In the short story,’’Checkouts,’’ the author uses figurative language such as similes, imagery, and hyperboles. In structure, using figurative language allows the reader to understand the story better and make it more creative, along with it becoming interesting. For example, on (page 47), it states, ”Like a Tibetan monk in solitary medication, she calmed to a point of deep,deep happiness.” Next, there is also imagery in the short story. An example of imagery in the story is how the narrator describes when the girl and the bag boy meet for the first time. “She interested him because her hair was red and thick, and in it she had placed a huge orange bow, nearly the size of a small hat” (47). For example, there is also some hyperboles in the
short story. For instance, on page 47, it claims ”She loved him at exactly that moment, and if he’d known this perhaps he wouldn’t have fallen into the brown depression he fell into, which lasted the rest of his shift.” Therefore there is a lot of figurative language in this short story. The main character of the story, the red hair girl, has an instant attraction to a bag boy at the supermarket. Theme is included in the content of the story. Some include instant love, attraction doesn’t mean everything. The introduction is another main part of the structure of the story. ‘’Checkouts’’ explains how physical attraction don’t mean everything. The two protagonists in the end, do not fall in love, in fact, they agree to see other people. All in all, theme and the main idea are very important things that make up the story,”Checkouts.”
Clair uses syntax to depict the childlike quality of the narrator’s memories. In two long sentences and one very short one, the narrator describes the retrieval of a box of “private things” from the back of the closet. The journey seems complicated and difficult, but in reality, the box was merely at the back of the closet. This shows childish thoughts and speech, by turning the simple hiding place into a drawn
The House on Mango Street is a novel by Sandra Cisneros. It is set in a poor, Latino neighborhood around 1960. The main character, Esperanza, is expected to get married in order to support herself. However, Esperanza strives for independence, and seeks to end the cycle of abusive patriarchy that holds Mango Street in thrall. Through the use of syntax and figurative language, Cisneros establishes that a sense of not belonging can fuel an individual’s desire for a better future.
In this short, but charming story, Amy Tan uses imagery to bring the story to life. With figurative language, the reader is immersed into the Chinese culture and can better relate to the characters. Tan main use of imagery is to better explain each character. Often instead of a simple explanation, Tan uses metaphors, similes, or hyperboles to describe the person, this way they are more relatable and their feelings better understood.
In “Queens, 1963”, the speaker narrates to her audience her observations that she has collected from living in her neighborhood located in Queens, New York in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement. The narrator is a thirteen-year-old female immigrant who moved from the Dominican Republic to America with her family. As she reflects on her past year of living in America, she reveals a superb understanding of the reasons why the people in her neighborhood act the way they do towards other neighbors. In “Queens, 1963” by Julia Alvarez, the poet utilizes diction, figurative language, and irony to effectively display to the readers that segregation is a strong part of the American melting pot.
The author, Sharon Olds, uses similes to show how the different characters are as people, according to the women in the subway cart. For example, Sharon states “he is wearing red, like the inside of the body exposed” and, “I am wearing dark fur, the whole skin of an animal taken and used.” This shows how the women is more privileged than the man across from her. Olds also states, “white in a complex pattern like a set of intentional scars.” This also shows how the colored man has a more complicated like than the woman that sits across from him.
Piper’s use of imagery in this way gives the opportunity for the reader to experience “first hand” the power of words, and inspires the reader to be free from the fear of writing.
The first example used is a personal example that provides pathos . Hicks states that she went to a friend’s son’s birthday party and the son, Seth, got humiliated. Seth’s father told him to “toughen up” while his mother tried to comfort him. The altercation was uncomfortable for Hicks and her husband. This specific example contains both imagery and pathos. The author uses specific words and phrases to set the stage for the reader. When describing the setting of the party, she writes “The dinner table was set underneath a huge maple tree strung with little white lights.” In this sentence, the author uses the words huge, little, and white to aid the reader in forming a mental image of the host’s backyard. Hicks wishes for the reader to be inserted into the setting so they will be more entertained and interested. As the story progresses, she adds pathos in an attempt to get the reader invested. Hicks includes charged phrases such as “Margot stormed out of the room” and “Seth left the room with his chin on his chest…”. By doing this, the author draws the audience in and keeps them captivated. Pathos, in this case, also successfully provides a feeling of sympathy for the young boy. Providing a feeling of sympathy allows the author to depict the negative effects of damage to one 's dignity. By using this personal example first, the reader is intrigued because they may have experienced
In 1957, a man named Theodor Geisel wrote a poem that many of you will know,it is a famous children’s book. This poem is called, “The Cat In the Hat”. As many of you know, the poem starts off with two kids who can not go outside cause it is raining and are bored with their lives. Then, something strange and unthinkable happens, a cCat appears and he wants to show the kids a good time only the kids and their pet fish do not want to get in trouble by their mom. But, if you dig deeper, you realize the poem is more than that. “The Cat In the Hat” is actually about our everyday lives and how the Devil tries to get us away from God and into temptations.
Which only adds an extra weight to the struggles she’s having being a wife and mother. The fact that she has to wash her daughter’s diapers, she was in the back yard with the field mice, indicates that they don’t have much money. “But she saw diapers steaming on the line” (2-3). This line suggests, not only did they not have a washer and dryer but they still had to use clothes lines. There are not too many families that still use clothes lines or don’t have washer and dryers. Having to hand wash everything is a job by alone. “And just what was mother doing out back with the field mice” (15-17)? The woman being outside with the field mice makes me think maybe they didn’t live close to the city. Auditory imagery is expressed in these lines. “Sometimes there were things to watch the pinched armor of a vanished cricket, a floating leaf” (8-10). It’s easy to feel the feelings the woman is feeling during this
First, the poet uses imagery. She describes the man wearing laced shoes and a hood. Again, she stereotypes him by saying he “has the look of a casual mugger.” Contrary, the poet describes the woman wearing a fur coat, which is expensive, carrying a briefcase.
Short stories are a form of literature works that authors use to communicate various themes and issues to the reader. As such, it is common for different short stories authored by different people to have a central meaning or theme that differs from each other. In addition, the way the author portrays his/her central theme or meaning would differ from the way other authors would craft their short stories to best portray their central meaning. While some would use characterization as a means of portraying the theme of their story, other authors employ the use of symbols to better communicate their theme. However, some slight similarities can always be drawn between short stories. ‘Hills like White
The author uses figurative language to create distinct characters. “While eating at the cafeteria at lunch with Rogelio and Zipper, Trino
The literary choices in the short story, “The Pedestrian,” help convey the meaning to readers by using descriptive diction to set the tone of the story. As Mr. Mead, the protagonist, is taking his daily walk he notices the little things in life. This story is set in the future so it is foreshadowing what might happen to people’s lives. The diction that is used helps the reader understand the tone of the story.
On the other hand, similes such as “as though she were a carpet” (115) describe other women, like Mignon, as being mere objects. She uses similes to describe other characters as well, describing Colonel Kearney’s attire as “[a] waistcoat that swells as if his paunch were pregnant with profit” (146) and using the simile “her voice was like wind in graveyards” (58) to describe Madame Schreck and her dark, creepy air. These comparisons serve to establish the how the characters are seen and how they act. Carter’s sentences range in length from telegraphic sentences used to describe relatively unimportant or mundane actions, to medium length sentences for actions needing more description, to long, involved sentences that are used to describe characters thoroughly and establish their personalities, physical characteristics, or identities, such as “[e]verywhere she went, rivers parted for her, wars were threatened, suns eclipsed, showers of frogs and footwear were reported in the press and the King of Portugal gave her a skipping rope of egg-shaped pearls, which she banked” (11). This variation in sentence length allows Carter to tell the story with an ample amount of description focused on identifying her characters or settings, while still having shorter sentences to break up chunks of description and describe people’s actions, continuing
The next morning was bright cool with a long journey ahead about half a day. The day dragged on as they walked through the jungle. When they entered the village it was like nothing she has ever seen before. The people were like a small community; unlike London’s home town. She admired them. She sae children of all ages playing together. The younger ones didn’t wear any clothes unlike the older kids. The older girl ware bright colored dresses that covered their knees, and the boys ware what looked like skirts. The men and women wore the same, but