Essay

Literary analysis

4/5/11

“I stood there as still as a rock. As I sat there waiting for the white dove appear all the animals came out of the thick forest and walked passed me, not evening noticing me. Yet I stead still until the white dove came floating down from the sky. The white dove moved slowly. She came in the end to where I sat and began to feed at my feet. I quickly grabbed the bird and had palms on wings and fingers on neck” page 3. That what happened when the fowler caught the white dove in the short story The Hundredth Dove, written by Jane Yolen. This short story is a mode of literature but, every story is. This short story clearly states that it is the romantic mode of literature.

There are many things in a romantic mode of literature one of them is the plotline. In a romance plotline there are only two things. The first one is there is a minor conflict. This shows when the king orders the fowler to catch one hundred doves. The fowler caught ninety nine doves but, he need one more. So there is just this white one left and it was impossible to catch. The last part is it ends with life symbolism. The life symbolism is when he gave up hunting and lived off berries for the rest of his life. That would be the plotline.

As well as a plotline there are many characteristics. There are a lot of characteristics but, some are very similar. The main ones are the story isn’t realistic, good is powerful, evil is weak, and the main character is in control. It shows how unrealistic it is when the white dove starts to talk to the fowler. When good was powerful it was when the fowler finally caught the white dove but, also that shows how evil is weak when they simply killed the white dove and the king didn’t have his wedding. Also the main character is in control because he didn’t have to kill the dove. Those are the characteristics.

In a mode of literature there also is a purpose. The purpose is the last part of a mode of literature. The purpose for a romantic mode of literature is escapism and we go to a world of innocence. This shows when the fowler gives up hunting he is escaping harm from animals.

Also there is symbolism that follows the story. There was a lot of symbolism in this story. Some symbolism is there are unicorns. That happened when the fowler was trying to catch the white dove. Also the dove is symbolism and there were many doves in the short story so that would be some symbolism. As well as doves there was mist that had happened when the fowler said “At dusk the doves came, settling over the clearing like a gray mist” page 2. Another symbolism is there was growing plants at the fowler feet he described. There was a lot of symbolism in this story.

Finally I liked this short story. It was interesting how things ended the way they did. This book also shows how a romantic mode of literature is written. Everything follows the story. The plotline, characteristics, and purpose all follow the romantic mode of literature. The short story The Hundredth Dove clearly states it is a romantic mode of literature.