soldier‚ the hopelessness‚ instinct of an animal‚ and appreciation for things as simple as the earth that we walk on. While explaining these effects Remarque uses literary and rhetorical devices. Portraying Paul’s sense of being helpless and trapped as an effect of being on the battle front‚ Remarque uses various literary devices to describe Paul’s feelings. The narrator Paul states‚ “To me the front is a mysterious whirlpool” a “vortex sucking me…into itself.” This extended metaphor expresses
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constructing a poem the author must consider the way in which the message will be established‚ therefore they must make specific choices using poetic devices to convey the meaning to the reader. In poetry the author makes use of sound devices‚ rhyme‚ imagery‚ typography and language to construct the meaning of the text. Examples of the use of literary devices to construct meaning can be seen in the poem ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ by Wilfred Owen - a sonnet illustrating the horrors of war‚ and ‘Digging’
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“Why should they be afraid of us? We aren’t hurting them‚’ she broke in. “I’m not sure that I know why‚’ I told her. ‘But they are. It’s a feel-thing not a think-thing. And the more stupid they are‚ the more like everyone else they think everyone ought to be. And once they get afraid they become cruel and want to hurt people who are born different” And God created man in His own image. And God decreed that man should have one body‚ one head‚ two arms and two legs: that each arm should be joined
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The Chrysalids: Study Questions Chapter 2 1. How old is David’s house? (17) David’s house is 50 years old 2. Who built this house? (17) David’s grandfather; Elias Strorm built the house 3. Describe the materials from which this house is built. (17-18) It’s built from bricks and stones‚ solid and roughly-dressed timbers. 4. Explain the words: "My grandfather appeared to have been a man of somewhat tediously unrelieved virtue. It was only later that I pieced together a portrait that was more
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Technology usually is given a negative connotation and people believe it does not connect us to others. In the play “Dead Man’s Cell Phone” by Sarah Ruhl‚ the author proves why and how technology connects us to other people even if they may have not known each other. Jean was able to connect herself to Gordon‚ a dead man and his family after his death without having ever known them. On the other hand‚ people can isolate themselves from everyone and live a life that leads to depression and suicide
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The literary device that is being used is juxtaposition .In stanza 1 states‚”To say...would suffice”.In the poem I realize more and more how their poem relates to how fire and ice are opposites but they both causes destruction. The author wanted to tell the reader about all regrets before it’s too late . This how this poem uses literary devices such as juxtaposition. Second to last this poem is as symbolic to the journey
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REDEMPTION 1 Redemption‚ A Literary Device: Hey Nostradamus! Response Essay Kathy Ottaway‚ 020091223 Instructor Esther Griffin 10F Cdn. Literature and Criticism - 01 HUMN2000-10F-11296 Tuesday‚ November 30‚ 2010 REDEMPTION 2 Redemption‚ A Literary Device: Hey Nostradamus! Response Essay Redemption. It is a single word that holds great meaning for both the ones who seek it‚ and for those whose opinions are the ones to grant it‚ whether it is an outside
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Throughout Slaughterhouse-Five‚ Vonnegut chooses to use special literary techniques that better explain his own encounters in war as well as help his readers bare the horridness of war. Vonnegut adds black humor in his text to benefit readers as well as “an author-as-character” perspective to set barriers and help protect his own memories in the war. Without adding these two specific devices‚ Vonnegut could possibly have lost reader’s interests in the book or lost his own interest in writing the
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who finds love and lives happily ever after she is stuck on that dream of finding that one person who will give her the passion she so desperately needs in her life. Her expectations are attainable but they are short-lived. For example‚ Rodolphe and Leon and prime examples of her short lived romances. She is always jumping from one thing to the next when the prior disappoints her. Emma and Leon attempt to make each other into their romantic ideals because they are both wildly passionate in their views
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The Importance of Leadership Without leadership is an escape possible? In the novel‚ The Chrysalids by John Wyndham‚ a group of teenagers attempt to escape from their town as they are being persecuted. Throughout their journey‚ they encountered various types of lifestyles outside of Waknuk as the East Coast of Canada beings to return to normality after a nuclear bomb destroyed everywhere. However‚ David‚ Rosalind‚ and Petra were able to escape safely with the Sealand lady as a result of Michael’s
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