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The writings of both Ralph Ellison and John Steinbeck exhibit few similarities and various differences. ... In John Steinbeck’s Flight, symbols, personification, and sight detail was a focus, while in Ralph Ellison’s Battle Royal, slang and metaphors give the story life and meaning. ...
Metaphors beautifully blanked both stories by Ellison and Steinbeck, giving new meaning to words. ... Steinbeck’s relation of an object of nature to human characteristics gives the forest life and a mind of its own. ... By comparing their behavior to that of wild beasts, it portrays how wild and vulgar they must be. ... Steinbeck uses this personification to enhance the effect of dryness in the story. ... Likewise, Ellison uses personifications to bring the reader into the story. ... Here Ellison took a concept that couldn’t be imagined and gave it a quality of life that gave it meaning. If Ellison just wrote that the laughter hung, he would not get the same effect. ... Steinbeck inserted this piece and various others in the story to help the reader visualize the setting. ... Ellison
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focus his sight detail some another aspect. ... Instead of taking the approach of turning nature to life, Ellison uses his
sight detail to describe the people of the story.
Approximate Word count = 943
Approximate Pages = 3.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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