Literary notes about part (AI summary)
The word "part" functions as a versatile term in literature, employed in various ways to suggest a portion, role, or spatial division. It can denote a numerical fraction of a whole, as seen when it describes the majority of individuals whose spirits are eroded by conflict [1] or the greater length of a day [2]. Authors also use it to designate specific segments or locations, whether referring to the stern lower portion of a face [3] or the outer part of a garment [4]. Moreover, "part" extends to abstract and metaphorical realms: it can indicate one’s role in a narrative or performance [5, 6] and signal individual contribution or responsibility, as in the expressions "on your part" [7, 8] or "for my part" [9, 10]. In legal, historical, and descriptive texts, the term helps organize divisions of narrative or argument [11, 12, 13], underscoring its multifaceted adaptability across genres and contexts.
- The greater part of the men, discouraged, their spirits worn by the turmoil, acted as if stunned.
— from The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane - The wind blew violently the greater part of the day.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark and Meriwether Lewis - The lower part of his face was stern, but not as rigid as usual.
— from The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales by Bret Harte - Both seams are countersunk in shallow grooves on the outer part.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - The part of the heroine of "The Gay Cockade" was taken by Ursula Simms.
— from The Gay Cockade by Temple Bailey - "You didn't lose much: I was not a good actress; though now and then when I liked my part I did pretty well they said," answered Christie, modestly.
— from Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott - It was forbearing and generous on your part, Sir Percival, to send me such a message.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins - But, on his own part, he now saw no reason for a display of alacrity.
— from The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad - For my own part, I may truly affirm, that I was less concerned than my nurse.
— from Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift - Silently I added a prayer: "May Babaji and Sri Yukteswarji feel that I have done my part, not disappointing the high hope in which they sent me forth.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - [ See the Revised Statutes of the State of New York, part i. chap.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville - Chapter L: Description Of Arabia And Its Inhabitants.—Part VIII.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - Chapter XVIII: Character Of Constantine And His Sons.—Part I. Part II.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
