"Great Expectations"‚ "To Kill a Mocking Bird"‚ and "Romeo and Juliet" are all very diverse pieces of literature. Each piece of literature is unique to one another‚ but they all share common characteristics and themes. All of the works include a key character that gains understanding of himself resulting from events in his life that caused confusions or prejudice. Pip‚ the main character of Great Expectations‚ learns a great amount resulting from confusion in his life. His confusion is caused by
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an impressionable age my Dad told me of a dumb white cop… telling a smart black woman… she was ’really just a Kaffir.’." (The New York Times) This man‚ Roger Cohen‚ grew up to understand how horrible racism is in Africa‚ as well as Scout did in To Kill A Mockingbird. But family problems are not the only problems‚ many problems are out in the public. Heaps of arguments and confrontations have happened because of racism. "… the court appointed him to defend this nigger.’… but Atticus aims to defend
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first inaugural speech‚ made after the 1932 presidential election. From this clue‚ it is reasonable to infer that the action of the story opens in the summer of 1933‚ an assumption that subsequent historical clues support. “Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something‚ and I asked Miss Maudie about it. “Your father’s right‚” she said. “Mockingbirds
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that race. America is of the biggest offenders to racism. There has always been a huge issue between the Black People and the White people in that country. Racism is still a huge problem in the world we live in today. The book/Movie in To Kill a Mocking bird and Remember the Titans both have huge issues to do with racism. But both movies and books find a way to deal with the racism between the black and the white people. Remember the titans are about an African American coach (Herman Boone) who
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1. Alliteration Alliteration is a literary device in which two or more consecutive words‚ or words that are nearby in the same sentence‚ start with the same letter. It is often used in poetry‚ literature‚ slogans‚ and other propaganda because it is usually impressive and memorable. For example‚ Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. 2. Assonance Assonance is the repetition of a pattern of similar sounds within a sentence. It is used to produce a form of rhyme throughout the whole
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have hope we need faith. Hope can be pure if only being let down by someone or just being foolish of something that really doesn’t matter as much. In the poem ‚ "Hope is the Thing with Feathers" contains the literary devices of imagery‚ metaphor‚ and personification. All these literary devices add up to the theme by comparing them to things that are usually strange to be compared to hope. Emily Dickinson uses imagery in the poem "Hope is the thing with feathers" by creating a vision made up by
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LITERARY DEVICES Copyright © 2007 by Jay Braiman www.mrbraiman.com Literary devices refers to specific aspects of literature‚ in the sense of its universal function as an art form which expresses ideas through language‚ which we can recognize‚ identify‚ interpret and/or analyze. Literary devices collectively comprise the art form’s components; the means by which authors create meaning through language‚ and by which readers gain understanding of and appreciation for their works. They also provide
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To Kill a Mockingbird Using literary skills in the right way can have a amazing effect on the quality of a novel. This is proven true in Harper Lee?s novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird. Harper Lee uses descriptions that appeal to the reader?s sight‚ which helps them to visualize the setting. She uses personification to relate non-human objects in the setting to the reader. Lee uses adjectives that suggest different feelings‚ which help the reader to better understand the setting. Harper Lee uses descriptive
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LITERARY DEVICES (ELEMENTS AND TECHNIQUES) Allegory Definition: An allegory is a symbolism device representing an abstract idea. Example: Faith is like a stony uphill climb: a single stumble might send you sprawling but belief and steadfastness will see you to the very top. Alliteration Definition: Alliteration is a literary device where words are used in quick succession and begin with letters belonging to the same sound group. Example: The Wicked Witch of the West went her own way. Allusion
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November 2012 Literary Devices There are many different literary devices found in the book Night written by Elie Wiesel that deal with his personal experience with the faith he had to keep and then lost during the Holocaust. In Night‚ Elie Wiesel uses tone‚ irony‚ and characterization to illustrate his faith throughout the Holocaust. In the book Night‚ Wiesel uses tone to explain the many sufferings that the Jews were required to face through the Holocaust. He cleverly used it during the story
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