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S�skind Use Language In The Pigeon

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16th December 2014
Christian Thevathasan
Grade 10 English Commentary
How does Süskind use Language to create the process of emancipation and resurrection in Jonathan in the storm scene?
As human beings, we all hope, and aim for success, whether it is academic, social or even psychological and personal difficulties. We all, at some point throughout our life face natural challenges and daring obstacles, possibly preventing us from smoothly achieving those goals, such as Jonathan Noel, the troubled and selfisolated character of Patrick Süskind's novella The Pigeon. Throughout the book, this introverted wallflower faces many challenges and encounters with the outside world, traumatised by passed events including abandonment and the feeling of unlove, …show more content…

Jonathan's resurrection begins with the presence of the thunderstorm within his conscious mind, alongside the revealing personifications fundamentally serving as gradual tension builders which prognosticate the upcoming events Süskind meticulously uses to mould the emancipation of Jonathan. It was one of those thunderstorms that do not burst suddenly [...] but take a great deal of time and hold back their energies for a long while (P.71). This personification of the storm used by Süskind strongly demonstrates the accumulation of Jonathans anger, stress and sadness over the years, reflecting on his loneliness and betrayal from the ones he loved and acts as a metaphor for his bottled up emotions yearning to escape from within him but only choosing to release itself at the appropriate time. Süskind continues the personification of the storm in the next line when he describes it's Indecisive skulking. This also emphasizes the reality and strength of the storm waiting to erupt and pour out all of Jonathan’s inner emotions, build up from over the decades. With delicate sheet lightning the leaden blanket, waited again, using its irresolution to load itself with even more potent

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