Banal
"We had an irresistible guide, most of him Negro and the rest of him Chinese, and while I don't go much for one or the other, the combination of was fairly riveting: so I let him play kneesie under the table because frankly I didn't find him at all banal; but then one night he took us to a blue movie, and what do you suppose? There he was on the screen."
Capote, Truman. Breakfast
at Tiffany's and three stories. 2nd Vintage International ed. New York:
Vintage Books, 2012. Print.
Definition*:
devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite.
*All definitions are from the source found in THIS post.
Second Source:
"The range of verbs is further cut down by means of the -ize and de- formations, and the banal statements are given an appearance of profundity by means of the not un- formation."
Commentary:
Through Holly Golightly, Capote expresses, through the word banal, that she found her guide not boring, but interesting. In the second source, Orwell explains what contributes to bland statements in the English language.
"The range of verbs is further cut down by means of the -ize and de- formations, and the banal statements are given an appearance of profundity by means of the not un- formation."
"George
Orwell, "Politics and the English Language," 1946." George
Orwell, "Politics and the English Language," 1946. N.p., n.d.
Web. 5 Jan. 2014. <https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/orwell46.htm>.
Commentary:
Through Holly Golightly, Capote expresses, through the word banal, that she found her guide not boring, but interesting. In the second source, Orwell explains what contributes to bland statements in the English language.
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