Karma Upon Death by Scrabble

Tyrone Gibson

Mr.Borrelli

Sunday, July 7, 2013

Karma Upon Death By Scrabble

Karma. What is karma? Is it a part of life? Is it what helps us make decisions? Or is it the

balance of life and everyone living in it? In Charlie Fish’s story Death By Scrabble karma is the main

theme. This fictional story is about a husband and his wife playing Scrabble, a game in which players

earn points for the words made by them with available letters. The story narrates how the words in the

game reflect the practical life of the players. In every story there are literary devices used to help

develop the theme of the story. In this story the terms imagery, the use of foreshadowing, and mostly

irony. By the end of this essay readers will realise how all the use of these literary terms helped develop

the theme of karma in Charlie Fish’s Death By Scrabble.

Imagery in Death By Scrabble I shown a lot and helps conquer the theme behind the story,

karma. “I’m 42 years old, it’s a blistering hot Sunday afternoon and all I can think of to do with my wife

is play Scrabble” (page 1)this is giving the readers an imagery upon the of the setting in which the

husband and wife are upon.While starting there’s the obvious feel and imagination of the image of the

married couple sitting and playing the game at a season of heat and anguish.Playing the game, the couple

begins to play in a way against each other with intention to win, the imagery is seen upon when his wives

“smug expression as she rearranges her letters. Clack, clack clack.” (page1) The husband is as well in a

race to win the game, as seen by him hoping “she has lousy letters” and even finding it “remarkably