reflect the overall theme of a narrative to readers through the uses of techniques. From the two short stories “Dracula’s Guest” by Bram Stoker and “ The Fallen House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe, the use of setting to depict thematic occurrences is implied. Both fictions demonstrate the use of time awareness, weather changes, feelings characters get from their surroundings, colour choices and visual aspects of the setting specific objects to illustrate the narratives inner theme. At the…
had on the audiences in its era is remarkable. Citizen Kane a substantial influence on the audience and the film industry through its use of innovative narrative style and technical cinematic elements that may not have been widely used in classic Hollywood cinema. The narrative style of Citizen Kane challenged the traditional Hollywood narrative by developing the story through the use of flashbacks and first person voice over narration from different characters throughout the movie. Each…
aspirations are shown in the beginning credits. The movies overall setting is defined but the protagonist 's goals, needs, and wishes are also presented. The movie also identifies the ideologies of the protagonist and of companionship. Overall the narrative form and ideologies of the movie Midnight In Paris. define the goals of the main character and also formulate the motif of the story. Everyone has some history in their lives that shapes the way they view certain aspects.…
is also pretty informal, helping embody this idea fully. An example from a chapter, “The Piano Player” is indicative: “And so he—after how many years—had thought, or not thought, of her, but for some reason had driven to Crosby, Main. Had he known she would be working here?” (Strout 56). The narrator’s informality is a key feature that makes these stories work as it inserts its elucidating comments here and there, interrupting the narrative for a small digress using dashes, colons, semicolons…
One area, in which I gained further understanding of story, lay in the presentation of various clips from movies. Although it is important to memorize the material, showing examples of story structure in movies greatly aids in my learning experience. Furthermore, such showing of film clips incites within me a passion to view films by myself and to dissect them for a more through understanding. Near the end of one of the class…
succeeds in creating an unorthodox narrative through her refashioning of the English language. Through the novel’s unexpected events, Roy presents the melancholy predicament of untouchables as well as the struggle of a woman in pursuit of romantic love in a patriarchal society. In this analysis, I will demonstrate how the reader reacts to Roy’s art of storytelling and how her unconventional style illuminates the novel’s central themes. One of the most conventional narrative structures of a novel…
One day, my senior year in high school, we were handed three different narratives prompts. The rules were simple pick one of the prompts and write about it. Easy right? At the time, the prompt that stood out to me the most was, “think of a time when you taught someone something important.” I pondered the topic for sometime and what finally popped into my head was a great experience when I was in the seventh grade. In one of my classes there was an autistic kid, and I had the fulfilling privilege…
literary techniques help shape the struggle both authors present between the inner world of the imagination and the outer world of social life. Narrative control identifies the focus of subjective perspective through free indirect thought. Whilst the representation of the imagination highlights the interest of the authors to protect the inner…
It had been a rough summer. I was just starting a new job, my dog had recently died, and I’d been struggling with injuries all summer. In fact, it was my injuries that formulated this discovery, so perhaps it wasn’t so bad afterall. This is the story of how I met my best friend, Madison. It was abnormally cool July day, almost deceptively cool. The sky was clear and the sun was out and shining, appearing as if it should be hot and humid, but that air was crisp and cool, perfect running weather…
Per Reporter: The family has recent history with CPS. Michelle and the children previously lived with Debbie (relative) until 3/26/18, when Michelle was caught using drugs. Michelle uses pot, crack or heroin. Michelle is currently 16 weeks pregnant. The doctor advised Micelle that she was high risk and advised her to stop smoking. “I like smoking, I am going to do what I want”, Michelle stated. Michelle refused prenatal care. Debbie and unknown friend provided clothing for the children, but they…