David and Goliath:The Allusion Ah'ris brumfield
The allusion of David and Goliath has been utilized for many years and generally depicts an underdog attempting to conquer a seemingly impossible feat or person.The allusion doesn't always have to be relating to a situation but can be used as a description.
The allusion is expressed through....
- Media outlets
- Literary works
- And corporations we view today.
For instance,in the show "How I Met Your Mother", Barney Stinson works at a bank named "Goliath National Bank", the name is a clear and blatant use of the allusion and leads viewers to assume the bank is a financial giant and is very powerful and influential.
Another use of the allusion is J.K.Rowling's Harry Potter series.
Harry Was...
- A young wizard
- Orphaned as a baby who was orphaned as a baby.
- Didn't know his true identity.
He was David and his Goliath was Voldermort. In the end Harry was his conquerer.
The importance of the allusion is to show that even when all odds are stacked against you, success is attainable.The allusion functions has a factor of optimism and a branch of hope that manipulates our phyche and drives us to accomplish and impossible.
A Short Story
Mrs.Simpson's class was hard.... but harder yet were her test. But I had managed to escape her class for the past three years of my academic career but somehow on my last day of senior year I wound up sitting in her classroom prepping for the only chance of graduating I had left, her legendary and rightfully feared test. All I had to do was pass the devil and the weight of it could carry my drowning sixty-three up to a dignified seventy-four.The test was my Goliath with one hundred plus questions, half of which were formatted to ensnare the unsuspecting with small overlooked details of importance,but me? I was ready, I had countless hours of studying on my side and I entered bravely with my slingshot of knowledge and prayed for the best.