Author’s Purpose: The Author’s purpose was to entertain us because most of the book contained dramatic
Author’s Purpose: The Author’s purpose was to entertain us because most of the book contained dramatic
He was not scared of the police, he was enjoying the moment. This makes the protagonist more interesting to the reader because he is the one narrating all these events. It is not revealed until the end that he is the killer and the story has a complete twist. On the other side, A Rose for Emily’s Protagonist’s has a more passive role. ”…
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, by Barry Denenberg, is the diary of Bess Brennan. This book is about a young girl that got into a horrible accident that changed her life forever. Bess Brennan, the girl that got into the accident, is now blind. She goes to a school for the blind, and doesn’t like it at first. Eventually she learns to do things for herself since the accident, and her view of the world is much different.…
Micheal Gerard Bauer, the author of the outstanding young adult novel, Don’t Call me Ishmael engages his audience through the use of humour. Throughout the novel, there is an abundance use of hidden humour that relates to young adults but also engaging situations and general banter that immature kids will find absolutely lung bursting. Bauer enraptures his audience with an outstanding prologue of the Ishmael Leseur Disease that that captures the attention of the readers and makes them want to read on. First and foremost, the humour within the novel is the backbone of the book. The humour used over the course of the book keeps the readers captivated within the story line.…
Semester B Unit 1 Lesson 6 Introduction and Objective The author’s purpose may be to inform, to persuade, to express feelings, or to entertain. The author may write for more than one purpose. It is important to determine the author’s purpose in order.…
I Have A Bad Feeling About This 10/13/17 Pages 1-167 Strand B Question 2: The author made a conscious decision to choose a specific genre to tell this story. Why did the author choose this genre? In the Humorous fiction novel, I Have A Bad Feeling About This by Jeff Strand writes about Henry Lambert funny adventures with others at Strongwoods Survival Camp and the problems and situations they go though. The protagonist Henry Lambert is a kid who spends most of his time indoors being lazy but when it becomes summertime, Henry’s dad makes him go to Strongwoods Survival Camp.…
The killer’s plan turned disarray, and through fear, their minds forced them to kill the innocent lives. Therefore, guilt might have invoked the need for the victim’s…
John Howard Griffin wrote the book Black Like Me. Griffin was a white man that wanted a first hand account of what it was like being black in the south. In his book Black like me, he wanted to see the extent of segregation and prejudice outside of his white man perspective and see what lay beneath the surface of southern life. He decided to go to a dermatologist to get his skin darkened to carry out his plan. He conducted his observations in the deep south that was notorious for segregation in the 1950’s.…
1. The author of this novel is Elie Wiesel, A Jewish man that has roots in Romania. There are many unique things about his story and past. For example, he is a holocaust survivor. He is also wrote a book describing the horrors of the holocaust in great detail and he does this by creating a fictional character that resembles him.…
In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, conflict - both internal and external - portrays a major development in the theme and plot of the young boys in this novel. On an island composed of only pre-adolescent boys, it is unquestionable that there would be conflict amongst them. Golding blatantly shows the reader the external conflicts that occur between one another, including both physical and verbal altercations. The author also cryptically gives the reader a display of the conflict the boys struggle with within themselves and their own thoughts. Despite the many instances of external conflict, the subtle internal conflicts are much more critical to the plot and overall theme of Lord of the Flies.…
A teenage girl ends up with a bullet to the head while her boyfriend pleads suicide. The close neighbors Emily and Chris have been best friends their whole lives –literally- even their parents are quite good friends. Until one night, both Emily and Christopher end up in the hospital, but only one can tell anyone what happened. To evaluate the situation will help to understand the story. Early characterization is paramount to getting to know your story; I will characterize Christopher, the alleged killer.…
The main genre of the book, “Stolen”, is fiction. The first genre is fiction because, the book never said that it was a true story. If it was a true story, we might actually know Gemma from the news, newspapers, and talk shows. The author’s purpose of the book was to entertain the readers.…
In Drew Goddard’s Cabin in the woods, five college students arrive at a cabin to vacation for the weekend, unaware of the horrific events that lie ahead. Each character portrayed a standard character type in the beginning of the film, but as the film continues the audience learns more about each character and their true identity. Curt “The Athlete”, Jules “The Whore”, Marty “The Fool”, Dana “The Virgin” and Holden “The Scholar” all play the leading roles. The film is set-up as the stereotypical “slasher film.” The horrific event is induced by the past and conflict is between a fictional antagonist and a group of teenagers, which includes two girls, one is a virgin and her best friend is a whore.…
How is Scrooge presented in a Christmas Carol - What is he like? Are we sympathetic to him? Does he change? What language features are used to do this?…
Elinor Fuchs is a university professor whose work has revolved around the analysis of theater and comprehension of the world inside a play. She released an article with the intention of helping her readers create a better analysis of whichever play in hand by creating a series of questions that removes the reader from looking inside the world of the play into the outside. Questions such as “What changes in this world?” (Fuchs, p.7) help place the reader from the first page to the last sentence in order to understand what happened from an outside perspective. On the other hand, she also makes her reader analyze with her question “what has this world demanded of me?”…
Briony interprets them incorrectly and concludes that Robbie is a dangerous maniac. Her suspicions grow stronger when it turns out that someone raped Lola. Briony gives testimony that it was Robbie and he is sent to prison. A distinct tension is o felt in the novel because the author clearly hints that that Briony Tallis will have to commit some kind of crime. Ian McEwan even gives clues for the understanding the essence of this crime.…