May 2002, b
-A story has to be told by somebodyCompare in detail your impressions of the "story tellers" in two or three novels or short stories you have studied. Was the "story teller" the same as the writer (implicitly or explicitly) or not?How does this question influence your reading?
Every story needs a narrator ( or even a few) because something needs to move the plot along. What were the effects of a few different styles of narration, and what was the effect on the reader? Did any of the narrator(s) resemble the author in any way (including ideas...) or not?
In this, I will be addressing a combination of narrative situation and style. (Ya know... Who tells it? why does the author do this this way? blah blah blah) To do this, I'll use Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, as well as Faulkner's As I Lay Dying.
May 2006, a
Work is a defining element for people. Refferring closely to two or three works in the light of this statement, show how writers in your study have made the world of work significant in their writings.
Ya can tell a lot about a person based on his/her job and what type of labour it consists of. With the help of a couple works, prove it.
THIS WILL INVOLVE THE LOOKING AT OF HOW CHARACTERIZATION METHODS ARE EMPLOYED!
In order to prove this, I'd use William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying and Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Paper I: Unseen Commentary- PASSAGE V
"The Voice" by Thomas Hardy: Is It All In Your Head? (Outline)
I. Introduction/Thesis
As human beings, we are separated from animals and more primitive life forms by our ability to experience and react to complex emotions. Often, these are influenced by our past experiences, which may translate into a longing for whatever condition, sensation, person, or experience once was reality. As a result, we may find ourselves questioning ourselves, as if in conversation, as a means of coping with our past and present, and their consequential emotions, such as love and longing. In Thomas Hardy's "The Voice", he uses question marks (punctuation) in conjunction with the answers to the questions posed, in order to emphasize the reminiscent and longing tone of the poem.
Body I: (Summary of what's going on/overview of poem)
-"The Voice" is a poem in which the speaker talks of a "woman much missed" (1) who calls to him/her, but who has also "changed from the one who was all to me"(3). This woman is moast likely a past lover, whom the speaker finds unable to forget, as seen through the recollection of past details, such as "the original air-blue gown"(8). The speaker questions himself/herself on whether or not there are unresolved feelings from the past.
-"Can it be you I hear?"(5) This is followed by an answer dismissing it as just the breeze, as if an attempt to repress feelings evoked by the memory of the woman. Finally, in the fourth stanza, we learn that while the memory of the woman continually goes remembered, it is ultimately responsible for negative feelings of the speaker, as he/she is left "faltering forward"(13), emotionally wounded by past memories.
Body II: Dominant Technique/Effect
-While this entire poem takes on a tone of questioning and longing as a result of the past, it becomes most apparent in the second and third stanzas. The speaker essentially posesa question aloud/mentally, and proceeds to answer it, as if grasping for an answer that would not have painful consequences.
Conclusion-Overall, this poem of a potential past love carries with it the effect of an emotional experience, as shown through the speaker's way of posing and answering questions in order to make sense of and cope with the past.
I. Introduction/Thesis
As human beings, we are separated from animals and more primitive life forms by our ability to experience and react to complex emotions. Often, these are influenced by our past experiences, which may translate into a longing for whatever condition, sensation, person, or experience once was reality. As a result, we may find ourselves questioning ourselves, as if in conversation, as a means of coping with our past and present, and their consequential emotions, such as love and longing. In Thomas Hardy's "The Voice", he uses question marks (punctuation) in conjunction with the answers to the questions posed, in order to emphasize the reminiscent and longing tone of the poem.
Body I: (Summary of what's going on/overview of poem)
-"The Voice" is a poem in which the speaker talks of a "woman much missed" (1) who calls to him/her, but who has also "changed from the one who was all to me"(3). This woman is moast likely a past lover, whom the speaker finds unable to forget, as seen through the recollection of past details, such as "the original air-blue gown"(8). The speaker questions himself/herself on whether or not there are unresolved feelings from the past.
-"Can it be you I hear?"(5) This is followed by an answer dismissing it as just the breeze, as if an attempt to repress feelings evoked by the memory of the woman. Finally, in the fourth stanza, we learn that while the memory of the woman continually goes remembered, it is ultimately responsible for negative feelings of the speaker, as he/she is left "faltering forward"(13), emotionally wounded by past memories.
Body II: Dominant Technique/Effect
-While this entire poem takes on a tone of questioning and longing as a result of the past, it becomes most apparent in the second and third stanzas. The speaker essentially posesa question aloud/mentally, and proceeds to answer it, as if grasping for an answer that would not have painful consequences.
Conclusion-Overall, this poem of a potential past love carries with it the effect of an emotional experience, as shown through the speaker's way of posing and answering questions in order to make sense of and cope with the past.
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