Practice Commentary :: English Literature

Practice CommentaryThis transit taken from Denton Welchs world-class Voyage, introduces thereaders to the main(prenominal)(prenominal) character (whose name is not mentioned) in a aspirethat is not well known to the main character. Through the use offoreshadowing, symbolism, trenchant setting and characterization theauthor is able to successfully display a situation where anadolescents rebelliousness leads him into trouble and unexpectedevents.This passage begins with one of the characters, Mr. Butler, tellingthe main character, Foreigners are not very commonplace here. This veryfirst line of the passage acts as a huge opening sentence as itforeshadows the horrifying event that follows and it sets up the dark and menacing mood of the passage. However this sentence iswritten so that it is an understatement and therefore even though it stillforeshadows the event that follows in a sagacious way, it does notdecrease the effect of that event has on the readers. If theforeshadowi ng had been make more obvious like, Dont go outside orelse they will kill you. thus the readers would not be so movewhen the identity of the object found by the main character is let outed and when the main character finds himself trapped.The author too uses symbolism in order to reveal the identity of theobject found by the main character. It is first mentioned as a desolatespeck and because the color black is usually associated with lastand evil it goofches 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 time the readers are sure that the object beingmentioned is going to be an unusual yet scary rationalizeg 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 most important aspect of this passage is its setting as through with(predicate)the setting, the situation of the main character feeling imprisoned inthe villa and then becoming 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 verbalize 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 between the villa and the Chinese city that lies outside andmaybe even guards the mountain living inside the villa from the outsidedangers. Apart from this it gives a sense of wherefore the main character