Two Cities Reading Journal

When using imagery, we can imagine what is going on, what the unknown characters did, and how it’s affecting an individual and the entire community. This

An example of a simile can be: “But there is also electric-blue moth with wings as large as a hand.” other than being subjective, the phrase is also a simile as comparing the wings with a human hand; a metaphor as seen in the tale can be “paradisiacal playground” the author is taking the horizon as a big wide area of beauty and holiness. Alliteration can be seen by the phrase: ‘’ hurricanes hardly happen’’. Poetic devices serve as a way of keeping the tale vivid, intriguing and

In the novel The Pigman the author, Paul Zindel, uses figurative language to create mood and tone. One example of this is when in the novel the character Norton is described using a simile. This simile is “Norton has eyes like a mean mouse, and he’s the type of kid who thinks everyone’s

This story uses many similes and comparisons in it, like this one. A simile is a comparison between two things, using the words “like and as.” This example, In particular, uses a group of people and a colony of ants. The author used this comparison because everyone was in sync with how they moved and acted.

Social class systems in the nineteenth century were comprised of the upper class, the middle class, the working class, and the underclass. The different social classes can be “distinguished by inequalities in such areas as power, authority, wealth, working and living conditions, life-styles, life-span, education, religion, and culture” (Cody). The poor, also known as peasants, were usually mistreated and segregated from the wealthy, or those of higher class. During his time, Charles Dickens “seen as a champion of “the poor” by some of the poor themselves” (“What was”). It is said that one of his greatest achievements “was to bring the problem of poverty to the attention of his readers through introducing varieties of poor persons into almost all of his novels, and showing the “deserving” majority of the poor, bravely struggling against the forces arrayed against them” (“What was”). This is clearly evident in A Tale of Two Cities. During the nineteenth century Victorian era, social class systems were a common excuse for the division and mistreatment of many individuals, as evidenced in Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities.

In the excerpt, I Am Legend, Richard Matheson uses a variety amount of rhetorical devices to identify the themes and ideas that emerge between good and evil, reflecting human beings. In the authors writing, he uses similes to compare two things. For instance, "he saw the man's throat moving like clammy turkey skin" and "his fingers like skeleton fingers. " To explain the readers that Neville is describing the man's throat to a bumpy wrinkled skin, and how the man's hands are old and bony.

It is interesting to note that major issues such as identity, and an unfair life have been at the heart of most of his literary works. The narrator tried to unveil an alien environment about which he even questions his belonging. The story mainly stresses the kind of relationship existing between the narrator and his brother, one that has undergone so many shakes and conflicts especially following the death of their parents. The author also highlighted the hostile environment they were part of, and which happens to be no more than the ghettos of Harlem with its devastating impacts on youngsters. That?s why; the narrator sought and even longed for a safe as well as peaceful

The author uses many poetic elements throughout the story for example when the poet states “blue smoke layered like gunfire”This is and example of figurative language know as simile because the poet is comparing the

The first topic of this essay is loneliness, and the readers need to figure out how this first topic is a portion of this answer. For starters, loneliness has been a state of mind, when a person starts to feel abandoned by a friend that the farmer recognizes. In this story scenario, it occurs when the

After years of fear, he toughens his skin, and now dislikes interaction. The depressing tale of Crooks gives the reader insight into the creation of loneliness by forceful

If you have ever wrote a description, you may have used figures of speech known as similes and metaphors. These gems can improve anyones' writing. A simile or metaphor allow the reader to visualize more clearly who or what the author is describing. Using simile, the writer compares two unlike items directly, using the words like or as; "He runs like the wind" or "The runner is as swift as the wind.

Also, in the poems, “A Simile” and “Moon Rondeau” the authors use an analogy by comparing two things for the different stages of a relationship. For instance, in “Simile” it states “In whose limbs there is latent flight.” The author compares the deer (people) to

Imagery is used in order to describe what the place looks like. This teaches us how to use literary features, by giving us good examples on how he used them.

English author Charles Dickens has written many well known novels such as Oliver Twist and A Christmas Carol, of which both have a recurring theme: the expectations of society. During the Victorian Era, England was over populated and had terrible living conditions, with an enormous gap between the rich and the poor. Generally, people during the Victorian Era were not allowed to talk about things such as sex and crime, and had to live by strict social rules set by society. With the social disparities came many other concerns as well. Charles Dickens eloquently displays issues such as child abuse, prostitution, poverty, and crime in such a way that readers are able to understand and view them from diverse perceptions. By creating characters that have been through hell and back, Charles Dickens executes a great display of struggle especially within the lower classes. In the works of Charles Dickens, the wide variety of social issues of the Victorian Era are presented in a way such that readers are able to see specific issues from the perspectives of people from contrasting social classes, while speaking from his own experience through the characters. By doing so, Dickens is able to compare and contrast issues deemed controversial in the Victorian Era, especially regarding the disadvantaged.

Social class differences were a major contributor to the story line and the lasting effect of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. Social classes has a broad set of criteria that the majority of people think determines class. Dickens uses class differences for various reasons but most importantly, he uses them to show how he felt about those differences. Additionally, the fact that the differences that Dickens displays in the book are similar to today's class variations, makes Great Expectations and its theme of class, influential to this day. Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations perfectly illustrates the Victorian era’s class differences and shows where Dickens compassions laid.