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Doyle wrote the book "The Wet Engine", where "Joyas Voladares" is from out of "roaring terror for one of [his] sons, who was born missing a chamber of his heart". He revealed this information in an interview via email with the Fine Delight. According to Doyle's own accounts, this piece came out of fear in his personal life over almost losing someone he loves. A.D

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What laid the foundation or what occurred to conjure up such a literary piece derived from the author Brian Doyle experiences through his son, Liam Boyle, who at birth was diagnosed with a congenital heart condition as well as a celebration of the cardiologist who operated on the child. The impact of his son being diagnosed with the congenital heart disease was a frightening sense of reality and fear of the possibilities of the future. Writing is an outlet for emotions or ideologies. A vessel through which a voice is heard without sound is the art of writing. Especially in this case, the author writes about the fear in the fragility of his son’s life which seems only natural for a professional writer.
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The speaker is Brian Doyle who was the editor of Portland Magazine at the University of Portland. He was born in 1956 in New York, New York and on May 27, 2017, Doyle suffered complications from a brain tumor and subsequently died. He passed in Lake Oswego, Oregon.
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Association- The intended audience is that of the general population, which consists of a wide variety of individuals who will perceive the literary text in a myriad of forms. The reasoning behind this is that there is no one specific individual or group this literary piece is addressed to, but aims at connecting  all through the use of metaphors. The relationship between the audience and text is of an emotional association.
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Compare and Contrast- Doyle compares the small size of a hummingbirds heart to the classroom size heart of that of a whale. Comparing the complexities, life span, and life experiences of the two animals to emphasize the amount of information or experiences a heart goes through. Description - Doyle describes the great characteristics of the heart by explaining it in various periods in one's life. His description of the heart being like a window gives the reader a visual explanation for Doyle's idea of interconnectivity between everyone and how it is a choice to be "alone in the house of the heart"
Classification and Division- Doyle categorizes the blue whale, a hummingbird, and a human in their distinct categories. "A hummingbird’s heart beats ten times a second. A hummingbird’s heart is the size of a pencil eraser. A hummingbird’s heart is a lot of the hummingbird", while, "the biggest heart in the world is inside the blue whale. It weighs more than seven tons. It’s as big as a room". Doyle then unites the differences different organisms might have by saying "No living being is without interior liquid motion. We all churn inside."
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Doyle's purpose is to differentiate the hearts of different animals physically and the emotional characteristics of the human heart in order to emphasize the importance of connecting emotionally as humans to survive. Doyle wants the audience to appreciate every heartbeat of theirs as if it was the last. It is emphasized in the text the humans get to distracted by our daily activities that they forget about the beauty and fragility of life.
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Throughout the beginning and middle of the text, Doyle is in awe of the complexities and differences of the hearts, however there is a noticeable shift in tone in the beginning. The shift occurs in the second paragraph when Doyle switches from the complexities of the heart of a hummingbird to the supposed risks that may occur. Doyle goes into depth on the many scenarios a hummingbird may experience death, portraying a dark and sorrowful tone. Doyle's use of the word zooming, "more than three hundred species of them whirring and zooming and nectaring in hummer time zones nine times removed from ours", gives off a playful and careless tone that the life of a hummingbird may entail. Doyle also uses the word ferocious, "all hearts finally are bruised and scarred [...] no matter how ferocious the defense and how many bricks you bring to the wall". He uses this word to emphasize the emotional fragility of that of a human heart.
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The use of a simile is displayed through “The valves as big as the swinging doors in a saloon.” Utilizing the image of the swinging doors of a saloon, Brian Doyle plants the image into the audience’s vision so as to connect the magnificent size of the whale’s heart with the perception of love.

A metaphor is used in the sixth paragraph  “we live alone in the house of a heart” The metaphor of “house of a heart” connects with the audience through the emotional aspect in which the connections with others is uncovered. As the individual resides within their heart,  other individuals are locked out from getting into their heart. This supports the author’s perspective of the vulnerability of life. The utilization of hyperbole is witnessed through the quote “Hummingbirds, like all flying birds but more so, have incredible enormous immense ferocious metabolisms.” So as to truly emphasize the importance of the functions of a humming bird’s heart, the author Brian Doyle attempts to convey how the bird’s metabolism plays a relatively large part in the heart’s functions and how due to it’s high rate, the bird will have a shorter lifetime. The purpose of this is to accentuate the fragility of the naturally occurring effects of life and actions which are carried out regularly. Parallelism is observed through the quote “their penetrating moaning cries, their piercing yearning tongue” The repetition of this tone emphasises the perception of the whale for its life and pain, which ingrains such ideas into the audience. In essence, this fraction of the literary text displays the fragility and importance of life, which supports Brian Doyle’s argument. Brian Doyle makes use of the formulation of imagery in “A child could walk around it, head high, bending only to step through the valves.” Utilizing the representation of the size of the whale’s heart relative to the size of a child, Brian Doyle plants the image into the audience’s vision so as to connect the magnificent size of the whale’s heart with the perception of love and the importance of relationships.

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Doyle uses strong feelings and emotions to appeal to the audience. He describes the eventful yet emphasizes the shortness of the life of a hummingbird. The reader gains feelings of happiness and sadness back to back. "They can fly more than five hundred miles without pausing to rest. But when they rest they come close to death". He then appeals to the audience with the use of logic when he emphasizes that no matter the size of the heart on an organism, the heart is still essential to the daily activities of organisms, no matter if as small as a hummingbird, or as large as a blue whale. "No living being is without interior liquid motion. We all churn inside." The author is able to connect all organisms to the idea that a heart is equally as important for all animals, physically and emotionally. Doyle wants to emphasize his idea of interconnectivity and how the heart is equally as fragile amongst all walks of life.
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In his essay “Joyas Voladoras” (2004), author Brian Doyle emphasizes the fragility and significance of life and love. Brian Doyle expands upon this by illustrating the consequences of lacking the natural necessities among hummingbirds, differentiating between the variety of hearts among animals, and expounding in detail the various stages of a heart. Doyle's purpose is to connect the physical and emotional characteristics of the heart in order to emphasize the idea of a fleeting existence. He forms a vessel through the literary text in which an emotional relationship with the general audience or readers would be experienced.
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