Passage analysis

states, “My first instinct was to let him go his way.” From this thought the reader can tell that the man has no inclination of killing the snake at first and did not see him as any sort of immediate threat. With the author’s decision to write the passage in the first person perspective of the man it has a crucial impact of skewing details to reflect off of his perceptions, allowing for a better insight on the character. Another example that helps the readers empathize with the man is when he reveals

In the passage from Fasting, Feasting by Anita Desai, Arun, a foreign exchange student from India, much to his disdain, joins the mother and daughter of his host family, Melanie and Mrs. Patton, on a day to the beach. The complicated and warped experience that Arun faces on the day trip is characterized by the literary tools used by Anita Desai, such as diction, syntax, and rich descriptions. From the opening paragraph of the passage, Arun’s uneager disposition is shown, when he is displayed trying

do it; Luo and the Narrator had given in. Throughout this passage, the Narrator experiences a drastic change of emotion toward the authorities in his community. He quickly shifts from feeling shocked and hesitant about the situation to viewing those who surround him with a sadistic perspective. This dramatic change of emotion reveals the Narrator’s hidden desires to rebel against the re-education program. In the first portion of the passage, the Narrator feels shocked when he sees Luo chaining the

Natural darkness is something many people take for granted and do not consider worthwhile to think about. However, the author of this passage, Paul Bogard, advocates to preserve natural darkness in "Let There Be Dark." Through his use of appealing to emotion, facts, and word choice, Bogard is able to make an emotional plea to preserve darkness whilst also informing the reader of the many benefits natural darkness has to offer as well. Within the first paragraph Bogard has already established a

late 1800s and early 1900s. For the first passage, Selden ponders on Lily Bart. For the second passage, Lily confesses to Gerty her true intentions of marriage when Lily experienced distress about her current state and her past choices. Through a close reading of the two passages, the diction, grammatical elements, and poetic devices utilized in these excerpts help unearth the passages’ hidden messages. For the first passage, through diction, the passage sheds new light. The words “no less conscious”

dirt” (2). Coming from the first passage of Emma Donoghue’s Kissing the Witch sets a revision of popular fairy tales whereas internal voices, seen as personal experience, and their comparison to external voices, seen as societal expectations, create places where these stories change. This shift can be seen as a move away from the original well known story or aspects of that particular story, while also representing a change in the narrator of the story itself. The passage above for instance occurs when

reads, “ A price so vast as is unknown/ Yet by His gift is made thine own/ There’s wealth enough, I need no more/ Farewell, my pelf, farewell my store/ The world no longer let me love/ My hope and treasure lies above.” From reading this part of the passage and seeing how she words the things that she has lost, it makes the tone very dark, whereas later on in the stanza, where she explains how her treasures being above, leaving a spark of hope. In a contrasting story, where Bradstreet leaves a spark

Growing up is an ability the human species were blessed and cursed with. It comes with aging, aching bodies and a greater awareness of the world. And yet, growing up also comes with an opportunity for us to invent an entirely new version of ourselves. We’re always changing, but the first drastic change in our lives is the coming of age. It’s something that signifies your shift from adolescence to adulthood. However, coming of age is more than just another transition of your life. It’s also about

The themes found in the passages, Celeste’s Heart by Aida Bartnik and Principals and Principles by Daniel Hadler both are similar. A similar theme from both passages is that you have to stand up for what you believe in no matter the cost or outcome. In the passage Celeste’s Heart, the story’s message shows the theme shared between the two passages. The main character, Celeste is a young student who attends a school in Argentina. During the break periods at school, their teacher would make her class

When being told a war story, one automatically assumes all that they are hearing is factual, and that all the trauma, devastation, and victory really happened. However, in the fictional The Things They Carried, by Tim O’Brien, he turns the idea on its head: a story does not necessarily have to be honest if the emotions behind the story are. O’Brien uses techniques such as hyperbolic characters and verisimilitude to show his audience that while the verbatim anecdotes are not true, the sentiment behind