Woman At The Store

In the very first paragraph, the reader encounters the use of many literary devices. As the narrator “…walked out into the desert…” one begins to understand the setting. The ellipsis gives a carefree feeling, as one nonchalantly carries throughout their evening stroll. Then, he encounters “savory odors” that “were sweet on the cooler air.” The “savory

This passage reveals “the hand of the author.” The author uses many descriptive words, similes and hyperboles. In the first part of the passage when the author mentions his leg being like a chunk of a burnt pine log. Bradbury used a simile to show the relationship between his leg and a burnt pine log, that is his leg felt as heavy as a chunk of burnt pine log. In the second part of the passage, the author uses a hyperbole to exaggerate the situation to show the reader how much pain Montag is feeling. It gives the reader a clear understanding of how intense the moment is. As mentioned before, the author also uses descriptive words, such as “a shower of silver needles.” And “…like a chunk of burnt pine log…” It gives you an idea of how the author

The use of the warm and cold temperatures is used to signify the childhood Hayden had. The contrast also sets the mood for the poem as well. Overall, the mood is drawn to be sad. The dialogue such as “Blue back cold” (2) and “cold splintering” (6) was used to represent the irritation and bitterness Hayden had with his dad. On the other hand, warm dialogue such as “Fires blaze” (5) and “Rooms were warm” (7) depicts the memories that were good and memorable with his father.

The setting of the story “August Heat” is very important to the story. The story takes place in England on the 20th of August, and it is extremely hot. Throughout the entire story the narrator speaks about the heat being too hot. “The heat is stifling. It is enough to send a man mad” (line 172-173). This enables the reader because the story isn't just shown but it is also felt. The heat helped direct the character James because if he was not preoccupied with his discomfort toward the heat , he would of have not wandered and not be able to found the stonemason Mr.

The symbolism of multiple aspects of “The Yellow Wallpaper” help to make the reader understand the subordination of women and the heinousness of such subordination. Moonlight is the first symbolism one can see the prominence of. The moon has long been a symbol of the woman as with early

First, the author used a lot of hyperboles. For example, on page 326, “ I HATE littering. I hate it when you go to a park or the beach and the day is suddenly destroyed by the arrival of The Picnic People from Hell.” This situation was exaggerated with humor to express the narrator’s hatred for littering. Another example of a hyperbole is on page 325, “They just WALK AWAY from what looks like the scene of a tragic dumpster explosion.” This quote is expressing the how big of a mess they left.

In the story, All Summer in a day, by Ray Bradbury, the setting helps develop the mood of sadness, and depression. The author does this by making the setting dark and stormy everyday on venus. The setting makes the story gloomy at first, but when the sun comes out for one hour, it makes the reader hopeful, but the main character missed the sun. That makes the reader’s mood depressed and sad.

Throughout Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit, Silko appoints to the reader several key events that expressed her point of view on her appearance and how the stories helped Silko reach to an eventuality of accepting her difference. Silko’s interaction with her grandmother, aunts, and the tourist shaped her character throughout the story. The author uses beauty, harmony, cultural inheritance, and identity to assist the reader in understanding the power and beauty of the text and indicate the author’s point of view expressed in the

The setting of "The Road" is after an unknown apocalyptic disaster they are traveling south along the road. The setting is very gray and dark; the sun is blocked out from all the ash in the air. Beginning their travel south along the road the book states, “Nights dark beyond darkness and the days more gray each one than what had gone before” (3). This quote shows how the setting never sees the light of the sun. It also shows how the air while traveling along the road was always cold because the world was just darkness. The quote says each day got more gray, and this shows that while they were traveling south the world looked the same and it never got better no matter how far south they went. The majority of the setting is on the road, “out

In “The Whipping,” the flashback gives the reader an inside look of the life of the speaker. Current happenings bring up dark memories of past atrocities. “Men” is told almost entirely through a flashback. The very first line of the poem gives the readers some insight of the age of the speaker now and when she made the memories she is flashing back to with “When I was young” (“Men” Line 1). The speaker in “The Whipping” also uses a metaphor as a Segway into his flashback: “His tears are rainy weather/ to wound like memories:” (“The Whipping Lines 11-12). The speaker of “Men” uses strategic similes throughout her story. She recalls her experience with a man as “One day they hold you in the/ Palms of their hands, gentle, as if you/ Were the last raw egg in the world.” (Men Lines 15-17). Everyone knows how delicate and fragile raw eggs are, so this metaphor really proves how the speaker perceives the gentle hands of the man. But, slowly and gradually, the she can fell grip tighten, like a boa constrictor squeezing out the breath of its prey until finally the “Air disappears,/ Your mind pops, exploding fiercely, briefly,/ Like the head of a kitchen match.” (“Men” Lines 23-25). Literary devices are useful tools the reader can use to build a full understanding of the meaning the author of the poem is trying to get

Yellow represents money and greed but it peculiarly represents death as well. The color yellow can be seen at two of the deaths in the book. The yellow Rolls-Royce owned by Gatsby that killed Myrtle, it is discernible that yellow was involved with the death of Myrtle. Another way yellow is shown through death is when Gatsby walked past the yellowing trees that were on the way to his pool before he was killed by George Wilson. “Gatsby shouldered the mattress and headed for the pool. Once he stopped and shifted it a little and the chauffeur asked him if he needed any help, but he shook his head and in a moment disappeared among the yellowing trees.” (Fitzgerald p.169). This shows the color yellow playing a role in death once again. At the parties you can tell that yellow is apparent. The “yellow cocktail music” and the “girls in yellow dresses” are too ways that show that Gatsby tries to fit in with “old money.” Yellow or gold deals with the real money, gold of course, while green would be considered new money. It is also humorous that Daisy which is a yellow flower is also the most impure character in the book.

The color yellow can be connected with the symbolism of greed, desire for wealth, and “old money”. Corruption is also distinctly represented by yellow, but death is also a key to yellows dark symbolism. The color yellow can be seen around a tragic death. The first time this is seen is when Myrtle is killed. She is the mistress of Tom, and is also married to a man named George Wilson. Myrtle was killed by Gatsby’s yellow Rolls Royce, in front of her yellow brick house, and under the yellow spectacled eyes of Dr.

Roy links yellow to disgust, which creates a sense of foreboding in the reader’s mine when Estha first meets the Orangedrinklemondrink man who later molests him. Objects meant to disgust the reader are associated early on with the color in yellow in phrases like, “[Baby Kochamma] was wearing a limp checked seersucker nightgown with puffed sleeves and yellow turmeric stains.” and, “A yellow brook burbles through a mountain pass”. Later, when Estha meets the Orangedrinklemondrink for the first time, the scene is bathed in yellow, which mirrors Estha’s disgust. His teeth are, “ like yellow piano keys”, and the man’s name is usually forgone is favor of referring to him by his teeth. Even before Etha is molested, the author uses a tone of foreboding by introducing the color yellow.

Mansfield created the story with the intention of allowing it to be open for various interpretations; though she includes specific detail concerning the characters Mansfield does not elucidate them in a manner that clearly defines their personalities. The story, like the budding rose, is one that never peaks to maturity, but rather remains in the developing stage because of its ambiguities which cause it to be discussed and interpreted in many varying ways.

The poet uses different techniques to bring the out the impacts of slavery on the affected individuals (the slaves). The “grave/slave(s)” rhymed couplet recurs at