Irony moving the story forward To keep a reader intrigued and interested in what you are writing is a secret. That secret to success is not much of a secret at all‚ its all about keeping the story consistent and flowing naturally with transitions. You don’t want a long boring ol story making your audience sleep‚ a humours‚ suspenseful‚ full of ironic scenes would be sure to keep a reader on there feet wanting to see what will happen next. Authors use a box full of tools which contain literally
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The Road: Essay By Aaron Bellam History has had little conscience when it comes to human suffering and struggle. The world has brought us murder‚ torture‚ and terror in the packages of war‚ politics‚ and everyday human relationships. Religious battles keep racism‚ greed‚ and suffering real. The positive is not always apparent when one looks at human existence. Aside from the physical struggle humans had to endure and overcome‚ emotions also challenge us in hard times. Cormac McCarthy’s The Road
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Irony: the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning (Merriam Webster Dictionary) Of the four soldiers wandering behind enemy lines after the Battle of the Bulge‚ Billy Pilgrim is the least soldierly and least likely to survive. He’s the only one who survives. He also survives the incineration of Dresden‚ not bad for an unfit prisoner of war. He is also the lone survivor of an airplane crash. Edgar Derby is tried and executed for plundering
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Authors of short stories use elements of style to make their stories interesting. There are many elements of style used by authors. Irony and theme are often used in short stories. This is clearly shown in O. Henry’s short stories such as: “The Gift of the Magi‚” “The Lickpenny Lover‚” “The Midsummer Knights Dream‚” “The Cop and the Anthem‚” and “Ships.” The short stories of O. Henry use the element of theme to bring about ironic endings. In “The Gift of the Magi” there are elements of theme throughout
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following day. Because Prometheus “carried the fire” to humanity‚ his days are forever filled with torture. Similar to the situation that appears in the Cormac McCarthy’s novel‚ The Road‚ the main characters‚ a man and his son also “carry the fire” for the sake of mankind. “Carrying the fire”‚ a motif that Cormac McCarthy portrays throughout his novel‚ The Road‚ can be used to explain the reasoning behind why the two main characters‚ a man and his son continue to persevere in the novel’s harsh world. Perhaps
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Paper #2 Throughout time sitcoms have used satire‚ irony and parody to entertain and get laughs out of its audience. Almost everyone likes certain sitcoms for different reasons‚ but mostly because they enjoy a good laugh. I want to talk about sitcoms and what is hiding behind the satire‚ irony and parodies. Sitcoms are meant to help its audience through social anxieties without fully coming out and saying what it is doing. The word sitcom is actually two words put together which was once called
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The Road Essay The thought of death is different for every person. Some look at it as peaceful‚ while others are scared of leaving their lives behind. Death is a strong theme in the book‚ The Road. The man and the son are faced with death on a daily basis‚ in their own lives‚ and in watching others lives on the road. The theme of death in The Road‚ by Cormac McCarthy‚ is very prominent and the father and son deal with it in different ways as time goes along. The father and the son encounter death
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Miller’s Reasoning on Writing the Crucible Both The Crucible and the McCarthy era were similar because Miller used the Salem Witch Trials of the Crucible to parallel what occurred during the McCarthy era. Miller was one of several writers that were blacklisted during the McCarthy time so he experienced being wrongfully accused of something‚ and he had no way to overcome the accusations. Miller wrote the Crucible to indirectly describe the events that were happening in the 1950’s‚ by showing the
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“carrying the fire.” In the beginning of the novel‚ it’s clear that the only reason The Man is still alive is because he won’t “send [The Boy] into the darkness alone”constantly repeats this to his son to assure The Boy that he will not be alone (McCarthy 248). The Boy’s motivation for survival is his dad and being with his dad‚ he continuously insists that‚ “[The Man] won’t go away‚” and this helps him not feel alone‚ or abandoned like his mother had abandoned him soon after the birth of The Boy
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imagine these feelings to the actual extent. In the book The Road‚ McCarthy is able to draw the readers in for them to experience the real emotions of living in a post-apocalyptic world. The readers are able to feel this fear and realness because McCarthy impersonalizes the two main characters and clearly depicts the differences of life before and after the traumatic experience. When speaking about the two main characters in the book‚ McCarthy uses no names. The small boy is referred to as “the boy”
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