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A Personal Analysis of The Faithful Wife by Barbara L. Greenberg (716 words, 1 pages)

The Faithful Wife point of view The Faithful Wife, written by Barbara L. Greenberg, uses first-person narration to depict the style, language, and theme of the poem. By using first-person narration, Barbara Greenberg was able to portray events and ideas very persuasively to the reader. In addition, this first-person narrator ... Read More

A Personal Narration of How Love Can Be a Wonderful and a Painful Thing (970 words, 3 pages)

To fall in love is such a wonderful thing, and it can only get better as time goes on, right? Sometimes, though, certain circumstances come together and love doesnt get better over time. In fact, it gets worse. you begin to feel suffocated by someone and their insecurities start to ... Read More

The Different Perceptions and Interpretations of Conflict (850 words, 2 pages)

Conflict is, among other things, the process of building and sustaining very different perceptions and interpretations of reality. (httpfusf.orgfusfsinkfordsermon.html) This quote by Paul Lederach, Professor of Peace-Building at Notre Dame reaches out especially to John Updikes AP. Sammy suffered a variety of conflicts in the story including conflict among characters, ... Read More

An Overview of Few Delightful Children’s Book in English (350 words, 1 pages)

Some of the most lastingly delightful children's books in English are "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass". Here are what Albert Baugh write about them in "A Literary History of England" "Written by an eccentric Oxford don to amuse his little girlfriends, these two world-famous books are the ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of A&P by John Updike (597 words, 1 pages)

John Updike's "A P" Do you remember the grocery store chain AP? The letters stand for "Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company," and the store used to be one of the most popular in the United States. The third person narrator of a story (or poem, play, or novel) is not ... Read More

An Observation on the Symbology Demonstrated In “Hills like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemmingway (854 words, 2 pages)

Hemmingway's "Hills Like White Elephants" Ernest Hemmingway's "Hills Like White Elephants" is not a story in the clasical sense with an introduction, a development of the story, and an end. We only get some time in the life of two people, as if it were just a piece of a ... Read More

Love During War in “A Farewell to Arms” by Hemingway (865 words, 2 pages)

The action of the novel takes place in Italy during the First World War. The novel tells about two people who fall in love with each other and whose lives are destroyed by the war. The events are narrated in the chronological order. The exposition starts at the beginning of ... Read More

The Portrait of a Child in What Maisie Knew, a Novel by Henry James (1277 words, 2 pages)

What Maisie Knew - Portrait of a Child After his disastrous shot at playwriting, which occupied him for a few years, Henry James finally returned to what he knew best writing novels. What Maisie Knew (1897) is perhaps the finest of James' middle period books, a relatively simple story about ... Read More

An Analysis of the Stories: The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe and the Scarlet Ibis and in the Rules of the Game by Amy Tan (719 words, 9 pages)

Have we ever thought why most of us are interested in the story we read? I can surely say that writing a story is a complicated process. The writer has to think of how the story must be told, what effect must it have on a reader, and what is ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Handsomest Drowned Man in the World by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (259 words, 1 pages)

Point of view is always important in understanding a story. In Gabriel Garcia Marquezs, The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World, he allows the reader to identify with the story. Marquez dictates with a great deal of emphasis, in regards to the narrative, and the overall understanding of the objective ... Read More

An Analysis of the Elements that Make Edgar Allan Poe’s Short Story “The Fall of the House of Usher” Exceptional (650 words, 1 pages)

Regarded as his most famous piece of fiction, The Fall of the House of Usher inspires the usual horror found in most works by Poe. Every aspect expected from a Poe piece is found within this story. There is the first person narrative, the division of personality, and Gothic style ... Read More

An Analysis of the Text in Sixpence by Katherine Manfield (533 words, 2 pages)

Text analysis The story by Katherine Manfield entitled "Sixpence" tells us about the every day situation when parents are educating their children by means of physical punishment. The question which is raised by the author definitely is "Should children be whipped?" The text starts from the general introduction using a ... Read More

An Analysis of the Narrative in The Tell-Tale Heart, a Story by Edgar Allan Poe (866 words, 1 pages)

Tell Tell Heart Use of Point of View There is a belief that the eyes are windows to the soul. But to some, the soul resides in the heart. In Edgar Allen Poe's "The Tell Tell Heart," he also links these two body parts. The story opens with this unnamed ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Take These Broken Wings by Lynn Andrews (782 words, 1 pages)

Take these broken wings Jamie-Leigh Ritchie "Take these broken wings" is a highly popular fiction novel, written by Lynn Andrews, The story is about a girl called Hannah Peckham, when she was only six years old, she had already lost her mother and father, her mother died or an unknown ... Read More

The Theme of A & P by John Updike (1491 words, 2 pages)

John Updike's short story "A P" recounts how an adolescent supermarket cashier named Sammy has his life changed forever when three girls in bathing suits shop in the store where he works. He is the first person narrator who shapes the tale with his descriptions, attitudes and opinions. He is ... Read More

An Analysis of Richard Rodriquez’s Autobiography The Hunger of Memory (3028 words, 5 pages)

Richard Rodriquez The Hunger of Memory In studying the social aspects of assimilation of Latin American culture into the United States, Richard Rodriquez' autobiographical novel, The Hunger of Memory The Education of Richard Rodriquez deals with challenges he faced learning not only a new language and culture, but striving to ... Read More

The Motive of ‘War’ in Hemingway’s Works (1107 words, 2 pages)

Hemingway wrote this novel with a very pessimistic mood. There is tragedy behind every action. The mood is also of despair and bitterness. Throughout the novel the war continues either in the foreground or in the background, creating the sense of continuous death that no one can prevent. Since the ... Read More

An Analysis of Racism in Life for a Life by Alan Paton (1078 words, 2 pages)

How is racism depicted in 'Life for a Life' by Alan Paton? 'Life for a Life' is a short story written by a famous white South African author who became involved in the fight against apartheid. It is a story about the murder of a rich white farmer and the ... Read More

The Impact of Choices on People in Montana 1948 by Larry Watson (1155 words, 2 pages)

The power a person has influences the choices they make, both positive and negative. It comes down to the personal values and moral obligations of an individual to make important choices. The novel, 'Montana 1948', explores characters who lack power opposed to those with immense power, and the choices they ... Read More

Essential Exoticism: A Juxtaposition of Joey and Jasmine (1351 words, 2 pages)

Essential Exoticism A Juxtaposition of Joey and Jasmine Sensuality and sexuality, passion and desire, mystery and unknown these are the raw emotions that define exoticism. Although exoticism cannot be clearly illustrated through mere words, the core ideologies of Eastern exoticism have remained unchanged, consistent, and distinctive for centuries. Exotic beings ... Read More

The Narcissism in The End of the Affair by Maurice Bendix (959 words, 2 pages)

As the ostensible author of The End of the Affair Maurice Bendix is amazingly narcissistic. In a journey through the affair between Maurice and Sarah, it is impossible to not notice how selfish and self-absorbed the perceived author is. His recounting of the affair is laden with grandiose overtones and ... Read More

An Analysis of the Characters in the Novel “The Collector” by John Fowles (2272 words, 3 pages)

As a reader I found that the characters in The Collector contribute to my understanding of the text. In The Collector by John Fowles, the reader's engagement with Miranda and Clegg helps them to understand Fowles idea of a class dominated society, in England during the 1960's. The Collector is ... Read More

An Analysis of Dystopia in Orwell’s 1984 and Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale (3043 words, 4 pages)

Orwell's '1984' and Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale' are both novels that can easily be seen to be set in dystopian societies, Oceania and Gilead, in which the individuals are suppressed and relationships are carefully kept under control. The similarities between the two novels are visibly apparent and will be discussed. ... Read More

A Comparison of The Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway and The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy (1520 words, 2 pages)

"The Snows of Kilimanjaro" by Ernest Hemingway and "The Death of Ivan Ilych" by Leo Tolstoy are both excellent literary works that both deserve equal praise. Hemingway's story is about a regretful, wasted author named Harry who is lying on an African plain dying of gangrene. Ivan, the main character ... Read More

The Innocence in Compassion in the Novel “The Catcher in the Rye” (1522 words, 2 pages)

Innocence, Compassion, and some Crazy Cliff A novel, which has gained literary recognition worldwide, scrutiny to the point of censorship and has established a following among adolescents, The Catcher in the Rye is in its entirety a unique connotation of the preservation of innocence and the pursuit of compassion. With ... Read More

An Analysis of ‘The Great Gatsby’ (531 words, 1 pages)

The great Gatsby, a novel by F Scott Fitzgerald, is narrated through one of the characters in the text., The use of this perspective can greatly affect our reading of the text. The Great Gatsby is primarily a love story. The narrator, Nick Caraway, moves east where he is caught ... Read More

An Analysis of William Faulkner in ‘A Rose for Emily’ (415 words, 1 pages)

The Withered Rose In A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner, we see how past events affect Miss Emily, especially her mental state. Miss Emily seems to live in a fantasy world where death has no real meaning. Emily is born into a well respected family in a small southern ... Read More

A Discussion on the Narrative Voices From the Stories Written by William Faulkner, Edora Welty, Richard Wright and Katherine Anne Porter (348 words, 1 pages)

What is narrator? Narrator is the voice the author creates to tell the story. The possible ways of telling a story are many, and more than one way can be worked into a single story. Conventionally, the various narrators that storytellers draw upon can be grouped into four broad groups ... Read More

An Analysis of Narrative Techniques in A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery OConnor (906 words, 2 pages)

In A Good Man Is Hard To Find, Flannery OConnor uses a variety of narrative techniques to create an intriguing story. OConnor writes from a third person narrator and tells the story from the perspective of the Grandmother. The point of view straddles the line between limited omniscience and total ... Read More

The Changing Perspective in Paulo Coelho’s Novel Veronica Decides to Die and Joni Mitchell’s Song Both Sides, Now (893 words, 2 pages)

To change perspective is to alter your view point - to see things in a different way. The novel "Veronika Decides to Die" by Paulo Coelho and the song "Both Sides, Now" by Joni Mitchell are both examples of changing perspective. In Coelho's novel, the protagonist Veronika moves from feeling ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013