Writers use imagery to unlock the reader’s memory of a specific experience. Good writers use figurative language like personification to give their writing life and to connect with their audiences. C.S. Lewis’ style of writing in The Silver Chair incorporated imagery, personification and a childs sense of imagination to convey multiple messages.…
Note the use of metaphor: “a unicorn that could look you in the eye” (7). Why is it effective to describe events or objects in this way?…
When used and executed properly they can help a reader visualize a scene or setting. Connell did a fantastic job of crafting and placing personifications throughout his story. In the beginning of the text, the author expresses the sound of the sea by saying that it mutters and growls (Connell, 19). The author represents the low and eerie noise of the sea to the sounds that a living thing might make, which helps the reader better imagine the scene and relate to the text by thinking about a more relative subject. Later in the text the main character, Rainsford, mentioned that hunger was picking at him (Connell, 20). This is an effective use of personification because Richard Connell helps portray Rainsfords intense hunger by relating it to a living thing that is “picking at him.” This helps deepen the reader's perspective and sympathy for the character. The author uses personifications very nicely throughout his text, given the following examples, and effectively uses them to connect the reader to the plot and…
In conclusion, the sympathetic effect that the passage has is due to the writer’s use of animalistic imagery, diction, and similes. "And…
Using imagery is a smart way to engage an audience and keep someone on their seat to keep reading. Tim O'Brien uses imagery to connect and entertain his audience in an effective way. “..not love letters, but Lieutenant Cross was hoping, so he kept them folded in plastic... after a day's march, he would dig his foxhole, wash his hands under a canteen, unwrap the letters, hold them with the tips of his fingers, and spend the last hour of light pretending.. He wanted Martha to love him as he loved her” (1). This quote gives the reader evidence that imagery can create a new picture and really help you understand a story in a deeper level. This is more suitable than using facts because using facts can not create a vivid, lasting picture in the reader’s mind.…
Metaphor, simile, and personification are among the ones that stuck out the most. Using metaphor, the king cobra says “I am death”. The snake here is comparing himself to death. Simile is using like or as and in the next sentence, Rikki-Tikki is compared to both a cat and a weasel. “He was a mongoose, rather like a little cat in his fur and his tail but quite like a weasel in his head and habits”. Personification is give animals human qualities. “Chuchundra is a broken-hearted, little beast. He whimpers and cheeps all through the night, trying to make up his mind to run into the middle of the room but never gets…
Native American cultures hold a strong association with nature and its symbolism. In Joseph M. Marshall’s biography, The Journey of Crazy Horse, this symbolism plays a major role in the culture and actions of the Lakota people. Snakes are a recurring symbol in Marshall’s novel. In addition, this image appears in a variety of instances that range from the childhood games of the Lakota to the mystic anecdotes of the tribal elders. However, the most important symbolism of the snake lies within its connection to the health and stability of the Lakota tribe.…
Figurative language allows readers to better understand the message that the author is trying to say. Personification allows writers to easily reveal what they are trying to say when descriptions fail them. By including personification, the author can clearly communicate how he felt at a specific time. As a reader, personification allows us to easier relate to the idea or feeling the author is conveying. Wiesel uses personification on page thirty nine, when he says “Remorse began to gnaw at me.” Remorse cannot eat away at a person, but it allows the reader to understand how guilty Elie felt when he did not stand up for his father. A second example of figurative language used in Night is foreshadowing. Foreshadowing allows the author to keep…
As you all know, even a visual tells a story. However, characters in a text through distinctive voices demonstrate their personalities which contribute to an insightful understanding of the text.…
These three examples of personification in the story add a certain effect and feeling to it. They provide a vivid description and image for the reader. In all instances, what is described does not normally portray the usual behavior of the object, yet it adds to the story. That is why Rock, Tom's corduroys, and his stomach are all examples of…
An example of personification in the story is when Rikki says, “It must be the head,” he said at last, “the head above the hood; and when I am once there, I must not let go (para 57).” This shows the use of personification because the author uses the mongoose’s natural instinct to kill cobras and combines it with the text so that it seems as if Rikki-Tikki is thinking where to bite Nag. Another time when the author used personification is when the text states, “Darzee’s wife knew better than to do that, for a bird who looks at a snake’s eyes gets so frightened that she cannot move.” This supports the topic sentence because the author once again uses real live animal traits and applies it to the story in a way so that it seems as if Darzee’s wife has humanesque traits. This proves the theme to be true because if this had been a normal scene without personification, the bird (Darzee’s wife) would have just continued hopping away from Nagaina instead of contemplating on what to do. In conclusion, the author used personification so that the readers can digest the…
Literary devices are used to help the reader connect and understand characters and to give those characters depth. Anthropomorphism is a literary device that is the attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object. An example of anthropomorphism is Rudyard Kipling's "Rikki-tikki-tavi". Rikki-tikki-tavi is a mongoose that is the hero of the story because he saves Teddy and his family, who are people who have taken Rikki into their home. Rikki shows his heroic characteristics, which are also very human, when saving Teddy and his family from the cobras, who live in their garden. Rikki's heroic characteristics that are very human include courage, loyalty, and cleverness.…
Images are a universal language that appeals to a wider audience through techniques that give the pictures meaning. Consequently, an individual is able to perceive the image in their own way depending on their level of knowledge. As a result, the audience is able to interpret both simple and complex ideas within the pictures according to their own understanding. John Marsden and Shaun Tan’s picture book The Rabbits demonstrates the different ways an individual may interpret narratives through techniques such as allegory, anthropomorphism and symbolism. Through these techniques, simple and complex ideas are communicated, and depending on a person’s knowledge, this reflects different ideas that the person may gather from the pictures in the book. Through the analysis of both visual and literacy techniques, a picture book’s ability to address both simple and complex ideas will be discussed.…
Automatically, when you look at the giraffe you notice something different about it. Im almost positive you were thinking about its long neck. The one to blame for this is evolution. The giraffe revolutionized itself to have an easier life. To not having to…
According to German philosopher Immanuel Kant, “We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals”. This quote relates to William Shakespeare’s play, The Taming of the Shrew, and its relation to animal imagery. Shakespeare successfully cultivates the development of theme, relationships and character by using animal imagery. Firstly, the imagery used in this play helps to develop themes, such as power and dehumanization. Secondly, animal imagery effectively develops relationships throughout the play, including those between Katherina and Petruchio, as well as Lucentio and Tranio. Thirdly, character development is influenced by animal imagery, as shown through the characters Petruchio, Sly and Bianca. Thus, Shakespeare’s play The Taming of the Shrew definitively progresses the development of theme, relationships and character through the use of animal imagery.…