Stone's Ironic Figures: A Narrative Fiction

She pauses from explicitly addressing her son to incorporating a comparison someone told her, between a traveler to a river, “that increases its stream the further it flows...improve their qualities as they pass along.” (Adams, 17-20) This creates the importance of her tone sound convincing to her son because she can compare him, for he is a judicious traveler based on her wordly addresses for him. Relating to her adroit son, it is important that she continues to let him know that she is speaking to him because of the repetition of “my son” throughout the letter. “It will be expected of you, my son,” (Adams, 21) and “Yet it is your lot, my son,” (Adams, 43) explicitly address him, doing this because she has expectations that his mature self and his trip are great. The emphasis lets him know that what she is expressing is to be focused on. Furthermore, concomitant to her expectations, she realizes there are conflicts within society, such as “war, tyranny, and desolation,” which “are the scourges of the almighty.” (Adams, 41-42) By using a metaphor to describe these conflicts as punishments for powerful people, like her son, she highlights her tone and appeals to her sons qualities. Her son is capable of a superior livelihood and she wants him to know

Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones. The pile of stones the boys had made earlier was ready; there were stones on the ground with the blowing scraps of paper that had come out of the box Delacroix selected a stone so large she had to pick it up with both hands and turned to Mrs. Dunbar. "Come on," she said. "Hurry up."

Jensen says nothing, with a soft smile on his face. I gaze down at him, crisscrossing my legs. “What was your mom like?” I dare to ask, one because I’m curious and two, because it’s fair.

The stone in this passage appears to symbolize the life and death of Tuscalusa. Earlier in the chapter, Tuscalusa states that the stone represents his spirit. The author’s choice to represent a simple object like a stone in a way that contains this level of intricacy is very intriguing. The condition of the stone changes as it starts to break down.

“everything is fine.” But everything wasn’t fine at least as she knew it. For all she knew her son was dead.

“Beautiful names,” said Joan. “All three of them.” She reached out and touched Perceval’s jaw with care. “You’ve experienced such a terrible loss, but you’re not bitter. In fact, you seem like a good soul.”

Stone outlines the misunderstandings, suffering and enmity between two brothers. The story is about a strained relationship between two brothers who reside in Harlem. Sonny and the narrator have a long history of misunderstanding which is later settled after the death of Grace (narrator’s daughter). The narrator further points out how grace in the bible symbolizes God’s mercy. The story portrays the racial inequality in Harlem as well as the decayed urban landscapes that exists today. It also outlines how Christian teachings help Christ followers to realize their sins and turn

“Terry, do you realize you’re talking out loud?” his mother asked while she turned the page of her magazine.

this point, she had concluded on it as she saw her mother's “disappointed face”(2). In the mirror,

The False Gems is a short novel written by Guy de Maupassant which tells about the process that Monsieur Lantin found the heritage of his wife, the false gems, were real jewelries. Something seem to be false was actually true, something seem to be the reality was actually a lie, that’s the reason why people think that it is a typical ironic story. What is irony? How did Maupassant use ironic way in the story? Now we will do analysis about the irony in The False Gems.

“Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones. The pile of stones the boys had made earlier was ready; there were stones on the ground with the blowing scraps of paper that had come out of the box Delacroix selected a stone so large she had to pick it up with both hands and turned to Mrs. Dunbar. "Come on," she said. "Hurry up."( (Jackson)

"Will you please stop pacing, it's exhausting just watching you. What are we supposed to do with this information? Stone's memories indicate that Ngarrang chose you because of what he calls our Soul-paired relationship, but there's nothing to tell us what that is or why it's significant."

Stone did not face a gruesome end to her life. I instead believe that she invited the “mystery man” into her home to take him as a lover. Why do I think this? Well, the subtle facial expressions and the nonverbal communication that happens between Mrs. Stone and the “mystery man” expresses that he was not there to do harm and that she welcomed his presence. The directors of the film emphasize the new connection between the two by using cutaways that went from Mrs. Stone to “mystery man” and back again. These cutaways allowed the viewers to be engaged in the eye contact that they were making and made it seem that the gaze that “mystery man” gave was a sensual

One idea presented in The Stones is that all young people rebel. Shelton presents this by saying, “...young stone have a secret desire which their parents had before them…”(par.2). By using the phrase, a secret desire which their parents had before them,

     Frost also uses an application of the stone itself. “Stay where you are until our backs are turned.” By personifying the stone, it shows that the speaker may be so bored that he is willing to speak with inanimate objects. Also, this shows that his partner may not be all that talkative as was expected. After all, the neighbor only says one thing, “Good fences make good neighbors.”: