Booth Tarkington’s The Magnificent Ambersons is Worthy of University St

A university is a place where students are taught to build upon the raw material academic skills acquired in their previous schooling, and to learn to create original ideas. This business leader to create original ideas gives students the chance to rise above any preconceive notions of the masses, instead of conforming to them. For example, in the subject of literature, students offer find indistinguishability in being able to, critically, analyze a literary report in contrast to most people who can only declaim it as a story. Through such critical analysis, students can encounter many original ideas that may help bring literature to life. In his prize-winning novel, The Magnificent Ambersons, Booth Tarkington presents a masterpiece of literary work, full of features which can be used in a university setting to teach students literary criticism such as characterization, irony, and theme. First, the characterizations in The Magnificent Ambersons show Tarkingtons ma stery in describing human characters. According to Robert DiYanni in Literature instruction Fiction, Poetry, and Drama, characterization is a narrative description with explicit judgment(55). For example, Tarkingtons story begins with major(ip) Amberson. Major Amberson is the head of the family who has built a component part around the time period of 1873 (3). The story of the Ambersons starts out based on this fortune that Major Amberson has made. Tarkington points out the fact that Major Amberson is the head of the family by naming him, Major. Where the term, major, holds a position of seniority and authority in the military, Major Amberson holds the same in his family. The use of this descriptive name allows the reader to process an explicit judgment on the status and the role of Maj... ...e union of Lucy and Georgie. In conclusion, Tarkingtons use of characterization, irony, and themes in The Magnificent Ambersons has brought this story to life. His techniques in devising the characters come alive by using vivid characterization, his unexpected contrary of roles, and his universal themes have enlightened me in such a challenging manner that l am convinced they are worthy of secure study in a university setting. Works CitedDiYanni, Robert. Literature Reading Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. fifth ed. New York McGraw-Hill, 2002.The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington. Dir. Alfonso Arau, Perf. Madeleine Stowe, Bruce Greenwood, Gretchen Mol and Jennifer Tilly. A&E Presentation, January 13, 2002. Class Film. NJIT. LIT 330-001. Fall Semester, 2002.Tarkington, Booth. The Magnificent Ambersons. New York Richard Press, 1980.