Symbolism In Bethany Wiggins's 'Stung'

The Author does a good job giving clues to help solve the mystery (whole book). The author adds a poem which gives the order of the deaths and how they die (31). There is also glass figures that every time one of the people dies a glass figure disappears. It also gives clues throughout the story that helps figure out who is killing people (whole book). But the author also makes you think. There are also those moments where you read something and realize how it connects to something that happened previously in the book.

Authors use literary elements and techniques as tools to convey meaning. These devices are the means by which authors bring richness and clarity to a text. They express moods or feelings that allow the reader to connect with the writing. In On Writing, the author, Stephen King makes use of literary elements to tell his story. The techniques King uses are effective in portraying vivid images and feelings in the reader’s mind.

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This book doesn't just make you think about your life in a different way, it makes you think about writing in a different way. There's so many little things in the book that were symbolically important, Art on the first day of school and how she would be working on making a tree different, not just a tree. You began to realize the more Melinda learned and the more Melinda went through, the more she began to understand the tree, the roots, and the dying leaves. There's many things in this book that are symbolically that you might not notice unless you analyze it in your own way.

In Three Day Road, flashbacks allow the reader to fully understand the novel and make the novel unique. For example, when Niska is talking about the letter she and Joseph Netmaker wrote, it solves a mystery. “It says that God understands if you must kill Elijah” (pg. 318). The flashback allows the reader to see what the mystery is and laugh at the fact that Joseph did not translate what Niska says carefully, even though he claims to have. Flashbacks allow the reader to obtain a better understanding of what trench warfare is like. ”The bottom of the trench is covered in duckboards that keep our feet out of the mud and water

The significance of the aforementioned dreams changes the overall outcome of future events that will transpire. For example, in Of Mice and Men, George is very cautious with his plans, as seen in “George was on guard immediately. ‘S’pose I do,’ he said. ‘What’s that to you?’ and “George said quickly, ‘Don’t tell nobody about

A good story is always structured with details that are easy to follow while intriguing readers with reality and emotions. Edwidge Danticat’s memoir has proven her ability to use descriptions that allows the text and the readers to connect. Through her writing, she is able to get the reader involved in her situation, so that it is as if they are experiencing it too. Adding on, Danticat cleverly writes each type of description in a way that makes them distinct from each other. This connects the two which adds to her message. Descriptions bring life to her story and stresses the real events that happened to her and her family which displays her message effectively. That being said, without objective and subjective descriptions, any piece

The Flashbacks are used to recount the events that happened before the opening sequence of the film where Joel awakes and has no memory of Clementine, the flashbacks fill in the crucial backstory for us the viewer, The story is told from the most recent occurrences, then through past memory’s and pivotal moments of the relationship then back to the first day Joel and Clementine met.

Figurative language is one of the literary aspects. For example: ‘’I never understood why you would ever feel the need to shoot the fish in the barrel. I mean, they're in a barrel, you've already caught them. The hard work's done, they can't escape. So if you want them dead, just drain the water out. Why bring guns into it?” Another literary example used in the book is the use of syntax. The following quote demonstrates the author’s use of the correct syntax in his writing. “I don't understand a thing about this world: about people, and why they do the things they do. The more I find out, the more I uncover, the more I know, the less I understand.” Lastly, the author explains his point of view very well so that the reader can truly understand the author’s point of view. For example: ‘’Batman doesn't have any superpowers. He's not superhuman. He's not super. So therefore he can't be a

In “Heroes” by Robert Cormier, Francis, the main character, is out on a mission to kill his enemy, Larry LaSalle. “Heroes” uses flashbacks consistently to develop the plot and keep the reader’s attention. If it were not in the story, the story would be bland and boring overall. Foreshadowing plays a huge role in the story and creates suspense throughout the book. For example, in the beginning of the book, Francis states, “Then I am filled up with guilt and shame, knowing that I have just prayed for the man I am going to kill.”

First off, Tim Burton uses flashbacks to help the viewer understand the character's background and viewpoint of different situations. For example, in Burton’s movie Charlie and the Chocolate factory, it uses the scene in which Willy Wonka has a flashback of his horrid childhood. This flashback makes the viewers demented because Charlie used to be forbidden to eat candy but now he makes candy himself. Also, Burton’s film Alice In Wonderland, uses a flashback to help you shape your opinions on each character. In the scene when the Hatter is trying to save Alice from being captured, he has a flashback of the evil queen killing his family. Both of these scenes make the viewer understand the

Farrell argues, “Merely telling one’s story of trauma, however is not enough to begin the healing process” (186). Flashbacks are more than a memory, even if one tells others their flashbacks, one still would not understand the meaning or the significance of the intrusive memory. According to Caruth, “The flashbacks or traumatic reenactment conveys , that is both the truth of an event, and the truth of its incomprehensibility” (Caruth 153). In order for one to understand and heal from their trauma, one

F. Scott Fitzgerald understands that memory is a double-edged sword, and he illustrates this thought in two of his short stories, Babylon Revisited and Winter Dreams. In his story Babylon Revisited, the protagonist, Charles Wales, is tormented by memories of his past. His wife is dead, and his old friends won’t stop interfering in his life. His sister-in-law is basing her current ideas of him on the fact that he was an irresponsible person in the past, and it hurts his life greatly. Winter Dreams takes a slightly different approach. In this tale, the memories of the protagonist, Dexter Green, start off as pleasant but are later warped by new information. With these two works, Fitzgerald describes the problems that memories can cause in

Dreams were a crucial part of the characters’ lives. The characters were not living the life they craved, and it is safe to say that a few of them were depressed. However, their dreams were a source of motivation to them. In chapter one, on page 15, George said "Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don 't belong no place. . . With us it ain 't like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us. We

FLASHBACKS are are often used, not only in psychological thriller but in many movies, but really contribute to the story line of a psychological film. A flashback is a time disorientation of a character's past. This gives the audience a chance to understand why the character has chosen to be who they are now. This can also confuse the audience and question who the character really is, which triggers thoughts of interest. A example of the convention, is Christopher Nolan's MEMENTO.