Imagery In 'Pink Dog' By Rio Di Janiero

In the book titled “All the Pretty Horses” by Cormac Mccarthy, 16 year old John Grady Cole decides that he wants to build a ranch at his home in Texas. However, when his grandfather says no, him and his friend, Rawlins, go on a journey down south to mexico to build a ranch themselves. The author’s purpose for writing the story was to inform the audience that if someone tells you not to do something then don’t do it because nine times out of ten, it is mostly because the outcome might not always be what you expected. Mccarthy often uses different styles of descriptive and imagery writing to help the reader better understand the book and what Grady is getting himself into. I personally believe that the author gets his point across effectively

The caramel rebozo is referred to a “Mexican shawl.” () Throughout the story, the one item that Soledad and Celaya admire so much is this Carmelo rebozo. This rebozo is one that Soledad’s mother was working on before she died. Her mother never got a chance to finish the shawl, but it was given to Soledad. Celaya always wanted the rebozo for herself, and when her father tries to buy her a silk shawl, the evil grandmother says that there is no way a girl like Celaya will ever appreciate such a beautiful shawl. But, when the grandmother passes away, the rebozo is passed down to Celaya, and she treasures this item just as her grandmother did. In the novel Caramelo, by Sandra Cisneros, Cisneros utilizes the symbols of the caramelo rebozo in order to signify destiny, truth and lies, and fights to show the family and its members’ relationships and traditions. Cisneros uses each of these significances in order to show multiple people and events describe a theme. The caramelo rebozo is one of the most important symbols of the novel. It not only ties itself to the theme of security, safety, and leadership, but also to the other symbols presented.

The Spanish Roulette is a fictional account of events in the life of a young Puerto Rican named Sixto who swears to avenge for his sister’s assault. According to the story, Sixto’s sister had been raped by a local gang member who Sixto assures must suffer the same pain as his sister before he can finally kill him. Evidenced by the story, Sixto fights the thought of killing his sister’s tormentor while loading his revolver, but finally, snaps and decides to go ahead with his plan thereby leaving any logic and moral reasoning not to kill the gang member. The author, Ed Vega’s epic account of the life of Sixto closely resembles his first-person account of the life in Puerto Rico where the street is controlled by gang members who could rob from innocent families, handle drugs and unauthorized weapons including guns, and go about their business without being interfered by people in the community or the police (Lee). This essay asserts that based on the author’s argument and character representation, revenge is the only hope for the weak in the face of trouble when even the society cannot intervene and this argues that Ed Vega proved as creative and a competent writer by using the various features of poetic writing to create the intended image, environment, characters, and build on the theme of revenge.

Andy Mulligan's choice for the boys growing up in a dump is something that is happening in many places all around the world. This storyline educates people about how they live, what they eat and how they earn money so that you're not just reading a book you’re learning something about the world around you.” You want to come see? Well, you can smell Behala way before you can see it.” (P.4). This sentence emphasizes the mass amount of trash there is that is just dumped there. The use of Hyperbole is over dramatic and contrasts the life of the rich with those of the less fortunate. “The wall divides the rich quarter, where the dead get buried in earth, from the poor quarter, where the dead get stacked up in boxes” (P.180). Symbolism realy brings the story to life and shows the seriouse differences between the two social statuses. Even just describing how they are buried moves the reader because of the differnce and how lucky people are. The use of symbolism heightens our awareness of this discrepancy. Poverty happens everywhere, and this sheds some light on the hardships these people have to overcome to

However, the issue, as brought to attention by various individuals and highlighted by the barks of dogs can be fixed. Playing on the dog breed Golden Retrievers, Doty characterizes the pup as a means of “retrieving” humankind from the fears of thoughts overtaking happiness, and by offsetting this one word, he brings a concise realization that humans need advice to live in the present (11). The dogs try to bring their owners “entirely” to the present so they can receive as much love as they provide (Doty 14). Since this word, offset in the poem, engenders a powerful response, the speaker hopes that his actions will make a noticeable difference. The two juxtaposed sides of this poem between playfulness and reflection of unhappiness aptly describe humans’ inability to live in the moment, placing dogs above us since they discover happiness within each day. In fact, dogs may realize their responsibility to retrieve humans from their “haze” determining a possible reason why they bark: to “call [their owners] here” to the present (Doty 12, 13). Doty concludes the poem strongly with caesura establishing how humans should fix the problem “now,” followed by a colon and the onomatopoetic use of barking “bow-wow” (Doty 14). This forceful end to the dog’s thoughts convey the importance of change represented by the passion in the

This essay will be an analytical essay where the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon will be analyzed and interpreted. The focus will be on the language of the novel and the themes and messages.

Lope de Vega’s play touches upon several key components and ideas that were brought up in many of the other stories read throughout the semester. This included the role of gender and how men and women are viewed differently in the Spaniard town of Fuenteovejuna. Another topic included the importance of family, love, and relationships and their connection on loyalty, trust, and personal beliefs. The last major influence found in other literature and in Fuenteovejuna, were the political and religious references made throughout the play. Even though Lope de Vega didn’t make these views obvious, the reader could still pick up on their connotation and the references made towards these specific ideas. With all of this in mind, each of these

In a well-written short story, different literary elements and terms are incorporated into the story by the author. Ernest Hemingway frequently uses various literary elements in his writing to entice the reader and enhance each piece that he writes. In Hills Like White Elephants, Hemingway uses symbols to teach the reader certain things that one may encounter during daily life. Symbolism may be defined as relating to, using, or proceeding by means of symbols (Princeton). The use of symbols in Hills Like White Elephants is utterly important to the plot line and to the fundamental meaning of the story. Through this use of symbolism, the reader can begin to reveal the hidden themes in this short story.

John Steinbeck’s “Flight” was published in 1938. John Steinbeck was also known for his other works such as “Tortilla Flats”, “Of Mice and Men”, and “The Grapes of Wrath” which has been Steinbeck’s masterpiece. In many of Steinbeck’s works Steinbeck keeps the same general themes, ideals, and methods throughout most of his literary works. For example, in his work “Of Mice and Men” the character Lennie is often described with animal imagery. For example, Lennie would often be described as strong as a bull. In the case of “Flight” Steinbeck is more often seen using animal imagery to describe the character of Pepe. Pepe is often described as having his hand flick a like a snake when Pepe throws his knife. Steinbeck also introduced themes into his

Furthermore, Hughes uses the rhetorical device of allusion when he writes about his aunt’s bringing him to the church for a special meeting. When he writes, “Then just before the revival ended, they held a special meeting for children, ‘to bring the young lambs to the fold’’’ (1), he attempts to correlate his invitation to salvation to a Biblical parable. Along with his reference to the Bible, he conveys the church member’s excitement with vivid imagery. He illustrates the church’s setting as being infuse with “all moans and shouts and lonely cries and dire pictures of hell”, and he also describes the preacher’s sermon as a “wonderful rhythmical sermon” (3). Conjointly, Hughes presents imagery of the churchgoers and alludes to a Biblical story in order to demonstrate the magnitude of the religious enthusiasm of the members of the church.

The use of symbolism in Hemingway’s, Hills like white elephants, provides the reader with situations a couple may face at least once in their life. There are many symbols within this short story, some more complex than others. Knowing the different symbols, can ultimately lead up to the discovery of the real meaning in the story. Hemingway never gives us an easy explanation in this story, forcing the reader to make wild assumptions. Since this story requires readers to read between the lines and think more complex, Hemingway gives us symbols so readers can understand the overall meaning of the story. Hemingway points out many of the symbols used by mainly repetition, which make them very important. Some symbolism shown in this story is: the white elephants, the train station, and scenery.

Los Angeles possesses the characteristics of great fame and fortune as well as immense homelessness and poverty. Often times, young people are misled by the financial success of some and assume that is typical of city people. Writers Joan Didion and Carol Muske-Dukes characterize the realization that an adolescent’s lifestyle is not suitable for the demands of a city as signaling the dawn of the apocalypse. In the essay, “Slouching Towards Bethlehem,” Didion highlights how the failure of society is brought about by a family’s inability to fulfill traditional roles and a lack of education as exemplified during the Hippie movement. While poet Muske-Dukes utilizes gothic language and allusion to illustrate the notion of an apocalypse in the poem “Like This”.

She engages extensive social theories in her analysis of everyday life. There is a an elaborate discussion of Cultural production theory, feminist theorizing on the body and resistance, Michel Foucault’s theories of power, Mikhail Bahktin’s theories on carnival, and Patricia Hill Collins’s theories about controlling images and the matrix of domination are employed to develop the theoretical relevance of the everyday lives of Gloria, her family, and her neighbours. Wherever there is a gap that the existing theory could not fill, she points them out and suggests a more nuanced understanding of the complexities of lived experience. This is especially true in her discussion of the “carnivalization of desire” and women’s ambivalent relationship to the “sex-positive” atmosphere of Brazil. The ethnographic and theoretical richness of the text is supplemented by a brief political history of Brazil that helps to contextualize the current scenario within a history of slavery and

-Concrete subjects are used to convey abstract feelings. The bounded feet with “marks and callouses” and the “asymmetrical cropped hair” are representatives of two different cultures. This literature device makes the essay more vivid and encourages readers to think.

Bold images and examples strengthen this central idea. Pinsky uses pets as an example in lines 3 and 4, “The Golden Retriever next door, Gussie, is dead,/ Like Sandy, the Cocker Spaniel from three doors down”. For many, the death of a pet is the first time the concept of death is introduced, often at a young age. By listing the dog breeds and even their names, Pinsky creates a vivid image that is similar to what the reader is