narrative voice
“The narrative voice … enters a heavy, dreamlike mode. When the all clear finally sounds and the hum of the metropolis resumes, a central character, who has been venturing a flirtation with another passenger, is jolted into awareness that the possibilities unfolding ‘while the city was sealed off’ cannot belong to real like. Yet a form of life did surface: however fleetingly, …enabling a different kind of humanity to emerge” (Puchner, 2012, p. 498).
“Sealed off” by Zhang Ailing is referred to as a psychological fiction where dreams and desires surface. How does the narrative language, description, dialogue, and repetition create the illusion of reality? Be sure to share a quote from the story to support your discussion.
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Introduction
Sealed off is a story that opened in the city of Shanghai in China’s commercial industry, technological and urban set up in the year 1943. The story took place during the Second World War, when air sirens were commons feature of city life (Byrne, 2007).
Discussion
The narration of the story is done from a third character restricted perspective. The readers have the ability of seeing into the consideration and enthusiasm of both Cuiyuan and Zongzhen. Therefore, they are able to derive reality from the story. There is also an omniscient presentation in that one is able to interpret both characters’ thoughts, and the author’s command through his comments (Wang, 2004). The comments uttered by Chang have boldness and create an atmosphere of reader sympathy in reference to the two characters………………………words 388