Thursday, June 08, 2006
Task 4 essay
It has been said that “All that is literature seeks to communicate power…”This means that literature is the language an author uses to persuade the idea to his readers. This saying is true when one analyzes The little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery and The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. In The Little Prince, Antoine De Saint-Exupery uses personification and in The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho makes use of foreshadowing to show that in literature authors use the force of the written world to convey ideas.
In The Little Prince, Antoine De Saint- Exupery uses personification to show that literature is the language an author uses to persuade the idea to his readers. Personification is when human traits are given to non-human objects. In this work, the author explores the themes of communicate power. Antoine De Saint- Exupery specifically uses personification explore these same themes when he states “Here is my secret. It’s quite simple: one sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes.” said the fox .“But you mustn’t forget it. You become responsible for what you’ve tamed. You’re responsible for your rose…” This quotation coveys the friendship between the little prince and the fox. It teaches a moral to the readers is important things in life can’t be seen with the eyes but with the heart. Relationship teaches responsibility. We find another example of this when Antoine De Saint-Exupery states “After dark you will put me under glass….Where I come from…”Although the rose appears only in a couple of chapters, she is crucial to the novel as the whole because her melodramatic, proud nature is what causes the prince to leave his planet and begin his exploration. It conveys the lesson love to the readers. In both instances we see that in literature authors use the force of the written word to convey ideas.
In The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho uses foreshadowing to show that literature is the language an author uses to persuade the idea to his readers. Foreshadowing is that some clues in a poem, play, short story, or novel that helps the reader guess what will happen later in the text. Foreshadowing serves to build suspense or to drop clues as to what will come later in the story . In this work, the author also explores the themes of communicate power. Paulo Coelho specifically uses foreshadowing explore these same themes when he states “Take to the fields, and someday you’ll learn that our countryside is the best, and our women that most beautiful.” This quotation tells the readers some important message when the readers read it. We know Santiago’s father’s prediction that someday Santiago will discover that his own land is better than any he may travel to prepare us for Santiago ultimately finding his treasure in Spain. We find another example of this when Paulo Coelho states“This is for the boy. If he ever needs it.” The alchemist gives a second piece of gold to the monk to hold for Santiago. It foreshadows that the boy will return to the monastery to finance his way back to Spain. We don’t know what happened to Santiago on his journey before we read this quotation, but this question has the power to convey the author’s idea to his readers. We can predict Santiago lost his money and his return to the place where the monk lives and asked for help. In both instances we see that literature is the language an author uses to persuade the idea to his readers.
One sees then that personification and foreshadowing can be used effectively to show that literature is the language an author uses to persuade the idea to his readers. This is certainly truth when we analyze The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery and The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Authors of good books have of way of reminding us of things that we often forget. This includes universal truths like “All that is literature seeks to communicate powers…..”
In The Little Prince, Antoine De Saint- Exupery uses personification to show that literature is the language an author uses to persuade the idea to his readers. Personification is when human traits are given to non-human objects. In this work, the author explores the themes of communicate power. Antoine De Saint- Exupery specifically uses personification explore these same themes when he states “Here is my secret. It’s quite simple: one sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes.” said the fox .“But you mustn’t forget it. You become responsible for what you’ve tamed. You’re responsible for your rose…” This quotation coveys the friendship between the little prince and the fox. It teaches a moral to the readers is important things in life can’t be seen with the eyes but with the heart. Relationship teaches responsibility. We find another example of this when Antoine De Saint-Exupery states “After dark you will put me under glass….Where I come from…”Although the rose appears only in a couple of chapters, she is crucial to the novel as the whole because her melodramatic, proud nature is what causes the prince to leave his planet and begin his exploration. It conveys the lesson love to the readers. In both instances we see that in literature authors use the force of the written word to convey ideas.
In The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho uses foreshadowing to show that literature is the language an author uses to persuade the idea to his readers. Foreshadowing is that some clues in a poem, play, short story, or novel that helps the reader guess what will happen later in the text. Foreshadowing serves to build suspense or to drop clues as to what will come later in the story . In this work, the author also explores the themes of communicate power. Paulo Coelho specifically uses foreshadowing explore these same themes when he states “Take to the fields, and someday you’ll learn that our countryside is the best, and our women that most beautiful.” This quotation tells the readers some important message when the readers read it. We know Santiago’s father’s prediction that someday Santiago will discover that his own land is better than any he may travel to prepare us for Santiago ultimately finding his treasure in Spain. We find another example of this when Paulo Coelho states“This is for the boy. If he ever needs it.” The alchemist gives a second piece of gold to the monk to hold for Santiago. It foreshadows that the boy will return to the monastery to finance his way back to Spain. We don’t know what happened to Santiago on his journey before we read this quotation, but this question has the power to convey the author’s idea to his readers. We can predict Santiago lost his money and his return to the place where the monk lives and asked for help. In both instances we see that literature is the language an author uses to persuade the idea to his readers.
One sees then that personification and foreshadowing can be used effectively to show that literature is the language an author uses to persuade the idea to his readers. This is certainly truth when we analyze The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery and The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Authors of good books have of way of reminding us of things that we often forget. This includes universal truths like “All that is literature seeks to communicate powers…..”
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