![]() ![]() Within the manipulation of time in this story also lies another literary device: symbolism. This is important because the use of these time-play words suggest to the reader that something must have happened to make Frisco reject that social era and tell the story as a flashback. The author’s choice of words/phrases like, “I made no move without his council” (Cunningham, 25) and “I will go out and stand where he would have been standing” (Cunningham, 32)- speaking of Frisco’s late brother Carlton, helps to emphasize that times have changed and they’re no longer in the 60’s. “We lived then in Cleveland, in the middle of everything…This of course is history” (Cunningham, 25). For example, the story is told in a first person point of view from Frisco/Bobby Morrow, looking back into his past. Michael Cunningham illustrated Modernist themes, such as the search for ways to deal with the absurdities of life and the rejection of an outdated social era, in White Angel, by enforcing the use of flashbacks and symbolism. He gets what he wanted and Earl (the cloud covering his happiness) is removed from the equation. In the end, he finally stands up for what he believes in and for his dog (which represents traditional values). Santee knew he had to go through an obstacle to get to happiness and the life he is comfortable with. modern values when Santee “longed for the cold weather and unclouded days that lay somewhere ahead…” (Proulx, 89). The use of an allegory also emphasized the theme of traditional vs. Earl is ungrateful, impatient, and tries to learn tricks of the trade that simply can’t be taught- something Proulx purposefully introduced to advance the contrasting characters to the story’s conclusion. This foil helps to illuminate Santee’s search for his inner self when he realizes he is beating himself up to be with exactly the kind of person he disagrees about. ‘I can take a good deal, but I won’t have my dog called down’ ” (Proulx, 99-100). For example, Earl is the secondary character that acts as a foil for the main character, Santee when he rationalizes his “kill” in hunting by saying, “ ‘I saw right where they went down…but that dog of yours… ‘This is the parting of our ways’ said. modern values, in The Unclouded Day, through the use of foils and an allegory. Annie Proulx depicted Modernist themes, such as the search for one’s inner self and traditional values vs. Ultimately, Salinger connected two literary tools to themes of Modernism in order to keep the plot progressing and in the end Seymour receives the same fate as the bananafish: death.Į. Seymour is normal before the war, but once he enters it, like the bananafish do the hole, he gorges himself on horror and loss which leaves him unable to get out of that state of mind and emotionally unable to connect back to society. ![]() Seymour’s explanations are clues that suggest how Seymour himself has behaved in the past and the search he is on for his individual place in the world, foreshadowing his future. But once they get in, they behave like pigs…Naturally, after that they’re so fat they can’t get out of the hole again…Well, I hate to tell you, Sybil. They’re very ordinary-looking fish when they swim in. “ ‘Well, they swim into a hole where there’s a lot of bananas. The use of foreshadowing also helped to illuminate the themes when, for example, Seymour is explaining to Sybil the outcome of his imaginary “bananafish”. By choosing words with the S sound, like “Seymour”, “Sybil”, “see”, “glass”, etc., it conveys a luring tone drawing the reader in to the advancement of the plot and leaves one wondering how Seymour Glass cannot grasp a life without innocence. The author’s use of the provocative and risky S sound is purposely intended to flow together, mysteriously hinting at the characters motifs. For example, in the story a line in the text reads, “ ‘Did you see more glass?’ said Sybil” (Salinger, 15). JD Salinger conveys Modernist themes, like the search for an individual place in a vast universe and the loss of childhood innocence, in A Perfect Day for Bananafish, through the use of diction and foreshadowing. modern values, rejection of an outdated social era, and the search for ways to deal with the absurdities of life. These devices emphasized distinct Modernist themes throughout the stories including, the search for an individual place in a vast universe, the loss of childhood innocence, the search for one’s inner self, traditional values vs. They exploit concrete literary devices such as diction, foreshadowing, foils, allegory, flashbacks, and symbolism. Annie Proulx, and White Angel, by Michael Cunningham, the authors use literary devices and language to connect specific themes of Modernism with the advancement of the stories’ plots and characters. In A Perfect Day for Bananafish, by JD Salinger, The Unclouded Day, by E. ![]()
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