It is often said, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” This example of an aphorism, a statement right to the point which contains the general truth, is utilized throughout the essay “Going Places” written by Jim Harrison. The literary device can make an audience relate and remember the text they read. Therefore, across the essay, the aphorisms included in the text allow advancement, understanding, and appreciation for the essay while continuing to learn from the ideas. Particular literary devices allow the writer to make opinions on subjects that help convince and persuade the audience to bluntly say the truth much like the characteristics of an aphorism. Furthermore, the literary term is able to further the comprehension of what the author
The theme of the text “Harrison Bergeron” is equality has its pro’s and con’s,the author's use of similes and metaphors helps develop the theme.First off,one element that help support this theme is honor. Humor helps support the theme because in the text,”Harrison Bergeron” it shows how employees can’t even do their jobs because they have their handicaps on,but Know one earns a better profit because they're the same.Another type of element the author uses is similes .In the text it says,”but Harrison looked like a walking junkyard”.That helps support the theme because if the leader or government puts handicaps com people they will get mad and try to escape their state or country.The theme in the article is equality has its pro’s and con’s this
2) I think the author chose to utilize this term to give an example of a book where the narrator explained his life.
Do we speak with a purpose? Are we using our words to make a difference? In today’s world, everyone uses language to express the way they feel. By doing this, we not only create feeling but we beautifully deepen and clarify them. It’s how we use our words; that makes what we say special. They can have a major impact on someone or something. Kay Ryan’s poem “Those Places” uses language that influences the entire course of her poem. In fact, Kay Ryan is very careful with her word choice because she knows it will be significant to the meaning of her writing. In her poem, “Those Places” Kay Ryan uses literal language to get to a metaphorical meaning.
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reader is reading literature that they can relate to. An example of this is coming of age stories.
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Of the lessons of this course, the distinction made between story and situation will be the most important legacy in my writing. I learned a great travel essay cannot be merely its situation: its place, time, and action. It requires a story, the reader’s internal “journey of discovery.” While the importance of establishing home, of balancing summary and scene, and other lessons impacted my writing, this assertion at least in my estimation the core argument of the course.
...iance, readers are capable of seeing how citizens in the world today try to be independent of others and sustain their personal beliefs and philosophy. Individuals have to put an end to conformity and trying to be a duplication of everyone else because they will never achieve success if they never decide for themselves. A person must not rely on the judgment and minds of others and learn to think for him or herself since depending on others only exhibits a person’s inferiority to larger institutions. People must stop using travel as an excuse to evade personal problems because if they do not have a direct confrontation with the dilemma, trying to escape will only lengthen it. People in today’s society must appreciate this work so they will approve of their individuality and be stronger in fighting against everyone else that disagrees with their personal philosophy.
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Mastery of the material an author writes about is not merely enough to get one’s point across, yet Butor uses his mastery of how to travel wherever you are in life and, in addition, uses language that presents the picture in such a manner that one does not have to delve deep into the meaning behind the words to retain the full idea portrayed in them. The higher arching purpose to his work, though, turns out to be the overall connection of ties between the book and travel ultimately depends on the book’s “literariness” to determine what journey one might have while reading (83). All in all, the tone of voice and writing style that Butor uses in this piece are second to none in their ability to influence a reader of following his procedure of travel transformation, and a rhetorical analysis essay on his work only reassured the authenticity of the section about how Butor chose to entertain the reader as the main purpose behind his essay. His attitude toward the audience was strong enough to elicit advice that originated straight from the heart, and in doing that, he empowered readers with the ability to look at books and reading differently for the rest of their
Jim Harrison’s abundance of aphorisms in his piece Going Places made the understanding and the flow of the essay easy to follow. From his aphorisms, I learned some life lessons that although I have been told of before, I never thought to think twice about. Two aphorisms that stuck out to me from his essay that made me appreciate his story telling of his road trip experiences even more, circled around the idea of expanding your world and avoiding doubt and self-judgement. “Avoid irony, cynicism, and self-judgement.” This piece of advice that Harrison says towards the end of his essay made me stop and think about the many times I have gone out and done things with nothing but self-judgement on my mind.
In conclusion, I would say that the power of literature is connoted exactly in this unparalleled symbolic order of language that can never produce or pin down a definite meaning but nevertheless passes on "the desire and curse of meaning”. It is what the transcendent signification of the text that leaves the reader always anticipating and curious and at the same time delighted from the pleasure this play of the authors brings to her/him. On the other hand there is always this uncanny component of meaning that cannot be clarified or rationalized but nevertheless is an intrinsic part to our reading experience.
When an aspect of life is held to something better, the frailties can be seen, and a change for the better may result. Works Cited Davis, Herbert. A. A. Gulliver's Travels. Great Britain: Oxford University Press, 1998. (1965)