Creating a secondary world that includes recovery, consolation and escapism is a very important component of modern fantasy. Many critics do not believe that Carroll succeeds in creating recovery and therefore consolation in his work Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Although this is a children’s book, Carroll is able to succeed in creating a literary work that can also pertain to adults. Through the maturation of Alice in her dream, and her return from the dream, we are given a sense of “return and renewal of health” that Tolkien says contributes to the aspect of recovery. Although, Carroll’s ending is short and may leave the reader hanging, it does include a sense of recovery and consolation.…
The Truth about Alice is a novel written by Jennifer Mathieu. The purpose of writing a project is to educate the readers about the book that they may be interested in. By reading a report on a novel you will be able to see if you are interested or not in that book. Within this book, the author, Jennifer Mathieu has included three themes. These three themes are texting and driving, partying, and how word travels fast when you live in a small town.…
Flannery O’Connor Flannery O’Connor is an astonishing author, who wrote and published two novels and over thirty short stories. She may not have lived long, but she was dedicated to fulfilling her passion for writing and became established as one of America’s most distinguished authors. Throughout her career, O’Connor used her life experiences as the basis of her writing. Growing up in the Antebellum Period and her strong Catholic beliefs both influenced Flannery O’Connor’s writing.…
Elements of Fiction in “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” is an exemplary model of literary fiction. To be considered literary fiction, a work must possess specific elements and “[give] us a keener awareness if our humanity within a universe that is sometimes friendly, sometimes hostile” (Arp 63). Literary stories, long or short, can contain any or all of the following: symbols, three-dimensional characters facing conflicts, humor, irony, unhappy endings, complex plot structure, artistic unity, an overall theme, or allegory. The short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” is a literary work that makes use of many different elements of fiction.…
To best apprehend the significance behind Flannery O’Connor’s short stories it is essential to first recognize Flannery O’Connor as an individual. Flannery O’Connor was raised in Savannah, Georgia predominantly by her mother since her father passed away from lupus during her early teen years. O’Connor attended numerous religious schools throughout grade school and had a robust religious background. O’Connor graduated from Georgia State College for Women with a bachelors’ degree in the Arts of Social Science in 1945. Shortly after her graduation she decided to advance her education and attended the University of Iowa.…
Analytical Comparison of The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare and The Parent Trap by Nancy Meyers How has comic concerns and comic techniques developed and changed over time? As society innovates, the humor associated with that society innovates as well. This exploration illustrates the extent on which narratives, comic techniques, characters, and thematic concerns have changed with the passage of time by comparing The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare (pre-20th century) and The Parent Trap directed by Nancy Meyers (post 20th century). In both examples, the entire plotline of the play is based on an extremely improbable and absurd set of circumstances heightening the opportunity for humor and detaching any conception of realism…
Question 4, Pg 1153 After reading, Joyce Carol Oates’es Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? the readers are often frustrated with Connie’s hesitation and inability to take appropriate actions in the face of danger. This feeling of frustration in the reader is understandable and can be explained by the many suspicions signs that Connie fails to notice about Arnold.…
“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been,” written by Joyce Carol Oates is an unsettling and incredibly formidable story of a young woman’s loss of innocence during a time of social change, unrest and turbulence.…
These all lead up to her Short Story writing which she wrote over fifty short stories, plays, and…
Joyce Carol Oates was born in a small town in New York in 1938. Not much is mentioned about Oates’ childhood, other than her passion for writing that started early. She wrote many stories and even constructed short books in her elementary years. Oates tried to publish her first novel when she was fifteen, but was turned down because it was thought to be “too depressing” for children her age. Although there were many bumps along the road to becoming a great author, she is now rendered one of the most creative minds of her time.…
Joyce Carol Oates was born on June, 16 1938 in upstate New York. As a little girl she developed a love for writing. Once she received her first typewriter she started writing short stories (“Where”Windy). Oates wrote in a variety of genres, but…
Alice Munro, originally Alice Laidlaw, was born on July 10th 1931, in Ontario, Canada. As a child Munro found an escape in books when her schoolteacher mother was diagnosed with Parkinson’s, Alice was ten years old at the time. (“Top 10 Things To Know about Alice Munro.”) And as a child she made up her own endings to stories like the Little Mermaid. She thought it was unfair how the Ariel to choose between the prince and her family.…
Flannery O’Connor once said “All my stories are about the action of grace on a character who is not very willing to support it, but most people think of these stories as hard, hopeless and brutal.” Mary Flannery O’Connor was born on March 25, 1925, in Savannah, Georgia. She was the only child. O’Connor was born in a catholic family. When she was 13, her father died of Lupus.…
In The Flowers by Alice Walker, Myop’s innocence is emphasized by many literary devices, such as, symbolism, metaphor, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, tone, and imagery. Walker named the main character, Myop on purpose as it is short for myopia, which is the scientific term for, nearsightedness. This is an example of symbolism because in most parts of the story, Myop is a very innocent and pure girl, and is not able to see farther than the idealistic beauty of her childhood. To Myop, the harvesting of crops “[makes] each day a golden surprise” (Walker, 1).…
The theme of growing up is a big part within Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. One of the ways this is shown is through the loss of self identity and physically growing and shrinking. This is shown whithin chapter two “The Pool of Tears”. Alice is faced with the obstical of being too large from drinking a bottle of liquid, this presents a problem for her as she desperately tries to get into the garden ‘lying down on her side, to look through into the garden with one eye’ (17) This gives the reader more of a understanding about how large she has become, the imagery of Alice lying down but not being able to do anything else other than peep through the door is very vivid, even though it is such a short description.…