Description of a Place Essay

to give the readers a deep description of the scene. In Act.1, Tennessee…

The McTavish Regressions by McTavish & Burette provides a historical fiction twist on the psycho-therapeutic procedure known as Past Life Regression. Past Life Regression practitioners believe that a person’s inexplicable fetish or desire stems from an experience in one of his past lives. Dr. Wallace McTavish, a Past Life Regression specialist, meets his new patient, Laura. Born with a physical disability, Laura spent her entire life stuck in a wheelchair. Thus, she could not fathom why she…

in a concentration camp during the Second world war, the setting of this is a man clarifies the reader's understanding of Levi's emotion whereas the setting of the road is almost unknown allowing the reader to imagine where and when the novel takes place.…

fleshy…” (68). Marlow clearly makes a judgement about him and the white man is portrayed as overweight or “fleshy,” he seems to be out of place among the savage men and strong company workers (68). His diction, culturally specific to the Europeans, such a “chap,” makes the narration authentic, however, also relays a mocking tone. He seems removed in his description of the man, renaming him “white companion,” never once mentioning his name but leaving the subject vague and estranged with the only…

As a novel based on perspectives, “Gulliver’s Travels” uses strong description of not only characters, but scenes and settings. Jonathan Swift sets forth a satirical novel that expresses the political, cultural, and idealistic climates of England during the time in which the novel takes place. By examining the descriptions provided by Swift, a clear connection to a variety of themes becomes visible throughout the novel. One of the most commonly addressed themes in “Gulliver’s Travels” is…

action and excitement to otherwise unseen changes in the main character Marlow. Conrad’s extensive use of imagery throughout Marlow’s journey to Africa allows the reader to see and understand Marlow’s perception as the story progresses. The first description of Marlow’s character before the journey in the Congo is his aversion to walking by the battered slaves chained together walking along a hill, “Instead of going up, I turned and descended to the left” (Line 341). This shows Marlow’s…

about basics of evilness was totally different. In this essay, I will look how evil is represented in both these novels through setting, characters and plot. Setting is the locale or period, which the actions of novels take place. Both J & H and LOTF have put their typical place and time that represents their own thoughts of evilness and theories about human nature. William Golding exposed his themes about his believed man and the human nature…

civilizations that were previously not known. The beginning of his journey took him through Northern Africa, in which Ibn Battuta visited places such as Cairo and Alexandria. When Ibn Battuta reached Cairo, he described its greatness and wealth (since it was in a Golden Age in the fourteenth century), as well as culturally important places within Cairo. Also, his geographic description of the Nile River was followed by one about how the towns and cities nearby were culturally connected to it.…

relationships or inner qualities. The majority of the older child’s responses relate to inner qualities (50%). She spreads the remainder of her descriptions across the physical, character and relationship categories. Self Evaluation When discussing their strengths and weaknesses, Kirsty focused far more on character and relationship descriptions than Annie, who focused on physical attributes, particularly for her weak points (‘my ears... my legs’). However, Annie counted her friends…

Although majority of Harrison’s narration of trench warfare is described in chronological order, the description is given a sense of depth when the writing deviates from the sequence. For example, the writer describes a flashback to an event when he talks to veterans and reads newspaper reports. This gives depth because it gives insight to the characters current motivation and emotional state. Sense imagery paints a vivid portrait of a scene to develop the narrative with the use of words and in…