Annie Dillard Mood

The author sprinkles suspense to leave the reader feeling what the characters feel in the short story. The use of suspense was given out when Maurier stated “Frightened

From the way, the author tells Bartleby’s story, we can tell that his tone reflects these two feelings and it successfully speaks to us the Narrator’s courtesy and his emotional involvement in the events that are written in the story. Through the narrator’s perspective, we can identify with narrator and see Bartelby as both pathetic and a little frightening, like the narrator does.

Although the film does offer extraordinary imagery and characterization, some still argue that the book is a better representation of the story through its use of mood. Supporters state that Steinbeck’s masterful establishing of mood through his artful diction shows the novel to be superior to the film. They point to the many clever wording and phrasing choices throughout the story, that vividly build the lonely and oppressive atmosphere. These uses of diction, though subtle, manages to powerfully tug at the reader’s heartstrings, immersing them within the story’s somber mood. An example of such great technique can be found in his simple description of Candy while he is in Crooks’ room,“Candy leaned against the wall beside the broken collar

Lillian Hellman’s particular usage of certain words and diction creates a new atmosphere in her story “Pentimento”. Hellman’s usage of these words creates sentimentality within the story through the effect of the words developing an innocent tone. Many words throughout the story contribute to the effect because it connects the audience to the author. If these words were replaced with others, then the intended tone of the author would be significantly different compared to Lillian Hellman’s sad, yet innocently developing perspective and tone.

In the passage from The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle the author Tobias Smollett uses dialogue, syntax and word choice to convey the complexities of emotions and social propriety.

The old barn was gloomy, but the light of the sun came gleaming in through the cracks of the barn, and made the straw glimmer like little tiny bits of gold, and the cracked shingles on the roof were in disrepair, however, the structure was sturdy, but it looked as if it was about to collapse, and the wood that surrounded it was worn with age, but gave it a charming character. In the inside of the barn, hay covered the floor as if it was a shield from danger, and standing in the middle of the barn with her hands on her hips was Hulga. She was staring toward the posterior of the barn at the ladder leading up to the loft romanticizing about Pointer and how their passions will ignite. Similarly, like the floor of the barn hay also covered the floor

David Mitchell, a respected British comedian actor and writer, once spoke on the minds of children “Many children are natural fantasists, I think it is because their imaginations have yet to be clobbered into submission by experience.” As confirmed by parents and teachers alike, children are always full of energy and imagination. However, as time passes by, children become less inventive as they begin to understand the concepts of modesty and that their actions have consequences. Nevertheless, In an American Childhood, Annie Dillard impressively taps into the minds of a children and provides accurate insights regarding their morals and decisions.

The dialogue used by the author shows that the narrator has a great deal of forethought. When the police ask about a shriek heard by the neighbors he has already thought of a lie that the shriek, “was my own in a dream,”. Dialogue also reveals the discomfort of the narrator at the end of the story. The narrator tries to talk when he starts to hear ringing in his ears. The narrator says that he, “...talked more freely to get rid of the feeling: but it continued and gained definiteness.”. The character is no longer completely comfortable with his plan to cover up the murder.

In the story “The Children’s Story” by James Clavell, the author uses multiple examples of specific language techniques to develop the tone and create a tone shift. At the beginning of the story, when the teacher is first introduced, it states that she was, “blinded by her terror, not only for herself but mostly for them, her children” (Clavell 1). The phrasing quickly sets the tone to frightening and eerie, for the reader does not know what she is afraid of, only that it would have to be scary for it to spook her so much. Once the New Teacher is introduced, she begins to sing the children a song and they, “listened spellbound to the happy lilt of the New Teacher’s voice … which soared and dipped like the sea of

As the line “May, merely may, madame, whip from themselves” is between lines that can be read fast very easily, this device slows down the flow of the poem. By using alliteration, the poet is able to take on that sarcastic tone once again, which contributes to developing the theme of mocking the old Christian woman about ‘her

Through the storytelling, the narrator communicates an overall tone that shifts from excitement and some embarrassment to seriousness. This can be seen in her behavior while retelling many stories about her past and then remembering that she is talking to her daughter and switching to a more serious motherly tone. The following excerpt shows the shift that also leads to a shift in the mood:

The speaker has the tiny people’s fate in his hands. “Don’t they see? I could dump them/ out into a real garden, let them tunnel/ through the weeds to an anthill” (lines 25-27). The speaker expects the people to be grateful not realizing how devastated they are. Stanton also uses a sense of innocence when characterizing the speaker. The speaker uses a mayonnaise jar to keep the people in, which is similar to a child catching bugs in a mayo jar. She creates irony by doing this because the speaker is not as naïve as he seems. The speaker also says, “They don’t understand me” (line 8). The speaker’s dialogue is alike to that of an innocent child talking to a parent. He sounds naïve at first, but as the reader finishes the story they see a different side of

Throughout the play the reader can observe a few ironic phrases that help us understand the struggle the characters like Brick and Maggie went through for example the feeling

The woman compares the children of the park to dolls. She changes real life people into something quite like puppets because she cannot handle the real world. Miss Brill subconsciously reflects her emotions. It connects with what is going on around her and what she sees. It is ironic because she is such as observant person, yet doesn’t realize this herself.

From the fur in the box to the band in the park, this short story is full of vivid details that give the reader a clear image of Miss Brill’s point of view. Throughout this essay, many other characters and background details are used to juxtapose Miss Brill. However, the characterization of Miss Brill is ambiguous because different parts of the story suggest contradicting character traits. Mansfield uses Miss Brill to explore different interpretations of reality. It is unclear how the rest of the world’s perception of Miss Brill relates to her own perception.