Rhetorical Devices In The Secret Agent

The idea of power is shown through symbolism in “But in Sydney money buys status and is the greatest equaliser”, the effect of symbolism establishes an idea that money is a currency that forms an individual’s reputation that creates them to be a superior character amongst those who are considered not of equal value. Further evidence of corruption is occurring in Marele’s novel through the use of idiom and colloquial language in “Respectable businessman rub shoulders with bookies, judges, and high ranking police officers” this states that individuals usually support powerful characters with more authority so they many benefit themselves in terms of power and authority which reflects as an act of corruption. The use of juxtaposition and imagery in “Commissioners are seen in night clubs with well-known crime figures, and I don’t mean statistics, crime figures who themselves are “Respectable businessmen”, Commissioners are high ranking federal officers, however the imagery of a night-club with well-known crime figures may arouse suspicion of corruption through “white collar activities” that highlights the occurrence of crime in Sydney that is known seen by others. Day's novel states that corruption was forged in the early stages of the

Following this quote, Wolff uses an author intrusion when he brings forward the fact that “over time the innocence [he] laughed at began to irritate [him]. Wolff’s intrusion brings to light the foolishness of his actions which he had caught from a ‘lousy’ role model. Wolff presents the idea that “Power can be enjoyed only when it is recognized and feared”, and that power can make an individual undertake actions they normally wouldn’t. Jack’s association with an abusive man such as Roy shows that Jack has been influenced by Roy’s unjust habits, and that he is to blame in terms of the actions that Jack chooses to undertake.

Another influencing character is Beatty, his boss and chief of police who is very knowledgeable. He finds out that Montag has books in his possession and that is when the start of the climax. Beatty is an

In the novel, Invisible Man, written by Ralph Ellison, he describes an African American man’s life who considers himself “invisible” due to the color of his skin. The narrator of the book is actually the “invisible man” himself. He goes on throughout the novel telling his life story and all about his invisibility. In the text, the narrator gives four major speeches: a graduation speech, eviction speech, brotherhood speech, and funeral speech. He uses an emotional appeal in all of his speeches to grab the audience’s attention. Also, he uses imitation as a strategy in his graduation speech. The narrator’s rhetorical strategies play a big role in the effectiveness of his speeches. In order for his speeches to be effective, he must change the crowd’s

This develops the idea of change in Montag’s perspective. For example, Montag burning Beatty with the flamethrower can be viewed as both positive and negative because although Montag killed someone, it helped him to get away. In this scene Montag’s hands are first described as limp as they held the igniter. Soon after, Montag “saw the surprise there and himself glanced to his hands to see what new things they had done...he could never decide whether the hands or Beatty’s reaction to the hands gave him the final push towards murder” (112-113). In this passage, Montag openly shows his opposition to the society. Although this proves that he is now aware of his shifted values, his hands once again working on their own possibly mean that he is still not brave enough to do this “consciously”. As when he stole the book from a house that was about to go up in flames, his hand resembles his conscience. This is similar to when Montag’s hands impulsively decide to grab the book from the house they were about to burn in the beginning of the novel.

Individuality is essential to expressing our desires, passions, and talents to those around us, and the lives of Turkey and Nippers, two of the lawyer’s other scriveners, possess none. For example, in describing Nippers, the narrator includes he suffers from “a certain impatience of the duties of a mere copyist, an unwarrantable usurpation of strictly professional affairs.” Since the characters never express themselves, they can never begin to understand each other, a process that is essential to forming meaningful relationships. Furthermore, the lives of Turkey and Nippers, are dictated by submission to the rules and expectations of the Lawyer. Turkey even begins any questions addressing the narrator with the preface, “with submission, sir.” Working in an environment requiring one to solely follow the orders of a superior inevitably initiates dissatisfaction with one’s inability to ever voice their opinion and feel they’re a meaningful part of their community. As a result, the breakdown of the office community, or the nonexistence of community altogether, is

Throughout the novel, the author, Barbara Kingsolver, uses various stylistic devices to create complex, symbolic, and significant literature that is also rich in meaning. In the assigned passage, Kingsolver incorporates several literary devices to capture the audience’s attention and leave them with something to think about post reading.

A Devil-related/evil presence covered in "thunderheads of tobacco smoke," Captain Beatty is the clever, cruel (person or thing that irritates and fights with someone or something) of the story; he is linked over and over again to fire (which in the end kills him) and to the (unavoidable, already-decided futures) as represented by repeating card games. As leader of a fire company, he hosts a (bad/ harmful/ morally wrong) friendship with the slow corporate or government workerized book burners who follow his orders. (in a way where one thing represents something else), he drives a "yellow-flame-colored hard-shelled insect with black, char-colored tires." Like the Mechanical Hound, he noses out information, such as the pattern of (not being true

The violence that takes place in the story is a preview of what may one day come true if individual rationalism ends. The lack of daily human interaction by most has significantly transformed the way in which all of the characters in the story live and act on a daily basis. A revealing point of the government’s censorship is when Captain Beatty states, “They were given the new job, as custodians of our peace of mind, the focus of

The works I have studied and will be exploring in this essay are Mary Shelly’s ‘Frankenstein’ and Joseph Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness’. In ‘Frankenstein’ the abuse of power is most clearly exhibited by the protagonist of the story Frankenstein himself, his abuse of power results in his isolation and could serve as a warning to people, telling them not to play with forces that they can not control. In ‘Heart of Darkness’, Conrad abuses his power as the author to distance himself from the novella and in a sense absolve himself from any racist criticism the book may induce. The abuse of power is also a key theme in the novella itself. Firstly there is a sense of hypocrisy in

Conrad applies an apparently crystal clear literary narrative technique in the tradition of conventional realism, a narrative method that appears deceptively simple. The Secret Agent holds great deal of the social concerns. It is considered supreme masterpieces, it is a brilliantly depicting an ironic narrative of London's seedy and dispossessed underworld of revolutionist and anarchists.

Based on Joseph Conrad’s novel Heart of Darkness, Apocalypse Now, is yet other link in the chain of classical reception that descends from Vergil's Aeneid and Dante's Inferno. While I emphasize the literary importance of Heart of Darkness as a reception of Inferno, the subject has become thoroughly deconstructed. As a result, I exclude Heart of Darkness in my analysis, and concentrate on the receptions of Inferno found in Apocalypse Now, a work that remains largely unexplored.

   In the opening scenes of the documentary film "Hearts of Darkness-A Filmmaker's Apocalypse," Eleanor Coppola describes her husband Francis's film, "Apocalypse Now," as being "loosely based" on Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Indeed, "loosely" is the word; the period, setting, and circumstances of the film are totally different from those of the novella. Yet, a close analysis of character, plot, and theme in each respective work reveals that Conrad's classic story of savagery and madness is present in its cinematic reworking.

Analysis Paper – Heart of Darkness and “The Hollow Men” The modernist movement was one of literary prominence due to its high level of intellectual integration in society. Authors such as T.S. Eliot (1925) and Joseph Conrad (1899) are two of the more significant modernist authors that are at the forefront of high intellectual thought both in their thinking, and in the way they present their thoughts in their writing. Both of these authors utilize various styles of literary devices and archetypes. In Joseph Conrad’s book Heart of Darkness the abstruse character of Kurtz highlights all that is evil.

In the novels Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and The Mystic Masseur by V.S Naipul the structures of gender and class are represented through the effects of imperialism and education. Through the lenses of, The Beginnings of English Literary Study in British India by Gauri Viswanathan and Soft-Soaping Empire by Anne McClintock, readers can relate the importance of imperialism back to the novels. Imperialism is the foundation for which gender and class are constructed.