Literary Analysis Of Persimmons

The theory of Bildungsroman defines a genre that has been employed in several literature pieces albeit most novels have employed the framework partially. The Bildungsroman literary genre convention dwells on the growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood morally and psychologically. Works that have employed the literary genre can also be referred to as coming of age genres. The novel by Viramontes entitled Under the Feet of Jesus gives an account of the plight of a family that lives as migrants. It has aspects that indicate similarities with the theories of the Bildungsroman. The essay evaluates how and to what extent the events of the novel fit the genre conventions in the Bildungsroman. Furthermore, the essay will delve into the justification behind the choice to use or not to use the genre conventions to enhance the theme of struggle as Estrella and her family experience hardships, focusing on migration and adolescence which characterize the life of the protagonist, Estrella, and her family.

Lee’s writing is littered with descriptive and flowery visuals that truly capture both the environment and his emotions. In one such case, he recalls an evening where he “[stared] at the brightest star, viewing it not so much on this night as a beacon, something [he] wanted to believe would lead [he] out of this dark tunnel, but instead as a place [he’d] rather be” (155). His juvenile wistfulness is tangible in the words and the reader can almost feel the chill of the night air. He continues, wishing to be “anywhere but here…[wishing to have] been born anywhere but here.” (155). His yearning twists the heart with sympathy for his lonesome and pitiable plight. This moment is but a minute fraction of the incredibly intimate tale that Lee

Not only do these poems share differences through the speakers childhood, but also through the tones of the works.

One of the most pervasive themes in this passage is that of a spreading decay that is taking over the society. This is first expressed in quite a literal sense, as an actual decay of fruit and produce, which spreads like a virus across the American countryside and farming lands. Due to the economic mismanagement of the farming industry, fruit and other produce are left to rot and decay on the trees because they are not picked by the farmers. The text gives many examples of different fruits being left to decay on the farms. We see, for example, the cherries, that are described at first as “full and sweet”, being left to turn into seeds which “drop and dry with black shreds hanging from them”. The purple prunes, which now “carpet the

This example also illustrates Moore’s use of bildungsroman. The book is built on the stories from each man’s formative years, so the choices they made were indicative of how they would mature. Since Moore, the author, decided to make the right decision in this situation, it shows that he would make more of the right choices where it would be easier for the other Wes Moore to make more of the wrong ones. Each choice that was made was reflective of how each man could go in life, if they kept making the type of choice that they did before. The stories Moore presents throughout his book helps him build his argument while his use of juxtaposition and bildungsroman provide readers with a clearer perspective of what he is trying to prove.

The structure of “Persimmons” was a deliberate choice as Lee attempts to share his memories not exactly as they happened but rather as he re-experiences them. He narrates in the stream of consciousness method where each stanza is its own episode retelling a memory. But the stories are not told in a linear or chronological fashion and instead it seems the narrator thinks of the next story to tell as he tells the current one. The first and third stanzas utilize this methodology to great effect to demonstrate the different reactions Lee has during two different moments when words fail him. In the first stanza, Lee relates the memory of his teacher punishing

In the book Under The Persimmon Tree written by Suzanne Fisher Staples, the character Najmah fled from her home village because of conflict. Staples story about what happens after that is very unrealistic. The fictional portrayal of Najmah’s journey as a refugee is very different from real life as a refugee. Staples used this to show how experiences can impact someone's character.

In the book Under The Persimmon Tree by Suzanne Fisher Staples the education and quality of it is very different from the rest of the world. In Afghanistan the education is very poor especially for women. This the same in the book Under The Persimmon Tree by Suzanne Fisher Staples. The book Under The Persimmon Tree is about a family that has to go to a refugee camp with a struggling economy with huge amounts of families living there too and people getting killed by the Taliban. In the novel education is portrayed differently than it actually is in real life, because the Taliban does not support education they do not get much money from the government to support schools and education is a lot harder to continue.

Delicacies such as the blackberries are “fat [and] overripe” (Kinnel 2) because of the time in late summer. Ripened blackberries are a luxury in the speaker’s mind because the speaker glorifies the blackberry in a sanguine manner. Clearly possessing a penchant for eating blackberries in this season, the speaker uses the imagery. The use of the word “icy” in lines 2 and 13 serves to compare the language and the blackberries (2,13). These two words also contrast with the warm weather of late September, which contrasts the typical words used in the English language versus the “peculiar” ones that Kinnel mentions in the poem.

These short stories are linked through the character of George Willard, who is essentially the main character. Because of this, Winesburg is considered a Bildungsroman, the character development of George “the artist” to George “the man”. His development occurs through his contact and dealing with the characters in the stories. Each character offers something new in his development, as in advice or wisdom. These “grotesques” rely on George to take notice of their isolation and falsehood, in hopes of George publishing their “truths”: Each in turn comes forward to offer his secret (the material of art)

(AGG) Having a traumatic experience can put somebody through a whirlpool of emotions, usually changing physicality or mentality. (BS-1) In “Under the Persimmon Tree”, Najmah constantly worries about her father and brother, scared about what will happen to them. (BS-2) She is sacrificing pieces of her life to be able to finish her journey in finding her brother and father.

He wrote this poem on February 2nd, in 1989 and to me the poem means that we are all just human and it is okay that we make mistakes. It just means we learn from them and that there is always someone to lean on when we need them or even when we do not want to hear them. I see his poem as wisdom and guidance for his family and for any generation that comes across its path.

Unlike the male protagonists of bildungsroman who separate themselves from earlier experiences, Elaine finds her identity through consciously going back to and accepting her past and the people in it, and embracing herself as she was and is. In this way, Atwood privileges the relational needs of the female protagonist; although Elaine’s childhood makes it difficult for her to form actual relationships with other women, her inner concerns reflect a desire for connection rather than separation from others.

(AGG) As Stephen King once said, “Fiction is the truth inside the lie”. (BS-1) In the novel, Under the Persimmon Tree, the author, Suzanne Fisher Staples, creates character development in Najmah by using information about how Afghans became refugees during the historical Taliban war. (BS-2) The author also uses the hardships of travel the Afghans experienced as the foundation of an external conflict Najmah suffers through on her way to Torkhum. (BS-3) The author even shows Nusrat’s generosity towards her refugee pupils by applying the poor conditions of the camps the refugees lived through. (TS) In Under the Persimmon Tree, by Suzanne Fisher Staples, the author uses realistic information about Afghan refugees to create literary meaning in the novel within the stories of Najmah and Nusrat.

The author of this poem, Gertrude Stein, was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and she is the youngest of five children. This prestigious modernist writer came from a family of wealthy German Jewish immigrants, who unfortunately passed away. Her mother died of cancer in 1888, and her father, a wealthy and known merchant, passed in 1891. When Gertrude was still a young child, her family moved from Pennsylvania and went back to Europe. Stein spent her first years in Vienna and later in Paris. In the year of 1879, she went back to America, and settled in Oakland, California. Her brother Leo is one of her greatest influences. Since, of all brothers, they are the closest, when he decided to leave Baltimore to enroll at Harvard, Stein decide to come along with no sign of hesitation. Because of Harvard’s policy to not allow women, Stein enrolled at the Harvard Annex, the precursor to Radcliffe College, where she studied psychology for four years. Because of her interest in the subject, Stein decided to pursue the field and went to medical school, where she began to study at Johns Hopkins in the fall of 1897. With time her eagerness declined, and her grades dropped. She had a history of depression, as you can see in her writing from the time, alongside with the disappointment in her studies. She couldn’t see herself in the traditional roles as wife and mother, and there are even some people who can assure you that she was having homosexual