Catch The Moon Analysis

As a result, readers can sympathize with Villaseñor for his misfortunes. Villaseñor effectively uses hyperbole to emotionally connect the readers with him by creating a sort of underdog characteristic where many would root for Villaseñor. Who would not want to root for an underdog? Hyperbole also conveys his hatred in an amplified manner. The use of exclamatory statements in conjunction with descriptive connotations of teachers only adds to anger that

“The moon rose over the bay. I had a lot of feelings.” - A poem by Donika Kelly

” She then illustrates Henry’s behaviour, “He looked bewildered. "You're playing some kind of a game," he said helplessly” (Steinbeck 6). Given Elisa’s resistant behaviour, her point of view is biased, which ultimately skews the reader’s viewpoint of the situation as an ambiguous dialogue. Nonetheless, the audience gains a thorough insight of Elisa’s personality and subconscious.

La Misma Luna (Under the Same Moon) is a movie of Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. Rosario, illegally immigrated to the United States to live in Los Angeles, California. Rosario has been in America for four years, and has only been able to talk to Carlitos on the phone since she moved.

Using theme, how he changed from an innocent child to a drug abuser. Using characterization to show us how he loved his mother to how he didn’t care how she felt. Using POV to show us Enrique’s perspective on how he missed his mother, to Lourdes’ perspective on how Enrique is a burden on her. All of these literary devices Nazario used showed us how some events can change a character and show us his real

She watches her mother sacrifice her virtue in order to keep them together, loose her sanity when another child is taken from her and eventually surrender her faith and health. And in the midst of all the chaos Juana learned, “to do what you have to do,” for the sake of your family In her search family proves to be an important theme. Once, when Juana risks her livelihood to search for her father, leaving her home with little money, and no knowledge of where to find him if he was even alive. Another way the importance of family is emphasized is in the sacrifices of each character for the sake of what they found most valuable, their family.

Hap, Loman is “gonna beat this racket” and come out “number one man” in order to prove that his father “did not vain” Willy excels in his command of tasteless cant popular in the 1930’s. “Well, bottoms up! And keep your pores open!” Willy says, saluting her girl-friend. His sorrowful laments are stock phrases “where are you guys, where are you?”

The flower demonstrates the sexuality between her and Diego (Self Portrait as a Tehuana, Autorretrato como Tenhuana, Frida). The last item you see is the pelvic bone, which represents her broken pelvic bone and the reason she couldn’t conceive a child successfully (Self Portrait as a Tehuana, Autorretrato como Tenhuana,

This is shown when the characters in this novel speak out against a concept they know nothing about. Therefore, the literary terms an author uses can make an immense impact to the connections the reader makes to a novel, and help to shape a theme that is found throughout

Looking at the installation, my eyes are immediately drawn to crime scene in the middle of this apartment and after I start to analyze the objects around the dead body. Osorio overwhelms the viewer with found objects meticulously placed all over to create a narrative. A person’s body lies underneath a bloodstained sheet with what appears to be broken china all over the floor. One can assume a violent act took place but Osorio leaves it to the viewer to put the puzzle pieces together. Osorio through this installation criticizes how society views his culture and which tries to disrupt the stereotypes present in the people viewing the artwork.

Although the tree may be hard to bear , it mustn't be chopped down because it is equal to that of a family member, Family may be a burden occasionally, but shall never fail and wither away. Mary Oliver shows the importance of the family’s tree by applying to a moral , spiritual , literal , and historical context with the utilization of personification , imagery , and symbolism. The readers view that The moral aspect of this poem is that the mother and daughter , the women of the family are unable to chop the tree down because they believe the tree is what has held the family together for all of this time , and it has so much value to the family. Literally the tree may present a burden to the family due to its age , however historically the tree’s leaves are getting heavier every year because the tree has been been in the family for years. So the weight is associated with all the years the tree has been passed down and the past members of the family.

This shows that the mother cares for her husband and that Richard should talk to his father. The family looks out for one another and the health and state of each other. In the passage Rodriguez states that his mother knew the children will be better off without her, but every Christmas they are together unwrapping gifts. Christmas is the time of the year for caring and the reader should understand that the Rodriguez family executes this perfectly. Rodriguez states that after everyone is done unwrapping the presents they start to become tired and are anxious to leave.

(1). He uses the rhetorical device of figurative language to give the reader a strong image of his feeling

In the poem, the speaker and his father “argue about the price of pomegranates” (Salinas 4) and he tries to convince his father that “it is the fruit of scholars” (Salinas 7). Conversely, his father believes that his son should simply “eat more oranges” (Salinas 11). Pomegranates and oranges have absolutely different features which symbolizes two types of lifestyle, one is complex and well educated as a writer, the other one is simple and poor educated as a worker. Meanwhile, in the short story “A Secret Lost in the Water”, even though the narrator’s father has a strong desire to pass on his traditional skill, using an alder bough to find “spring beneath the earth” (Carrier 2) as a portion of vital household wealth through generations, the narrator has a great passion for literature and much later, he becomes a writer. This underground spring is a significant clue in the story which symbolizes an old wisdom, a part of family heritage and a close relationship between two generations.

The lunar phase or phase of the moon is the shape of the illuminated (sunlit) portion of the Moon as seen by an observer on Earth. The lunar phases change cyclically as the Moon orbits the Earth, according to the changing positions of the Moon and Sun relative to the Earth. The Moon 's rotation is tidally locked by the Earth 's gravity, therefore the same lunar surface always faces Earth. This face is variously sunlit depending on the position of the Moon in its orbit.