Question

The following excerpt is from Clock Dance by Anne Tyler (published in 2018). In this passage two girls, Willa and Sonya, head out into a neighborhood to sell candy for their school orchestra fundraiser. Read the passage carefully. Then, in a well-written essay, analyze how Tyler uses literary elements and techniques to convey the complex relationships among the characters.

Required:
Respond to the prompt with a thesis that presents an interpretation and may establish a line of reasoning. Use evidence to develop and support your line of reasoning. Explain the relationship between the evidence and your thesis.

Answer 1

Hello. You have not shown the excerpt to which the question refers, which prevents me from being able to provide an accurate answer, as well as preventing me from providing evidence of the text. However, I will try to help you in the best possible way.

tyler wishes to make the reader identify with what is being narrated in the story. For this, she needs the reader to have a strong perception of everything that is happening in the text. This perception must be intense, with the meanings highly developed, stimulating the reader's senses. For this reason, it makes a strong use of imagery, simile and repetition as literary resources that can reinforce the immersion of the reader of the story, making the reader feel that he is experiencing everything that is narrated.