BELONGING
5.12-5.15
Change, whether it is present or absent, is universal and an inevitable notion and it can result in positive or negative impacts- depending on the factors stimulating the change. Within the beautifully composed poems by T.S. Eliot, the related text, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, this concept of change is depicted through the use and manipulation of language devices, with the aid of the recurring communal stimulating factors- change in perspective, change in world and change in one’s self.
5.19-5.32
Through the focus of change in perspective, positive and negative impacts arise from the inevitable change present throughout each text. In The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, the change in perspective is clearly evident. He repeatedly thinks back and forth of whether he should approach the women in the room, or if he should just disregard the thought of socialising and carry on with his lonely life. The repetition of the line “There will be time…” throughout the poem, portrays the hope that change will occur. Although, due to Prufrock’s insecurities he quickly contradicts himself and the hope demolishes. “To wonder, ‘Do I dare?’ and, ‘Do I Dare?’” The repetition and the use of rhetorical questions within this line, illustrates how he is too apprehensive to approach change and is clearly insecure as he has to question himself. However, there is a change in his personal perspective of himself when he starts to retaliate by taking in what the women around him say. “[They will say: ‘But how his arms and legs are thin!]” the use of brackets, which are rarely used in texts, visually portrays the change in perspective of Prufrock. Therefore, the change in perspective within this poem creates a negative impact for the character. Similarly, in Preludes, the change in perspective is apparent as the first stanza is of omniscient narration, whereas in the third stanza it is second person narration. Also, throughout Preludes, the image of a desolate withering
Change, whether it is present or absent, is universal and an inevitable notion and it can result in positive or negative impacts- depending on the factors stimulating the change. Within the beautifully composed poems by T.S. Eliot, the related text, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, this concept of change is depicted through the use and manipulation of language devices, with the aid of the recurring communal stimulating factors- change in perspective, change in world and change in one’s self.
5.19-5.32
Through the focus of change in perspective, positive and negative impacts arise from the inevitable change present throughout each text. In The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, the change in perspective is clearly evident. He repeatedly thinks back and forth of whether he should approach the women in the room, or if he should just disregard the thought of socialising and carry on with his lonely life. The repetition of the line “There will be time…” throughout the poem, portrays the hope that change will occur. Although, due to Prufrock’s insecurities he quickly contradicts himself and the hope demolishes. “To wonder, ‘Do I dare?’ and, ‘Do I Dare?’” The repetition and the use of rhetorical questions within this line, illustrates how he is too apprehensive to approach change and is clearly insecure as he has to question himself. However, there is a change in his personal perspective of himself when he starts to retaliate by taking in what the women around him say. “[They will say: ‘But how his arms and legs are thin!]” the use of brackets, which are rarely used in texts, visually portrays the change in perspective of Prufrock. Therefore, the change in perspective within this poem creates a negative impact for the character. Similarly, in Preludes, the change in perspective is apparent as the first stanza is of omniscient narration, whereas in the third stanza it is second person narration. Also, throughout Preludes, the image of a desolate withering