Imagine losing everything that is familiar. Family is far away, and in the span of a single night, everything has changed. These are the questions asked and answered by the mood in Julie Otsuka's book When the Emperor was Divine. In the text, a Japanese family is separated; the father is in a different internment than the camp as the woman and her two children struggle to keep hope. In her book, Otsuka manipulates the mood to show how this family is feeling during these traumatic times. During uncertain times, people rely on routine and the familiar to feel calm. When in an unfamiliar situation, people will put aside their emotions and do what needs to be done. The mood gives a look into how a character feels and lets the reader sympathize. …show more content…
She calmly “[C]aught the chicken that had been living in the yard since fall and snapped its neck beneath the handle of a broomstick”(Otsuka 9). The text doesn't properly address the sudden violence and keeps on its monotonous tone of housework, and the woman prepares it for dinner as if it were a normal day. The mood takes a sharper turn, however, when the woman kills the dog with one blow from a shovel, yet she only comments that “the shovel was the right choice”. Better[] than a hammer.”(Otsuka 11). Even though she does both these actions without hesitation, no feelings of malice are present, demonstrating that the woman did this out of necessity. Earlier it was stated that there are no pets allowed at the camp and left alone both animals would die. The mood, while dark, allows the woman's reasoning to be less opaque. She’s trying to do what’s best for her family. After arriving at the internment camp, things start to feel more hopeless. They live in a small barrack in the middle of the desert, surrounded by barbed
"You're a human being, not an animal. You have the right to be loved" (262). "Son of the Revolution" by Liang Heng and Judith Shapiro was a book that showed how inhumane many of the aspects of Chinese life were during the Cultural Revolution. The book followed Liang Heng through many of his childhood memories to his departure from China in his twenties. The book applied a real face to the important movements during the Cultural Revolution, the effects that "the cult of Mao" had on society and Heng, and the way the period affected Heng's personal family life.
In the middle of the novel, Lakshmi gets sick. This part of the novel says: “‘A few days later when I am finally strong enough to get out of bed, I pass by a mirror. The face that looks back is that of a corpse. Her eyes are empty. She is old and tired. Old and angry. Old and Sad. Old, Old, a hundred years old.’” (McCormick 192). This shows the change because the mood is changed to sad. She can’t even recognize herself anymore, she has been changed for the worst. There was also another time in the novel when the mood of the book changes. This part of the novel is when Harish gives her something, the author writes: “A tear is running down my cheek. It quivers a moment of the tip of my nose, then splashes onto my skirt, leaving a small, dark circle. I have been beaten here, locked away, violated for a hundred times and a hundred times more. I have been starved and cheated, tricked and disgraced. How odd is it that I am undone by the simple kindness of a small boy with a yellow pencil” (McCormick 182-183). This changes the mood to very sweet because she has been through so much and she does not feel anything, but just one person is nice to her and she is crying tears of happiness. These examples show that the tone of the story affects the mood of the
“Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of you character.” Writers use stylistic techniques to help the story really be visualized by the read. In “The Treasure Of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers the author uses descriptive adjectives and purposeful word choice to develop characters and mood.
While reading the fiction book, Good Kings Bad Kings I realized that there was a strong connection between what actually happened back in history to those with mental and physical disabilities. Even though the book was wrote to entertain, it also had me thinking about history. For example, while reading through the book I would relate back to some of the readings we read in class. These readings were “An Institutional History of Disability” and "Disability and Justification of Inequality in American History". Some of the key things that, also, stood out to me were the way the youth were treated, how workers were treated, how ableism was presented, and why people were put in these facilities.
Mood is how the audience feels about a piece of literature. This differs from tone because tone is the author’s mood about a piece of literature. Suspense and mood are often closely connected because how you feel about a text can help create suspense. If you feel tense or nervous about something that will add to the suspense already there; however, if you feel devastated or depressed about something, it may not add the same amount of suspense as it could’ve if it made you feel tense or nervous. An example of mood in Cujo is when Stephen King wrote, “She saw the dog’s tail and the top of its broad back over the hood of the Pinto. It was going around to Tad’s side of the car -- And Tad’s window wasn’t shut.” The mood of this piece of text evidence is nervous and maybe a little bit scared of what will happen to Tad. The mood in this part of the excerpt adds to the suspense because the suspense of this excerpt is already making you feel anxious, and the mood makes the suspense stronger. Another example of mood in Cujo is when Donna first heard Cujo growl. It had seemed directionless to her. It was nowhere and everywhere at the same time. She finally figured out that it came from the garage. The mood here would be nightmarish and a little nervous. This is because the reader would read the paragraph and think that it was something out of a nightmare, and they would be nervous for Donna because they wouldn’t want her getting hurt. The mood
As stated before, Mood is a way that we can tell how they are similar but also different. In two of the stories, “The Most dangerous Game” and “Harrison Bergeron”, far as mood especially at the end. In the end of “Harrison Bergeron” Hazel, whom is the mother of Harrison Bergeron, watches on tv as her own son dies on television. Suddenly the tv went black, only to have her husband to come back and ask what was wrong, only to find that she cannot remember what happened and that she was crying. In “The Most Dangerous Game” the main character Rainford must enter a 1v1 battle to the death with non other than General Zaroff. But before their battle Rainsford, becoming what he wanted to avoid at all cost, stated “ “I am still a beast at bay,” he said, in a low hoarse voice. “Get ready General Zaroff,””. As both characters having a depressing ending to the
Galloway keeps up a melancholy yet optimistic mood for the readers throughout the scene. The mix of emotions makes this writing distinct from other writings because the mood is more favorable for readers. He states “Kenan watches as his city reheals itself,” which suggests a positive and a more hopeful tone. In addition, he also states “like he used to when they were much younger.” This quotations carries a more melancholy mood with it. This combination of emotion, from being sad to hopeful, creates a subtle mood within a reader which keeps readers interested in the scene. Thus making the story more likely for readers to never forget about.
This extract emphasises the lonely, outworld feeling that would have been felt living in such settings. This puts into perspective the feeling that will be felt during the coarse of the plot development.
Feifer, George. Breaking Open Japan: Commodore Perry, Lord Abe, and American Imperialism in 1853. New York: Smithsonian Books/Collins, 2006. pp. xx, 389 p.: ill., maps; 24 cm. ISBN: 0060884320 (hardcover: alk. paper). Format: Book. Subjects: Japan Foreign relations United States /United States Foreign relations Japan.
Christopher Boone, the protagonist of this novel, has encountered a lot of hardships dealing with people because of his mental disability. One of his biggest problems he faces is his incompetence to decipher between emotions. In order to make out the more complicated emotions, Christopher “...got Siobhan to draw lots of these faces and then write down next to them exactly what they meant.” He keeps this piece of paper in his pocket and uses it as reference when he has difficulty understanding other people’s emotions. “I like dogs” says Christopher, you always know what a dog is thinking. It has four moods. Happy, sad, cross and concentrating.” (5.2) He also finds it difficult to follow instructions. Since he is a very logical person he needs the directions to be precise and specific. “And this is because when people tell you what to do it is usually confusing and does not make sense.For example, people often say ‘B...
Emotional discomfort can sometimes be perceived as mental instability. A person may look, act, or feel insane, when in truth they are just very uncomfortable in their own skin. The narrator has a genuinely difficult decision to make which far outside his comfort zone. He is choosing between a woman who has been like a mother to him and much needed job that he feels he may enjoy. This choice is tearing him apart from the inside out. From the ringing noises that interrupt his every thought to the skin he is scraping off. The author uses diction, syntax, and extended metaphors to express the complete and utter discomfort of the narrator, both physically and emotionally.
Mood helps in creating an atmosphere in a literary work by means of setting, theme, diction and tone. Throughout the book To kill a mockingbird the author wanted the mood to be sorrowful or vexed or just fret about how the people are acting because seeing how things were being treated or how people acted would be enough to make you feel angry or sad or worried for the people who were in the book. You always wanted to know what was going to come next or how something would end. Vex was a very prominent mood in this story and is definitely the most relevant.
Mao’s Cultural Revolution was an attempt to create a new culture for China. Through education reforms and readjustments, Mao hoped to create a new generation of Chinese people - a generation of mindless Communists. By eliminating intellectuals via the Down to the Countryside movement, Mao hoped to eliminate elements of traditional Chinese culture and create a new form Chinese culture. He knew that dumbing down the masses would give him more power so his regime would be more stable. This dramatic reform affected youth especially as they were targeted by Mao’s propaganda and influence. Drawing from his experiences as an Educated Youth who was sent down to the countryside Down to the Countryside movement, Ah Cheng wrote The King of Children to show the effects of the Cultural Revolution on education, and how they affected the meaning people found in education. In The King of Children, it is shown that the Cultural Revolution destroyed the traditional incentives for pursuing an education, and instead people found moral and ethical meaning in pursuing an education.
reader to feel many emotions and forces the reader to question his or her own
In this essay the sport squash will be looked at, at a local level for