The Cop And The Pedestrian Poem Symbolism

The novel “Anthem” is written very uniquely. It encloses individuality and makes the readers believe of how people can adapt to humankind and to do as they are advised to do without being aware of the results of their compromise. Also, it teaches the significance of self expression and the independence that comes additionally with being your own individual and obtaining the capability to choose what direction to take in your own lifestyle. Figurative language is used frequently in this novel and with differently use of quotes that have excellent importance to the theme, plot, and conflict of the novel. “We blew out the candle….” The primary thing that is obvious about this quote is the use of “We”. The expression “We” is used all through the

As their may be many differences between Ray Bradbury’s “The Pedestrian” and Alan Bollinger’s film, there are also many similarities that keep both on the same plot line. One of these Similarities is that both use symbolism. For instance in the movie and story they both pick up something from the ground. One being the dead leaf in the story, that represents society and how there's no hope for humanity. The other being a dandelion, which represents hope for humanity and how the seeds will grow. Another similarity is everyone's brainwashed and sidetracked by the

“The Pedestrian” and “There will come soft rains” is about how technology took over humanity in certain ways like us not getting out of our houses and not be productive or that technology has destroyed nature. The Pedestrian is about this guy who is walking around in the park looking at houses and all of the sudden he gets arrested because he was walking and in the future nobody gets out of their houses because not a lot of people go out of their houses and “There will come soft rains” has the same problem in the future except that the problem is that technology has destroyed nature and is now full of destroyed houses, buildings, and even the city has a radioactive glow. “There will come soft

The poem As Traffic is a different kind of poem from the rests. It has words and sentence that you wouldn’t expect in other poems. For example “Bitch, Fuck, without Rubber” (Hayes, ll 14-15). These are just a few of the words the author says but why does he say them? What does he mean by them? What is he doing? These are just a few question that will be answered in the next couple of paragraphs.

Lorna Dee Cervantes' poem, “Poema para los Californios Muertos” (“Poem for the Dead Californios”), is a commentary on what happened to the original inhabitants of California when California was still Mexico, and an address to the speaker's dead ancestors. Utilizing a unique dynamic, consistently alternating between Spanish and English, Cervantes accurately represents the fear, hatred, and humility experienced by the “Californios” through rhythm, arrangement, tone, and most importantly, through use of language.

Ray Bradbury and Pauline Johnson both use very effective symbolism to demonstrate both protagonists gloomy mood. In “The Pedestrian,”

Throughout the story Staples tells us that he walks the street at night to observe peoples reaction towards him. Staples gives us examples of people locking their vehicles when he walks passed them. Other pedestrians would cross the street before to avoid walking pass Staples. Staples demonstrate the people’s behaviors about his race.

Imagery is one of the best used literary devices in this short story. Imagery means “The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas.” (http://dictionary.reference.com/define/imagery) In The Pedestrian Bradbury tells us that Mr. Mead’s house “had all of its electric lights brightly lit, every window s loud yellow illumination, square and warm in the cool darkness.” (51) This story also uses imagery when it talks about the police car and says, “…peered into the back seat, which was a little cell, a little black jail with bars. It smelled of riveted steel. It smelled of harsh antiseptic; it smelled too clean and hard and metallic. There was nothing soft there.”

By concentrating on an ethological approach, Dickerson also makes her family disconnect from stereotypes. In first person point of view, she is able to describe her situation through her knowledge and background. For example, Dickerson describes Johnny with a settled and calm tone of voice. She writes, “Johnny speaks little, never cries, never complains, works diligently to become independent” (225). Because he is black, most people would associate Johnny with violence and gangs. In Black Men and Public Space by Brent Staples, a black men strolling down the avenue was assumed to be a criminal. The color of his skin, in correlation to his environment, evoked a sense of danger. However, through an educated voice, Johnny is not that dangerous black kid who got shot. Johnny is a sensitive victim of an unfortunate shooting. It is very easy to label an individual according to racial status. For this reason, Dickerson is required to inform the reader of elements that do not support these stereotypes. The disconnection from stereotypes satisfies her objection, and broadens the perspective of society.

Even in modern society, the simplest of things can shift the delicate atmosphere. A black man entering a room, or any space, full of white people, can automatically transform the ambiance. This ‘ability’ may not be a desired effect, but in certain situations, it becomes inevitable. Through the use of different rhetorical devices, Brent Staples is able to demonstrate his realization of his “ability to alter public space in ugly ways” simply because of his race and stature in his essay, “Black Men and Public Space.” Staples uses the rhetorical techniques ethos, logos, and pathos in order to get on the “same side” as the reader while still presenting the essence of his argument. The author is able to sympathize with his “victims” and justify their feelings, appealing to ethos. He also analogies and details about his background, such as his doctorate in psychology, and the fact that he was a reporter to appeal to logos. Additionally, by using vivid imagery and creative diction, he engages the reader by use of pathos, evoking the emotions of the reader. With the use of rhetorical devices, Staples is able to effectively describe his experiences of being perceived as a criminal, solely based on his “unwieldy inheritance” (205), while, additionally, extending this concept to be true throughout society.

In today’s society people assume that when you are a tall black man that walks alone in the dark you could be a mugger, rapist, or even worse. Brent Staples, the author of “Just Walk on By”, has felt this discrimination his whole life. Throughout his essay he explains how others have discriminated against him and judged him based on his skin color and how he walks alone in the dark. As his essay continues, he writes about how after being ran away from and watching others cross the street so they didn’t have to walk past him, he began to hum symphony tones while walking in the dark to make others feel less threatened. He also keeps to his side of the sidewalk when walking past someone so he doesn’t get in their space and so they don’t think he is following them. After reading this essay multiple times, I have concluded that I agree with the main points of how people perceive others in the dark as muggers or rapists and that humming while walking and staying in your space has the potential to make others feel more safe while passing you on a late-night walk.

In the essay, "Black Men and Public Space" by Brent Staples, the main idea states that the main character, whose name was unknown, gave a negative perception to the general public by the way he looked. Staples goes on to say that the unknown character could cross in front of a car stopped at a traffic light and hear the hammering of door locks as people were scared of the possibility that he might approach them. The author says that the character moved to New York and often saw women who would fear the worst in him. Staples writes about how one of the character’s worst moments was when he worked as a journalist in Chicago, he was mistaken for a burglar. Concluding the essay, Staples describes how the character comes up with the idea to imitate

With the use of both allusion and imagery Henry makes the colonists look at hope in a different way. For example, Henry states, “Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts.” Henry gives off the sign of hope by mentioning the sirens. There’s a myth of the singing sirens who are female creatures that live on an island and sing to the sailors, the sailors are then magically attracted and drawn towards the creatures and somehow the next day or so the ships are wrecked. The reason Henry uses this imagery for his audience because the hope is just like sirens, it makes them believe in something that isn’t actually there. He exclaims to the colonists that they shall not be tempted towards the illusions of hope that British will give them freedom without a fight, he states “we are apt to shout our eyes against a painful truth”, that's where allusion comes into this point of his speech he telling them do not focus on that hope no matter what image or illusion you may see, they may ignore it in every way but no matter what they are gonna end up feeling and know the truth. In this verse Henry assures his audience that they see the image of the sirens being the sign of hope, us as the audience can see that image being formed and we can see how the colonist can get trapped and captured in that illusion of hope just like the sailors were when the female creatures were sing.

From the physical journey of driving through a town the reader will experience a second journey, a spiritual journey when they oversee the lives of the people within the town. The composer utilizes a 2nd person perspective to engage his audience and hopefully take them on the same physical and spiritual journey. He uses personification such as “The houses there wear verandas out of shyness” to give the audience a sense of the community and set a harmonizing tone. I believe this poem really captures Les Murrays hypothesized concept of journeys, as it’s much deeper than a simplistic drive.

Artworks are veracious works because of its originality and reality it invades just like the work of Zhao entitled “Broken Officer". This artwork is politically committed perchance the views and opinions express by police officers and the thoughts they convey.