Denotation

The narrator describes the village that Luo and himself have been assigned to stay in great detail. He uses the other villages on the mountain to contrast the condition of his own, specifically showing its poverty. The narrator uses alliteration (“scattered,” “single,” “serpentine”) showing beauty in art and writing in musical way. He also describes the condition of their house with a negative connotation (“not been constructed with habitation in mind,” “pigsty”) and even uses a simile “it was

Joseph Conrad uses light and darkness in Heart of Darkness to demonstrate that humans are not innately evil but rather a mixture of the two. The good -- then light -- can be overpowered by the evil -- then darkness -- when the characters refuse to see the value of the individual. Conrad goes on to show that light can embody evil instead of goodness similar to how Dave Eggers uses light and darkness in The Circle. Through this juxtaposition, both Conrad and Eggers highlight the ignorance and refusal

Intonation during casual speech productions can be observed at the discourse level using auditory analysis (Chun, 2002). In practice, speakers can utilise falling or rising intonations to represent various speech realisations such as statements, commands and/or explanations (Cruttendon, 1981). Speakers’ intonation choice may be situation-specific and used as an entity of expression to generate meaning within particular groups of words (Chun, 2002). Interpretations of speakers’ speech style using

Homer’s first four books of the epic poem The Odyssey, translated by Robert Fagles, introduces a seemingly weak boy struggling with his identity, who goes on a journey to find his missing father. During his 20 year absence, the legendary Greek king of Ithaca, Odysseus, is absent in parenting his son Telemachus. The young prince is deeply affected by his fatherless upbringing, and thus suitors take advantage of Odysseus’s absence, infesting Odysseus’ home, eating away his legacy, all while attempting

The poems “Dreams” by Langston Hughes and “The dream of now” by William Stafford both hold similar topics of dreams, however take a radically different approach in the dealing of the topic. The theme of “Dreams” by Langston Hughes is you must always hold onto your dreams. “Hold fast to dreams/For if dreams die/Life is a broken-winged bird” (Hughes 1) This quote represents the theme of the poem as it tells the reader a warning for what would happen if the readers dream were to be gone and gives the

In Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, characters in the books have interesting and unusual names. But all of these names mean more than what they may seem on the surface. Some of them are based off of biblical stories, some are based on stories explained in the book itself, but they all have something in common: these names all tell a story about the character whose name it is. Milkman’s name reflects his childish characteristics. Pilate and Hagar’s biblical names are linked to not only biblical stories

Summer is over and school has started. Students across the U.S. re-enter the educational buildings once left behind in the grade level prior. Many things are shared in the safety of a class room, to include: laughing, notes, questions, and resources. These learning platforms foster a contagion for knowledge and contribution that will spread from generation to generation. Parents expect curriculum to be followed in the school systems and for any type of contagion to include nothing more than the common

George Orwell once said he writes because he has a “Desire to push the world in a certain direction, to alter other people’s idea of the kind of society they should strive after.” In the book Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It, the author Ian Leslie also demonstrates his desire to push the world in a certain direction. In Curious, Ian Leslie makes a fervent thesis for the advancement of the “desire to know”. His main idea is to show that curiosity is an indefinite trait

Introduction We may not think or believe it ourselves, but the media is constantly ruling a huge part of our lives and how we socially interact with others. Over many years it has created many stereotypes and it shows quite a false representation of teenage girls. But firstly what in fact is representation? Or stereotypes? Representation Representation is the process by which the media present us to the 'real ' world and how they re-present something back to us. For a huge number of us the media

Politics has always been a controversial topic that has been actively separating the American society for many years. It has been fueled by the different ideologies that have been formed and passed down from past generations. The United States government has two front-running parties: The Democratic Party and the Republican Party. These parties are both criticized by one another, and the political candidates are kept under a microscope at all times. One wrong sentence has the ability to bring the