Bridge To Wiseman's Cove Figurative Language

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James Maloney’s novel A Bridge to Wiseman’s Cove is beautifully crafted and achingly honest exploration of the transformative power of love. Maloney uses language techniques, such as imagery, characterisation, symbolism, themes and figurative language. This entices the reader into, positions them to feel and think ways about the characters and is given to inform the reader about the character. In ABTWC Maloney has used unconditional love to express the characters inner thoughts. He uses this to meticulously craft abstruse themes and characterisations. The Ways he has shown how transformative love is through points mentioned before and through the different forms of love (conditional and unconditional). I will present ways
The names and titles in ABTWC have sediment on top, but underneath they hold the truth, the astounding truth. This book is not seen as very inspirational but with the coherent devices used the names and titles link closer and hold a tighter grasp on the true meaning of what the book holds. ‘He’s not a wild creature, just a little boy’ (P.115). Harleys name means “hare meadow; the long field". Harley is characterised through this novel just like this, something that is open, free and forever yearning. This describes Harley and his chapter. Without discovering the concealed meaning of the chapter titles have no relevance to the secluded information in the chapters. It is like buying someone clothes without knowing there sizes, you are not going to know how well it is going to work and you’re not going to know if it will be relative and useful. Without knowing the origin and the meaning of the names and title the book is just pages with some irrelevant information. Maloney has used the name of the character to characterise them honestly and let their true colours shine. Skip refers to a ship or something that ravels on the sea. “Skip in the wheelhouse” (p.78). This was Skip’s chapter. The first mention of him is on the Barge (another form of boat/ship) this refers directly to his name and his chapter all about water, ships and family helping to build his characterisation and showing how Maloney uses honesty to express and conduct an excellent novel, with marvellous themes that link directly to the honesty in the novel. The theme of love is represented by the names and title because it shows what the true feelings of the character. Joys name means joy so she will be a happy and someone that has over for everyone whereas a character like skip doesn’t show much emotion and his name meaning doesn’t