Full Stop, Why Apes Look Like People And The Escape :: essays research papers

Examine each hatchway sentence carefully. To what degree does each sentence give a clue as to the story, which is to follow, and the use of language indoors it? Refer to the sentences of Full Stop, Why Apes Look Like People and The Escape.A captivating origin is half the success for any story. The opening may be descriptive, full of sarcasm, unusual or exciting. It is the same with the opening var. to a song. Besides memorable lyrics and a beautiful melody, the friendly tune to a song makes it an all-timer in peoples minds and charts.However, I have missed out one important essence the opening sentence. Honestly, if not for this essay, I would never have thought that opening sentences could act as a theme, or bring with it much significance to the story. I always look at the opening of a story as a whole paragraph, thus overlooking the significance of the opening sentence.In the story, The Escape by Millie Murray, the use of punctuation mark is very important as it adds emotions to the characters and readers alike. The exclamation marks used showed extreme anger as two were used. The readers are suddenly plunged into the angry and abusive ground of Millie. We are like the children, forced to face the unreasonable father. If a full stop had been used, the father would seem friendly and cordial, which is far from his image.The scene is so sincere to the readers because the language adds realism to the story. Who put de clock back, eh The standard or Jamaican English gives us the picture that the father is not a native vocaliser of English but a Jamaican, providing a clue to his background and culture later on, as we know that My (Millie) father had trained as a teacher in Jamaica and that he was part Arawak Indian. The use of patois gives the readers a closer-to-life experience. It helps to guide us into the story. This is sometimes far better that a descriptive paragraph.This opening line has been carefully crafted by the author as it suggests a clue to the plot. Who put de clock back, eh, putting the clock back was the ploy used by Patsy (the mother) to escape and go home to her mother in Jamaica. It was originally Miz Rubys idea who chuckled about it. (Yu know de wo human beings leave de man sleeping inna bed, an take time to ease herself out de house, an when him wake up inna morning an she gone, him tink she it early an go back fi sleep.