"Silence is what makes sound into a song" Forasentencetoeasilymakesensetoareader, silence is needed. For a piece of literature to be conveyed accurately, punctuation is crucial. Commas and capital letters or lack thereof may be taken for granted, however while reading certain parts of Animal's People, whole pages where the author has chosen a style closer to stream of consciousness rather than the regular narrative seen throughout the novel. While the norm in Animal's People is similar to spoken language, these scenes leave you with hardly any time to 'breathe' due to lack of punctuation (p. 261-264). It leaves you with a multitude of Animal's perceptions and impressions, without time to process what he actually means and where he comes from. Silence is used both in real life and in media as a for you to come to terms with and to process the sounds. What pandit Somraj claims in his statement "Silence is what makes sound into a song" is that the intentional usage of breaks. In the book we can draw a parallel between this and Somrajs dedication to non-violence (p. 313). Absence of reaction as a form of active resistance in society is in Animal's People shown both through Zafars boycott, in which the people of …show more content…
As far as the reader knows, no people go there except for Animal and kids he brings with him to play (before scaring them off to never return). Due to the toxins and pesticide traces still present everywhere there is no sound of bees or hoppers, "no bird song" (p. 29). If you need silence to make a song, then what sort of music will come out of a place with no sound? The abandoned factory is repeatedly labelled as eerie, and a series of other unpleasant descriptors. While silence is sometimes seen as sacred (having a minute/however long silence when someone has passed), the lack of real sounds in the factory only seems to make place for the memories of 'that
In the narrative poem “Cautionary Tale of Girls and Birds of Prey” the author, Sandy Longhorn, tells the story of a young girl who is afraid of a hawk, and her inconsiderate father who doesn’t take her concerns seriously. The story shows how her father is determined to get rid of her fear of the hawk, because he thinks it is both foolish and childish. The daughter very well knows the capability of the hawk, however her father doesn’t acknowledge it until it is too late. In the poem, Longhorn uses alliteration and rhyme to help explore the theme of how being inconsiderate towards others can in the end hurt you as much as it hurts them. The poem takes place on a little farm where the girl and her father live with all of their livestock.
In Orfield Laboratories, Minnesota there exists a room known as an anechoic chamber. Anechoic means free from echoes, the room measures at -9 decibels. 45 minutes marks the longest time anyone has spent in there alone. Lacking outside noises, the quietude of the room allows those inside to hear their own internal organs; occasionally hallucinations occur. The chamber amplifies an unknown fear, dead silence and extreme loneliness. Like many things, silence has a multitude of advantages, but extreme silence can prove devastation. In Chaim Potok’s The Chosen silence as a theme demonstrates destructivity. Devastation caused by silence is shown through Reb’s parenting methods, Danny’s silence between his father, and Reuven’s various experiences with silence.
"The Loss of the Creature" starts off with the definition of beautiful, which is a key point throughout his essay. Next, he moves in to his example of a family of tourists, and their experience (through his eyes) at the Grand Canyon. He describes his theory of the sightseer, and the discoverer; "Does a single sightseer, receive the value of P, or only a millionth part of value P" (pg 1) Value P, being the experience, and the beauty in which that person collected. Following the sightseers was a couple who stumbled upon an undisturbed Mexican Village. The couple thoroughly enjoyed their first experience, but could not wait to return with their friend the ethnologist. When they did return with him, they were so caught up in what his reaction would be; there was a total loss of sovereignty. Due to their differences of interest in the village, the couples return trip was a waste. The second part of the essay includes a Falkland Islander who comes across a dead dogfish lying on the beach. Furthermore, he explains how a student with a Shakespeare sonnet, has no chance of being absorbed by a student due to the surrounding's or package of the class room. The two students are receiving the wrong messages, on one hand we have the biology student with his "magic wand" of a scalpel, and on the other hand the English student with his sonnet in its "many-tissued package". Both students are unaware of the real experience they could undergo, and the teacher might as well give the dogfish to the English student and the sonnet to the biology student because they will be able to explore and learn more within the different setting, and without the surroundings and expectations (pg 6).
In The Chosen by Chaim Potok, the main character Reuven Malter experiences silence in all forms. This phrase applies to him by the time that he never appreciated how much he and Danny Saunders has been talking and then suddenly Reb Saunders, Danny's father, separated them. This is appointed to in this passage, "I hated the silence between us and thought it unimaginable that Danny and his father never really talked. Silence was ugly, it was black, it leered, it was cancerous, it was death. I hated it, and I hated Reb Saunders for forcing it upon me and his son (Potok 235, Ch 14). Though in this passage Reuven said he hates the silence, it makes him more aware of what is happening and learns to enjoy it and make use of it. "In subsequent weeks, I was grateful for that silence" (Potok 242, Ch 14). This silence has opened his mind and has allowed him to think of more
Auburn’s passage inhabits a sense of seriousness and monotone. Incorporating direct details such as his departure from his house on the “banks of the Ohio” and observing pigeons fly “north-east to southwest” reveals his scientific train of thinking. By him pinpointing each step of his experience of watching birds, it displays how his mind functions and distinguishes situations. Show casing his down to earth tone, Auburn delivers a step-to-step encounter with the birds flying high above him. Auburn describes the flock of birds “like a torrent” that made a sound “like a noise of thunder” that came by with such a “compact mass”. Auburn’s passage consists mainly of scientific observations but the word incorporations towards the end of the passage are significant components which assist in portraying a poetic and metaphoric language. By Auburn incorporating this poetic feel, it displays his exhilaration and pure amazement of theses specimen.
Silence — the sound of quiet, the state of mind, the lack of meaning — all these pertain to its definition. Communication is expanding, noise is increasing, music is becoming more obtainable as people search desperately for a moment of peace or a breeze of silence. As the scarcity of physical silence increases, its value as a rare commodity increases as well. The idiom “Silence is golden” may perhaps only grow closer to reality as time passes, as exemplified by the white noise machines or silent fans entering the market and fictionalized in Kevin Brockmeier’s short story, “The Year of Silence.” In light of this, Brockmeier explores the value of silence and noise in his story without putting one above the other. Through strange clues and hidden
As best stated by writer Paul Auster, “the truth of the story lies in the details.” When it comes to novels, the reader must partake in a close reading to get to the nitty gritty of what the author and/or characters of that novel are trying to say. We The Animals, by Justin Torres, is the perfect example of such a novel. There were endless messages throughout the novel linking story lines to one another from beginning to end. However, it is not easy for the reader to understand such details because Torres constantly withholds information from the audience. Torres did not want to easily give up the information; instead he would leave clues for the reader to pick up on. I had to re-read the novel over and over to understand the meanings behind the story. In particular, the chapter “Heritage” caught my attention. This chapter unveiled the true meaning of the word identity to the main characters, also know as the brothers. The
...distractions. Taking time to observe and analyze the silence can bring something to the surface that could never be confronted in any other way. We need to embrace silence presented throughout life, for we will come out with more definitive, powerful voices.
There is much strength associated with both speech and silence. One can use either to their advantage in a power struggle. In the book One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Randle Patrick McMurphy and Nurse Ratched employ the power of speech and Chief Bromden uses the power of silence until the end of the novel when he gains the power of speech. These cases prove that the greatest power is not held in speech or silence alone, but in the effective combination of the two.
He sees how much an animal means to an individual, whether it be a cow to a farmer or a little poodle to an old lady. Each and every case is a brand new one. He feels for each and every animal, whether it is a bird or a horse.
tells how an entire farm of animals can talk and think like human beings. It also tells you how
very few of the animals could read, or adequately remember what was read to them,
"Silence could easily be designated the official language of the northern planes” is a quote by author Larry Watson, who tries to explain whats wrong with the “Mid-West”. He does this by using his novels with fascinating fictional stories to get across his point. This purpose of Watson has been a reoccurring one through out many of his novels, like ‘Justice’ and ‘White Crosses’. However, he used it most efficiently in the novel Montana 1948 where he uses a specific structure of character development, to an unfortunate event to ending with somewhat of a resolution. By doing so he managed to get across quite vividly the consequences of silence.
An example of how language is used is given at the beginning of the story when Major tells all the animals his predictions for the future, and explains that which must occur, in order ...
He chose to bond with the animals, not only to observe them. When Pi went to work with his dad, he didn’t see it as something drab and boring. He went to learn from all of the animals by observing their behavior toward each other. When people who are not around animals very often look at animals they don’t see the way they act as Pi would. In a way these animals are likes Pi’s friends, he talks to them and does not find this behavior strange. From this we learn, ‘Human beings use their linguistic resources to produce new expressions and sentences. They arrange and rearrange phonemes, morphemes, words, and phrases in a way that can express an infinite number of ideas. This is also called the open-endedness of language. Animal communication is a closed system. It cannot produce new signals to communicate novel events or experiences.’ (Owlcation p.7) In other words, although we may communicate in different ways we can still relate on the same intellectual level. For instance, if you go to the zoo and see someone speaking to the animals like they are humans, you can infer that they do not understand each other by the words, but the comprehension of body language, tonal inflection, mannerisms, etc. The person is not crazy for thinking that the animals might understand them. Their brain’s recognize this as communication, even though they do not understand the