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    It is interesting how Faulkner use the stream of consciousness in each chapter differently. The reader could hardly understand anything in Benjy’s section due to his severe mental disorder. Benjy’s wording is not difficult but since he only relies on images, sounds,… the reader would be lost in its complexity

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    of a variety of literary techniques, Doyle has been able to delve into the thoughts and minds of his characters, so that the reader can easily empathize with them. Specifically, through the use of vernacular language, detailed imagery, and stream of consciousness in two of his novels, The Woman Who Walked Into Doors and Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, Roddy Doyle is able to successfully depict what occurs in the minds of both abused women, and adolescent boys, respectively.      In

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    anxiety over this loss. The particular construction of this image is unique and important to the work in that Quentin himself understands that the honeysuckle is a symbol for Caddy’s sexuality. The stream of consciousness technique, with its attempt at rendering the complex flow of human consciousness, is used by Faulkner to realistically show how symbols are imposed upon the mind when experiences

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    While introspection argued that we only received one stream of experience or stimuli at a time, this idea put forth by Puccetti offered a union of two streams of experience before the conscious state. Therefore, while introspectively it seemed there was only one stream, there quite possibly were two conscious streams that joined together through the complex network of commissures. While Puccetti was convinced of dual mindedness, Thomas

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    27 February 2024 Innocence of Boo Radley Harper Lee uses diction and stream of consciousness to develop Boo Radley’s innocence in To Kill A Mockingbird. Scout, the narrator, was told Boo got into legal trouble with his father, who imprisoned him at their house as punishment. Boo stayed hidden inside for 15 years, until he stabbed his father with scissors. Boo was thought of as crazy since then, but through diction and stream of conscience, Harper Lee reveals Boo as an innocent man with an unfortunate

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    else the Headquarters will execute him for failure to obey orders. Therefore, he struggles with the decision to either please his society or stay true to his friendship with Gregory. The author emphasizes this difficulty with use of mood, stream of consciousness, foreshadowing and visual imagery. Thus, Panos Ioannides short story “Gregory” develops the idea that society’s expectations and relationships can influence one’s moral decisions and create consequences. To begin with, Ioannides exemplifies

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    Vancouver British Columbia on March 2014 about consciousness and how one explains it. David Chalmers mentions in his talk that each of us in conscious, without consciousness, nothing in our lives would contain any value or meaning (2014). Consciousness is like a movie playing in your head, it possesses all the senses that humans have and also the feelings they have as well (Chalmers, 2014). This movie is your stream of consciousness. Overall, consciousness is one of the most difficult problem to solve

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    Cisneros, Cisneros uses rhetorical devices when describing how Rachel felt on her eleventh birthday. Repetition is used when Rachel talks about the reality of her birthday and when describing the different ages that are also living inside her. Stream of consciousness is used when seeing what Rachel is feeling inside when dealing with the sweater situation. The sweater situation made Rachel look at her birthday as a bad day which leads to Cisneros using a simile to depict when Rachel says she wishes to

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    Furthermore Joyce’s purpose is further revealed through his protagonist’s view of the artist. Steven expresses the view of the role of the artist as an individual who chooses to isolate themselves; through the strict focalisation and the stream of consciousness the reader is able to experience Steven’s isolation and the development of his artistic expression (Belanger xxiv). However, as a result of this isolation we are given limited insight into the way Steven is perceived by others. One of the

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    creates interesting contrast within the character of Clarissa Dalloway using stream of consciousness narration in her novel Mrs. Dalloway. Clarissa’s inner thoughts reveal a contrast between her lack of attraction to her husband due to her lesbian feelings and her fear of loosing him as a social stepping stone. These contrasts and many others can be seen throughout the novel using the literary device of stream of consciousness narration.      Clarissa’s character reveals to us

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