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Many emotions may be expressed with silence. In Katharine Brush's short story, "The Birthday Party"the husband reaction to his surprise with a mere priceless face expressions. Brush's use of caricature and imagery in order to achieve her purpose of exploring the deeper meaning of women's role in the late fourties. Women's average role was to cook, clean, and care for the children. Their priority was to attend the husband and children if any. If they were to do anything out of ordinary such as take

In Katharine Brush’s short story, “The Birthday Party”, it describes the interaction between of a seemingly untroubling married couple on what should be a joyous event for both the husband and the wife. Brush manipulates literacy devices, like foreshadowing and alliteration, to emphasize her theme of how looks don't reflect the reality of the situation. In order to create an atmosphere of suspense in the short story, Brush utilizes the element of foreshadowing to establish a sense of uneasiness

Sweaty palms and a red face are a common reaction to the watching eyes of a crowded restaurant. In the passage from the short story, “Birthday Party,” by Katharine Brush, the narrator describes a couple who are out on a date for a surprise birthday celebration for the husband. Once the night takes a turn, the wife is left in tears as the narrator tries to handle the vicarious embarrassment in the husband's response. Through the usage of shift, from delight to sorrow within the wife, and diction;

feelings from watching it, I don’t have much to say about “GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER?”, because the main message the director: Stanley Kramer, script writer: William Rose and actors: Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, and Katharine Hepburn, and features Hepburn's niece Katharine Houghton are trying to convey; (the racism and interracial marriage in the USA) are truly distant to me personally. In my country of origin and furthermore, in our national history, we never experienced slavery in the form

“The Birthday Party” In the story “ The Birthday Party” by Katharine Brush integrates caricature and atmosphere to obtain her objective. Brush illustrates a couple who are having dinner and reveals to be the husband’s birthday and his wife astonished him with a surprise. Throughout the story Brush generates caricature, repetition, and atmosphere to elaborate the emotions that is occurring throughout the story. Her priority throughout the story is to employ keywords to elaborate her main ideas to

““There are some who say we are not truly human until we have suffered” 1 as said by Katharine Dell. There is also a though throughout the bible that God makes us suffer for our wrongdoings and past offenses. If this is so, then the protagonist of the Book of Job put both of these thoughts to the test while remaining faithful to God. Similarly to Job in “John” chapter nine, Jesus’ disciples question him in regards to human suffering and punishment from God. The idea of punishing a child for their

wedding day and spending the rest of their lives together. However, the honeymoon phase of marriage may have the tendency to fade over time, and relationships that were once strong and loving may become strained. In the short story Birthday Party by Katharine Brush, a particular instance of such a weakened relationship is highlighted as the observer in the story witnesses a married man and woman celebrating a birthday in a restaurant. Through the use of vivid description and powerful word choice, Brush

Reading through this story, there were many factors that led to Katharine Moser’s decision to test for the Huntington’s gene found in her DNA. She took into account her family needs, her curiosity, the affects it might have on her future if she test positive or negative, and many other factors as well. But overall, I believe from a Utilitarian perspective she made the better moral decision to find out. From a Utilitarianism perspective, Ms. Moser’s decision or act was to insure the greatest good

Birthday surprises usually put a smile on someone’s face, the person gets excited that others possibly strangers can join in on their day of birth. In the short story “Birthday Party,” Katharine Brush depicts a special birthday surprise a woman plans for her husband that would feel excited. However, Brush highlights the unwanted actions that occur through using imagery, diction, and appealing to one’s emotions. First, Brush uses imagery when describing the average couple that walks into the restaurant

stayed there until they were adults and started a business where they designed and repaired bicycles. In the Wright family, there were a total of seven children. Orville and Wilbur were two of them. The other five were Lorin Wright, Reuchlin Wright, Katharine Wright, and twins Ida and Otis Wright, the twins were born in 1870; the twins died in infancy. In 1878 the brothers had their first inspiration; their father