Summary Of Damon Knight's 'The Country Of The Kind'

The narrator’s diction on the page can be described as vain due to the fact he doesn’t need an introduction when the narrator says it is “not really necessary” (4). The narrator’s diction reveals that he has a methodical, stone cold personality that puts the narrator in a more superior position then the human race. Achieving

There are many ways to interpret a book, one can read it as a character’s adventure, a conflict of ideas or emotions, or a story. For myself, I read the books, Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison and Billy Budd, Sailor by Herman Melville, in an ironic sense; and while doing this, I noticed that both books showed an intuitive sense of sociology. Furthermore, what mattered most by reading the books ironically is that it is easy to see the outcome of a situation which is pleasing to be conscious of. It is easy to see the outcome of a situation because when one is paying attention to a character, one’s attention is toward a character, except when one’s attention is on an entire situation, one’s attention is on the flow of events and then the

5. Within the first page of the excerpt, the author touches base with every striving individuals basic emotions, towards society’s struggles and the way it deals with, or without them. The credibility in “The Promise” is evident, not only in the descriptive and intrequate way it is laid out for the audience, but it’s also apparent in everything we see today, especially in the

Every day, people are forced into positions they do not want to be in. Christopher McCandless, the protagonist of Jon Krakauer’s non-fiction book Into the Wild, and Gregor Samsa, the protagonist in Franz Kafka’s fictional novel The Metamorphosis, are perfect examples of people who are unhappy with their current lives. Both men are tired of their mundane existences. On the surface, the men seem to have a lot in common, including their subpar familial situations and their discontentedness with their current existences. Both stories unfortunately also end in misery that eventually leads to death. Despite McCandless’s and Samsa’s similarities, the men are actually very different. It is much easier to relate and gain insight into McCandless’s world than it is into Samsa’s world, largely because of their differences.

Imagine someone you know and love, maybe a family member or close friend, got shot and paralyzed simply for waving at a car? That’s what happened to Debra Dickenson’s nephew Johnny (317). It’s not surprising that she feels angry, especially at the person who committed this crime. Her anger is evident by the direct and personal tone Dickenson has throughout the essay. Dickenson never mentions her nephew’s attacker specifically, instead she says she already knows

One can unknowingly suffer for the sake of society’s convenience. Both authors, Ray Bradbury and Ursula Le Guin, demonstrate the suffering that the protagonist endures in order to serve their society. A variety of rhetorical strategies and modes contribute to the overall role of the protagonists. Ray Bradbury uses personification and the rhetorical mode of pathos to convey the oblivious suffering that the protagonist, the “smart house”, undergoes. Ursula Le Guin utilizes diction and the rhetorical mode of pathos to demonstrate the society’s dependency on the life of a young, hopeless boy. Through the authors’ use of diction, personification, and the rhetorical mode of pathos, readers can view both short stories in a new criticism lense and juxtapose two societies that feature a suffering aspect in each story.

This passage is a great introduction to this book because it lays the foundation for the whole novel. It shows what their society values and the characteristics of each character that plays an important

World literature provides us with representations of the human experience which can help us fix contemporary problems. Generally the main problems that exist in America are that citizens of this country are self concerned, overworked, and under-appreciated. To better understand the problems our country faces Americans should read John Robinson Jeffers “ Star Swirls”, which reveals the effects of Americans unawareness of global warming; Franz Kafka“The Metamorphosis”, which illustrates the negative effects of being overworked; and Gustave Flaubert’s “A Simple Heart”, which represents the under-appreciated poor class. Americans should read literature; Jeffers, Kafka and Flaubert truly represent how literature

He suggests the reintroduction of literature, which possesses the ability to remove society’s uniformity and ignorance. Professor Faber demonstrates this by saying, “We need not be let alone. We need to be really bothered once and a while” (Bradbury 49). In such an ignorant society, citizens feel no need to change anything, because in their eyes, there are no issues worth changing. Literature possesses the ability to reveal the problems to the people and “bother” them into action. It is a tool that can provide constant questions and answers to always keep the mind of society thinking of ways to improve itself. Expanding from literature’s ability to spread facts and idea, it has the ability to teach and connect people and societies on an emotional level as well. Bradbury demonstrates this connective ability by writing, “Oh, there are many actors alone who haven’t acted Pirandello or Shaw or Shakespeare for years because their plays are too aware of the world” (83). Play writes such as Shakespeare and Shaw have created timeless works of literature that share a deeper message of love and emotion to the world. The spread of these plays contributes to the awareness of societies on emotional levels and allowed the world to learn about itself, and how its different civilizations think and act. When literature is reintroduced, it connects the world and its people on an emotional level. All of this

According to Princeton University, World Literature “is the introduction to an entire canon of literature that can be understood worldwide”. Nonetheless, It can also be the understanding of the diversity of emotion. Stories can give different points of views, but it is up to the readers to decide how they should feel about the events taking place in the book. Not only can this affect one person, but to others around the world.

From their youth, most people discover a rather disappointing truth about reality that is best expressed in the words of a popular proverb: all that glitters is not gold. Ursula Le Guin’s short story “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” reminds readers that sometimes situations really are too good to be true. The city of Omelas is cunningly portrayed as the embodiment of a utopian society; however, the roots of this seemingly perfect community seem to be firmly planted in a foundation of evil. The unceasing happiness, intelligence, and health enjoyed by the citizens of Omelas are only able to exist because a single orphaned child is kept in absolute solitude and misery in a basement below the sunny streets of the city. Through the use of the allegorical utopia Omelas, Le Guin urges the reader directly to explore the principles of morality in a personal manner that can be applied to real world contexts and inspire change.

Instead of simply depicting his characters as victims or hapless fellows of the world, he transformed his case studies into literary narratives that were fully dramatic , detailed and aware of their readers’ thoughts. These stories did not marginalize such characters, but to the contrary placed them in an active world of flux and thriving change.

As I started reading this novel, it made me think about the future, both near and far away. I quickly realized that the novel's setting is in the future, or possibly some alternate reality. It made me think of the consequences of our present actions and how bad our society might turn out to be if we don’t start being more careful with the decisions we make regarding our society. I also noticed that their motto at the World state is Community, Identity, and Stability. I was quickly confused, for nor freedom or happiness were included. Comparing to our real world now, it opened my eyes to help me realize we are lucky we don’t live in a world like that. I then quickly realized we are in risk of become just like that.

Le Guin suggests a perfect society can exist for the majority, but only if we are willing to ignore the suffering of a few. I think that Le Guin is wrong. If you are suffering then it’s not a utopia for you, and you are part of the society, so the society is not perfect. In this paper I will tell you about how Le Guin short story is a metaphor of how people use others to get what they want and to be happy, but they don’t care about the person they are hurting.

In his book Utopia, Thomas More utilizes several different rhetorical devices to not only describe Utopia as a place, but also to compare the commonwealth of Utopia to the current state of Europe at the time. One literary device used throughout the novel is tone. While there are several other literary devices that contribute to the reading of Utopia, tone is one of the most useful in determining the views of More as an author. In Utopia, more usually sustains a satirical tone, sometimes accompanied by irony, comedy, and ambiguity. These elements help to convey to the readers what More’s truly intended message is. More utilizes the device of tone in Utopia in order to showcase the fundamental differences between Utopian and European society during that time.