The illustrated text “The viewer” by Shaun Tan and Gary Crew tells the story of the curious protagonist‚ Tristan whose obsession with random artefacts lead him to discover a corrupt view master‚ in which depicts horrific events of our own history. The protagonist and responders are lead to make several discoveries in which force a re-evaluation of modern society and their attitude towards the world. The theme of urban disintegration and wastefulness is explored throughout the text. The use of the
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Readers Reflection John Hamilton English 125 Introduction to Literature Instructor Clinton Edwards April 21‚ 2014 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Readers Reflection Walter Mitty‚ who in this story‚ is an imaginary character however‚ his character does remind me of myself and many other individuals that I know. The main focus of the story is Walter ’s imaginary behavior or day-dreaming. Walter tends to get distracted from the real world and
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Reader-response criticism is a school of literary theory that focuses on the reader (or "audience") and their experience of a literary work‚ in contrast to other schools and theories that focus attention primarily on the author or the content and form of the work. Although literary theory has long paid some attention to the reader’s role in creating the meaning and experience of a literary work‚ modern reader-response criticism began in the 1960s and ’70s‚ particularly in America and Germany‚ in
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activity in which readers experience worlds other than their own. Not only that‚ but they are also introduced to various aspects of characters. Such privilege contributes to the fact that readers are a lot more compassionate than non-readers. People have started to write various kinds of books ages ago which include plenty of different experiences such as‚ romance‚ tragedy‚ science‚ fiction and comedy‚ to continue to infinite other topics. This means that not all kinds of readers have the same
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Percy: The Common Reader and the Complex Reader Walker Percy ’s "The Loss of the Creature" is a work to be read and read again. He questions language and understanding or belief. He writes "piling example upon example" (qtd. in Percy 462). He speaks of the rare sovereign knower and the unique sovereign experience. One will never fully recover an entity into the understanding of the primary founder ’s‚ as try he might. There will only be one sovereign experience. There are many opportunities
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furthermore persuading his readers that under the right circumstances‚ critical choices have to be made. His oppressive descriptions of George’s health issues successfully grasp reader’s attention‚ while forcing them to visualize and connect to the sorrows captured. Moreover‚ these descriptions help readers in overcoming personal struggles by bringing forth the reality of these situations. Philbert ensnares the unimaginable while releasing the truth of reality. Readers who have not experienced such
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to elicit a desired response from the reader‚ for there are two types of readers an author must consider: the implied reader and the actual reader. The implied reader is “assumed and created by the work itself” whereas‚ the actual reader brings his/her own experiences to the text and thus each reader takes away a different message from a text (MacMannus‚ para 1). Du Bois’s narrative‚ “A Mild Suggestion”‚ attempts to ensure a certain response‚ from the reader‚ by including a description of the passengers’
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church was bombed and caught fire. The guards‚ however‚ did not open the doors and most women burned to death. Both persons read about the trial but only one of them knows that it is an extract from a book‚ the Reader (written by Bernhard Schlink) and has read the rest of the book. One of the readers is familiar with the character of Hanna Schmitz‚ the
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Many writers use several diverse ways to persuade readers into believing them. Some writers may tell a story‚ provide facts and information‚ or other ideas to encourage his or her reader to agree with the argument. Aristotle’s rhetorical triangle describes three diverse appeals: logos‚ pathos‚ and ethos. Logos is based on facts and reasons explaining logical arguments that rely on information and evidence. Logos is built with enough evidence‚ data‚ statistics‚ and reliable information. Another
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The first statement is an irony because young Langston said he was saved when in actual fact he was not saved .He only pretended to be saved so that he could save more trouble. The purpose of writing “Salvation” is to show the difference in the way of thinking between the young and old generation. Also to clarify the misconception of the older generation that the younger generation can easily comprehend and read in depth meaning to what they are told. This is shown when Hughes and his aunt
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