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    CRITICAL ANALYSIS

    Two Ways of
    Seeing a PRESENTED BY:-
    River  FATIMA SIDDIQUI
     SAMREEN
     IRTAZA
     NOOR FATIMA
     ZIA-UL-HAQ
     INTRODUCTION
    1
     SUMMARY
    2
     INTERPRETATION
    3

    4  EFFECTIVENESS

    5  CONCLUSION
    INTRODUCTION
    TITLE:
    TWO WAYS OF SEEING A RIVER

    AUTHOR:

      SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS KNOWN BY MARK TWAIN


    A WRITER, ENTREPRENEUR, PUBLISHER, AND LECTURER

    PUBLICATION :
    MISSISSIPPI IN 1883

    3
    SUMMARY OF THE
    ESSAY
    MAIN IDEA:
      The interpretation of the same memory
    changes as we age and gain experience.
    POINTS:
     DELVING INTO THE CHANGINGS IN ATTITUDE

     FIRSTLY , THE BEAUTY OF RIVER IS ADMIRED

     IN THE MID, RED HUE BRIGHTENED INTO GOLD

     FINALLY, HE GETS USED TO IT

    4
    SIGNIFICANCE

    1 TONE

    2 STYLE

    3 PURPOSE
    TONE
    • MAJOR TONE OF ESSAY:
    • The major tone is sad as:
    • “ KILLS, BOILS, DANGEROUSLY, BLIND” paragraph 2
    These words suggest the major tone as sad.

    • MINOR TONE OF ESSAY:


    • The minor tones are positive and nostalgic as :
    • “ Majestic, Marvels and brightened “ paragraph 1
    STYLE
    • The style of essay is narrative as:
     Method of time sequence is used
     Discussion of writer’s feelings in time sequence
     Beginning of essay from past advent
     Ending at the present trifling feature
     EXAMPLE:
    I had lost something which could never be restored to me
    while I lived.
    PURPOSE OF ESSAY

    THE PURPOSE OF ESSAY IS TO ENTERTAIN AS:


     THE STORY OF WRITER IS DISCUSSED.
     USE OF POETIC STYLE TO EXPLAIN THOUGHTS
    “ BUT I HAD LOST SOMETHING, TOO”
    “ A DAY CAME WHEN I BEGAN TO CEASE”
    “ I STOOD LIKE ONE BEWITCHED. I DRANK IT IN , IN A SPEECHLESS RAPTURE.”
    DISCUSSION OF Appeal
    1-Ethos
    • Credible person
    • Ample experience
    • Ability to cogent readers with his perspectives

    2-Pathos
    • Emotional attack
    e.g. by the excerpt: " I had
    made................while I lived''
    •To compel readers to devour further

    9
    ACHIEVEMENT OF PURPOSE

     SUCCESS

     TWO PERSEPECTIVES

    1. FIRST WAY
    o categorically explains the enchanting beauty of a river

    2. SECONE WAY
    o then he starts to scrutinize the cons
    10
    DISCUSSION OF TOPIC RELEVANCE

    • Vivid explanation of two perspectives


    • 1-FIRST WAY:
    • Worth seeing beauty of river at first sight
    • 2- SECOND WAY:
    • Scrutinizing the snags of river's beauty
    DISCUSSION OF TOPIC
    RELEVANCE

    AUTHOR’S USE OF PATTERN

    EFFECTIVENESS
    DISCUSSION OF TOPIC
    RELEVANCE

    DISCUSSION OF APPEAL
    PATTERN OF ORGANIZATION
    The pattern used in the essay is : “Compare and Contrast”.

     Point of view in Past


     Change of point of view with the passage of time

    o References:-

     “When I had mastered the language of this water and had come to know every trifling
    feature that bordered the great .But I lost something, too. I had lost something which could
    never be restored to me while I lived. All the grace, the beauty , the poetry, had gone out of
    the majestic river”.

      ”I have pitied doctors from my heart. What does the lovely flush in a beauty’s cheek mean
    to a doctor but a “break” that ripples above some deadly disease?”. 13
    CONCLUSION

     Overview
     Story of his own life
     He has gained knowledge and experience, but his
    way of perceiving information has changed.
     Opinion
     Remarkable coverage of deep
    comparison and contrast between perceptions
     Thought provoking
     Eloquent and understandable
     Significance

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