the fun they had
Elina Osmolovskaya
Group 302
“THE FUN THEY HAD”
Analysis
The text, or even better, the passage I am going to speak on is taken from the book written by I. Asimov “The fun they had”. The extract begins with introducing Margie to us, but does not imply introduction. In the passage, where the author describes finding of a real book he uses the pronoun ”HIS”. The author underlines it graphically, to show the vast gap in the epochs, habits, morality, way of life and model of life. To show that this text belongs to science fiction and the action takes place in the future, the author uses neologisms, like: telebooks and mechanical teacher, to describe new things that had not existed. To make the narration more vividly the author implies dialogs in direct speech between Margie and Tommy. The kids are teenagers, and to show that, the author uses interjections and colloquialisms, like: gee and I ques. The girl’s sketches are shown in the text through her attitude to school. She hated school. And to stress that fact the author uses repetition of the words, like: hate and worse, and parallel constructions to strengthen the effect. Also we may observe the negative feelings of the girl towards the teacher, and the County Inspector. In describing the County Inspector the author uses an epithet which may be extended to metaphor, like: a round man. Describing the fact when the mechanical teacher had been broken, the author uses irony and personification, like: took the teacher apart. Also we may continue to observe the girl`s negative feelings. The author depicts that through modality of the verbs, and passive constructions, like: had to, had to and made her. All these show that she disliked the school, it was not the joy for her, it was more necessity than her will. While describing the boy`s character, the author again implies the dialog, where he uses epithet, like: superior eyes, to show his superior attitude
Group 302
“THE FUN THEY HAD”
Analysis
The text, or even better, the passage I am going to speak on is taken from the book written by I. Asimov “The fun they had”. The extract begins with introducing Margie to us, but does not imply introduction. In the passage, where the author describes finding of a real book he uses the pronoun ”HIS”. The author underlines it graphically, to show the vast gap in the epochs, habits, morality, way of life and model of life. To show that this text belongs to science fiction and the action takes place in the future, the author uses neologisms, like: telebooks and mechanical teacher, to describe new things that had not existed. To make the narration more vividly the author implies dialogs in direct speech between Margie and Tommy. The kids are teenagers, and to show that, the author uses interjections and colloquialisms, like: gee and I ques. The girl’s sketches are shown in the text through her attitude to school. She hated school. And to stress that fact the author uses repetition of the words, like: hate and worse, and parallel constructions to strengthen the effect. Also we may observe the negative feelings of the girl towards the teacher, and the County Inspector. In describing the County Inspector the author uses an epithet which may be extended to metaphor, like: a round man. Describing the fact when the mechanical teacher had been broken, the author uses irony and personification, like: took the teacher apart. Also we may continue to observe the girl`s negative feelings. The author depicts that through modality of the verbs, and passive constructions, like: had to, had to and made her. All these show that she disliked the school, it was not the joy for her, it was more necessity than her will. While describing the boy`s character, the author again implies the dialog, where he uses epithet, like: superior eyes, to show his superior attitude