In the novel ‘Mulberry and Peach’, written by Hualing Nieh, Mulberry is faced with a dissociative identity disorder. This allows her to get in touch with her second personality, Peach. Throughout the novel, Nieh will emphasis Peach's thought and speech through italic text. Owing to calligraphy, Italic writing is generally slanted to the right, having been using as a method to emphasize words in text. The use of italic wording can also be seen when emphasizing a word or phrase from a speaker. Within Mulberry & Peach, Hualing Nieh uses italic wording to express Peach's speech, which is an interesting way to use italic text. Many of Peach’s ‘logs’ within the novel are extensive and are all in italic, creating a relatively easy method of differentiation …show more content…
between the two personalities, Mulberry and Peach. The sentence and paragraph structures throughout the novel are also significant in terms of effectiveness - being progressive, i believe that Nieh has planned his paragraph structures exceptionally well. Paragraphs and sentences progress throughout the novel, seeing as within Part One, there are many listings for speech and long pauses with text and capitalised-spaced lettering to symbolize words written in ashes and perhaps to create and emphasize suspense for that moment, for the characters. To an extent, italic text is used in the text to stress names (i.e “standing beside the k’ang”).
Perhaps Nieh has used italics as a collateral, in terms of the character of Peach physically being ‘stressed’ throughout the novel, which is rather ironic, as being the speech said by a psychologically impaired woman whom is anything but relaxed. A styled and practiced grammar technique like such has given me the impression that Nieh wants the reader to listen to Peach, as if her text was a subconscious, given that perhaps Peach is the subconscious of Mulberry, putting the reader into her perspective into what it is like to be another being and another mind. This technique may be considered useful - as the reader is able to get a better understanding of the characters Hualing Nieh has developed and to portray Peach’s views and expressions from her perspective, considering her impediment i assume all readers will portray Peach as a manic and psychopath which in some cases may not be true. The use of italics allow for the reader to easily differentiate between what is said and what Peach is saying, perhaps correlating with the setting of the novel, having there be the upheaval in China and the Sino-Japanese war, in which the reader is shown the distress in China but Nieh could possibly be foreshadowing for what is to come after the novel, that the author wants us to think about subconsciously, which can be considered
effective. Throughout Part One, there are many listings, breaks in paragraphs and the text is very spacious. I believe this is to mirror what is going on within the text. Ample amounts of stopping and starting may correlate to Mulberry herself, as throughout Part One she explores herself and i would assume is unsure of her true self as she is left with another personality which is Peach. Perhaps the constant breaks are the thoughts inside Mulberry’s mind, the denial she has to face to force herself to strive for the personality she wants to become and to one hundred percent neglect her true self, Mulberry. The repeated ‘listing’ of sentences also reflect the list of sinful acts Peach constantly has herself in, similar to the constant change of sentence length (repeatedly juggling between long and short) as if mimicking the spiralling confusion of Peach herself and perhaps relates to the resistance in which Peach shows to herself to give in to the upheaval of China.
10. What form of figurative language does the author use in lines 4 & 5 of page 215 to make his writing more
I was happy with my t-shirt, but my jeans were a bit crapola. & I was thinking, I wish I hadn't worn these shoes, cos they're a bit old” (Lee, pg. 164). This statement of Lee’s gives the audience insight into the way his mind operates and his personality. By his use of colloquial language such as ‘crapola’ and ‘cos’ as well as his use of ampersands and beginning sentences with ‘but’ and ‘&’ establish his writing as non standard and very alike his thought processes, all the thoughts and feelings that Lee has are demonstrated in his story. “Whoa, that is serious. I mean, she was really cute. Way cuter than anyone I think I'd ever seen. But cute isn't even the right word. She's beautiful.” (Lee, pg. 164) The character voice that Roy has used in these sentences is consistent to the rest of Lee’s story, his use of repetition of the word ‘cute’ demonstrates his infatuation with Briony as well as his inability to filter his
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middle of paper ... ... ity going in the last paragraph. The structure of the passage helps the responder to clearly see the changed perspective of the author. The passage starts with the child’s perspective; the writing has almost a curious and flighty feel to it. This feeling is empathized through the use of verbs, adjectives, similes, metaphors, imagery and descriptive and emotive language.
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...far from traditional as he couldn’t have any evidence of learning so he wrote with chalk or coal on board fences, brick walls, and pavement. When his mistress would leave Douglas to tend to the house in her absence he would take the discarded notebooks his master Thomas would bring home from school and continue to practice in the empty spaces left behind. Soon he Fredrick was about to write similar to Thomas and after years of tedious effort he finally learned how to write. With little outside help it is a great accomplishment to self-learn the English language. Even though It is my first language, been thought it my whole educational career, and not forbidden to learn I can still find it our language difficult. Although with practice and continue efforts and encouragement from teachers I am finding it easier as time progresses to express myself through literature.
Another style Dillard shows is the way she uses her point of view and voice. The story is from the point of view of Dillard as a child, however the voice is of Dillard as an adult. Readers notice this distinct difference when she uses more intelligent vocabulary and descriptive words. For instance, when Dillard says,” it was transparent, luminous oblong.”(Dillard 211), she is reliving the past from the point of view of her adolescent however, it’s her adult voice when she describing. Dillard is able to express her fear as a small child, while also using sophisticated language that
Gatsby Essay Fitzgerald created the characters Daisy and Myrtle wilson to illustrate the similarities and differences between women living in two completely different worlds. Some people live in expensive mansions with expensive things and money to waste, while others have very little and have to work extremely hard for the little they have. Daisy, a beautiful, rich woman is similar to Myrtle Wilson in the sense that they are both in an unhappy marriage. They are seeking love and happiness through affairs. But on they also share many differences.
In the story “Peaches”, Reginald McKnight introduces his main characters, one being Marcus. Marcus is a good guy, but he is described in many different ways, due to his bad temper and immaturity level. Throughout the work, author Reginald McKnight takes great care to illustrate situations and describe feelings and personalities that many men experience. This way, even though Marcus is having trouble controlling himself around other people and arrogant at times, he still tries to be a better person for Rita and for himself. He does this by going out of the country to experience other cultures and enhance his morals. Although Marcus is strong and eager, he is actually an easily irascible, impatient, immature, manipulative, unstable man whose inexperience does not prepare him for the frequent mishaps in his life.
In the story “Peaches”, Reginald McKnight introduces his main characters, one being Marcus. Marcus is a good guy, but he is described in different ways, due to his confidence and insecurity. Throughout the work, author Reginald McKnight takes great care to illustrate situations and describe feelings and personalities that many men experience. This way, even though Marcus is having trouble controlling himself around other people and arrogant at times, he still tries to be a better person for Rita and for himself. He does this by going out of the country to experience other cultures and enhance his morals. On one level Marcus demonstrates that he is incredibly confident, on the other level he shows signs of being insecure, manipulative, unstable and incapable of achieving change.
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