Question

Your assignment is to write a literary analysis in which you analyze how Zadie Smith uses literary devices or other elements to express the theme of coping with emotional turmoil in the short story “Martha, Martha.”

Answer 1

Answer:

The author uses descriptive language and omniscient narration to express the theme of how to deal with emotional turbulence.

Explanation:

"Martha Martha" is a short story that tells the story of Martha a girl who wants to rent an apartment and who is emotionally unbalanced when she enters a yellow apartment that reminds her of a traumatic situation from the past that she is trying to escape from.

To express how Martha deals with this emotional turmoil that I feel the author makes use of a descriptive language, where the use of adjectives creates an image for the reader of how Martha uses the environment or the objects around her in these turbulent moments. in addition, the author makes use of the omnipotent narration that shows Martha's thoughts in an organized way so that we understand what is happening in her emotional branch.