Hansberry uses stage directions to set up our expectations for what will happen in the play and what the characters are like by having the character join the conversation at certain times. The Youngers are a poor African American family that want to make a living. Walter and Beneatha, all have a plan to spend the money that’s on the cheque. Walter wants to have a liquor store. Beneatha wants to spend the money for her medical school. Walter and Beneatha have an argument for who should get the money and for what reason.

After finishing “Benito Cereno” Herman Melville depiction of slavery was that he believed in abolition. He wanted slavery to stop because of how it impacted the African Americans. The novella depicts enslavement in both positive and negative lights. It depicts enslavement in a positive light because it talks about how the slaves wanted their freedom. It also depicts enslavement in a negative light because it talks about how they are afraid of them revolting in a violent way. I sympathize the slaves in the conclusion of the story because the slaves were driven out of their homes and away from their families and were in a boat against their will.  Delano’s blindness resulted in him not knowing what the danger is. This is because he believed that he had a lot of power.

In chapter 6 of “Narrative” by Jonathan Culler, it tells us how the plot has a major impact in the story. According to the article, Aristotle says “that the plot is the most basic feature of narrative, that good stories must have a beginning, middle, and an end.” The plot is what changes an event from good to bad. Based on where the plot starts it will decide how the story will change.

In Chapter 5 of “Rhetorical, Poetics, and Poetry the author uses metaphors. According to the article it states “a metaphor treats something as something else.” This rhetorical figure helps readers understand what their reading.

In the poem “Diving Into The Wreck” by Adrianne Rich included a metaphor to compare one thing to another. The metaphor was “the thing I came for: the wreck and not the story of the wreck the thing itself and not the myth. This is a metaphor because it is comparing between the real life and the news that we are told by other people. The character wants to experience the wreck, she doesn’t want to told about it. She wants to know for herself.

The article “Language, Meaning, Interpretation” by Jonathan Culler tells us many ways to define the meaning of language. For example, a poem is hard to read because it is not easy to break down the meaning of the words. In my opinion the longer the poem the harder it is to break the words down. Also, poem can have different meaning which can confuse the reader.

In chapter 2 when the author talked about fiction it stood out to me. The reason why is because fiction has so many details to it. Fiction can make things that happen in your imagination come to life in writing. It takes a lot of creativity to make fiction books. Fiction can also have more possibilities because it doesn’t have a limit.

After reading the first 10 pages I learned that literature has many ways to describe itself and it has many definitions to it. I find it interesting how there are many forms of literature such as poems, plays, stories, and nonfiction.

Q: Why are their so many forms of literature?