The wars affected people and their everyday lives because many of their loved ones were fighting and dying .In three different literary works and by three different authors the topic of war is presented in a variety of styles. ... Owen uses other literary device such as smile to describe the soldiers for instance when he describes them struggling to put on their gas masks. ... The use of literary devices by authors in "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner","Dulce et Decorum Est" and "The Things they carried" is instrumental in emphasizing their points. Through different methods...

• Word Count: 1752
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In "Antigone," foreshadowing is an important literary element. ... Another literary device used is imagery. ... In the play, literary elements like foreshadowing, symbolism, and imagery are effectively expressed, adding vividness and meaning to the play. ...

• Word Count: 726
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Mary Shelley's literary creation, "Frankenstein," is one example of how appearance - however grotesque - does not necessarily determine what lies beneath the surface. ... It was to be whether the result of my curiosity and lawless devices would cause the death of two of my fellow beings" (Shelley 66). ...

• Word Count: 795
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Like Water for Chocolate is a novel published in 1989 by Mexican novelist Laura Esquivel. The genre of this novel is of romance and Esquivel employs magical realism to combine the supernatural with the ordinary. The passage takes place after Nacha's death on Rosaura's wedding and Mama Elena makes Ti...

• Word Count: 779
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Currently, we live in a society that is engulfed and enlightened by death. Society enjoys the entertainment and the idea of the afterlife, and though this is seen through supernatural elements such as vampires and zombies; the idea of life after death is quite comforting. Death is defined as "the en...

• Word Count: 756
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

For the average person it can be quite difficult to try and fathom the horrors of war. Many writers and poets have tried to communicate their position on war through various works. The poem " Lunch on Omaha Beach" by Bink Noll depicts a soldier's experience of the D-Day invasion and also describes the soldiers visit to Omaha Beach post D-Day. By contrasting between present day Omaha beach and the past D-Day invasion , Bink Noll expresses his feelings of resentment towards World War II and finally comes to accept human nature and the inevitability of war in his poem "Lunch on Omaha Beach...

• Word Count: 1031
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School