The short story "The Open Window" by Saki gives us a marvelous example of how appearance‚ semblance and our naivety can distract our attention from reality and even make harm to our health. This story also shows how a writer can make perfect use of irony. "The Open Window" is a story about deception‚ perpetrated on an unsuspecting‚ and constitutionally nervous man‚ Mr. Nuttel. He comes to the country in order to cure his nervous condition. He pays a visit to the home of Mrs. Sappleton to introduce
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Laura J. Williams Eng. 101‚ October 28‚ 2011 These humorous stories demonstrates how even individuals living under the same roof may not fully realize the extent of each other’s true behaviors or the nature of each other’s true identities. In the short stories “Charles” and” The Open Window” the characters Vera and Laurie both tell a lie to an adult. These two stories demonstrate how unaware people may be of each other’s inner motivations and desires. Laurie’s mother is unaware of her own
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“Like the Sun” and “The Open Window” are two both very similar yet different stories. “Like the Sun” happens to be about truth‚ and its effects while “The Open Window” is based around deception. Both authors do a great job at setting examples of paradoxes and irony in their stories. In “Like the Sun” Sekhar‚ the main character repeats multiple times “Truth is like the sun.” I understood this as saying without truth‚ you can’t grow‚ like living things can’t survive without sun. One example of irony
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HOW BAD YOUR JEALOUSY CONTROLS YOUR SELF AS REFLECTED IN VERA’S CHARACTERISTIC IN THE OPEN WINDOW by SAKI A. INTRODUCTION “The Open Window” is the story of a deception did on an unsuspecting‚ and constitutionally nervous man‚ by a young lady whose motivations for lying remain unclear. That is Vera‚ the center of the case in this story. A “very self-possessed young lady of fifteen‚” Described as a girl who has bad manner to other people. She doesn’t have parents and lives with her aunt
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In the story “The Open Window” the author uses all three types of irony. The writer uses the following types of irony in their story: dramatic‚situational‚ and verbal. Dramatic irony is when the reader knows something more than a character in the story. Situational irony is when the opposite of what you were expecting to happen‚ happens. Verbal irony is the use of sarcasm. The writer uses all type of irony in the story. The author has great use of situational irony in the story. In paragraphs
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differences are seen in‚ "The Open Window" and "The Interlopers‚" both stories written by Saki. However‚ similarities are more likely to be found in Saki’s works. Although‚ stories have different topics‚ they do have similarities and differences‚ like these two stories. Irony is always found in Saki’s stories. Irony is the opposite of what the reader predicts will happen. In these two stories‚ Saki ends with a surprise twist in the last sentence. The irony from "The Open Window‚" is that the girl uses
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understand the characters traits easier. Author’s use indirect characterization to describe actions and the appearance of a character. Direct characterization states what the character is like. Motivation is how the characters behave the way they do. With this in mind‚ Vera from‚ “The Open Window‚” can be used as an example for direct characterization. She is a 15 year-old girl that can be described as a self-possessed‚ talkative‚ and liar. In Source 2 page 90 ‚the author states‚”Said a very self-possessed
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paradox in them. In this essay I will compare and contrast how the authors present the concepts of truth and deception in both stories. Some irony and paradox in each story would be for example: In The Open Window an example of a paradox sentence would be when they left the window open for so long and the three men finally come and they didn’t know what to do. They were so frightened and surprised. Some irony is that they left the window open not expecting them to come back‚ and they came back and
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Preconception In the Saki’s short story the open widow Mr. Nuttel‚ a man of poor nerve and highly reserved‚ following his sister’s suggestions‚ tried to pay several visits to some nice people strongly recommended by his sister‚ hoping those visits could help the never cure he was supposed to be undergoing; however‚ it was on his visit to Mr. Sappleton that his semi-normal never was totally crushed by a story from a girl only aged 15 years old. The first half of story was casted by the shadow
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treated as housewives. The men were always superior to women and women were considered physically weaker nor allowed to socialize as freely as men. In The Story of an Hour‚ Louise Mallard symbolizes the open window in the concept of a double perception because one can argue that‚ Louise and the window can be viewed from two different perspectives within the thought
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