Tuesday, November 3, 2009

The Lotus Eater by Somerset Maugham

Greetings to all students!



To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says:"Leave no stone unturned."~Edward Bulwer Lytton~
-We have go through the story of Lotus Eater together in class. Here are the elements that we are covering on, today.
The themes are involved in this story:
  • the seach for happiness
  • living and dying
  • friendship
  • disillusionment

Literary Devices used are:

  • simile: a comparison made of two objects using 'like' and 'as'.
  • foreshadow: an indication of a future event.
  • contrast: comparison showing differences.
  • colour imagery: words that create colourful images in the readers mind.
  • irony: a person gets the opposite of what he expects .

Point of view:

We are given two points of view. The story is set in Capri. According to the narrator, Wilson leads a dull life but according to Wilson who represents the first point of view, he leads a happy life until his money runs out. The pronoun 'I' is used to show Wilson speaking. The narrator is not judgemental and gives a frank evaluation of the events.

-As in next entry, we will look on the moral values, characters and the settings.



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