Style Matches Audience and Purpose

The text of the Bible's creation story, Genesis, is written in a simplistic form. Genesis contains clear, choppy statements illustrating a vivd image of all of G-d's commands. It's as if Genesis was written so every being could fully understand G-d's work and His creation of animals. "And G-d said, "Let"" begins every paragraph to establish G-d's supreme power. In addition, "And it was so" confirms G-d's authority in the world. Furthermore, not only does Genesis reveal the evolution of G-d's creation of the world, but it also affirms the reason behind G-d's will: "Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years (14-15). It is extremely straightforward and an easy read. The clear and picturesque diction makes the text accessible to children and adults.

Perks of Being a Wallflower is also written in a concise, straightforward format. The main character, Charlie, writes in his journal almost every day to another teenager around his age; thus, this kind of writing is also accessible to children and adults: "After the dentist's office, my mom drive me to the cemetery where a lot of her relatives are buried. My dad does not like to go to the cemetery because it gives him the creeps," (26). Using colloquial  language like "the creeps" connotes that this is a novel for a wide range of audience members. Genesis conveys a more informative tone, whereas Perks of Being a Wallflower affirms a serious, vulnerable, and eventually an adventurous tone. 

Darwin v Genesis

The text of the Bible's creation story is far more simplistic than the scientific writing of Charles Darwin. Genesis contains clear, choppy statements illustrating a vivd image of all of G-d's commands. It's as if Genesis was written so every being could fully understand G-d's work and His creation of animals. "And G-d said, "Let"" begins every paragraph to establish G-d's supreme power. In addition, "And it was so" confirms G-d's authority in the world. Furthermore, not only does Genesis reveal the evolution of G-d's creation of the world, but it also affirms the reason behind G-d's will: "Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years (14-15). It is extremely straightforward and an easy read. On the other hand, Darwin's scientific writing is more complex and includes plenty of scientific vocabulary that seems to reject religious. However, Darwin capitalizes the 'c' in Creator out of respect to the Church and religion. It is evident in his writing that he becomes defensive with some of the counter arguments being made against his theories. Darwin refers to natural selection as an example to support his claim that evolution is the foundation of the creation of animals: "The theory of natural selection, even if we looked no further than this, seems to me to be in itself probable. I have already recapitulated, as fairly as I could, the opposed difficulties and objections: now let us turn to the special facts and arguments in favour of the theory." Moreover, Darwin refers to modified descendants and their diversified habits and structures  which constructed the evolution of humanity.

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Warm sunshine fills the family's car on their way to the countryside, which connotes a significant contrast from the restrictive image of the Samsa's small apartment. In addition, the family concludes that now with Gregor deceased and removed from their lives forever, they now have better and aspiring things to look forward to. This feeling of relief affirms that the family obtains a sense of hope for the future. The last scene of the novel is an image of Grete stretching. Kafka symbolizes this act as Grete's own metamorphosis: emerging after a long period of confinement, as if from a cocoon. "It struck Mr. and Mrs. Samsa... how their daughter... had blossomed recently... into a beautiful and voluptuous young woman. And it was something of a confirmation of their new dreams and good intentions when at the end of their journey their daughter got up first and stretched her young body" (Kafka 53). Metamorphosis depicts a transformation during which an immature form of a species undergoes a physical or emotional transfiguration to become an adult. While Grete begins to uphold such unfamiliar responsibilities, such as watching over Gregor and finding a job to financially support her family, she gradually matures. Towards the end of the final scene, her parents realize is it time to find her a husband. This closing scene connotes that she has fully blossomed into an adult, emotionally and physically.