There are several times in life where people have to be determined to surmount their challenge. Paying the monthly rent, trying to get a promotion, or shooting the game winner to win the finals or to get in the playoffs. There are some downfalls from being determined, but being determined is a crucial character trait that people need. That's why being determined is a common theme in writings. Common themes are explored in literature because they can be explained in different ways of forms, and there the most important lessons to learn. Nobody wants to read a book with an unnecessary and unsatisfying life lesson since they are common they are used more than once. A book that has the common theme is Randy Pausch, “The Last Lecture”. In this quote, Pausch is informing people that were barricaded with …show more content…
problems that people were supposed to solve. The quote informs people to be more determined, no matter how hard things are right now, this makes the readers motivated and inspired by the author. The poem “Don't Quit” share the same theme as “The Last Lecture”. The poem lets the readers know how life is going to have several challenges. The poem wants people to give their best and always try hard. It also reminds the audience to stay focused all the time. The poem is very meaningful, it tells the readers in several ways, to stay focused and give your best no matter how hard the obstacle is. “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch and “Don't Quit”. In vast and different ways, both pieces tell the audience to have perseverance and to be determined to surmount your problems and to achieve your goals. They remind the readers several times to be strong, focused, and to never give up. The pieces are different in style and structure but they both offer their readers’ advice about the power of determination despite any obstacles and convey their shared themes through through their use author’s purpose and figurative language. Body Paragraph One In both pieces, “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch and the short poem “Don’t Quit”, convey the common theme by their purpose of writing the pieces. Quote #1 In the poem don’t quick it tells you to work diligently no matter how hard it is. In the third stanza is states “Success is failure turned inside out,/ The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,/And you never can tell how close you are,/ It may be near when it seems so far, So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.” Explanation The poem is trying to persuade the audience to never give up when they are at their most painful moment in their life. The writer in the poem is persuading the audience to be focused. The author’s purpose was to tell the audience that when they are at their most painful moment if you stay determined and focus you can achieve your dreams and goals. This reflects on the common theme because the author tells you that giving up will make it impossible to be the person you wanted to be. Transition The quote, “The Last Lecture”, by Randy Pausch expresses it’s common theme by also using author’s purpose. Quote #2 The quote shows this when it speaks about how you must break out through the rigid brick walls, for instance in the quote it states, “The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something” Explain Quote The author Randy is telling the readers that if you don’t face your fears or obstacles, you will be stuck there ever. Only people who are determined and brave are able to break the walls and escape them. He wants to persuade the reader to break the walls and don’t end up like the other people who failed to escape, like the people who gave up to break the walls. This relates to the theme because Pausch wants people to be more determined to break the walls and overcome their obstacles so they can achieve their goals. Concluding Statement All in all, the pieces show to convey the theme by their author’s purpose, which was to persuade the audience to be more determined to achieve their goals or challenges.
Body Paragraph Two Topic Sentence/Transition Sentence The pieces “The Last Lecture”, by Randy Pausch and the short poem “Don’t Quit” expresses the common theme using figurative language, expresses the theme using figurative language Quote #1 The poem does this when it uses metaphor and personification. For instance, it states “when care is pressing you down it a bit. The silver tint of clouds of doubt.” Explain Quote This is a metaphor, the figurative language is trying to inform us that when people aren’t sure about achieve their goals. The author added this to tells us that that you should be more confident no matter how many people doubt you or not. This goes along with the common theme since the figurative language is trying to get people to not doubt themselves, and work hard and achieve your goals. Transition The piece “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch expresses the theme by using several figurative language by personification and metaphors. Quote
#2 The quote uses personification and metaphors to persuade the reader to overcome and confront their challenge, for example, it states, “The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.” Explain Quote When it says brick walls this would be considered as a metaphor, the author is comparing a brick wall as an obstacle, but the quote is a use of personification because it is trying to inform people that they can surmount their obstacle or their brick wall by working hard and staying focused, it also says that they can get a chance to show how bad they want it by being determined. This expresses the common theme because the quote builds up the reader's self-esteem and their confidence to prove how badly they want it by being focused, hardworking, and being determined. Concluding Statement Overall, the short quote and poem use of figurative language to convey the common them. the poem and the quotes' use of figurative language, it persuades us to never doubt ourselves and to prove that you can overcome your challenge by being determined. It takes guts to take the game winner, to pay the monthly rent by yourself, and to get a promotion. Being determined helps you break the rigid brick walls. If you have that character trait, you will thrive for the rest of your life. And that makes it a common theme cause it’s important. To sum it up being determined is the common theme from the two pieces, and figurative language and author’s purpose was used to express the theme.
The title of the short story, “Four Directions” is symbolic for Waverly’s inner misconceptions. As she goes about her life, she is pulled in different ways by her past and her present. She is torn between her Chinese heritage and her American life. She never thought that instead of being pulled in four directions, she could take all of her differences and combine them. In the end she realizes this with the help of her mother. “The three of us, leaving our differences behind...moving West to reach East” (184), thought Waverly. Her whole life she misconceived her mother’s intentions. Lindo never wanted Waverly to solely focus on her Chinese heritage, but rather combine it with her new American ways. The idea of being pulled in four
A Pulitzer Prize is an award for an achievement in American journalism, literature, or music. Paul Gigot, chairman of the Pulitzer Prize board, described the award as a “proud and robust tradition”. How does one carry on this robust tradition? By mastery of skilled writing technique, one can be considered for the awarding of this prize. Since its creation in 1917, 13 have been awarded annually, one of which, in 1939, was given to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings for her novel, The Yearling. Rawlings is an American author from Florida known for writing rural themed novels. Consequently, The Yearling is about a boy living on a farm who adopts an orphaned fawn. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings procured a prestigious Pulitzer Prize for her effectual use of figurative language, sensory details, and syntax.
I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it. (Ray Bradbury). He says this quote because in the book “The Veldt”, he describes technology as useful in the beginning of the short story. But later in the book, he wanted to get out of the house with his kids and his wife but the kids and his wife were whining about it so they stayed in the house and that is where George and Lydia died by tigers. Ray Bradbury wrote more than forty novels and was married to a woman named Marguerite McClure. “The Veldt” was a science fiction book that was based on the parents and two children that were spoiled and technology took over their lives when the children became more evil over time.
In the finale, Jean-Do’s book is published soon after he dies from pneumonia. The final transcription of his books narrative details the moment of his stroke, which was a moment he had to struggle to recall. The use of symbolic inserts help to inform the reader as to Jean-Do’s final moment. A butterfly flaps its wings loudly, resembling a heartbeat, as it flies away leaving a flower swaying in the breeze.
One example of the theme of determination in this short story is all the obstacles that Phoenix Jackson encountered. Because Phoenix is so determined to get the medicine for her grandson, she goes through every obstacle with spirit. The following quote depicts many of the obstacles Phoenix encounters on her way:
What an amazing and inspiring speech of Randy Pausch. Not only did I learn about how to put a speech together he also teaches us some valuable life lessons.
In the book Rocket Boys, there were many themes throughout the book, such as coming of age, determination, dreams / goals, family relationships, and man vs. society. I think the most relevant theme of all was determination. Determination can be one of the best things for someone, but also one of the most dangerous things for a person to have. If someone is determined about something to happen, they can and will make it happen no matter the circumstance. This can become a bad thing if someone is determined for the wrong reason or is determined for something to happen to someone or have something bad happen. Determination is the amount of drive someone has to get something done. If someone is extremely determined to get something done or to have something happen,
Both rhetorical devices and figurative language are used to help the writer explains wishes, feelings, and some situations about the writer’s unable reading problem (dyslexia). The writer also asks some questions and compares him with other famous people to support his purpose, and he wants anyone understand a kid who has been living with dyslexia.
1. Does communication change us? Write a paragraph in which you answer this question and provide at least 3 reasons to support your opinion.
Throughout human history, many have believed the key to a utopian society is egalitarianism. In Harrison Bergeron, Kurt Vonnegut comments upon the ridiculous and inconceivable aspects of total equality through highly controlled diction and development.
... works can be considered as issues that they raise. An issue may involve a work's character in direct or indirect argument or opposition. This also includes issues that the character face. A well-defined theme gives a story a kind of focus, a center. A well-defined theme allows a writer to distill the ideas, to present them in a simple fashion, to tell the story whose effect will last longer than half an hour (Terry). A clear cut theme will have someone wanting to read your story and have them thinking about your words and thoughts for weeks. Finding the significance behind what happens in a story will give it dimension and resonance (Paola). The process of determining and describing the themes or ideas in stories is never complete. There is always another way to look at a story. It is all about how the reader conveys the message that the author is trying to relay.
Literal and figurative language is mainly used as a base in structuring literary texts. It is used as stylistic devices to make narrations appear lively such that readers can create mental pictures while going through the text. Macquarie pen anthology of Australian literature comprises of several literature work. It entails fiction, letters and anthology maps among others. The accounts of this collection range from settlers to gothic stories. Settlement at Port Jackson is a narration by Watkin Tench about a captive who blends into the life of his captives. In this story, Tench utilizes literal and figurative language to explain further how the captive learnt different ways of life in a short time. This paper therefore focuses on this account and specifically on a single character trait; masculinity. Heiss, Anita, and Peter Minter, 48, note the importance of literary and figurative language by indicating how well Tench used figurative and literal language in portraying masculinity in this account? This is the question that the paper provides answers for.
You ever heard anyone say they experienced an epiphany, however appear completely off? They think they found a truth about themselves –not really. You try to tell them the truth, but they cut you off. So far in denial, nothing you say can make them change their mind. The short story “The Epiphany Machine” written by David Burr Gerrard provides great depth of characterization to develop the theme, adding figurative language to enhance secondary meanings to different situations and objects. These two elements come together to prove the theme the truth may not set you free but, make you more in denial.
The Last Question uses multiple different characters, whom each face a common dilemma of reversing entropy in: “Jerrodd read the words on the cellufilm… Zee Prime’s mind spanned the new galaxy… Man considered with himself” (Page 6, 8, and 10). This builds the text’s characterisation in conjunction to the use of atmosphere and mood in the setting to display the connection between characters and settings, which emphasizes the conveyance of themes in the text. Such a technique is used to convey the theme that “human unsustainability can lead to the end of humanity as we know it”. Whereas, in Death Cure each character possesses a differing range of qualities and psychological mindset, appearing in each character’s motivations and behaviours. The text’s protagonist, Thomas, highlights this through his friendship with Teresa, even after horrendous betrayals in: “Three of the closest friends he’d ever had. And WICKED had taken them all away...” (Page 322, Chapter 72), referring to the death of Teresa and the fact that WICKED had been responsible for the death of three of his closest friends. This uses the characterisation of the text to assist in establishing the tense atmosphere and mood of the setting, carrying the theme that “No matter their actions a friend always remains by your side in difficult times”. Subsequently, this shows that Death Cure and The Last Question each use differ considerably in themes expressed. Nevertheless, each text uses characterisation to accentuate the qualities and psychological mindsets of characters in a fashion that builds the atmosphere and mood of the
Through alliteration and imagery, Coleridge turns the words of the poem into a system of symbols that become unfixed to the reader. Coleridge uses alliteration throughout the poem, in which the reader “hovers” between imagination and reality. As the reader moves through the poem, they feel as if they are traveling along a river, “five miles meandering with a mazy motion” (25). The words become a symbol of a slow moving river and as the reader travels along the river, they are also traveling through each stanza. This creates a scene that the viewer can turn words into symbols while in reality they are just reading text. Coleridge is also able to illustrate a suspension of the mind through imagery; done so by producing images that are unfixed to the r...