English Stylistic Analysis of Bullet

Question: Discuss about the Englishfor Stylistic Analysis of Bullet. Answer: Stylistic Analysis of Bullet in the Brain by Tobias Wolff The beginning of the fully-grown clich is always reflecting the sincerity from the root level. However, the frequent repetition and misuse of the truth is somewhat transformed into dullness. In such time, the critique needs to use the extraordinary insights to eliminate the irrelevant factors from the written piece and extract the microscopic fragments of the underlying meaning (Bruhn, 2016). In the short story, Bullet in the Brain, Tobias Wolf has portrayed a character Ander, who is known for the weary, elegant savagery with which he dispatched almost everything he revealed. The entire short story is framed in different perspectives. The literature works are usually criticized by other critiques and it is no way different in case of Bullet in the Brain. The readers are usually led to wonder the underlying critiques presented by Anders. This short story has the beginning with the essence of satirical forms along with an embittered critic in the literature that creates mockery in every sequence. Then the bank robber shot the man in the head and the story shifted towards the different consequences (Phelan, 2017). The bullet through the brain of the character depicts one form of lyricism that sums up the entire life with a glimpse of a childhood moment. The first passage of this short story starts with the characteristic analysis of Anders, who is renowned as the famous book critic, standing in the bank line. He mocks everything that is happening around him and he did not even left to mock the two women between whom he was standing in the line. In this short story, the protagonist, Ander is represented as unsympathetic and pompous character (Felando, 2015). His continuous interactions with the women are reflecting his critic nature in front of others. In this moment, Tobias Wolf has portrayed one recognizable nonchalan t attitude of Ander towards the bank robbery. This part was considered as the prelude of the rebellious behaviour to show the hatred against the bank robbers.he passage is even highlighting the peculiar attempts of Anders in showing anger to the bank robbers. The initial reaction of Ander had the tone of mockery. One can easily think that Ander did not think about his life and severe consequences of that moment. He could not censor himself by thinking that there is the proper time and place for every sequence (Wolff, 2014). He took one moment to criticize a wall painting when he had gun pointing to his head. He even remained much disobedient until the moment he was shot to dead. The entire passage did not reveal any good side of Anders character. However, he was not even considered as the anti-hero. After his tragic death, the short story highlights the shift towards the beginning from where Ander started his journey (Heyward, 2014). The author shifted his focus on implying a number of situations that humanizes the character of Ander. These portraits are leaving the readers understanding the character of Anders. Apparently, his character is not much likable to any of the readers due to his mockery. The beginning stanza has revealed his irritations and mockery attitudes about every surrounded things and humans. He even subtly insulted the woman standing in the line just in front of him. He even waited to see her reaction: She sucked in her cheeks but stared past him and said nothing. Anders saw that the other woman, her friend, was looking in the same direction. And then the tellers stopped what they were doing, and the customers slowly turned, and silence came over the bank. Two men wearing black ski masks and blue business suits were standing to the side of the door. One of them had a pistol pressed against the guards neck. The guards eyes were closed, and lips were moving. The other man had a sawed-off shotgun. Keep your big mouth shut! the man with the pistol said, though no one had spoken a word. One of you tellers hits the alarm, youre all dead meat. Got it? In this paragraph, the representation of the focus is much commendable. The paragraph could have been written in a straightway format (Sweeten, 2013). However, the author tried to shift the focus in an expressive way to generate the fearful appearance of the robbers. The author tried to shift the readers focus by presenting such action. Like Anders, readers would also try to figure out the next consequences from the changes noticed in the face of the women. This short story is conceptualized as an archetypical example of ending with a surprising shift. The theme of the story is concentrating on the collaboration of memories, one is now and another is then. The use of the symbolic appearance is also highlighted in this short story. It is seen that the boy is saying they is, which depicts that in his past life, Anders was a person free from the judgmental attributes (Ahern, 2013). He used to appreciate the differences between the individuals. The main conflict was shown in describing the situation of Man vs. Man. At the beginning, when the robbers entered the bank, it was predicted that people would cooperate. The robbers had pointed the gun to frighten the people and not to kill anyone. However, Anders mocked the robbers as well that made them more furious (Goldstone, 2016). Event after being threatened, Anders did not stop his mockery and he even started to put smart remarks to the robbers. Hence, the conflicts between the robbers and Anders are clearly presented in this case. It is important to indicate that the use of symbolisms is useful for broadening the scope of understanding of the readers. In fact, it is quite clear that Bullet in the Brain does not depict anything more than the descriptions of the main character. The maintenance of the consistency is one of the most recognizable features in this short story. Anders had conceived his own towering hatred of the teller, but he immediately turned it on the presumptuous crybaby in front of him The line illustrates that Anders was not born critic. A child like character within him was free from judgments. In this short story, the author has maintained the consistency in presenting the judgmental and mockery nature of Anders (Bruhn, 2016). Anders is shown as the book critic who does not think twice before insulting others straightway. This characteristic is promptly highlighted throughout the story by the way Anders mocked everything that surrounded him. The above quote, Anders is referred as the presumptuous crybaby (Felando, 2015). It generally reveals that he had the trait of criticizing the people in the similar way he criticized the books for living. He even commented on the hanging painting from the ceiling. He thought himself as the flawless personality who can only laugh at others due to their imperfections. In this short story, Bullet in the Brain, the characterization of Anders is presented through the eyes of other characters in the story. It was pointed out at the very beginning when Anders entered the bank. He started mocking every individual and thing he could see in the bank. Anders had the feeling of superiority that always left him thinking that he was surrounded by some dumb and clichs around him (Punke, 2016). When the bank robbers continuously asking him to shut his mouth, he did not listen and continued his mockery attitudes towards the robbers. It was clearly seen that other characters were becoming much disgruntled by his attitudes. The terrible form of obnoxiousness is reflected through his comments he made towards others. In the real life as well, many people have the same characteristics like him (Barnwell, 2017). This comparison is quite significant in adding different level to his character in this short story. The readers can easily relate his speeches and irritation s towards others with the incidents faced in realities. The character is reflecting the nature of a person who is forced to work with an incompetent person. In another way, it can be inferred that the style of the short story is providing the readers an initial sense of humor of the protagonist. The statement of the narrator, He was never in the bets of tempers anyway. Anders- a book critic known for the weary, elegant savagery with which he dispatched almost everything he reviewed, highlights that Anders is a person with bad mood as well as a bad temper. At the initial stage, one can think that he was irritated due to the tow women standing in front of him. Later, it was realized, he was a person with ill temper and annoyed about everything that surrounded him. People were almost tired of his attitudes even towards the robbers that led him towards shot to dead. The author suddenly shifted the focus towards the childhood memories when he was not at all judgmental towards others. His character was even referred as the emblem of a mysterious person who always judged others. Ann essence of the sarcastic characteristic is also presented by the description of the author. Throughout the text, Anders was portrayed as the unsympathetic characters. This focus suddenly shifted to the sympathetic stage when he was shot dead (Wordsunlimited.typepad.com, 2017). It generally happened since the narrator brought the time back to his childhood when he was a simple and free from judgmental humors unlike others. However, it is important to state that the character even presented the extraordinary sense of humor, be it in the negative way. He had the complete sense of sarcasm that is not always presented in others characters. If the character is judged by the point of view of Anders himself, it can be clearly noticed that there are other people exist with the similar characteristics. It becomes quite tough for others to understand the point of view of others. Especially, when they cannot even place themselves in the shoes of others, it becomes very tough to judge (Public.wsu.edu, 2017). The irritations and mockery presented in the characteristic of Anders generally depicted that he wanted to live in peace and perfections. When the narrator shifted his story back to the early childhood, the readers started understanding his situation. He took one moment to criticize a wall painting when he had gun pointing to his head. He even remained much disobedient until the moment he was shot to dead. Another major style presented in this short story is the promptness and clarity. The graphical details that the author had put in the sequence of bullet entering and exiting the brain was quite clearly illustrated. His uncaring attitude towards everything was unique and sarcastic. He did not hesitate in front of the robbers and stood firm to his point of view. Even the gunman was irritated due to his uncaring attitude. The gunman stated, Hey, you deaf or what? You think Im playing games? Again the gunman shouted, Whats so funny, bright boy? You think Im comical, you think Im some kind of clown? These words seemed frightened to others, but it did not create any sense fear within Anders (Pov.imv.au.dk, 2017). Hence, it reveals the mockery attitudes of the protagonist in this short story. The analysis of the short story finds out the characteristic of Anders, who is the main character and the famous book critic. He was presented as the critic in the real life as well. 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