A character in a book is a representation of a human, a real human, a human with emotions. Whilst reading a book, one should feel how the characters are feeling as though they were a fellow human. An invaluable tool used by author to do this is sympathy. An author uses sympathy to get the reader to feel the emotions of the character, to understand the emotions. In stories filled with tough topics, such as it is in John Grisham’s Calico Joe, it is important to try to get the reader to feel sympathy because otherwise, the reader may feel detached from and uninterested in a story.…
Anthony M. Daniels is a doctor and a writer who was born in London in 1949. He was raised by his German mother and Russian father. Throughout his life, he traveled around the world to learn more about the nature of the world he lives in. At times, the writing he published went against the views of the government of the country he was in. Additionally, he also used his patients as an example in his texts.…
These kinds of stories can still give affect on people in their lives and their…
A study in empathy Have you ever wondered what you loved about your favourite book? Was it the characters, the setting, the writing style? No matter why you love it, its components will have had an effect on you in a positive way. It will have taught you a lesson, like all good pieces of fiction should. Robert fulford wrote a piece titled “Gotcha!”…
Grovenger 1 Society judges the individual by their good and bad decisions are how others see and judge someone. It doesn’t matter what the intentions of their actions are, it is the results that people judge them by. John Steinbeck, in his novel, East of Eden, uncovered and explored this concept. This idea is revealed through his unique writing style and character development. Using characterization and metaphors, John Steinbeck reveals that no matter what you believe, choices are what truly defines who a person is rather than the intentions behind those choices.…
Richard Wright’s Story Native Son is based on the racial situations in the 1930’s. The novel is focused on the life of Bigger Thomas, a poor 20 year old Negro, living in poverty in the poor black area of Chicago south side. The setting emphasizes the effect that racism restricts blacks in value and opportunity. In response to which, Bigger commits multiple and progressively violent crimes including rape, murder, and a couple atrocities that seduced him with hint of freedom in return, up until the aftereffect restricted his freedom when his crimes are revealed and he is captured and put to the ultimate trial to determine his termination.. Initially, a crime provides sense of freedom, but eventually consequences torment the criminal.…
Society along with the justice system had labelled her, and her negative behavior as an official criminal and act of a criminal. Interpreting crime has the ability to interpret people's viewpoints of others to distinguish…
Storytelling is a way to communicate to society in a way that creates a relatable instance such that the reader can see themselves, or a version of themselves, within the story. Storytelling also is a way to demonstrate the struggles of other individuals within a society that a reader my not experience directly, but can nonetheless gain a broader understanding of different struggles within society. Although there are many ways to utilize storytelling techniques, I will apply the approach of Rites of Passage to three of the novels we’ve read this semester. The Rites of Passage that I will be analyzing are those within the stories, Houseboy, Woman at Point Zero, and A Walk in the Night. In these stories I will argue that through the characters ', Toundi, Firdaus, and Willieboy, Rites of Passage there is a physical altercation that caused a stunt in their ability to grow emotionally as a character, thus disabling them to continue to their ultimate stage of their reincorporation into society.…
The protagonist in my book is named Paul. He is someone referred to as an unreliable narrator due to his vision. He can barely see and wears colossal glasses to improve his vision, but even with his glasses he can’t have the perfect vision. He is terrified of his greedy brother who bullies him for wearing glasses, Paul’s brother claims that Paul was foolish; that he looked directly at a solar eclipse turning him blind. The best concept about the book is the style of writing the author uses as he moves through the book and the way he uses Paul’s life journey to teach the readers life lessons for example, he teaches that everyone has their own identity and nobody can change it.…
Authors often use their stories as commentaries to convey the societal shortcomings of their societies. Hence, they also promote an alteration in social and or personal values. Evidently the commentary revealed throughout the works of Ambrose Bierce, Shirley Jackson, and Tim O’Brien is the fear of being a social outcast, which then alters the values within the characters present in the stories. In the short story On the Rainy River the protagonist of the story Tim O’Brien is faced with hardship and adversity which could change his reputation in his hometown society.…
Therefore, the book leaves the audience questioning stereotypes present. Simple comedy might be seen as you read through the pages of the text. However, the reproduction of racial stereotypes…
Author, Sherman Alexie, in his narrative essay, “Superman and Me,” discusses how literature played a huge role in his life growing up as an Indian boy, and the power it wields in life. Alexie’s purpose is to force his audience to understand his view of inequality. He adopts an emotional and analytic tone in order to translate to his audience of society as a whole his beliefs surrounding inequality and the power of reading and writing. Alexie starts his introduction paragraph in his narrative essay with an appeal to ethos along with pathos through the description of how he and his family grew up and lived on the Spokane Indian Reservation. He describes how his family “were poor by most standards,” but how they were normally better off than…
The Tone of the story is important because it helps convey the theme of love being able to heal an addict. His actions could quickly put his loved ones in jeopardy; this causes him to be extremely wary, but because of this paranoia he is forced to have a clearer mind set on his priorities and make better decisions. Reality is similar in that nicotine addiction has a long lasting impact on the lives of the addict and his or her family. These effects are often overlooked because the immediate pleasure of nicotine can make one forget about the accumulative effects of smoking.…
The Ox-Bow incident is a book that portrays life in the dark-side of the west. A cloudy story where thieves have taken the animals from a small cattle town Bridger’s Wells. Which then leads of the murder of Kinkaid which led to the lynching of three innocent men. In which the three innocent men were “guilty” in the eyes of the men in the valley. The three innocent people were hung without a requested trial.…
The article “The Frivolity of Evil” was written by Theodore Dalrymple. The writer of this article works in the hospital and prison. While working he saw different types of people. He heard different types of story from different people. In this article he tries to explain who does more wrong in life wants to become good.…