Literary Elements In A Walk To The Jetty

The Shipman’s Tale, one of the many tales in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, is exactly suited to the Shipman’s personality and profession as given in “The Prologue.” The shipman is described by Chaucer in the prologue as very sneaky, deceitful, and even pirate-like. The Shipman’s tale matches his personality and profession because The Shipman’s Tale is one of trickery and con. The monk in the tale tricks both the merchant and the merchant’s wife out of their money. He also uses his relationship with the merchant to his advantage, because he knows the merchant would never suspect him of having sex with his wife. The shipman is also portrayed in the prologue to have no sense of remorse or feelings of sorrow.

Personification is a great way to make the story very lively and exciting. One example of personification, the muttering and growling of the sea breaking on a rocky shore (Connell 19), is a great representation of this device because it adds a mysterious and human-like quality to the sound. That’s what the author was trying to accomplish; a mysterious feeling. Connell effectively used personification because when reading that, it made the sea breaking on the shore seem alive

The expression "riddled with guilt" is a good way to describe the main character's life, Amir, in the book The Kite Runner, written by Khaled Hosseini. The Kite Runner is a story about an Afghan boy, Amir, who has many hardships throughout his life as he grows from a boy living in war-torn Afghanistan, to a successful writer living in America. Amir experiences many events that caused him to carry a great amount of guilt throughout his life. So much guilt that it even turned him into an insomniac. He needed to find a way to make amends which would allow him to forgive himself and hopefully, one day, be able to sleep soundly again.

In America’s history, Native Americans have been discriminated against and oppressed repeatedly. Various authors have brought attention to the mistreatment of this group of people, and the theme of Natives and the American Dream can be seen in numerous literary works. In the poems “Ellis Island” by Joseph Bruchac III and “Evolution” by Sherman Alexie, the authors bring attention to the hardships Native Americans have faced, and show a different perspective of the American Dream.

No one in life has gotten to where they are without some sort of sacrifice. It is just common human nature that we must give up one thing, in order to acquire another or appreciate something else. Edna Pontellier from The Awakening is no different as her sacrifice ends up opening her eyes and changes her very nature and values.

Figurative language is very important within a piece of writing, but specifically in this passage imagery creates so much more detail within the character’s emotions. The first big piece of imagery would be when Granny thinks about all the time and work she has put in with the upbringing of her children and how they resemble her in many ways. Later on in the passage, the author talks about when Granny worked digging post holes and the hardships women had to face. This brings out the overwhelming emotion given off by Granny of all the hardwork she has given within her life and the fact she feels confident and wanting to show off all the work if she had a chance. We see how Granny really feels about John and how she wants to “brag” about her life and all the good things that she accomplished. Even at the end of the passage when she says “It made her feel like rolling up her sleeves and putting the whole

The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini can be seen as a great book but at the same time one that is too simple and easy. In discussions of The Kite Runner, one controversial issue has been the inner levels of the novel. On one hand, many people believe that the novel is filled with numerous themes that are deep and make one think about the human experience and will leave you thinking long after you finish reading it. On the other hand, there are also many literary critics who contend that opinion and say that the novel is overly sentimental and simplistic. The view I obtained while reading The Kite Runner would be in agreement with the first statement. I also believe that the novel is deep and makes one think

Oftentimes, when burdening or stressful circumstances begin to generate strain on an individual, they find themselves turning to literary art as a form of mental relief. This deliverance applies, in particular, to the narrator in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper,” and the father in “The Boat,” by Alistair MacLeod. In both short stories, readers can pinpoint several instances in which these specific characters seek solace through differing formats of written language. The function of the father’s books in “The Boat,” and the narrator’s diary in “The Yellow Wallpaper,” is to serve as an instrument of escapism, rebellion, and self-expression, within the controlled existence of

She worried about Petit’s life, but at the same time was sure that her sweetheart could achieve his dream. And what did she get for following and encouraging her boyfriend after his triumph? She got frustration and disappointment in the man she fell in love with. Petit cheated on her the first day he got popular, with an American fan. They broke up. Annie realized that her boyfriend’s fame changed his mind. They both had to start a new life.

In the short story “Everyday Use” Alice Walker relies heavily upon word choice to convey a depressing mood. Dee has barged in disrupting the narrator as well as Maggie’s daily routine and expects to be handed everything her heart desires. When her mother refuses to grant Dee’s wishes “she gasped like a bee had stung her” (Walker 118). Walker’s use of “gasped” adds to how stunned Dee was. She felt betrayed that he own mother would not allow her to take some of her childhood items back with her. Dee realizes that the bond her and her mother once had has been completely ripped to shreds. When Dee left for school she turned her back and abandoned everything she believed in. With her visit back from school she has no respect for

Granny Grommet and Me uses the right words to set the theme, mood and tone of the story. At the start of the story, Granny and her friends get ready to go surfing. They wear their wetsuits, caps and sunblock. The words used here set the theme for the book and shows the reader that the story is about Granny going surfing. Further into the story, words and phrases such as safe, lovely and warm, ‘float me out’, peaceful and ‘shut my eyes and clench my toes’ encourage the reader to feel the emotions that the child in the story is feeling.

These different sacrifices are shown in the stories of Annie and Captain Keeny. Annie sacrifices the things she loves and knows for the greater good, while Keeny sacrifices the people he loves for money, greed, and power. In Annie's story she must leave all the things she loves, her family, friends, and life, in order to get the opportunity to succeed. Although throughout the whole story Annie's tries to come up with reasons for anger towards her parents, life, and friends, we learn that she is actually heartbroken to leave everything that she's ever known. “I shall never see this again, spilled out inside me.

In Come walk with me, Emily Bronte had one special person to make her happy. She describes what that person did to make her feel special, such as “wondering through the snow” (line 3). Emily Bronte does not want to have the memories, for she feels lonely now and those recollections she had with the special person only makes her feel worse. She wish she could reverse time and have spent good more old days for she is going through so much pain. Emily Bronte uses personification when she says “the clouds rush dark and wild” (First Stanza) this is used to represent her feelings and how everyday her memories are there but not the person she desires.

Many authors don’t have a choice in the language they are able to convey their story in. They are only fluent in one language, and so they speak and write in that language. For multilingual authors, particularly Jewish authors, there is a choice. Perhaps they are more fluent in one of their many languages rather than another, or perhaps they wish to convey something on a metalinguistic level, or contribute to a Jewish linguistic movement for a particular audience. Whatever their motivations for writing in a particular language, there is a reason behind it, particularly when some of the writings from a single author are in one language and other writings are in another, signifying either a conscious choice of what audience they want to

“The Seafarer” and "The Wanderer” are both poems that describe the hardships of the average Anglo-Saxon warrior. These stories show that life during the times of the Anglo-Saxons is not pleasant. In fact, it appears to be tough, fearful, and depressing. In “The Seafarer”, a man describes his horrid life on the sea, and in "The Wanderer”, a man tells his tale of being put into exile and losing all his fellow warriors and lord. Both men feel physical and emotional pain while going through their adventure. The seafarer claims that the sea itself is torturing him by saying “...the sea took [him], swept [him] back and forth in sorrow and fear and pain.” (2-3) The seafarer also explains that coldness is much more than just a feeling but a