Kingston, Vermilya And Byatt

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Having read the stories by prominent writers such as Kingston, Vermilya and Byatt, I have concluded that stories written by them have specificity. All the stories have been written in the style, which shows how each writer reacts to storytelling. Each story gives the readers the idea of importance of the actions people do. For instance, in the first story, which is about the “Eldest princess” one can easily recognize the feelings of the princess, who was very unconfident of her actions, however was kind and helpful, and ready to give a helping hand to anybody who needs. This story leads the readers to become more generous and kind to everyone and not feel dread of facing challenges in front of them, as each motive of the princess uttered …show more content…
The second writer, whose story is also too touching is Kingston, with his “No name woman” expresses the sufferings of the people, mainly females in the periods of the hardship in China. Likewise, the attitudes of people towards the class of inferior backgrounded. The author wanted to express females who both have rights to live and to be a part of society, rather than being humiliated by males. He named his story “No name woman”, because he was too concerned about the gender inequality of those times. From my own prospective, the writer wanted the readers feel what can immigrants from different countries come across with. Specifically, when the family background was of a low and disadvantageous, the relatives had to be victims of the social reputations. The story retold by a mother of a girl, was somehow educative and enlightening her for the further life stages. Regarding Vermillya’s “Memoir”, it is more close to the idea of becoming ideals of society by presenting their experiences throughout their lifetime. Sometimes people are unable to say openly what …show more content…
Because, by listening to more stories, people may have wider thoughts about life, culture, ethnic makeup and can change their opinions about certain things. People have different choices in choosing what to read or be told, so everyone gets inspired from what they read or listen. So, storytelling obviously has a positive impact on human beings. Moreover, retelling stories can heal people who are emotionally oppressed, for instance in some countries there are special recreational places where people are healed by narrators. So, my idea about storytelling is very high, and I think that by reading more various stories, we can picture the past and change the things into a better side instead. We have been told so many stories by our grandparents, and this must be transferred to the next generation as well, as each retold story had put an image in our minds. If we try to recall every story retold by our ancestors, we would probably say that they had changed us considerably. After reading stories, we realize that each writer’s approach differs from each other. For instance, fiction stories are mostly related to imaginary characters while real life stories are based on

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