Comparing Grandmother's Letters And The Subordinate

One crucial formalist element the author incorporates is the use of point of view. The way the story is told allows the reader to have an exceptional grasp on the meaning. The story’s layout follows the second-person point of view, which gives the opportunity for the author to address the readers directly, rather than just illustrating her own experiences with culture. Throughout the story, Ng redundantly uses the word “you” instead of “I”, for instance when she mentions, “Take pleasure in the surprise on people’s faces when you say, ‘My name is Mackenzie Altman’” (931). The main reason the author chose to peruse a second-person point of view is that she wanted the reader to be able to connect with the story on a personal level.

Grandparents shows you the way of life, the morals, the values and the culture. This is what Naomi, grandmother of Saul always taught her family in the novel “Indian Horse”. Richard Wagamese, tells his story through his novel ‘Indian Horse’ in the hope to heal and reclaim his life. In the novel, the main character Saul faces tough circumstances which shattered him completely and make him feel worthless. In Richard Wagamese’s novel “Indian Horse” the relation of a grandson with his grandmother shows the importance of elders in person’s childhood. While stating his life story he reveals his grandmother’s importance in his childhood, how she always taught him how to be connected with his cultural values and to do things in the way their

In the essay of Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit, Leslie Marmon Silko uses flashbacks, reflection, and details to enhance the points and to make the clear and convincing. An example of structure, though reflection is how Silko switches between the non-recent and recent past to give the reader an engaging experience. Therefore, Silko is able to use structure ti make her points clear, convincing, and engaging.

Josie's perspective of her grandmother changes from viewing her as nagging old women to having a loving, caring, respectful relationship with her. The narrative, which is written in first person, enables the reader to see the stages in which her perspective changes as she gains knowledge about her grandmother and also how it is her own actions that

The first and most prominent literary device used is the structure of the poem. Throughout the poem we hear both points of view (that of the father and son). We further observe that the “time of thought is constantly changed.” The audience is transported to the present as shown by,

The reader is almost forced to look at the actions of the grandmother as being similar to that of a young child. There's not a quiet moment with her around and she never sits still. The reader tends to have a negative perception of the grandmother due to these personality traits. However, these traits are expressed in a comical way causing the reader to be annoyed by the grandmother, but also entertained.

The character grandmother in O’Connor’s story has grounds the reality of the events and drives the family into tragedy. She is a central character in O’Connor’s story and is depicted to be a dynamic character stuck in the old ways. Through her actions and the idea of being stuck in the old ways of thinking, she leads her family into tragedy. Being the main character in the story, Grandmother significantly adds to the development of the plot. The author manages to win the attention of the reader from this character owing to the manner in which she shapes the storyline. Grandmother’s reminiscing of the old ways claims a distinctive curiosity from the reader and helps in

Throughout the novel there is a switch between the younger women experiencing the events as they occur and Orleanna reflecting back onto what the family faced. This allows the reader to be able to not only make predictions on what may happen throughout the course of the novel, but it also allows the reader to be able to see how the experiences has impacted one of the women, and understand how it may impact the rest of the women. Orleanna seems to be severely impacted by what she has experienced. She speaks in a sorrow-filled tone and expresses the regrets that she has about the whole trip. This shows the reader the transformation from a quiet woman with unspoken thoughts to one that has strong feelings and seems trapped in her guilt. On the other hand, by using narrators speaking in present tense offers a whole new outlook on each individual and how they change. Instead of seeing a direct before and after, there is a more subtle, slow change that can be viewed. As a result, the reader can see more in the character development as it unfolds. The audience is able to pick out the point where each of the women is forced to rethink her

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 her essay "Memory and Retelling: The Role of Women in La Casa de Los Espíritus", Susan Frick clarifies Alba’s unique narrative style. She asserts that in Alba’s woman-centered form of narration, she is "tapping into collective memory to evoke and interpret the stories and voices of the past and to learn how best to proceed with her own individual life experience" (Frick 29). Clara, Alba's grandmother, was already in the habit of documenting significant events and afterward, when she was voiceless on purpose, she also detailed insignificances, never suspecting that fifty years later, Alba, her granddaughter, would use her notebooks to regain the past and overcome fears. She struggles, with her grandmother’s diaries, her mother’s letters, and many other family documents, to assemble the family’s story in a way that joins events instead of just recording them. According to Alba and her female relatives, direct history is not the only way to record events, and Alba’s conscious narration of the Trueba family is a more incorporating approach to life and

The non – fiction calls: “Letters My Mother Never Read” by Jerri Diane Sueck is a wonderful piece of writing. Many authors affirm that it is a great literature, including Hemingway, an American novelist and journalist. In the following paragraphs I will discus how well the author handling irony, writing style, and theme through the novel. According to the Hemingway quote: “Prose is architecture, not interior decoration.”, Sueck’s memoir is a great literature because Sueck’s purpose is to encourage people who meet challenges in their life as hers rather than make people honor her.

Speaking for the uncle that can’t, and writing for the father that wouldn’t overall allowed her to strive. “I remembered a time when I used to dream of smuggling him words” (p. 21). His limited words only put her in a desperate attempt to better communicate with him, concluding that he just didn't have any words for her and she needed to help him. Finding some truth to her assumptions, he bought her the typewriter she asked for in order to, “Measure your words” (p. 119). Further into the text she explains that she wrote for her "father’s desire...to see me properly assemble my words."

My Grandmother goes by the name of babunya, and baba for short, this means grandma in Ukrainian. She lived in Ukraine for most of her life, and she is almost 90 years old now. She’s been through a lot in her years, thus her appearance has changed. For every wrinkle she has there’s a story to match. She has had every color hair: blonde, red, brown, and black. Now her hair is a short gray color. She keeps it short because it stays out of the way, even though she hates it short. She has always had long her until now. She has also progressively become shorter over the years due to a very bad back; she now stands just under five feet. Since she spends most of her days in the garden her usual outfit

While this text is set from a third person viewpoint, it also uses an interesting narrative technique, which is known as 'free indirect discourse' or 'free indirect style'. This is when a third person story uses certain features of first person speech. This style is different in the fact that introductory expressions such as, ‘she thought’, and ‘they said’, are not used. Using this technique allows a third person text to utilise a first person perspective, portraying the characters thoughts and words more directly.

The narrator is unknown to the readers but describes Catherine’s, and other characters inner thoughts, that would otherwise be reserved to them. Although it is Catherine that is made the main focus, “Catherine’s feelings, as she got into the carriage, were in a very unsettled state; divided between regret for the loss of one great pleasure, and the hope of soon enjoying another”, her narrative representation is sympathetic and pleasant but the third-person structure also allows for Catherine’s nature to be presented without confusing the