Another point is Amy says that her mother is not hard to understand, it 's that other people find it hard to comprehend her talking. People who do not know her mother well probably won 't give themselves time to connect with her mother 's English. As described by Amy from her personal view that her mother 's English was "perfectly clear, perfectly natural" (Tan, 2006, p. 21). Specific evidence that supports was the author stating, "Her language, as I hear it, is vivid, direct, full of observation and imagery." (Tan, 2006, p. 20).
She creates her own reality with these works of fiction, which puts a barrier between her and actual reality. She ends the list of quotes by saying “That a young woman in love always looks “like Patience on a monument ‘Smiling at Grief’” (18). This portrays Catherine’s tendency to shape the words to her liking, regardless of what the actual meaning is behind the text. She shows a lack of understanding of the metaphors and language, yet she simultaneously over thinks the work by taking it and applying it to her own life. This creates a superficial image for her character because she picks out only the parts of books that she likes without taking into consideration the surrounding text and deeper meaning, as she does throughout the book.
Keeping to yourself can actually cause more issues than opening up. In the novel Crow Lake by Mary Lawson, Kate Morrison is a very reserved and kind character. She is reserved because for her entire childhood this is how she is brought up. She is also taught how to treat others and that makes her the kind person she is to this day. Kate proves to be kind because she really puts other peoples’ feelings into consideration when saying or doing something.
In general, Colette seems to over analyze very simple things, like in The Hand, although she does it quite well. Her other stories like, If I Had A Daughter, for example, is another example of a story that has some sort of mockery and idealization. Throughout this short story, a woman describes her ideal daughter to her friend and the tone of her friend sounds annoyed throughout the majority of the story. It seemed like this woman had told her friend made up scenarios quite a few times and her friend was tired of it. The story starts
The narrator’s opinions are not laid out for the reader, leaving us to form our own opinions and thoughts as to why the woman has become obsessed with finding the girl. The narrator knows what the woman thinks and feels, although the woman’s thoughts that the narrator tells the reader is somewhat limited. Nonetheless this insight into the main character shows that the narrator is an omniscient narrator. The narrator also seems trustworthy, simply because the narrator is not biased and lets the reader form their own theories. The narrator tells the story chronologically without flashbacks or flash-forwards.
The art of depiction allows an author to craft a narration that would give the audience a first-hand experience of a situation. In this piece, the narrator is portraying the characteristics of her older sister, revealing an assortment of love alongside bitterness, through a forthright recitation of her own experiences. A couple sentences into the piece, it is evident that the story is told through the point of view of a little girl – the speaker is unable to understand the situation from anyone else’s point of view. Even though the author never explicitly states the age of the speaker, it is easy to perceive her juvenile thought process. In fact, declaratory statements such as “I was clearly the better child” or “it was all a misunderstanding”
At the beginning of the book, Gilly would have loved that but when she moved away she understood that it was not what she needed. She finds disappointment in her new life and realizes what a great time she had with Trotter, William Ernest and Mr. Rudolph. The Great Gilly Hopkins is a book to reflect on. The characters and the whole story stick to your mind after finishing the book. The author accomplishes to transform Gilly into a real girl who cares about people; people who became her family and who had unconditional love for her.
The novel reflects the period in its focus on individualism through Jane. She is very diverse from everyone else, her mind is very brilliant, Jane shows that she is self-reliant and doesn’t need anyone 's approval. Jane shows an example of this when she confronts her aunt Mrs. Reed. “What would Uncle Reed say to you, if he were alive?’was my scarcely voluntary demand. I say scarcely voluntary, for it seemed as if my tongue pronounced words without my will consenting to their utterance: something spoke out of me over which I had no control.”(46) This occasion is not the very first moment that Jane shows individualism.
Now that I’m a bit older, I can still very much appreciate her pretty words, but I can also better understand her situation and maybe even why the words seemed to flow so freely for her. As a bit of an introvert myself, inner worlds are especially important and can be retreated back to wether surrounded by numerous people or in candid seclusion. For this reason, just as losing my beloved book taught me, I believe Emily Dickinson’s relationship with nature epitomizes the cliche that absence makes the heart grow fonder. In addition of course, to nature itself being her closest
Rationale I have chosen to write a letter from Jordan Baker from The Great Gatsby to a friend of hers. In the letter she is telling about Daisy and Gatsby’s relationship and especially how her friend Daisy changed as a result. As in the book Jordan is told to be someone who likes gossiping, it is suitable for her to be gossiping about someone who at least used to be her friend. The letter shows a bit different side of the events of the novel because the point of view Jordan has is more neutral than that of Nick’s as Nick admires Gatsby whereas Jordan is described to be someone who only cares about Jordan and thus she has no motive to twist things around. Also Jordan’s personality is brought up as her voice is heard throughout the whole letter.
Davis 's way of writing The Return of Martin Guerre is very easy to read. Davis says in On the Lame, a response to critic Robert Finlay 's review of the book, that she wanted it to read like a mystery novel for all readers. Davis backs up what shes says with historical facts and does ask questions on chronological events. Such as when the real Martin leaves, Davis states that it would be interesting if Martin went to his ancestral home or not after stealing from his father to escape. Davis does not spend a lot of time on the topic, but spends enough to make it interesting and remind the reader that these were real thinking people all those centuries ago.