How does Bill Bryson use humour to entertain his reader? ‘Notes from a Small Island’‚ written by Bill Bryson is a reflective travel journal comparing Bryon’s past views and opinions of Britain‚ his expectations and thus the reality of what he discovers it to have become. Bryson uses satire‚ humour‚ irony and sarcasm to generate a pace and lucid flow within his writing‚ and for the reader this can be thoroughly captivating and entertaining. Immediately as the book opens‚ Bryson establishes an informal
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Catch-22 The Reader’s Response By: John O’dea I have chosen a reader response criticism for Catch-22‚ because I believe it gives me the freedom to interpret‚ and explore the book on the freest and most personal grounds. It gives me the opportunity to look inward and contemplate the thought provoking scenes occurrences in Catch-22 on my own terms‚ and then allows me to relate these findings to fellow peers and readers. A reader response criticism complies with my beliefs of Literature‚ in that
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to shape the readers response? The author uses jargon‚ puns and compound sentences to shape his readers response. This is done by paying attention to his audience which is the readers of the Metro‚ which are public transport users. Also to his purpose which is to entertain his audience. Puns are used to give a light-hearted effect to entertain his audience. This is evident where the author says “A new musical talent spreads his wings”. This provides entertainment to his readers in the form of
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It is difficult for the reader to feel much affection for the protagonist in Wolff’s memoir. Do you agree? This Boy’s Life‚ set in America in the 1950’s‚ is a compelling memoir by Tobias Wolff‚ whom recreates the frustrations and cruelties faced throughout his adolescence‚ as he fights for identity and self-respect. During this period of time‚ America underwent major changes in the political and economic spheres‚ which in turn were responsible for its social makeover. Society in this time was geared
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Year 10 English Studies Essay: How does the poet use techniques to engage the reader? ‘War Without End’ and ‘Description of an Idea’ Bruce Dawe is a famous poet born in 1930. He incorporated similar techniques in his poems ‘War Without End’ and ‘Description of an Idea’. In the ‘War Without End’ the war is metaphorical and represented as the never ending car crashes and accidents on our roads every year whereas in ‘Description of an Idea’ the war is represented as a historical past event that was
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How does the author engage the reader through the use of literary devices in your given extract? The opening of the text suggests that there is an element of angst. The writer uses a range of lexis to pull our attention to the text. We can tell from the opening that this isn’t going to be a pleasant read. It uses words such as macabre and calcified‚ which gives a sense of disturbance to the story. Even though the writer makes it out that the described is dead and barren‚ it has a sense of unnerve
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Essay Response To “The Reader” To what extent does Schlink in his novel “The Reader”‚ show that it is impossible to escape one’s past. In his novel “The Reader”‚ author Bernhard Schlink through the use of techniques such as structure‚ setting and characterisation reveals to an immense extent that it is impossible to escape one’s past. Schlink utilises the main protagonists of the text‚ Michael and Hanna‚ depicting their relationship‚ along with the idea of post war German guilt to further
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Fundamentalist raises doubts to the reader as Changez‚ the narrator‚ poses biased and unchallenged views on his ‘inflective journey’. The manner‚ in which Changez carries about his ‘history’‚ with such confidence and thorough knowledge‚ is one of confronting nature‚ bringing about a sense of uneasiness highlighted through the descriptions of his ‘silent’ companion‚ the American. However despite these reasons‚ Changez’s story itself arouses a sense of sympathy within the reader as it is of a young man whose
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Fowler is‚ at first‚ presented as a selfish and uncaring man. However‚ this is not how he is perceived at the end of the story. Initially‚ the reader is shown that Fowler’s ego prevents him from thinking of anyone other than himself. Fowler is no hero and spends a lot of time trying to convince us that he is not engage or involved. However‚ this is not how the reader finally sees Fowler at the conclusion of the story. As Fowler begins to get involved with the situation around him he begins to show that
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Literary analysis of an unseen extract: how does the author engage the reader through the use of literary devices in your given extract? The first line " In the middle of nowhere..." grabs the readers attention because it gets the reader wondering why this person is in the middle of nowhere‚ It gives the reader something to think about creating different feeling and emotions towards the reader. As you begin to read on you are given the weathers description "left behind its feeble breezes‚ but the
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