Figurative Language In Helena Maria Viramontes Under The Feet Of Jesus

In this essay, female oppression in La Casa de Bernarda Alba will be discussed and analyzed. However, in order to be able to understand the importance of this theme and the impact it has had on the play, one must first understand the role of female oppression in the Spanish society in the 1930s.

The novel My Antonia uses imagery and figurative language to help communicate the theme of the novel to the readers. The character Jim Burden is headed west to Nebraska to his grandparents from Virginia after his parents have died. Jim is playing the role of Manifest Destiny by moving West to Nebraska. On his way Jim sees how raw the earth is, relating that it is not yet a country, but rather the material that countries are made of. Looking at the land this way is very much like Manifest Destiny. The author uses imagery many times throughout her novel to give the readers a better understanding and view to pinpoint the theme.

“Finding One’s Self in Times of Trouble”: An explication of the Helena Maria Viramontes’ novel

Although Mary describes him as someone who has “actually done something with his life, tried to become a “subject, not an object, in history” (p. 39), yet, her observation is superficial in the sense that she refuses to acknowledge the very history that is his identity, the one that turned him into an exiled person. José Luis’s story reaches the audiences through Mary’s translation; however, she is incapable of understanding José Luis; since on the one hand she is limited by the language and on the other hand she does not feel as a part of his history. She describes her Spanish as “an old car, parts missing or held together with clothes hanger wire’’ (MT, 11) and admits “I couldn’t have cared less for politics.” (p. 50) Despite the fact that it is José Lius’s account that shapes his present status, she reveals how at one point “[she] caught[s] a word or two that [she] knew had to do with his past. Cell. Water. Cry. [but she] didn’t dare climb the fence to find out what was on the

The development of characters transpire as a result of significant events in their lives. Events such as learning a new skill have the ability to transform a character’s life. Estrella in Helena Maria Viramontes’ novel Under the Feet of Jesus flourishes into an individual who once got upset over skills she did not have and was upset at the process of learning, but now understands how vital education is. Estrella was infuriated by her lack of understanding about the Perfecto’s tools and the letters on the chalkboard. She was especially agitated when the educators would not give her the answer right away The selection of detail shows the connection between two things she overcame. The tone and figurative language shows more detail about Estrella’s transformation.

Knowledge is a powerful thing. Additionally, knowledge can give a person an advantage in many aspects of life. Knowledge can help an individual get a job, it can help one get ahead in a class and it can help an individual understand what happens around them and why. Moreover, the wiser one is the more successful they can be. In the excerpt from the novel Under the Feet of Jesus, Helena Maria Viramontes describes how and why Estrella began to read and what provoked this change in her development. In order to convey Estrella’s development, Viramontes uses literary devices such as selection of detail, figurative language and tone to describe Estrella’s development from being puzzled and vitriolic to being educated and astute.

By selecting which details to include Viramontes is able to depict Estrella’s change from being a perplexed child who does not read to someone who reads and understands the need to learn. Key idea worth developing--how does she arrive at this insight? Viramontes begins the excerpt with the question “So what is this?” (line 1) Then, she explains the red tool chest and Estrella's disorientation. She states, “Estrella hated when things were kept from her” (line 12) and the toolbox was an example of something that was kept from her, a secret.The toolbox held secrets and “funny shaped objects” (lines 6-7). All of which Estrella was unaware and uninformed about. Furthermore, in school Estrella is unable to learn essential skills, such as reading and writing, due to the fact that teachers will not answer her questions. Additionally, some teachers care more about Estrella’s hygiene rather than her education, this lack of interest in her

Lope de Vega’s play touches upon several key components and ideas that were brought up in many of the other stories read throughout the semester. This included the role of gender and how men and women are viewed differently in the Spaniard town of Fuenteovejuna. Another topic included the importance of family, love, and relationships and their connection on loyalty, trust, and personal beliefs. The last major influence found in other literature and in Fuenteovejuna, were the political and religious references made throughout the play. Even though Lope de Vega didn’t make these views obvious, the reader could still pick up on their connotation and the references made towards these specific ideas. With all of this in mind, each of these

Emma compares her opportunities and position in society to those of Leon. While Society encourages him to become cultured, educated, and expand his horizons on the contrary women hinders in that desire may only be just that, but a hopeful wish to be granted by their spouse. Her sadness, not only derives from Leon’s departure, but of her realization of a woman’s bound role under the law and status.

This book is about the life of a black young girl, Zarite (known as Tete) that is purchased at 9 years old by Violette, a mixed race prostitute, to be the personal slave of Eugenia Garcia del Solar, the Spanish wife of Toulouse Valmorain, a French guy owner of one of the biggest sugar plantation of Saint-Domingue, that is run by black slaves. Throughout the novel, Zarite tells her story as a representation of the exploitation of slaves on the island in the eighteenth century, their lives and how they fought for freedom. “He had never thought about Tete’s sentiments; he assumed they were very limited. In

An in-depth study reveals mankind’s literal presentation of Mary to God for appraisal and judgment, rather than a simple depiction of her journey upward. The painting illustrates man’s—not God’s—physical act of lifting Mary up, creating a truly dynamic canvas. To do all of this, El Greco uses strong geometric divisions and hidden lines to take control of the viewer’s eyes, and sly manipulations of gravity and forces to create an image truly in motion. In the end, El Greco uses the painting’s overwhelming size and orientation to alter perspective and succeeds in tying the viewer’s fate into the scene itself.

Catarina’s dictionary is significant as it enabled Catarina to assert her individualism and humanity in a world that had effectively disregarded her. Catarina’s dictionary allowed her to, “Transmit her sense of the world and of herself, and in doing so, reveal the paradox and ambiguity of her abandonment and that of others” (Biehl 2005, 24). It gave her a voice and enabled her to tell the story about her life; one which was marked by outside forces and institutions. Additionally, Catarina’s dictionary allowed Biehl to trace the history of Catarina’s illness and fully comprehend her illness narrative. Lastly, by developing her own words including, “Catkini,” Catarina sought to gain control over her life and not let her family or the state define

The girl’s inner characterization resembles a coming of age character. She develops because of the action and her traits as a child are presented in contrast with her traits as a teenager. This contrast is emphasized using the third-person narrator at the beginning of

Maria Alejandrina Cervantes is the whore in Chronicle of a Death Foretold. Her characterization is a strategic literary choice by Gabriel Garcia Marquez to portray prostitutes and the profession of prostitution as respectable and honorable. He uses descriptive word choice to illuminate the mundane and give praise to what would usually be degraded. He characterizes Maria Alejandrina Cervantes unexpectedly, forcing a paradigm shift in the reader’s outlook on prostitution. By giving her intriguing, illusive qualities, Maria Alejandrina Cervantes enchants the reader and gains their sympathy for her profession.

The three synoptic Gospels, Matthew, Mark, and Luke each recount the good news about Jesus. The authors of the aforementioned literature describe the same events as if they had observed all of them personally and were reporting what they saw at the time. These authors were very descriptive in their literature as they described Jesus teaching (Harris, 2014). When reading the Gospels, the first feature which strikes the reader is the way in which Jesus adapted His teaching to the type of hearer, with whom He was dealing (n.d., Linderer). According to Matthew and Mark, Jesus consistently taught in a figurative language. Figurative language can be described as a figure of speech, language that compares, exaggerates, or means something other than what it first appears to mean. Nevertheless, the signature style Jesus used for teaching is the parable. A parable is similar to figurative language as it is defined as placing beside or a comparison (Harris, 2014). In addition, it takes the form of a brief fictional narrative, generally comparing some familiar object or practice to the dawning Kingdom of God. An example of this Jesus comparing God’s Kingdom to the unexpected discovery of a