...AO1: Articulate creative, informed and relevant responses to literary texts, using appropriate terminology and concepts and coherent, accurate written expression. AO2: Demonstrate detailed critical understanding in analysing the ways in which structure, form and language shape meanings in literary texts. ‘The effective use of imagery and symbolism is at the heart of the novel’s success’ Greene uses an extensive amount of imagery and symbolism to conjure an intricate understanding of the characters and plots within the novel. Imagery and symbolism is used throughout the novel to create contrast between characters or settings. For example Greene uses it to demonstrate Pinkie’s superiority in comparison to Rose’s meek inferiority, to highlight the class difference between Pinkie and Colleoni and to define characters as good or evil. Pinkie’s dominance and control over Rose stems from the first night on which they meet up. The vitriol bottle is a symbol of fear and destruction as Pinkie shows it to Rose in an attempt to scare her to stay quiet. Although he then lies that it isn’t really vitriol, she still becomes obedient towards him as she is in awe of his knowledge ‘”you know an awful lot about things, Pinkie,” she said with horror and admiration’. Her wonderment with Pinkie foreshadows the lengths she will go for him. Pinkie is brutal, venomous and destructive much like the bottle of vitriol. Pinkie is presented as emotionless however he feels ‘sensual pleasure’ whilst...
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...Thoughts and emotions are often expressed through poetry. Gary Soto wrote “Oranges” in 1985, which was apart of his poetry collection Black Hair. In “Oranges”, Gary Soto uses symbolism and imagery to convey a young boy’s emotions on a first date. Gary Anthony Soto was born on April 12, 1952 in Fresno, California. Soto’s family were Mexican-American, therefor it was hard to find jobs besides labor. Soto’s father worked in the Sunmaid Raisin Company.When Soto was five, his father was killed in a tragic industrial accident while at work. His death had traumatic effects on Soto. His mother was forced to raise three children on her own. Trying to live was already hard with her husband, and his death made it significantly more difficult. In Gary...
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...Imagery and Symbolism The poem, Where There’s a Wall by Joy Kogawa uses imagery and symbolism to enhance the theme of war. During this assignment, I will be focusing on the symbolism and imagery relating to war. The author was born in 1935 in Canada, just four years before World War Two (“Joy Kohan Biography”). A great extent of the author’s childhood would have been during World War Two. In addition, Japanese families were mistreated by Canadian government officials during World War Two (“Joy Kohan Biography.”) The poem represents how war can be avoided. The poem used the wall as a symbol of conflict between nations. The poem gives peaceful methods of overcoming the wall, such as, “around, over, or through / there’s a gate.” (3-4) and then nonpeaceful methods, e.g. “there are methods of torture” (11) and “bettering rams” (16), to get the same results. The Berlin wall is an iconic landmark that represents World War Two (“Berlin Wall History”). I believe that Joy Kogawa chose to base the poem around a “wall” rather than a similar obstacle like a “fence” or a “mountain” to symbolize the Berlin Wall and thus associate the poem with war. The poem also used military objects to create an image of war by referring to methods to cross or destroy the “wall.” For example, “Battering rams / armies with trumpets / whose all at once blast / shatters the foundations” (16-20). Lines “16-20” appeal to the senses of touch and hearing. “Trumpets” and “last” are both associated with...
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...The imagery through wording is exemplary. The grievers were filled with detail in the description. “Thomas sucked in two huge breaths and leaned in once again. It was too dark to make out clearly, but odd lights flashed from an unknown source, revealing blurs of silver spikes and glistening flesh. Wicked instrument-tipped appendages protruded from its body like arms: a saw blade, a set of shears, long rods whose purpose could only be guessed.” (Dashner 39) The visualizing with the woman who grabbed him before the bus was incredible as well. “Greasy hair hung down, touching Thomas, framing a face hidden in shadow. A horrible smell filled his nostrils, like eggs and milk gone rotten. The women pulled back enough for someone’s flashlight to reveal her...
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...Sun Animal: Buffalo Being ordinary, calm but bold, the buffalo is a nondescript animal on the plain. Ethan Frome obviously was one of the most ordinary person in a small village. “Even then he was the most striking figure in Starkfield, though he was but the ruin of a man.” However, he became “memorable”, because of his bold and tragical life. Plant: Dandelion Floating on the wind, the dandelion’s seeds never know where they will stop at or grow at; it is just like Ethan Frome’s love toward Mattie. “It pleased Ethan to have surprised a pair of lovers on the spot where he and Mattie had stood with such a thirst for each other in their hearts; but he felt a pang at the thought that these two need not hide their happiness”. Ethan loved Mattie, and wanted to “escape” his life with her, but the reality and his own moral hit him. Consequently, he confused and lost in love; he do not know where to find the way out. Color: White Meaning nothing, white is plain. So is Ethan. “He's looked that way ever since he had his smash-up; and that's twenty-four years ago come next February”. Ethan had nothing. He is completely white, which gives readers a sense of plain, as a ordinary farmer in a small town. Mineral: Iron Being hard, metallic, but not shining, iron is a type of transitional metal. "Guess he's been in Starkfield too many winters. Most of the smart ones get away." Ethan lived in a unpopular village. He sturdily lived on, looked tough, but never shiny in this various world. He...
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...Kapilan Pushparajah ENG4U1 Mr.Karantonis April 11th 2014 Imagery of Darkness The book “Heart of Darkness” is a novel written by writer Joseph Conrad. It is about the adventurers that an ivory transporter named Charles Marlow had down the Congo river to central Africa. The novel is based on a true story, of Joseph Conrad's actual journey up the Congo River in 1900. Marlow is Joseph Conrad’s alter ego. The novel had many themes such as; racism, loneliness, colonialism, good vs evil, power and many more. In this novel, Conrad uses imagery and symbolism to reveal the implication on the traits of different characters’ personalities. They represent main character traits. Main examples of imagery and symbolism in the novel occur when; Marlow meets the accountant for the first time. Marlow was amazed by how well dressed the accountant was. Imagery and symbolism also occur when Marlow looks through his binoculars to see the heads that were facing the station house which he had initially thought were just ornaments. The heads represent how kurtz is crazy and violent due to the graphicness of the heads.The imagery and symbolism in this novel describe the personality traits of the characters very well and helps the reader make better connections with the novel and helps them understand it better. When Marlow first met the chief accountant he was amazed. He was impressed with the way that the accountant looked. He seemed to be very surprised. “When near the buildings I met a white...
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...by Chris Killen compare in many ways. These two stories use the same literary device strongly such as imagery. Imagery is a literary device in which the author uses words and phrases to paint a picture in the readers head throughout the story. These two short stories are written with very descriptive language to help paint a picture of the occurrences in the story and describe a scene. These two stories also contrast in many ways such as the way they use symbolism as well as the relationships between the characters in both stories. The two short stories compare in the use of the literary devices imagery and in the themes. The imagery used in “the Story of an Hour” is when the author is painting a picture of the main characters reaction to the news of her husband’s apparent death. When Mrs. Mallard learns of her husband’s death she is very upset, and locks herself in her room, and sits down in her chair starring out the window. The author uses descriptive language here such as “There stood, facing the open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair. Into this she sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul,” (Kate Chopin Par 4) to paint a picture of how the character is acting. Using such detail helps the reader clearly understand and mentally visualize how the character is acting in this scene. This is a pure example of imagery and it continues on throughout the story. The author continues to use detail about what Mrs. Mallard...
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...Taken” Virginia White Liberty University Thesis: Through his use of imagery, symbolism, and emotion, Frost creates the theme of the importance of making the right choice in life. 1. Introduction and Thesis 2. Imagery a. Picture of 2 roads b. Person is in a yellow wood c. 1 path was grassy, one was worn d. Brings reader back at the end 3. Symbolism e. Comparing 2 roads to 2 choices in life f. Determining the outcomes of the choices by looking as far as he could down both paths g. Abrupt decision making h. Importance of making the right choice 4. Emotion i. Insecure/unsure in the beginning j. A little eager in the middle, taking risks k. Sad/melancholy at the end 5. Close The Revealing of Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” One of Robert Frost’s best poems, “The Road Not Taken”, is a very realistic poem, making one think about their current situation in life and how important making choices can be. Frost finds himself at a halt at a crossroad in life, weighing the options of each path that he could possibly take. Through his use of imagery, symbolism, and emotion, Frost creates the theme of the importance of making the right choice in life. Frost uses imagery a lot in this poem, making one imagine where he was standing at that current time. The imagery used really contributes a lot to the poem, as it helps the reader to understand why the choice...
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...In relation to World War One poetry, “Dead Man’s Dump” by Isaac Rosenberg and “Attack” by Siegfried Sassoon, I agree that thematic concerns are developed through the extensive use of symbolism and imagery. A poet is an artist and the poetry he writes is his art. The words he uses to write them, however, are the ever so essential paint brushes and tools used to create art. Through their meticulous choice of words, Rosenberg and Sassoon effectively conveyed their outlook on the concept of way and helped myself, the reader, to understand the destructive nature of war. Thus, the use of imagery and symbolism is imperative in order for the reader to fully understand their argument. “Dead Man’s Dump” follows the journey of a limber navigating through a scene of horror littered with “sprawled dead.” One of the key themes developed in “Dead Man’s Dump” through the use of symbolism and imagery is the idea of war stripping an individual of any power or control. War is symbolically depicted as a “shrieking pyre” that the soldiers were “flung on” to. This is a direct metaphor towards war being a ‘dead man’s dump’ and helps us understand that Rosenberg perceives war as a funeral pyre because war instigates death and the men who are drafted in war might as well be “flung on to a shrieking pyre.” The limber that is carrying the “rusty freight” or barbed wires is embodied as “many crowns of thorns… stuck out… over the shattered track/ Upon our brothers dear.” This religious allusion is representative...
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...In The Veldt, the author, Ray Bradbury uses multiple Author’s crafts. The key ones used are Imagery and symbolism. Ray Bradbury uses symbolism with the nursery. The nursery is like the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hadley. Both parents and the nursery are easy to manipulate into doing what the kids wish them to do. The author also uses the craft of allusion, but only uses it twice. While describing the house the Hadleys live in he describes it as a “ Happy Life Home”. A few paragraphs later when Mr. and Mrs. Hadley walk into the nursery Ray Bradbury uses the craft of imagery. He describes the feeling of the lions fur and the smell of the Veldt. He describes the papery sound of the vulture's wings up in the air and the sight seen by both Mr. and Mrs. Hadley. Ray Bradbury uses many different crafts, but these are just a few. The main craft that is used in The Veldt is symbolism. The nursery represents the parents. The kids could make the nursery do anything they wanted it to do or turn into anything they wished. Just as the parents would do whatever the kids wanted them to do. Both were easily manipulated by the kids. The children had manipulated the parents into keeping the nursery turned on for their enjoyment. This resulted in the death of Mr. and Mrs. Hadley as well as the Nursery. Others say...
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...descriptive language and symbolism to express the experiences of living in the Happylife home. The language used creates vivid, lifelike images in the reader's mind that immerses them into an unrealistic world. Some other readers who analyze this story feel imagery is applied to the story and plays along with descriptive language. Symbolism is a heavy topic in this tale. Important parts stick out through symbols, which help the reader to relate to what is happening. Significant, impactful descriptive language and symbolism are placed in The Veldt. Descriptive language modifies how The Veldt can be perceived. When the short tale mentions how the main room, the nursery, shifts, “... presently an African veldt appeared, in three dimensions… the ceiling above them became a deeper sky with a hot yellow sun.” The veldtland description is so deep, that it plants whoever...
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...similes, imagery, and symbolism in the length of the lines, to create and support the message he is trying to get across to the reader. Friedman uses several different literary devices to create the message of the poem, and imagery is one device that is used for this reason. An example of imagery in “As Is” is, “Nearby, his wife surveys the smalls: art deco bangles bright as harpsichords,...” (Line 9). This example creates an image in the reader's mind of a woman that is looking at the items in the store. Not only does this make a scene form in the reader’s head, it supports the meaning of the poem. The meaning of the poem is to not judge a book by its cover or listen to rumors, and this excerpt from the poem supports this meaning by having a woman realize that all of the “antiques” are really just random pieces of junk. As well as using imagery to convey the message of the poem to the reader, Friedman uses other literary devices to help the reader understand more about the...
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...In everyone’s life, they are going to end up at a point in their life when they have to chose what they want to be. This is a very difficult time, but it will be a big step in becoming who you want to be. The famous poem “The Road Not Taken” is a poem about this very big life decision. The theme is about the fork in the road of life, having no idea where they lead, and knowing there is no turning back. “The Road Not Taken” was written by Robert Frost, whose work was influenced by the New England life, and frequently wrote about universal themes, and problems. In “The Road Not Taken”, Robert Frost writes about life decisions, using rhyme scheme, imagery, and symbolism. “The Road Not Taken” has an untraditional rhyme scheme. A rhyme scheme...
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...concepts that would otherwise remain unnoticed. Literary devices, including symbolism, using symbols to represent ideas, and ambiguity, obscurity of meaning, often portray undertones that are necessary for the reader's interpretation. The novels Chronicles of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Perfume: Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind include many references to both symbolism and ambiguity to guide what messages and morals are portrayed. These authors also include vivid imagery, descriptive language, to specify details that are essential for eliciting emotional response from the reader. Symbolism plays a substantial role in portraying the culture and time period of Chronicles of a Death Foretold. Opportunities for the reader to delve into the cultural context of 1950`s Columbia are made apparent within the first sentence of the novel. Magical realism, realistic fiction with mythical elements, brands South American literature immersing the reader in a new world regardless of their location and upbringing. The novel introduces the “protagonist” by...
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...few seconds. People sometimes forget to slow down in our busy world. David L. Weatherford tries to bring light to this everyday struggle of hurrying through life. Weatherford uses his own personal experiences and several different literary devices such as imagery,...
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