Practice Commentary :: English Literature

Practice CommentaryThis passage taken from Denton Welchs Maiden Voyage, introduces thereaders to the briny fictional character (whose name is non menti peerlessd) in a placethat is not well known to the primary(prenominal) character. Through the use offoreshadowing, symbolism, effective displace and characterization theauthor is able to successfully display a bureau where anadolescents rebelliousness leads him into trouble and unexpected flushts.This passage begins with one of the characters, Mr. Butler, tellingthe main character, Foreigners argon not precise popular here. This veryfirst line of the passage acts as a great beginning sentence as itforeshadows the horrifying event that follows and it sets up theominous and minatory mood of the passage. However this sentence iswritten so that it is an understatement and thus even though it stillforeshadows the event that follows in a subtle way, it does notdecrease the effect of that event has on the readers. If theforeshadowin g had been do more obvious like, Dont go outside orelse they depart kill you. then the readers would not be so surprisedwhen the identity element operator of the object found by the main character isrevealed and when the main character finds himself trapped.The author also uses symbolism in order to reveal the identity of theobject found by the main character. It is first mentioned as a blackspeck and because the color black is usually associated with deathand shame it hurlches the readers attention and arouses suspicion. Nextas the main character gets closer to the object he wonders, if itcould be a cat crouching in the middle of the road, or even a darkboulder. By this condemnation the readers are sure that the object beingmentioned is going to be an quaint yet scary thing because it isbeing compared to a black cat (which is seen as an omen) and a boulder(which is seen as an obstacle in ones path).The virtually important aspect of this passage is its setting as throughth e setting, the mail service of the main character feeling imprisoned inthe villa and then fair trapped is made to seem morerealistic and is also made easier to imagine. In the starting thevilla in which the main character is staying is said to be surroundedby poplar trees that are tall and thin and are planted in straightlines. This gives the readers the feeling that these trees act asbarriers mingled with the villa and the Chinese city that lies outside andmaybe even guards the people accompaniment inside the villa from the outsidedangers. Apart from this it gives a sense of why the main character