Edwidge Danticat Analysis

In the short story “The Harvest” by Amy Hempel, an unnamed narrator is in a horrible car accident, where her leg is permanently disfigured. The story takes place after the accident, when the narrator is attempting to process the life changing event that’s just happened to her. The story is broken up into two parts,in the first part she describes the accident and the aftermath - the accident, the hospital, the recovery. But she opens the second half of the story by admitting that not everything we just read is factual. The struggle she is having throughout the story is to cope with and understand her accident, but her emotional distress inhibits that. The narrator conveys her instability and vulnerability that the accident caused in through the ways she decides to alter the details of her story. Although she goes through the process of reflecting on why she does this, she doesn’t come out the other side feeling less confused about why her accident happened to her, or any less unstable and vulnerable.

Many authors relate their own lives into the stories that they write as a way to express their feelings. Edwidge Danticat's life in Haiti affected much of her writing and she likes to relate her life into her books. A few ways she did relate her life into the book ‘Untwine’ is by writing about the death that she experienced, using her Haitian descent in the character's life, by making the character love art just as much as she does, and having the characters parents immigrate from Haiti just like her and so many of her family members did.

Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes is a powerful and emotional memoir of his life from childhood through early adulthood. This book is a wonderfully inspired piece of work that emotionally attaches the reader through McCourt’s life experiences. Its effectiveness is primarily due to McCourt’s evolving ‘innocent-eye’ narrative technique. He allows the reader to experience his own life in a changeable form. Through this unique story telling technique, the reader is able to watch Frank grow and evolve. Between the ages of four, eleven and fourteen changes in his writing can be easily identified. It is evident that the written text, McCourt’s thoughts, and the resultant relationship with the reader evolve and

The world we live in could never be described as black and white. We as individuals, all have our unique thoughts, opinions, and realities. Many of us can go through the same exact experience, but yet have different impacts and interpretations of that experience. Authors express these differences and viewpoints by setting the desired tones within a piece of literature. These tones represent the author's thoughts and feelings toward the theme, as well as set the atmosphere and stage of the story for the audience. Every author will adopt a particular type of writing style, as well as carefully selecting words, phrases, imagery and sentence structure that expresses their desired tone. A story's theme of innocence and experience has two commonly

The author's intention is to not only present accurate information for the readers, but also grant them a space to reflect on the emotional truth in order to have the ability to take actions on their own terms.

NORFOLK, Va. – Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat spoke at the President’s Lecture Series, Wednesday night in the Webb Center’s North Café, at Old Dominion University.

The author used a narrative to show he had a firsthand experience with the information he telling and

I agree with Deigh in that they are different types of helping. I also think that it was a selfish motive to help an old lady across the street for praise from others. I liked how you said “I believe that a helping behavior that is done from happiness holds more contentment because it is a genuine feeling rather than a temporary satisfaction from praise for the help given” very

Edwidge Dantict begins by commenting that when they came to America they thought that they were going to just an ordinary hotel just from the looks outside they thought nothing about how life would be. I know this is true because from personal experience, when I was told about Stinson beach. I pictured it different but then what I got there it was nothing at all like what I pictured of thought. It wasn't a bad kind of different it was just different. I didn't picture a small town with shops along the drag of Stinson. I pictured a peach with cabin like houses on the shore, where when you open the front door and step onto the sand. I have also seen that when they get to Florida they pictured a better home, but in reality all they see and feel

A novelist once said, “Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader- not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.” Descriptive writing lets the reader feel what is going on in the story, not just have the author tell them. In the stories, “Treasure of Lemon Brown” and “The Monkey’s Paw” the authors use descriptive writing to describe the setting and characters and develop the mood of the stories.

Momaday and Walker both write personal narratives that tell something about themselves and their lives. Similarly, the two narratives use the past to structure their stories, Momaday and Walker dig into their past to remember events. Momaday recalls, “once there was a lot of sound in my grandmother’s house, a lot of coming and going, feasting and talk” (Momaday 3). Walker remembers, “I am two-and-a-half years old. I want to go everywhere my daddy goes” (Walker 2). Momaday uses a method of foreshadowing in his narrative by giving clues to what the next paragraph or rest of the story will be about. Similarly, Walker also uses foreshadowing technique such as “It was great fun being cute. But then, one day, it ended” (Walker 2). Next paragraph

I didn’t want to overwhelm my readers with mass amounts of details. I tried to only include information that helps reader’s piece together the story where any confusion may lie. My story, Four Minutes, was inspired by the writings of Manuel Gonzales. While reading The Miniature Wife, I felt captivated by every story. Each

1. She uses descriptive, which gives detailed information on the life they were living. She also uses anecdote writing which explains the true experiences both her and her son went through.

“Thin description leaves the reader feeling bewildered and nearsighted. Overdescription buries him or her in details and images. The trick is to find a happy medium. It’s also important to know what to describe and what can be left alone while you get on with your main job, which is telling a story.” (King 174)

I think that the Dibels reading assessment is effective test to evaluate children reading skills, but it also helps teachers realize that children not always can show all their skills during a test because the anxiety level affect in their performance. The results are only an indicator, but the observation that teachers do every day it is more important. The reading tests can’t be different for each child, but the children learn of different way and different times. The teachers work in the classroom is so important because they really know how each child can show their skills (reading, writing, and communicating skills). Also, parents shouldn’t pressure their children to get good grades, they should encourage their children work war to