Media Text Analysis

Today’s media (news) plays an enormous role in the lives of people in directing a specific perception of the world around them. Most often media conduct's a subconscious effect upon its spectators in which the upshots are deliberately or illdeliberatly towards a particular topic.

Furthermore, the author dwells into mediated popular culture which pertains specifically to movies, TV, songs, and advertisements along with the way they communicate

The slips of paper are used to expose the symbolism of words and the arbitrary relationship between an object and its label,

Symbols. According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary, a symbol is something that stands for or suggests something else by reason of relationship, association, convention, or accidental resemblance. Throughout history, authors have used symbols in literature. From The Old Testament to today’s top selling novels, one will find evidence of symbolism. Ray Bradbury is highly guilty of this in Fahrenheit 451. This well-known and critically acclaimed book was published in October 1953 and continues to sell copies to this day. Why? Bradbury explored symbolism and a variety of themes such as life and censorship, common topics to a wide audience of people. Bradbury uses symbols to make the many themes clear and relatable to the readers. A Phoenix, mirrors,

O’Connor incorporates symbols to reveal Christ like figures, further emphasizing the theme. One example is young Lucynell. As Mr. Shiftlet is walking toward them, young Lucynell is wearing a blue organdy dress, which represents the Virgin Mary. Also, her blue eyes show her innocence and heavenly appearance (The Sitting Bee). Another symbol is the rusted car. The car represents something that Mr. Shiftlet has always wanted. It is painted green, which can represent redemption, and has a yellow band, which may be seen as betrayal. The last example is the character’s names. Crater means emptiness or that something, religion or Christ, is missing. Also Shiftlet is taken from the word shift to represent change or the difference between good and evil. With these Christ like symbols,

As human beings, we play the cards that are dealt to us in this world. In life, every person goes through their individual ups and downs and occasionally may break down to the extent of not knowing what to do with oneself. In the short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” which takes place in the late 1800s, focuses on the first person narrator who is an infatuated woman. The disheartening story concentrates on a woman who is suffering from postpartum depression, and as well had mental breakdowns. The narrators husband John, moves her into a home isolated in the country where he wants her to “rest” and get better from her illness. During the course of being confined in the room with the wallpaper, she learns new

O’Connor incorporates symbols to reveal Christ like figures, further emphasizing the theme. One example is young Lucynell. As Mr. Shiftlet is walking toward them, young Lucynell is wearing a blue organdy dress, which represents the Virgin Mary. Also, her blue eyes show her innocence and heavenly appearance (The Sitting Bee). Another symbol is the rusted car. The car represents something that Mr. Shiftlet has always wanted. It is painted green, which can represent redemption, and has a yellow band, which may be seen as betrayal. The last example is the character’s names. Crater means emptiness or that something, religion or Christ, is missing. Also Shiftlet is taken from the word shift to represent change or the difference between good and evil. With these Christ like symbols,

I wanted to give a brief introduction to the language of symbols by giving my opinion on some very common examples. Correlation does not equal causation but the pattern of association can often lead us to a more discerning perspective when examining usage of symbolism. Symbolism is used purposefully and with intent in many cases as we will see but it is also frequently used unintentionally as well. I chose a few simple examples for this video to get us started on the topic. Some of these images may be disturbing to you so now may be a good time to pause this

In Chapter 12 from HTRLLP, the author describes in detail the usage of symbolism in different types of literature. Developing the information happens

2. Describe the literary devices (tone, mood, imagery, etc.) the author uses when he discusses the following concepts/central ideas/themes:

Symbolism in any type of short story, poem, novel, or drama, can help a reader to better understand a character and their associated background. Through a symbol intricate details of a characters psyche can be revealed. For Jimmy, the letters he carries helps the reader to come to the conclusion that he is just a young kid at war; he does not necessarily believe in violence and surely does not wish to be in Vietnam. The reader can infer this because he is constantly distracted by thoughts of Martha and how he wished he were with her, “ Kneeling, watching the hole, he tried to concentrate on Lee Strunk and the war, all the dangers, but his love was too much for him, he felt paralyzed, he wanted to sleep inside [Martha’s] lungs and breathe her blood and be smothered.” (O’Brien 328). Similarly Kirsten carries a comic book that she uses to escape her reality. Despite not having much recollection of the Arthur, the man who gave her the comic, she finds purpose in this item. Readers can deduce this from the fact that although she should only carry what she needs to survive Kirsten still lets the comic take up storage space. PROOF QUOTE 11. Kirsten also finds solace in another thing that reminds her of Arthur; preforming Shakespeare plays. Similarly Christopher Thurman proposes the idea of the importance of Shakespeare within the post-apocalyptic novel Station Eleven: “Shakespeare and classical music are

Symbols are important in each story to define the theme. Close observation of the symbols within each story proves to one their

A Comparison of Two Media Texts I am going to compare two articles about medical testing on animals. One is a newspaper article written by Polly Toynbee and is called ‘Sorry, but I think dying people are more important than dumb animals,’ this was published in the Guardian. The other is a leaflet with the title ‘It’s a crying shame’ which is design for animal aid.

The essay written below disputes the literary devices of imagery and tone in order to provide background and symbolism in

Even before a young child can read or write they learn the alphabet as the beginning of interpreting the process of reading and writing. Equally a small child can generally recognise popular signs and symbols, such as the “M” for McDonalds or the Coke symbol before they can read. Just as society associates signs and symbols with various meanings, artists convey their thinking, beliefs and feelings to the audience through their works. This can be described as visual language or how images are used to communicate messages. This communication is vital to