##ymbolism, And Language In The Little House By Laura Ingalls Wilder

Wilder uses the main character as the narrator, who describes to the viewers/audience members, events that had previously taken place. This uniquely used technique makes Wilder’s audience go “stir crazy,” and captivates and sparks the audience's self curiosity to find out what happened. It is also important to note that this technique creates a relation between the narrator and the audience members, which is important because the audience members will hear a complete story of the character’s self experience. Through the narration the male character, relieves the stress, guilt, and burdens onto the “audience” members. We (the audience) are guided by the narrator to understand and unravel the films

One example of this is when Bradbury talks about how lonely the streets are when the main character is walking, “The streets were silent and long and empty with only his shadow moving like the shadow of the hawk in midcountry” (“Pedestrian 98”). It really lets the reader soak in the setting and let the reader feel what the main character is feeling. Another form of imagery in the text is when Bradbury talks about the houses and how they look. “And on his way he would see the cottages and homes with their dark windows, and it was not unlike walking in a graveyard where only the faint glimmers of firefly light appeared in flickers behind the windows” (“Pedestrian 96”). This quote is letting the reader know about the street being empty and dark with no one to be seen. One more example is when a cop car pulls up to the character, the car asked him to get in and then describes the inside of the car “He put his hand on to the door and peered into the back seat, which was like a little cell, a little black jail with bars. It smelled of riveted steel. It smells of harsh antiseptic, it smelled to clean and hard metallic. There was nothing safe there” (“Pedestrian 100”). This quote describes the unsettling feeling of the police car and the smell of the metal and

Ray Bradbury is focused on multiple craft such as similes to give bigger and better pictures in your heads, metaphors to give us examples and to give us pictures as well, and foreshadowing to give use hints on what might come later in the story. He uses these craft moves to emphasize how spoiled the Hadley children have become. Ray Bradbury uses similes often in his story The Veldt to give us better images in our heads when reading the book. This is how Bradbury uses one of his similes. “The house lights followed her like a flock of fireflies.”

When we are introduced to the characters, Wilder presents them in a way so that they fit human clichés. This technique allows for the audience to see parts of themselves within young George and Emily, and within their parents the Webbs and Gibbs’. Wilder’s approach with the characters, allows for the audience to develop the drama with their own experiences and memories, practically becoming a part of the play he is staging. Midway through act one, during his monologue the Stage Manager states, “Babylon once had two million people in it, and all we know about em’ is the names of the kings and some copies of wheat contracts…Yet every night all those families sat down to supper, and the father came home from his work, and the smoke went up in the chimneys,-same as here” (Wilder, 33). He reveals the commonality of human experience, from Babylon to Grover’s Corner, which Our Town tries to capture the essence of to enact and remember it. Wilder connects history to his work to accentuate the perception that daily life remains consistent throughout

     Another thing also stood out to me, similar to the previous quote. “Yes I told myself. It is finally over. I stood up and stretched and looked across the highway at the river, so tranquil, its water as blue as the sky. The willows near the edge of the water were just as still, and no breeze stirred the Spanish moss that hung from the cypresses.” Grant’s reflection on the atmosphere after the death of Jefferson creates a sense of perfect harmony within the little town that was in commotion just a few hours before. The river was perfect, and the willows did not move out of respect for the dead. This quote is a perfect example of how a novel is not just about the main story, but also about the little things that make a big impression.

Hawthorne describes a cold and gray day.  This description gives the reader a sense of isolation as well as slight depression.  However, the mention of a slight breeze that ruffles the canopy of the forest just enough to let in little flickers of sunshine conveys a fleeting ray of hope that seems to coexist with the gloominess in the scene.  In many scenes during the book, moods or prevailing feelings are established through descriptions of the natural surroundings of the characters.  This aspect of Hawthorne's writing makes the book deeper and more emotional.

The author Bradbury uses a lot of literary devices in his novel. The most obvious literary technique is a dialogue. Throughout the book, Bradbury builds up the setting

One example from the text is, “The dark sky, filled with angry, swirling clouds, reflected Greg Ridley’s mood...” In this quote the author uses a metaphor to compare the sky to Greg’s mood. This can help develop the mood, angry, of the story because the clouds are dark and swirling, which is not a happy mood. Another example from the story is, “The voice was high and brittle, like dry twigs being broken…” When the author uses this simile to compare Lemon Brown’s voice to twigs, a reader can understand that his character is not threatening and frightened. Since Lemon Brown sounds like twigs being broken and his voice was high then he is not going to scare any intruders. One last example from “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” is, “A car passed, its tires hissing over the wet street..” The use of personification in this quote can help develop setting. The car’s tires can not actually hiss, so the author is giving the tires a human quality. When the tires hiss over the wet street a reader can understand that the setting is a gloomy, dark, rainy day. In conclusion, Walter Dean Myers uses metaphors, similes, and personification to create the characteristics of the story’s mood, character, and

The lavish bedroom was a stark contrast to the view itself. There were cotton fields for as far as the eye could see, with small cabins containing more than a few holes in the walls at the edge of the fields. People were scattered all throughout the fields under the glaring sun.

According to A Little House Sampler, she made her husband Almanzo wait three years before agreeing to marry him ( 37). Her family had many hardships. A Little House Sampler says that her husband was partially disabled by diphtheria, and her baby boy died in 1888 ( 3). A turning point in Laura’s life is when her house burned down in 1890 according to Laura Ingalls’ official website. “In 1894 the Wilders bought a 200-acre farm in the Ozarks of Mansfield, Missouri” (website). Wilder's official website elaborates saying that Laura, along with her husband Almanzo and daughter Rose, moved to Rocky Ridge farm near Mansfield Missouri in 1894. “By the mid-1920s Wilder and her husband were doing little of their own farming…,which allowed her to spend most of her time writing” (Notable Biographies). When her first of eight Little House books was published in 1932, suggests Notable Biographies website, it was a big turning point in her life. Rocky Ridge farm was Laura’s last home, and it is where she wrote the Little House books, according to Wilder’s Official website. “Wilder was seventy-six years old when she finished the final book in her ‘Little House’ series” (Notable

The author uses figurative language when he says, “. . . made bits of paper dance between the parked cars.”. This helps the reader understand that the mood of the setting is gloomy. In the story the quote, “His father’s words, like distant thunder that now echoed through the streets of Harlem” helps the reader better understand the characters. This quote helps the reader infer that the narrator's dad is a big, strict, loud, and his words are repeated in the narrator’s mind. Finally, the author uses figurative language when he says, “The voice was high and brittle, like twigs being broken”. This quote helps describe Lemon Brown by comparing his voice to twigs being broken. This makes Lemon Brown appear to be old and feeble. By using figurative language Walter Dean Myers helped establish the mood and

Metaphors: These allow the author to compare to subjects while still maintaining the flow of a formal tone such as that of an academic essay. This also allows the author to use a broader vocabulary which keeps their overall writing at a higher level because the author does not have to use the word “like” which is preached as lower level diction which is used in a simile.

A book is like a puzzle, it contains many different pieces to make it into a whole. Thomas Foster, in his book “How to Read Literature Like a Professor, discusses the many aspects to decoding a book. There are many aspects included in the book, including the importance of weather and Foster incorporated lots of content in his book, but the two that stand out are irony and symbolism.

The sun was still below the horizon but the clouds above the mountains were tainted the color of pomegranates. Around me the shadows seemed empty. I tried not to look into the brush as I walked down the driveway. I had stopped before, looking to see the back of the shadows; staring hard, only to have them retreat from my eyes indefinitely. Invisible birds called from within. Their sound followed me down the driveway and onto the road.

The sunset was not spectacular that day. The vivid ruby and tangerine streaks that so often caressed the blue brow of the sky were sleeping, hidden behind the heavy mists. There are some days when the sunlight seems to dance, to weave and frolic with tongues of fire between the blades of grass. Not on that day. That evening, the yellow light was sickly. It diffused softly through the gray curtains with a shrouded light that just failed to illuminate. High up in the treetops, the leaves swayed, but on the ground, the grass was silent, limp and unmoving. The sun set and the earth waited.