Great Gatsby Dialectical Journal

However, a poem could be written without personification and still be great. In this poem the speaker states, “season when the young buttercups and daisies climb up on the mulched bodies of their forebears to wave their flags in the parade” (1096). This stanza is personification because it talks about the buttercups and daisies climbing up. This line of the poem also reminds the reader of soldiers marching in a parade.

Personification is the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. To get you attached to the wolves, Mowat personifies them. This mostly starts in Chapter 9

Throughout the novel, the author Edward Bloor uses literary devices such as similes to make the readers visualize the descriptive situations in the story. These similes describe to the reader how different occurrences relate to other actions, objects, or living things.

11. What type of pants does Tod try at the thrift store? He tries flared pants.

Question 2 Two lines that are examples of personification in the poem potsu-potsu by Lily Roland are ‘heralding the dashing downpour’ and the groaning bridge struggles to stand tall and strong’. This is used in the first line where it says heralding and dashing as rain dose not dash and thunder dose not herald. In the second line it can be seen when it says groaning bridge as a bridge dose not groan. The use of personification

For instance, “Those boats are restless” (Woodford). This is a use of personification because boats cannot be restless. Another example of personification is “...someday I will let my ships taste freedom” (Woodford). In the short story, Uncle Timothy says that he wants his ships to “taste freedom”. This use of personification is trying to say that the ships are always tied up and not used.

(iii.) ‘Scarred old floor’ is a personification because it is a direct comparison of human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human

In the beginning , The author uses similes to show addiction in his story by repeating sentences such as, “The smell of dust like a red paprika in the hot air.” and “The papery rustling of vultures.”

" One can see by this that he misses Annaabelle Lee and his love never left. This also means that he looks up in the night sky and thinks about his lost Annabelle Lee. Personification helps show the theme of love. Personification is used to show emotions. For example he says "That the wind came out of the cloud

Personification is ascribing human characteristics to non living things, and help's make a clear picture of what is happening in a moment. William Golding an author of many book, most notably The Lord of the Flies is no stranger to using personification in his books. When describing a fire Golding writes " the smoke increased, shifted, rolled outward" (Golding 44). The word choice in this sentence is an example of personification because, the fire is being made out to be rolling, and a fire can't roll. Another example of personification Golding makes is "Acres of black and yellow smoke rolled steadily to the sea"(Golding 44).

In his article, “The Man in the Water” Roger Rosenblatt uses personification in order to let the people see that the heroes did more than just save people, they also showed the people what to be like. Rosenblatt explains that four men helped save the survivors “ and on that same afternoon, human nature- groping and flailing in mysteries of its own- rose to the occasion.” (Rosenblatt 2). The words “rose to the occasion” are used in the passage to explain that in this time in need, human nature came through to save the people in pain. Personification is used because human nature cannot actually rise to the occasion and the real people are the ones that make the decisions. Once the man in the water

“For a moment the last sunshine fell with romantic affection on her glowing face; her voice compelled me forward breathlessly as I listened - then the glow faded, each light deserting her with lingering regret, like children leaving a pleasant street at dusk.”

There is plenty of figurative language in this poem, which adds to the poem’s richness. There are several metaphors: “loaded gun” (which I think is a metaphor for life), “Vesuvian face” (volcano), and “Yellow eye” (which I am not sure about), “Yellow Eye” and “emphatic Thumb,” which stand for some kind of weapon. Personification is

A spiritual journey is not all about the discovery, more importantly it is about uncovering the inner nature of one’s being. In the light of, a spiritual growth which is seen in Santiago's character due to the fact, he was not centered on the journey itself. Instead, he was engaged with the meaning of the atmospheric elements along the way which directed his path with a sense of purpose. During Santiago's journey he will learn about the interconnectedness of the surrounding world through the omens of nature that will reveal a hidden message about of the soul of the world. Additionally, Santiago learns along his travels that his personal legend is the essence of his life as well as, the purpose of his existence to fulfill his individual legend

     Finally, imagery is used throughout the story such as the “proximity of God howling beneath the house” which seems to convey a dark image of God. Another example of imagery occurs when Soto burps to “perfume the air.” It gives one a sense that Soto is burping not just let out gas but to give him a sense of relief and