who does not appreciate his wife’s achievement of creating a special surprise. Imagery is included to describe every detail the woman was aware of to make the occasion perfect. Brush’s usage of the literary device serves to convey the purpose in which it shows how the man is a person who underappreciates his wife. Without imagery the story would not be able to present how much time and effort the woman must have taken to prepare the celebration. Katharine Brush's usage of imagery plays an important role in the short story to demonstrate how the man depreciates the woman’s efforts to make him happy.

Imagine spending weeks or multiple months planning the right thing to give to your significant other on their birthday. However, when you present them with your gif. You receive malicious comments rather than gratuity from him or her. This leaves you heartbroken and maybe even angry. Katharine Brush writes in her short story, “Birthday Party” about a birthday party gone awry. She explains the events of the evening and even sympathizes with the woman.

In the short-story, "The Birthday Party", written by Katherine Brush, Brush incorporates literary devices: imagery, alliteration, and diction to effectively illuminate her purpose of this short story. Illustrated in the first paragraph, a person dining at a restaurant observed a couple celebrating a birthday which disastrously ended. The description, ''They were a couple in their late thirties... the man had a round, self-satisfied face, with glasses on it..." Katherine Brush's imagery allows the reader to be part of the short-story from the main character's point of view.

Later when our narrator finally takes control of her own thoughts we get the true picture of who her husband is. We no longer see him in a protective, strong leader and husband. Instead we find the role to be reversed, and we can even see him behaving much like a woman.

Lauren was an egotistical seventeen year old. She wasn’t friendly and hated making friends. Yet her life was as perfect as could be. She was really tall, taller than average. She had light complexion and ginger hair. Freckles took over her face. Her style was very girly and preppy. She had everything she needed and wanted. Her parents worked hard to give her the very best. The day of her birthday party was approaching fast. Her parents were planning on throwing a huge party. Everyone in town was invited, they wanted the house fully packed to celebrate Lauren's eighteen birthday. They had been preparing her party for four months. They wanted everything to go perfectly. The party was

The dialogue between the characters shows that both characters have very ill feelings for each other by the short sentences that author uses. Also, I can feel the strong tension between the wife and the husband due to the way they are talking to each other. Both of them want the baby and the wife refuses to give up the baby when she saw the picture in his bag.

This story shows how one person in a marriage could really affect more than there self. In the story the author uses selfishness to really express how it will affect both people in the marriage. The next paragraph will start off how it does

I thought, “What better way to celebrate your birthday, than to be at Disney?” This was one of the reasons I planned it around his birthday, I thought it would make it an extra special trip. When it’s your birthday, you can wear a big button pinned to your shirt that says, “Happy Birthday.” on it and you write your name on it with a Sharpie. Immediately after leaving our hotel room, hotel guests, restaurant staff, the bus driver, people on the bus, staff at the park, other guests in the park, they were all wishing Ian happy birthday. He was keeping count, (or tried to) anyway, as to how many birthday wishes he received that day, he lost track as to the exact count, but it was well over 50. I don’t think he will ever forget his 13th birthday. At the end of the day, Ian said, “This is the best birthday ever, Mom!” I said, “I think I’d have to agree with you Ian.” On his birthday, we spent it at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. We had booked a reservation at the 50’s Prime Time Café, their menu boasted about the prime rib, meatloaf and fried chicken, good home cooking, like your mother’s. When we walked in, we were immediately transported back in time to the 1950’s. The diner had a checkerboard floor, old small black and white TVs everywhere playing shows from the 50’s, vinyl and metal chairs and mismatched metal tables, tacky wallpaper everywhere and ruffled curtains. There were old tin cut-outs of roosters, fish, birds on

The decorations were just as grand as I had expected. Pink streamers lined the hall. In the middle of the white kitchen, stood a massive, pink cake that tempted the minds of anyone who glanced in its direction. I did my best to resist the overwhelming temptation and smiled at Mrs. Pew when she pointed me in the direction of the party. I left my present on the large table filled with an abundance of gifts. I skipped into the living room and skidded to a halt when I was