Pulitzer Prizes are given out yearly in 21 categories. After entering you are at tough competition with the best of the best, trying to win the award. Whatever category you may competing for your work has to be the best. After all the hard work and winning one, the feeling you have is great and you feel so accomplished. The Yearling written by Majorie Kinnan Rawlings won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel. In 1939 Rawlings won the Pulitzer Prize because of her great way of writing by incorporating sensory details, figurative language, and syntax for effect.
First, sensory details, in which make the novel so good, are used all throughout the novel. For example on page 7 paragraph one the sensory detail, sight is used. “He looked up into the soft
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gray breast of a mourning dove.” This is a great way to explain the clouds that he looked up into as he woke from a night's rest. This gives the reader an image to think of as they read the novel when fusing sight senses into the writing. Another example is found on page 7 paragraph 2 when it says “his shirt was moist to the touch.” This is an example of one of the 5 senses, touch. Everyone can feel something whether is something you feel with your hands or feet or any part of your body so it's very easy to relate to. It also puts an image into your mind of what you are feeling which makes it easier for the reader to understand. A final example is is on page 224 in paragraph 4, “A great roaring sounded in the distance.” This example is the sound sense. Using the sensory detail of sound is important because almost everyone is born hearing so they can relate to that very well. Anyone can imagine a roaring sound whether is as loud as a lion or a roar like wind. All of the sensory details in this novel including these three come together to make the article interesting. Next, figurative language is used within the novel.
One type of figurative language used is personification which can be found all throughout the reading. On page 225 in the first paragraph, “A second wind seemed now to reach long muscular fingers through the wall of rain and scoop up everything in its path.” Using this personification makes the reader feel like they are there because it gives such an effect when you read it. Another type of figurative language found in the book is hyperboles. One strong hyperbole can be found on page 6 paragraph two, “The bubbling spring would rise forever from the earth the thin current was endless.” Using the two words forever and endless are both exaggerations which everyone knows is false but using them digs up the feelings of the reader. A final example of figurative language is the use of metaphors. Found on page 6 paragraph three is a strong metaphor, “He moved a stone that was matching its corners against his sharp ribs and burrowed a little, hollowing himself a nest for his hips and shoulders.” He is not actually in a nest but instead his bed. The metaphor nest for the meaning bed portrays a vivid image into the reader's mind. Using figurative language in The Yearling is another reason why Rawlings novel won a Pulitzer
Prize. Lastly, syntax was used for effect in the novel amongst many paragraphs. In paragraph two on page six, the length of the sentences in beginning of the paragraph to the end of the paragraph changes dramatically to show effect. The first sentence is “He moved a stone that was matching its corners against his sharp ribs and burrowed a little, hollowing himself a nests for his hips and shoulders,” which is 26 words. Then the last sentence of the paragraph is “He slept,” which is two words. The long sentences at the beginning show thought and emotion then as soon as the action starts the words decrease for effect. Doing this, leaves the reader realizing what is happening and what is important and giving effect. The next example of this is found on page 224 in the fourth paragraph when its explaining the calm before the storm. As soon as the rain starts it drops to three words in the sentence, “The rain followed.” This breaks with the normal syntax and draws the attention to what is very important. The last example of syntax for effect is in the first paragraph on page 225 where it explains the process of getting back inside from the wind, that was blowing fast like in a hurricane, and the storm. As soon as they get back inside the sentences drop from long and descriptive thoughts to short and down to the point. All three of these syntax for effect examples go along with the reasons why this novel by Hawlings was awarded a Pulitzer Prize. The Yearling is an amazing novel written by a very talented person, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings who won a Pulitzer Prize for her talent. Three huge things that made this novel win this prize were one her use of sensory details, sight and smell and touch and taste and sound, her use of figurative language such as personification hyperboles and metaphors, and finally her use of syntax for effect. Incorporating these three great writing techniques made her novel incredible.
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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.
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In the story the author does include figurative language like metaphors, personification, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, alliteration, allusion, and simile.
emotions and subtle nuances provided by the author in the book, and many of the deeper feelings and emotions therein are missed entirely, or touched on much too briefly
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