Why Does Oates Political Views Come Through Her Characters?

2) Related Text a. Locate a related text that includes and explores the concept of Changing Perspectives. Compose a summary/synopsis of the text (plot/themes/ characters/key concerns). (100 words only)

Stanton also discusses how the audience needs to like the main character as well in his quote, “another fundamental thing we learned was about liking your main character.”from his Ted Talk. Within her story, Oates pulls on the heartstrings of the reader by making the main character a naive teenage girl attempting to get home who stumbles into the wrong situation. In the quote, “she was seventeen years old...walking there, alone, her shoulders hunched against the wind...she was asked by this man” from Oates's story,

The criticism that I will be using is a rhetorical analysis which simply means analyzing texts on how they make the audience feel using symbols, the type of genre, aesthetics and more while also looking at why that happens. I decided to use a rhetorical

The Outsiders Essay – Describe an interesting theme from a text you have studied. Explain why this theme is interesting.

Despite the sufferance of victims, they often aren’t entirely blameless, as their poor decisions and irresponsibility is ultimately associated with their upsetting and newfound situation. Therefore victims like Fin O’Neil in The Story of Tom Brennan, who ultimately chose to travel in a car with drunken, inexperienced, and impulsive driver, it becomes questionable whether he is also culpable for his injuries. Despite Fin’s sobriety and awareness prior to the accident, this does not implicate him, however it becomes debatable whether the outcomes would be alike; with Fin’s extensive injuries and crash itself, if the decisions made on Fin’s behalf were different. Similarly in the story of ‘In My Little Town’, Leigh Charter Jnr also decides to travel with a drunk driver, regardless of the risks. Although his alertness was also compromised by alcohol, he holds some level of responsibility in his death. However, in ‘Shattered’, there are no obvious victims who made poor decisions, due to the situations isolation. Although, it is disputable whether the perpetrator; Peter Hodgkins’ friends who witnessed the accident could have altered the outcome. Though, it was voiced to Peter; “don’t throw a rock at a car, that’s stupid,” (‘Shattered’, 2011) this partly ousts some responsibility, especially due to their intoxication, which is similar to the other stories. However, responsibility is never fully removed from others, as it only takes one person, one conversation, and any one action during the lead to alter the outcome of July 21st 2007, in Kiama, New South

Throughout the story, O’Connor uses several effective writing strategies to create an exceptional story. Firstly, as the point of view, she uses third person limited omniscient. This point of view is appropriate for the story because instead of being directly inside the protagonist’s head and seeing through their eyes, we see them from an outside perspective which allows for more mystery and for us to infer what they are thinking. Secondly, the author uses foreshadowing to create suspense and draw us in. An example of foreshadowing is at the very start of the story when the grandmother is reading the newspaper and finds out that the Misfit is heading for Florida, where the family is going. “I

2004 (Form A): Critic Roland Barthes has said, “Literature is the question minus the answer.” Choose a novel or play and, considering Barthes’ Observation, write an essay in which you analyze a central question the work raises and the extent to which it offers any answers. Explain how the author’s treatment of this question affects your understanding of the work as a whole. Avoid mere plot summary.

The sole purpose of the article is to create reasons for the reader to have sympathy. Reading through it goes into detail about the tragic life events Odom has dealt with. Details are given by an interview through the voice of an old friend. After reading we can quickly see what appeals he used in presenting this information, as well as seeing if Wise was successful in doing so.

Trace three of the following threads through the novel. In two paragraphs for each explain the various literary effects of each of the threads and how each is related to the theme. Use quotations from the novel to support each analysis.

Literary Analysis: The Literary Analysis was by far my best essay and the one I most enjoyed writing. The new critical thinking skills I learned in the first essay made writing this paper much easier. I also found the topics of the

The lens of interpretation given to my group is Cultural (or Post-Colonial) which it was not the lens I was hoping for. But it did give me an opportunity to analyze literature in a new way. The definition of Cultural (or Post-Colonial) Criticism is how does this piece of literature deauthentic culture or display the deauthentication. Cultural Criticism reminds us to understand that culture has significance. Throughout the play Fences there is conspicuous illustration of the stifling of voices.

“Husbands can object to their wives working and prevent them from accepting jobs in fifteen economies” (Reiner). Critical lens’ exist. They can be in literature, but also can be in other works. They are present so readers can criticize and analyze literature. An example of a critical lense is Feminism. This applies to literature and other works because female characters often always play a minor role in the action of the work because the male characters in the action of the work over power and out rule the women. In the play, Hamlet by William Shakespeare the female characters Gertrude and Ophelia are often overlooked and treated with little to no respect. Feminism is uncovered in the play Hamlet because of the fact of how rudely male characters treat female characters as if they are not as superior to the male characters and how the female characters act towards the male characters in such an enlightened way as they continue to play a minor role in the play.

The account is framed by an acceptance of “political

Kennedy, X.J. and Dana Gioia. Literature: an Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing. New York: Pearson Longman, 2010.

“A & P.” Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing. Ed. X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. 10th ed. New York: Pearson Longman, 2007. 16-20.