In passage A from Maiden Voyage Denton Welch relates the story of a young boy who while visiting an unfamiliar country finds himself in a terrifying predicament. By using descriptions of the setting and characters told from the boy's point of view, along with various writing techniques Welch draws the reader into the world and mind of the boy so that they are experiencing the same resentment, curiosity, and panic.
One way in which the author achieves this effect is through his descriptions of things like the "moth-eaten balls" and "old tennis racket" which tell the reader that the house is not equipped to entertain a young boy. There's also the reference of the popular trees the boy associates with the orderliness from which he is trying to escape. From his point of view they might as well be prison bars preventing him from exploring the unknown of the Chinese city waiting for him on the outside, somewhat like the attitude of Mr. Butler who warns him about going out on his own. Unfortunately the boy resents these restrictions on his independence and chooses to venture out on his own despite everything else. This specific trait of the boys is clarified earlier in the passage when Welch uses words like "brooding" and "unhappy" to describe the boy's attitude towards not getting his way. There are also the boy's statements about hating to be dependent on others because they never wanted to do what he did to reinforce that the boy is spoilt.
While the boy attempts to persuade himself that he is doing nothing wrong since he is going into the country instead of the city the fact that he said himself that he let himself "quickly" out the back gate tells the reader that he did indeed know that he shouldn't have been going off on his own. .
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While everything about the villa is boring and restricting the outside brings with it an air of mystery and silence until his discovery at which point it becomes scary.
Two major men in Tania's life and two vital characters to A Maiden Voyage were Luc and Ernst. Each had his/her own philosophy on life, and how to live it. Both men also had an impact on young Tania's life. Ernst was Tania's father and his approach to life would be different that that of Luc's. ...
This was really an amazing ship, too bad it went down on its maiden voyage. ... The upper-class passengers had about eight different styles to choose from, so they could better enjoy the voyage (Titanic, p.2). ... The unsinkable ship had sunk on her maiden voyage. ... Then on it's maiden voyage this incredible ship that could withstand any thing but nature, hit an iceberg and went down. ...
In Voyage 1, when Gulliver travels to Lilliput, he encounters the Lilliputians, a people whom Swift describes meticulously throughout several chapters. ... (pg. 3) Swift uses hyperbole throughout this Voyage when describing the amounts of food, that as a "giant", he consumes. He also seems to have a fascination with the processes of nature, when discussing how he relieves himself, and how he saves a maiden's home from a devastating fire. Throughout this voyage, as well as Voyage 2, Swift is constantly using exaggeration to construct his satire. ...
Built on New York's East River by Robert Fulton, the Clermont was the first commercially successful steamboat. The Clermont was not the first steamboat to be built, but it was the first to become practical and financial. The Clermont measured 142 feet in length, 14ft in width, 62ft. in height. It w...
Built on New York's East River by Robert Fulton, the Clermont was the first commercially successful steamboat. The Clermont was not the first steamboat to be built, but it was the first to become practical and financial. The Clermont measured 142 feet in length, 14ft in width, 62ft. in height. It w...
Lusitania The Lusitania was designed by Leonard Peskett.The Lusitania was designed with lots of rooms, and dining rooms which one was for the rich peolpe and there was another dining room for the poor. The Lusitania was divided into two sections which are the front and the stern....
Her maiden voyage took place September 7, 1907, and in October 1907 she recaptured the covetedBlue Riband? ... During the voyage, when the Lusitania was off the coast of Ireland, Thomas William Turner (Lusitania's captain) received a warning about Submarines in the area. ...
The Sinking of the Lusitania In September 1907, shortly after twelve, a cruise ship from the Cunard line, the Lusitania, embarked on its maiden voyage from Liverpool to Queenstown, NY. ... The fateful voyage begins on a drizzly spring morning. ... "Travelers intending to embark on the Atlantic voyage are reminded that a state of war exists between Germany and her allies and Great Britain and her allies; that the zone of war includes the waters adjacent to the British Isles; that, in accordance with formal notice given by the Imperial German Government, vessels flying with the flag of Great...
The Sinking of the Lusitania In September 1907, shortly after twelve, a cruise ship from the Cunard line, the Lusitania, embarked on its maiden voyage from Liverpool to Queenstown, NY. ... The fateful voyage begins on a drizzly spring morning. ... "Travelers intending to embark on the Atlantic voyage are reminded that a state of war exists between Germany and her allies and Great Britain and her allies; that the zone of war includes the waters adjacent to the British Isles; that, in accordance with formal notice given by the Imperial German Government, vessels flying with the flag of Great...
