Joyas Voladoras By Brian Doyle Analysis

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No Heart to Small
Brian Doyle is an inspiring author who takes on the writings of his spiritual journey throughout his life. He bases his “Ways of Reading” essay “Joyas Voladoras” on telling a story of a loving creature known as the hummingbird. Doyle creates writing through his spirituality and wrote his first book on his experience with his son having three chambers of a heart instead of four. Throughout the essay, he commonly connects facts to the human heart and even discusses more in detail about the chambers of the heart. This short part of his book compares mammals and tells facts about the heart, which then relate to his experience with his son. He emphasizes on how important the heart is and really connects to “chambers” throughout the book to unify his son. Doyle creates ideas of love and emotion, loneliness, as well as childhood memories. His skillful use of metaphors, facts, and poetic styled writing methods help him in …show more content…
He creates images about the whale’s size and even the hummingbirds heart and how it works. He creates images of different types of hummingbirds such as the, “purple-crowned fairies” (147) and even compares the heart size to pencil so readers can really depict how small the heart of the bird is. Doyle then picks up on detail towards the mammals and how they function with their hearts. He writes, “their piercing yearning tongue, can be heard underwater for miles and miles” (148) which creates an image of how the whales communicate and how loud they really are. Doyle continues the imagery by beginning to bring in the emotions of a reader. Doyle states, “the memory of your father’s voice early in the morning making pancakes for his children” (148-149). This quote portrays images that most people can relate to or feel some emotional bond to it. His images throughout the essay draw in readers and truly show how special his messages
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The Bigger Picture In Brian Doyle’s essay “Joyas Voladoras” we can explore many intrinsic facts about the hummingbird, and different creatures from the facts Doyle gives us. Doyle’s focus of this short essay seems to be on the heart, and on the hummingbird. But as we read more, we find out it’s not only about a little hummingbird, and the hummingbird’s heart; but a much bigger picture. Doyle’s essay is short, and not quite to the point. As we read, we do not find a thesis statement so it is up to…

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