Literary notes about orders (AI summary)
In literature, the term "orders" is used in a myriad of ways to convey authority, command, and systematic organization across different contexts. In historical and military narratives, such as in [1], [2], [3], and [4], "orders" clearly denotes precise commands essential for strategy and discipline, while in domestic or social settings—as seen in [5] and [6]—it can imply personal instructions or protocol in everyday life. The word also extends to religious or institutional hierarchies, illustrated by its use in [7] to denote sacred or clerical status, and even to bureaucratic classifications and administrative mandates, as in [8] and [9]. This variety reflects the term's flexibility, serving as a fundamental element in storytelling that underscores the power dynamics, organizational structures, and cultural norms inherent in both fictional and historical narratives.
- General Grant's orders for the general movement past Vicksburg, by Richmond and Carthage, were dated April 20, 1863.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. Sherman - One was the colonel of the regiment and the other was the officer who had received orders from the commander of the division.
— from The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane - Just then Commander Farragut was giving orders to cast off the last moorings holding the Abraham Lincoln to its Brooklyn pier.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne - I reached Fortress Monroe on the 8th, and thence telegraphed my arrival to General Grant, asking for orders.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. Sherman - "How is it that from our house, no one comes to get any orders or to obtain anything?"
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao - When she gave the letter to his brother, he gave orders for the wedding to be prepared at once, and they were married that very day.
— from English Fairy Tales - If it is true that you are a monk, in holy orders, then your habit shields you from my penknife.
— from Pan Tadeusz; or, The last foray in Lithuania by Adam Mickiewicz - The mendicant orders derive their whole subsistence from such oblations.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith - The writer hereof assures prompt distribution of books according to order, and public acknowledgment of all orders through the public press.
— from The Red Record by Ida B. Wells-Barnett
