Text analysis of The happy man

The author of this text, Maugham was an English writer born in France. At the beginning he studied and worked as a doctor ,and this experience helped him to write his first work Liza of Lambeth. After this he left the medicine and became a writer. This text of Maugham is a bout a man that once gave an advice to a doctor, after years they meet and that doctor is very thankful , because that advice changed his life. The title of the text is a simple fraze that denotes a positive note. The type of the title is spiritual ,and expressive because it relates the whole idea of the story and it impact on the reader. The style of this text is belle-lettre, written in prose .Its a story that has a psychological note, and has the purpose to educate in us the idea that life is much more than money. The text starts with a description of our main character, his thoughts and some life experiences , and then goes the narration of a story. The narrator is overt and omniscient because he speaks from the 1st person point of view, and he easily express his emotions and feeling towards to life, advices and people in his life. The narrator is autodiegetic that follow a straight narrative line and the focalization is fixed because the narrator is the protagonist that presents the story and his opinion and point of view towards to it in a chronological order. The prologue introduces the main character, our man, and describe his conception about life and people. The conflict is the moment when the doctor, secondary character, came to this man for an advice about his life. The climax presents the moment when the man ,after years met that doctor in Spain. And finally the outcome is the speech between these 2 men where the doctor thanks for the advice, that change his entire life in a good way. The theme of the text is based on the idea that sometimes, in life, a good advice can change all your expectations an conceptions about what is primordial for you day bay day. The idea of the text illustrate that people should pay attention to higher thing than money, and that you should try to find things that make you happy and brings you confidence and harmony in your life. The main character is our narrator that has a strong personality and understand what is important in this life. The secondary character, the doctor, is an always-searching personality which feels that in his life something is missing, and then we understand that Spain was missing with all its complexity. Both of them understand that in this life everything should be done for yourself, for your heart wellbeing and for your soul. As a conclusion I can say that the text is based on a great idea of humanity ,because each of us at least once has the problem and the misunderstanding with life and himself. I like it because is an example to follow from both points of view.

Text analysis Art for heart sake

Goldberg(1883-1970) was an American sculptor ,cartoonist and writer born in San Francisco. He produced several series of cartoons ,very popular Among his best works are is there a doctor in the house and I made my bed The text Art for hearts sake is about an old man that has some health problems. He had to be kept from buying things .The doctor suggested him better to spend his time studying art. At the beginning the old man was against the doctors suggestion but the doctor convinced him inviting a student from the Atlantic Art Institute in order to teach the old man how to draw. The old man didnt succeed because of his bad painting but in spite of this he took his drawing to the exhibition. Finally his painting trees dressed in white won the 1st Landscape prize because the old man bought the entire Gallery. The title of the text is a simple sentence used with the purpose to presser the main idea to the reader : the good influence of art on people. The words from the title are frequently used in the text. The type of title is anatomic and belongs to natural reality because it contains parts of human body : heart. The function of the title is denotative and pragmatic. It represents the name of the text and introduces the topic of the contexts in text. It is pragmatic because it makes us want to read the text and excite our imagination and expectations. The text is a narration with some parts of dialogue during the text for example between the doctor and old man. It is a heterodiegetic narration because it is retold from the 3rd person point of view. The type of narration is a straight line because it is presented in a chronological order ,without confusing the reader ,the localization is fixed because the events are presented from one constant point of view: from the authors point. That doesnt participate in the story The text starts with the prologue that consist from the dialogue between the old man and probably the nurse from the hospital. Here the author introduces the main characters : the old man and the doctor .The action take place ,probably, in a hospital . The conflict described in the text is an external one between the old man and the doctor. The old man doesnt want to accept the proposal that doctor made him: to study art. The development of the action starts with the moment when the old man accepts the challenge ,and here the author presents another character: a student from the Atlantic Art institution .He is called to teach the painting to the old man . The climax is the moment when over of his bad painting the old man manages to win the prize for his drawing. The denouemnet arrives with the explanation of this unexpected situation. The old man recognizes he bought the gallery. The main theme if the text is the help of art for each of us, how it can change our life. If we know how to take the best part of it. The dominant idea is that our life consists of our choices .We have to be courageous ,to change some bad parts from our life ,to try something new and to make it more beautiful. In the text we have 3 characters : The old man, main character, the doctor and the student, the secondary characters.

The main character is dynamic because he changes his attitude during the text. He is a flat Character because he is described by the author ,He is described indirect and we can understand him from his speech , behaviors and his evolution .At the beginning he is nervous ,he doesnt want to do anything , but he manages too change his ideas and thoughts thanks to his strong character. The doctor and the student have basically the same character they behave in the same way .They are described indirect by the author .Both of them are static and flat characters, as they dont change their attitude during the story. They do their best to succeed in what they have to do .They are patient and honest. The text is written in a colloquial language and it is easy to understand it .As a conclusion I can say that in life we have to know how to balance and to choose the most important part, that can make us happier.