Jane Austen's Writing Style Essay
Jane Austen's writing style is a mix of neoclassicism and romanticism. Austen created a transition into Romanticism which encourages passion and imagination in writing instead of a strict and stale writing style. It is very emotional and follows a flowing not structured form. Mixing these two styles was one of Austen's strongest talents, which gave her an edge in the literary world. No other author in her time was able to create such a strong transition between writing styles. Austen used her sharp and sarcastic wit in all of her writing including in one of her most famous works; Pride and Prejudice. She could create a powerful and dramatic scene and immediately lead it into a satirical cathartic scene. We see these in various...show more content...
Austen added a romantic touch when it came to her characters dialogues which were able to range from sharp and witty to poetic and emotional. Her characters' words and actions created a vivid picture of each person and each event to engage the reader into the novel. She focuses on the beauty of a conversation and allows it to display the development and progress of each main character in her novels. Her style is unique, yet recognizable. She opened the door for new authors and exposed people to a new way of life. Pride and Prejudice is a novel unlike any other, it pushes the limits on what an 18th century society would be exposed to. Jane Austen's work ultimately marked the transition in English literature from neo–classicism to romanticism. Jane Austen is limitless; she wrote about the beauty of ordinary people and their ordinary lives and allowed that to carry her story forward. She accepted that society was flawed but basks in the glory of it. She recognized that the beauty in people and in society is not found in perfection but in the imperfection of them. Austin also recognized the hypocrisy and stupidity that was present in the game of marriage but she also seemed to recognize the true value of it. She wrote what she knew, but most important she
Why I Want A Wife
"Why I Want A Wife" is a one–sided essay about what a woman seeks out of a man, but also what a man should seek out of a woman. "I want a wife who keep the house clean. I want a wife who will take care of physical needs and wife who will take care of the kids". Judy Brady is explaining in this essay what every woman should seek out of a man. She explains how this should be the new standards for all men and women who are searching for a partner. Judy explains that the responsibilities should be the same for the man and the woman, that teamwork is what makes the relationship successful. While this essay is mostly staged to encourage women in what they deserve in a relationship, it could also help out the man, too. This essay could help the man in how to become a better "wife" for their wife by understanding what the partner wants in the relationship. The effects of Judy Brady having a wife would be not having to worry about supporting her kids constantly, she would be able to pursue whatever she feels like pursuing, and all of her needs would be taken care of. Judy Brady wants a "wife" so she can live her life with a sense of support and individuality. Judy would not have to worry about constantly supporting her kids and worrying about household chores. Household chores are a major time consuming factor if a home is owned between the two partners. The house needs to be upheld so have a safe and comfortable environment for the adults and the children. If she had a wife, then
I Was Right On Time Essay
In Buck O'Neil's book, I Was Right on Time, he mentions a phrase that was common for Negro League ball players to hear back in the day. O'Neil writes, "John McGraw said he'd give 50,000 dollars for Donaldson if he'd been white...we heard that a lot about a lot of players through the years" (O'Neil 78). But unfortunately for many of the ballplayers at that time, they weren't white. And as a result of their skin color and the Jim Crow laws of the time, African American, including ballplayers like Buck O'Neil, had to endure troubling times and unjust hardships. On the surface, I Was Right on Time is a memoir, a story about O'Neil's time spent navigating through black baseball and his stories of some of the greatest to play the game, but underneath the tales of a great American sport, is a great American travesty; a real look into the days of segregation and the harshness of racial problems in 20th century America.
Unlike many other memoirs, O'Neil doesn't talk much about his own abilities, but rather his friends and other players of the time; which, in order to get a well–rounded look at the culture and history of the subject matter, this is a necessity and something O'Neil does well and for a bigger purpose. "Foots" never boasts about himself or his talent,...show more content...
Although mainly about baseball, the book speaks on topics such as culture, racism, sports and the war. O'Neil writes that Ken Burns used "Shadow ball as a metaphor for the negro–leagues" in his baseball documentary (O'Neil 139). However I believe the Negro League serves as a metaphor for the ideology and viewpoint of segregated America. The idea that black ballplayers couldn't play in white leagues, no matter how skilled they were, represents American post civil war culture. O'Neil writes that "We were lost in the shadow of prejudice– still are lost (O'Neil
A Good Man Is Hard To Find Foreshadowing Essay
An interesting story is "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor which combines a sarcastic humor with a fictional event that could teach us how a little unexpected moment would destroy their precious treasure of life, the family. Through the story the author applies foreshadowing, strong characters, and particular settings to keep the attention of the reader. In the beginning, the grandmother is reading the newspaper where she then learns about the Misfit who escaped prison. The grandmother says, "I wouldn't take my children in any direction with a criminal like that aloose in it. I couldn't answer to my conscious if it did" (O'Connor 485). This quote foreshadows as the accident happened with her guidance on the road it is what led them to steer off the main road. They were on and into the arms of who they call the Misfit and his...show more content...
The story has two main settings. First, the family's house symbolizes union but not quite right. The family was tired of the grandmother. There was an atmosphere of oppression and manipulation by the grandmother. For example, from the beginning of the story the author stated, "You all ought to take them somewhere else for a change so they would see different parts of the world and be broad" (O'Connor 485). The grandmother uses this setting to suggest that the grandmother is very demanding. Finally, into the wood O'Connor uses the setting of tall, dark and deep wood to represent something that is difficult to deal with. O'Connor also mentions that "Behind them the line of woods gaped like dark" (490). It explores the dark consequences of death, where the family encounter strangers in the wood and we only learn what's happening from the noise people make, gunshots and screams. The setting in this story is very good which states expression of mood and it helps us to know the meaning of the
The Truth about Stories
In "The Truth about Stories", Thomas King, demonstrate connection between the Native storytelling and the authentic world. He examines various themes in the stories such as; oppression, racism, identity and discrimination. He uses the creational stories and implies in to the world today and points out the racism and identity issues the Native people went through and are going through. The surroundings shape individuals' life and a story plays vital roles. How one tells a story has huge impact on the listeners and readers. King uses sarcastic tone as he tells the current stories of Native people and his experiences. He points out to the events and incidents such as the government apologizing for the colonialism, however, words remains as...show more content...
"... The elements in genesis create a particular universe governed by a series of hierarchies–God, man, animals, plants–that celebrate law, order, and good government..." (King, 2003; pp. 23). Where one story dominates co–operation and unity, the other story is governed by hierarchy and individualism. The comparisons of these two stories are indirectly used by King throughout the book, relating it to the current society. King uses these two stories to explain the events and lifestyle of the people today as he compares the western society to the Native society.
One of the themes used in the book is of racism towards the Natives. An example used in the book is of Edward Sheriff Curtis who was a photographer of 1900s. Curtis was interested in taking pictures of Native people, but not just any Native person. "Curtis was looking for the literary Indian, the dying Indian, the imaginative construct" (King, 2003; pp. 34). He used many accessories to dress up people up "who did not look as the Indian was supposed to look" (King, 2003; pp.34). He judged people based on his own assumptions without any knowledge of the group and their practices. Curtis reduced the identity of the Native Americans to a single iconic quintessential image of what Native meant to white society. The idea related to the image of this group of people during the 1900s consisted of racism in terms of the "real looking Indian". This is not
Satire Essay On Women
Imagine you are being used as a tool and ignored from this world. You would feel depressed. In this world, huge number of women or girls are being excluded from the society or their rights and freedoms are ignored from men. Sometimes they get sexually abused or raped and some women can't get education just because they are female and I believe that this is ridiculous because just they have different gender, they are ignored or sometimes used as a tool.
Most common thing that will represent lack of women's rights is rape or sexual abuse. Did you know that every 98 seconds one woman is sexually abused and every 8 minutes one girl under age 18 is abused. 93% of girls who are sexually abused are known to the victim and 80% of perpetrator were their
How I Arrived In Chicago Essay
In general, if I was African American sharecropper arriving in Chicago, I would have been surprised to see the number of sharecroppers from the South arriving in Chicago with me. During the Great Migration from 1916 to 1918, it was estimated about a half million African Americans moved from the Southern to Northern states and 30,000 arrived in Chicago for various reasons. In this assignment, I'll discuss some things I would encounter (Mullane, 1993, p. 455).
Firstly, the most surprising thing would have been the difference in earned wages between the South and Chicago. In the south, a sharecropper was paid from $.40 in the field to $1.75 a day and in Chicago I would have being informed I could make from $3.00 to $ 8.00 day and shorter hours from the hot and long hours on the plantation (Mullane,...show more content...
In the Midwest, sharecropping is not the number one job because the war industry job was in high demands. In the south, a share cropper opportunity for doing something different was rare as in Chicago, I would have notice blacks working as, sailors, carriers, brick layers, stonemasons, construction workers, janitors, etc which would have been much better than working in the hot tobacco fields working from sun up to sun down for low wages (Robin, Kelley & Lewis, 2005, p. 12).
Thirdly, the education system in Chicago was far better than the South and I would have notice the ratio for blacks going to school in Chicago were greater than the blacks going to school in the South. In comparison, some counties in the South where the population were more than a 75 percent black only $1.78 spent on blacks as $22.22 were spent on white (Mullane, 1993, p. 455). Therefore, blacks would have received a better education and in return would be filling job positions mostly reserved blacks in the
Why I Want A Wife Essay
Dea Shpati
English Language and Literature
Christine Lytras
24 October 2017
Rationale
This written task relates to Why I Want a Wife, the essay we read in Part 1, Topic 1, Language and Gender. This essay is a sarcastic essay by Judy Brady. My written task is a letter sent to Judy Brady, a feminist, a political activist and a freelance writer. In the task, my aim is to show Judy Brady the emancipation of women's yet what hasn't changed for them since when she wrote this essay in 1970.
The content of the letter is the status of women in our society now days all over the world. The message of this topic is feminism. I choose to do a letter because it allows me to write so much information and express my ideas directly to the author. Also,...show more content...
Child marriage is a marriage before age 18. It can be formal or informal. Both girls and boys are affected by this but unfortunately girls are the most affected. This leads to a risk of issues in pregnancy or childbirth. Forced pregnancy is forcing a woman or a girl to be pregnant, often this comes a part of forced marriage. Forced marriage can happen by bride kidnapping. Bride kidnapping is a process where the girl in kidnapped by the boy and she is forced to accept to marry the boy. These are serious problems but a lot for women has changed. Nowadays women have almost every right. They are allowed to do everything they want. But still, they are judged and not equal to the men. The mentality still rules because the way people perceive women is shaped by their language and context. Most of us take equality between men and women for granted. Some women take advantage of feminism and they want to be more than equal with men; they want to be superior like men once were. Even though in United States feminist has moved ahead, some countries are still struggling because the men are dominant in society and family. In Albania, this happens mostly in countrysides and in the north of Albania but there are associations which are working to improve women's figure in our
Jonathan Swift Essay
Jonathan Swift 1. Swift wrote "A Modest Proposal" under a pseudonym, so who is the speaker here?
The speaker is a Protestant and a member of the Irish upper class. 2. Discuss the tone of the piece. Pull examples from the text to support your discussion.
Swift showed disgust for the people who would rather beg than take care of themselves. He says, "These mothers instead of being able to work for their honest livelihood, are forced to employ all their time in strolling to beg sustenance for their helpless infants who, as they grow up, either turn thieves for want of work, or leave their dear native country, to fight for the Pretender in Spain, or sell themselves to the Barbados." 3. As you know, effective argumentation...show more content...
6. Why is "A Modest Proposal" an effective satire? What techniques does Swift use effectively? Support your answers with examples from the text.
It is an effective satire because it gets the point across very clearly. His descriptions are extremely grotesque and he talks about a very feared subject, cannibalism. This helps draw attention to the seriousness of the problem. Swift also provides statistics, which helps further draw attention to the problem. Some techniques he uses are parody and exaggeration. He uses exaggeration to get his point across and he uses parody to mock the situation. An example of his effective use of satire is, "I have already computed the charge of nursing a beggar's child (in which list I reckon all cottagers, labourers, and four–fifths of the farmers) to be about two shillings per annum, rags included; and I believe no gentleman would repine to give ten shillings for the carcass of a good fat child, which, as I have said, will make four dishes of excellent nutritive meat, when he hath only some particular friend, or his own family to dine with him. Thus the squire will learn to be a good landlord, and grow popular among his tenants, the mother will have eight shillings neat profit, and be fit for work till she produces another child." 7. Swift enumerates six reasons his proposal will work. Discuss how these paragraphs impact his purpose.
Swift provides support for each reason he presents in his essay.