Literary Devices In Foul Weather

The book "Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass" was written by Frederick Douglass. It starts off with Douglass' background information along with his experiences as a slave, It later introduces the reality of slavery. Douglass discusses in the book that the only way slaves could have their freedom is by having education. Thus, slaveholders kept the slaves as ignorant on purpose so that they could not find the path to freedom. Therefore, the author uses rhetorical devices such as Imagery, figurative language and ethos to convey his attitude about the American Promise and the American individual.

By the end of the journey, it is obvious the narrative is a tragedy. The author has formed this safety blanket,

In the poem “A Storm in the Mountains,” the title does a great job of summarizing the poem. It literally means exactly what it says, that there was a storm in the mountains. Figuratively, though, it could mean different things. When I think of a storm, I think of someone going through problems and they don’t know if they will make it through. There could be big problems and scares, like the crashing thunder of a thunderstorm.

He intentionally made this complicated and frustrating so we, as the readers, can make the connection by reading what isn’t there; the expression, “Reading in between the lines!”

The flow of this narrative may seem jumpy or disconnected and illogical to some but to others who share a similar perspective the details seem like a flood of memories. Every detail and element is timeless and independent of the others while at the same time holding a deeper connection shared with all of the others. Each detail holds a value that isn’t noticed at first by others just like each of the items she mentions holds a value to her and her family but is lost on her husband who doesn’t share the same sense of home with her.

During the story the author often uses foreshadowing to give hints to the reader of things that will happen in the future. When the story starts, a storm is coming on a late October night. The storm symbolizes the evil approaching the town. Usually it seems a storm would resemble something dark and evil, because a stormy night is always a classic setting for something evil. At the

The way the author chose to tell the story reminds me of when you hear a story over a couple of beers with a close friend. Maybe the stream of time gets tripped up, maybe they backtrack or fib, but you know that you’re in for a good tale anyway. I like a story like that. It makes this story very relatable and personal for the reader.

Carter changes the tone within these four pages as if the unnamed narrator is talking to the readers. She asks questions like “even on your honeymoon” as if she was addressing the readers; Carter uses this technique to personally engage readers with her story. Also the pronoun “your” used by Carter changes her recollection of the story to second person. Carter reminds us that this is her memory her experience, by the absence of speech marks when she is recalling his words.

Analytical Essay over Literary Elements There are many themes in The Great Gatsby, one important one is love. Fitzgerald conveys this theme through the use of motifs. The theme unfolds throughout the story with the weather constantly changing with the tone of the story. The motif of weather connects to the emotions between the characters.

1. I think that this story has a great story line. When the story says, " They went onward until they had reached the

Gould uses imagery that enables the readers to visualize a specific picture or incident in their minds. He indicates the divergence and the overlapping of the past events saying: "Webs and

Rain, heat, fog, the weather had an immense role in both the setting and symbolically. Like Thomas Foster stated, “weather is never just weather. It’s never just rain. And that goes for snow, sun, warmth, cold, and probably sleet.”(Fos) Weather in The Great Gatsby is enriched with meaning and impact to the novel and one example being when Gatsby and Daisy met again after five years. The morning before Gatsby and Daisy were going to meet, after Nick secretly arranged for Daisy to have tea with Gatsby in his house, Gatsby send for Nick’s lawn to be mowed and for a “greenhouse” to be set up in his Nick's house. At “two minutes for four”(Fit) Daisy arrived and it was raining and before Daisy entered the house Gatsby went out through the back

An example of this is in the beginning of the story when she states “I get unreasonably angry with John sometimes.” (Perkins-Gilman, 1899). This shows that the narrator does not know why she feels or thinks the way she does sometimes. This may indicate to the reader that she is not the most reliable person. The reader can know this also by seeing how her feelings towards things change so rapidly. First, she hates the yellow wallpaper. She says “The wallpaper, as I said before, is torn off in spots, and it sticketh closer than a brother- they must have had perseverance as well as hatred,” “But I don’t mind it a bit- only the paper.” (Perkins-Gilman, 1899). She shows complete opposition but as time goes by, it changes. Later on, she states, “I’m getting really fond of the room in spite of the wallpaper, perhaps because of the wallpaper.” (Perkins-Gilman, 1899). According to the narrator, she is starting to feel better due to the wallpaper and she is fascinated by finding new things about the patterns she likes about the

The weather does more than fit the scene’s energy; often, the weather mirrors the protagonist’s attitudes and feelings, helping readers sympathize and connect with the characters. The first several chapters, set at Gateshead, are rainy, cold, and dreary, paralleling Eyre’s hopeless outlook. According to Thomas Foster, one of rain’s several potential purposes in a novel is to add an air of mystery, isolation, and misery. For example, when Jane is locked in the red-room, “the beclouded afternoon was tending to drear twilight...the rain

Kate Chopin implies in the selection, "The Storm" that the setting and the plot reinforces each character's action, but only two characters exemplify the title itself, Calixta and Alcee. The storm becomes the central element of Alcee's unrequited love for Calixta and ultimately the instrument of their forbidden love to each other. Hurston concurs in the "The Storm" that a forbidden relationship can become a cancerous love and silent death sentence.