A: The book “the fault in our stars” made me look introspectively, and connect the character’s lives to my own. The character’s struggles with mortality and living life to the fullest made me reflect on my life and wonder if I am truly appreciating it and experiencing all life has to offer. I also made the connection between the author’s inability to answer Hazel’s questions about the book, and how there were no answers for the problems in Hazel’s life. She was frustrated that there was seemingly no reasoning behind the author’s writing, just like there was no reason she had cancer, or that she was in this situation. Her anger towards the author symbolized a deeper anger that she would never truly “have answers” and that her life would never truly be fulfilled because she was going to die at such a young age.
I didn’t exactly know if you meant meaningful connections within the story or meaningful connections to your person life but I hope this helped!
The reason why it's ironic in "The Petrified Man" when Mrs. Fletcher declares "Well! I don't like children that much" would be: <span>
A) She is about to have her own child.
When Mrs. Fletcher said this statement, she's months pregnant with her own child. She even goes a length further by saying that she even almost considering abortion.</span>
The popular use of the word "immediacy" implies a direct and instant involvement with something. The word implies closeness and inclusion. In literature, immediacy refers to the condition of feeling so close to a certain experience that the medium disappears. For example, a painting looks so realistic that the person forgets he is looking at a painting, and not at the real object.
This passage could be considered an example of immediacy due to its vivid description. The image is so real and so mundane a person could imagine himself actually present at the scene, as opposed to simply reading about it.
