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Literary Term #6

Alliteration

• page 172: "...swept a swath smoothly across the sand and out the red gate."

The alliteration occurs here from the "s". Since s is a consonant, this would be considered alliteration. The purpose of alliteration is: "it can place emphasis on specific phrases and represent the action that is taking place". In this particular phrase, the emphasis is on the actions and sequence of events taking place before the bull fighting. Bull fighting is a major theme of the story, so it is very fitting for Hemingway to use alliteration when describing things having to do with it. The use of this accentuates the experience of the characters. Hemingway wants to make every single part of the bull-fighting, even the events or actions leading up to it, have importance and appeal. He wants the reader to feel like they are there yet again with the men in the story. He wants us to have these experiences with them, and the alliteration gives us this ablity. We see more clearly what is taking place. Also, I think that alliteration just makes the sentence flow nicely. By doing this, it draws my attention to how the author does this. The reasosn for this is obviously the alliteration. This supports the fact that it is used for emphasis.

Another example of alliteration would be on page 98: "The chauffeur came out, folding up the papers and putting them in the inside pocket of his coat."

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Literary Term #5

Onomatopoeia

• page 165: "The cafe did not make this same noise at any other time, no matter how crowded it was. This hum went on, and we were in it and a part of it."

The word hum is an example of onomatopoeia. When one says the word hum, the sound made when pronouncing the word is similar if not the same as the sound when hearing the actual humming (if that makes sense). In other words, onomatopoeia is when the actual word echos the meaning of the word said. Hemingway effectively uses this in his writing on other occasions, but this one stuck out to me for some reason. I think it is because of the fact that is describing the sound of the fiesta going on when they are in Pamplona. This word actually gives me an understanding of what the chracters are hearing. Since hum demonstrates onomatopoeia, I can actually hear what they would be hearing without actually being there. Onomatopoeia is almost another way of details to the story since it makes the reader feel engaged in the story and like they are a part of it. This is yet another way Hemingway brings the reader into the story.

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Literary Term #4

Oxymoron

• page 39: "Well, people were that way. To hell with people. The Catholic Church had an awfully good way of handling all that. Good advice, anyway."

This is definitely an oxymoron. The characters of this book use the word 'awfully' a lot in the story, but in this case it just contradicts the word next to it. How can something be awful and good at the same time? Good question because I just don't think it makes sense at all! It does to them becauase awfully is just an expression they use ofetn. To the readers, this won't make much sense since it is not used much in modern English that we hear daily. When something is awful, usually you would think it is bad, which is not good. In this phrase, it is being said that the way the Catholic Church approaches this is good but awful at the same time. Doesn't make much sense to the modern day reader, but put yourself in their time and you would probably not see the contradiction so easily.

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Literary Term #3

Stream of Consciousness

• page 178: "It was really only two, but I did not want to explain after I had made the mistake."
• page 178:" 'Yes,' I lied. I had read the accounts of his two appearances in the bull-fight papers, so I was right."

This lit term means that the author writes where the inner workings of the character's mind are revealed. In this case, Jake's thoughts concerning his action of what he says to Pedro Romero. Throughout the book, Jake adds commentary to the story. He adds reasonings to actions, such as theses two instances. In addition, these thoughts can be somewhat complex depending on what is occuring. At the beginning of the story (page 19), Jake reveals why he decides to take Robert to the bar. His thinking is rather complex here, but it does effectively explain why he does what he does. This happens in the entire book with Jake since he is the character who is telling the story.

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Liteary Term #2

First Person Point of View

• "During these three years, the first spent in travel, the last two in Paris, Robert Cohn had two friends, Braddocks and myself. Braddocks was his literary friend. I was his tennis friend."

This lit term is just saying that a character in the story, Jake, is narrating. This quotation from the book proves that a character is telling the story. Jake is invloved with the other characters because he is friends with them. Throughout the book, Jake tells from mostly his own point of view about the story. He tells it as a first hand experience. An example of this would be on page 23 when Jake narrates: "She grinned and I saw why she made a point of not laughing." This shows Jake making observations and saying what he sees throughout the story. By having a character tell the story, the reader feels as if they are actually there and experiencing the story with them. I know that I felt this way while reading.

My FIRST blog :)

This would be my very first blog for my AP Lit! I finished reading The Sun Also Rises by Earnest Hemingway, so my first ohhh twenty blogs will be about this. I will start off with my literary terms for this book.
Lit Term #1:
Allusions

• page 93: " 'It's enough to make a man join the Klan' "

This refers to the Ku Klux Klan.

• page 126: "As a tribute to the Great Commoner"

This refers to William Jennings Bryan.

The first one listed alludes to the Ku Klux Klan which was commonly known in our history. It really is a rude, almost sarcastic remark made by Bill. Although this is true, using this literary technique really emphasizes his contempt. For someone to joing the Klan, they would have hate towards Christians, but mostly in particular Catholics. They want to eat and three of them were sent back since they were not Catholics. If a person were a part of the Klan, they would try to pretty much exterminate the Catholics. By doing this, the men would not have had to wait to eat, so this allusion definitely is used to effectively convey Bill's feelings towards the situation.

The second one listed is also to make a point more effective. Bill is also the one using this when he is trying to settle an arguement arising between them. He is referring to Bryan because he taught evolution and got in trouble for it, but evolution tells when things occur or show up. Bill says the correct order and alludes to Bryan in order to strengthen his opinion/statement.