literature to convey themes that aren’t shown through actions or words in the plot. Personally‚ I believe that the use of color imagery provides an in-depth understanding of The Great Gatsby. Jay Gatsby’s character is associated with the color green countless times. Green represents hope‚ freedom‚ and growth‚ all of which coincide with Gatsby’s character. By using color imagery‚ Fitzgerald is able to show a side of Gatsby’s personality that is not shown through actions or words. The repetition of the
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due to a specific book’s controversial content basically informs them that their right to press is void as compared to their parents’ values. This is the exact concept that is presented within The Giver‚ where Lois Lowry uses intricately detailed imagery and mentally stimulating word choice to appeal to a child’s inner diplomat. Within the book‚ Lowry teaches children the purpose of their rights and how damaging and unjust it would be if their memories‚ emotions‚ thoughts‚ and actions were all monitored
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Throughout this novel‚ If I stay‚ written by Gayle Forman‚ diction is used to create a good piece of literature by making Mia’s flashbacks feel realistic and emotional. Mia has just realized she is involved a car accident and found herself unconscious lying in the ground. She is awake somehow‚ looking at her mangled self on the ground. She feels as if it’s a nightmare‚ but no matter how hard she tries‚ she can’t wake up. Mia uses colloquial diction when she says‚ “Wake up! I scream. Wake up! Wakeupwakeupwakeup
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Luna Hwang Poetic Device Imagery Irony De*inition Example Describe with details to make the O snow‚ which sinks so light‚ brown earth is hid from sight readers to imagine the picture Form of humor by reversing the meaning We are not busy! We only have 10 test in this week! Isn’t it relaxing? Symbol Using
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With the start of the Renaissance came an intellectual awakening. Even though the majority of the artistic works of the time featured some form of Christian imagery‚ elements of the scientific discoveries of the time can be seen subtly in the paintings and architecture of the era. As the Renaissance was a time where human intellect expanded and morphed in drastic ways‚ it was also an extremely controversial time of diminishing religion and changing ideas. One of the most controversial discoveries
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S. Lewis‚ in his novel The Great Divorce‚ uses beautiful imagery to paint a picture of‚ perhaps‚ what Heaven and Hell might be like. In describing Hell and human freedom he articulates: “There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God‚ ‘Thy will be done‚’ and those to whom God says‚ in the end
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In the romantic tragedy of Ethan Frome‚ Edith Wharton uses Mattie Silver as a literary foil to her older cousin‚ Zeena Frome. Often‚ Wharton uses descriptive imagery‚ contrasting brightness and warmth‚ to darkness and cold‚ to highlight the differences between the two women. Mattie is typically shown in the light‚ reflecting or creating a source of heat. Ethan senses the change that came with Mattie’s arrival in his home. “...The coming to his house...was like the lighting of a fire on a cold hearth”
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The winter imagery poem I chose that I felt captures the essence of Canadian winters is called “An Ontario Poem”. This poem provides expressive words and vivid examples to provide the reality of Canadian winters. The first couple of stanzas explains just how vigorously the wind blows also showing the reality of just how cold it really gets. It portrays this by stating “...and the gentle breezes blow at seventy-five miles an hour at thirty-five below”. The following four lines discuss how we love
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exists. Zora Neale is a brilliant writer that can create vivid imagery in the readers mind. The opening of Zora Neale Hurston’s novel‚ “Seraph on the Suwanee" demonstrates the contrast between the famous Suwanee River‚ and the people that live in Sawley town. Hurston use of alliteration and diction make Sawley seem like a beautiful place to those who have never been there. On the other hand she also describes harsh diction and imagery‚ which more accurately depicts what it is like working on the river
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In Isabel Allende’s The House of the Spirits‚ barbarous diction characterizes the Catholic Church as barbaric and antiquated. The head of the parish‚ Father Restrepo‚ relies on traditional Catholic teachings that use flagellation as a form of punishment. Father Restrepo is “a firm believer in the value of a good thrashing to vanquish the weaknesses of the soul and was famous for his unrestrained oratory” (Allende 3). The “thrashing” refers to flagellation‚ a process that tears at the person’s skin
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