This extract gives the reader an insight on how some men view women. ... The woman on the roof does not offer one invitation for comment or attention, yet those men feel she has. ... In the extract from A Woman on a Roof the conversational device is thus used to provide the reader with a better insight upon the characters. ... In short, what Barthes implies is that if the author is not killed off, readers are tempted to link the text with the author, his life and background. ... The cultural code negotiates with cultural, social and scientific knowledge which goes on between the reader and the...

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• Approx Pages: 11

The only insight of Claude's childhood that Cather gives the reader is the story with the cherry tree and Claude's father. ... The reader gets a good picture of what kind of a person Mr. ... After Claude catches sight of tree he went into a tantrum and his mother tried to console him by telling him "it's your father's tree. ... Claude's depiction of the judge demonstrates how he was able to overcome his "stump." ... In this scene Claude catches sight of a man with a "stump" that he, unlike the judge, has not overcome. ...

• Word Count: 5298
• Approx Pages: 21
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• Grade Level: High School