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Humanity and Ironies. Literary Device and Their Uses Humanity and Ironies The use
of literary devices has proven to be the key to a successful short story. ...
... The paradox of man is a testament to the unigueness and contradiction of humanity.
The ironies involved in this paradox of human emotions are a testament to ...
... As bitter ironies of nature’s helm had been exposed, the reality had started ... an
individual who had the desire and the passion to do something for humanity. ...
... Philosophical optimism of a bright future held by humanity in general was taken ... out
with a character, Winston, who is constantly observing the ironies of the ...
... Philosophical optimism of a bright future held by humanity in general was taken ... out
with a character, Winston, who is constantly observing the ironies of the ...
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Literary Device and Their Uses
Humanity and Ironies
The use of literary devices has proven to be the key to a successful short story. An author's use of these devices makes or breaks the story for a reader. He must successfully define such things as the character, theme and setting to put the reader into their mind frame to fully understand and feel the story. In this week's readings, we are shown the authors' use of literary devices with serious ironies to show human condition and the nature of humanity. Such stories as "The Black Man and White Woman in Dark Green Rowboat," "The Rocking-Horse Winner," and "Gilded Six Bits" shine light on the essence of the human condition and the nature of humanity. While, Ellison's "Battle Royal", and Baldwin's "Sonny's Blues" define irony and draw the reader into sympathy and disbelief. Although telling powerful stories can sometimes be as easy as conveying the information, subtly introducing ironies, using correct symbolisms, and even using the right point of view, is what enhances and expands the author's vision.
In the readings presented to us this week, the majority are set in the same time; when racism was still alive. Although most people were eager to move passed the stereotypes, it was hard for most to adapt. The authors in each story had a very similar theme: socially repressed African-American characters struggling to be accepted in the white-man dominated society. In the likes of Baldwin's "Sonny's Blues" and Ellison's "Battle Royal", we see the desperation for each character to belong someway, somehow. While these two stories focused more on the struggle, such stories as "The Rocking-Horse Winner" give us true light on human nature. The story that captured my attention and sympathy the most was "Battle Royal," in which the author does an excellent job in using irony to make the reader understand something that the character in the story is obviously oblivious about. Meanwhile, the...
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