Using a combination of documentary style film techniques and fictional film techniques, Burnett's choices effectively ˜hit home' in relation to the Post Rebellion context. "Rather than replicating Hollywood's classical realism and linear narrative structure, members of the L.A. ...
With many instances of descriptive language, narrative techniques, and structural devices, he compares the coolness of himself to the coolness of other blacks and also other cultures - mainly white America - in order to get the reader to redefine "cool" in order to apply it as a black attribute. ... Donnell's use of narrative techniques plays a large role in this essay as well. ...
Through a variety of literary techniques, such as metaphor, simile, personification, and imagery, Angelou presents the hardships of being a young black citizen in America during 1940 in "Graduation". ... Angelou begins her narrative when describing the elation that the town Stamps, Arkansas feels towards the graduation ceremony. ...
The two authors share similarities and differences in their use of techniques to call attention to such segregation. ... The next instance where water appears in the narrative is when Julia sees Jim "standing beside the black waters" after they fail to find their families and to connect to the rest of the world" (Du Bois 9). ... Thus, despite the difference in techniques, both Du Bois and Delany intend to imply the emotional states of their protagonists. ...
