Narrative Report Essay

Russian formalism and Pierrot le fou In this essay I will apply the ideas of Sergei Eisenstein to Jean-Luc Godard's film, Pierrot le fou: one of the first road movies. Both are two filmmakers who seek to create transcendental movies through a methodical use of editing and offering a political and controversial vision of the time in history to which they belonged. One is linked to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the other one is a contemporary of May 68, two of the most important events in…

The Maze Runner,by James Dashner, displays many universal themes in a dystopian society. In every dystopian story, there is a theme related to the outcome of the world.These themes reflect ideas about how the world could end up unless certain things change.The Maze Runner displays the universal themes of heroic scenario’s,moral lessons,social cohesion,and likable characters. The Maze Runner displays many Heroic scenarios.When Thomas saw that the door’s were about to close, he ran into the…

One can see it clearly, paranoia, guilt, and obsession, or maybe it is the feeling of pain and remorse on the man’s face. Bruno Di Maio’s enchanting piece, “L'urlo,” which has the meaning to shout or scream in Italian, is something one cannot take their eyes off of. There is so much emotion and feeling in this mixed-media piece and it shares a close comparison to Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, “The Tell-Tale Heart.” The image of the man’s face is full of different emotions that one cannot put…

Everybody sees the same things differently. This is true in “Wakefield” and “The Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne and “Bartleby the Scrivener” by Herman Melville as the protagonists walk the fine line between being an outcast and progressive brilliance. In each story, the point of view affects whether the reader comes to view the main character as a freak, or as a genius. Setting is crucial to forming the different perspectives in the three stories. The surrounding characters and locations…

kept the memories of great-grandparents, our paternal grandfather, our parents and the whole childhood”(128). The formation of the main characters, siblings like in Poe’s story, and their connection to the house is the foundation for Cortázar’s narrative. The brother and sister live within the house in a state of continual dullness, going about their hobbies and interests with no real purpose. The narrator, the brother, simply lives the convenient bachelor…

There are no obvious differences about the club as I enter through the front doors, the heavy scent of cologne continues to pervade the air, the lights remain dim, even Clyde resumes his duties behind the bar. Yet the unsettling sense of something missing continues to gnaw at me. Of course, it's Angelo's absence, I didn't realise his presence gave so much influence to the club, such a strange sensation, like the heart of the club, has been removed, leaving it lifeless. I have to wonder if anyone…

Analysis of Alias Grace and The Heart Goes Last by Margret Atwood : Rough Draft In the novels, Alias Grace and The Heart Goes Last by Margret Atwood, Atwood uses a specific style of writing to convey her themes of each novel. Atwood utilizes techniques such as symbolism, syntax, point of view and the use of setting to create the Theme of these two novels, In The Heart Goes last the theme is that even utopias are not all they seem to be and can often turn out to be dystopias, sort of like the…

Authors criticize society by presenting characters who are somehow trapped or imprisoned. In The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin, Louise Mallard is trapped in an unhappy marriage. After some initial sadness, Mrs. Mallard experiences a newfound sense of freedom when she is told that her husband has died in a railroad disaster. The story comments on the expectation of American women to pursue marriage and motherhood instead of seeking an education and a job in late 19th century American society.…

In the film Cast Away, Robert Zemeckis creates a collection of recurrent symbols and motifs that reoccur throughout the film and portray a sense of theme. Motif is an idea, object, or symbol that could be physically represented as objects, images, or sound that is repeated and also shows a meaning or importance of a theme or idea, throughout the story. For example, in Cast Away a repeated motif which represents a theme of time is the repeated use of clocks, watches, and the egg timer. Symbols,…

Although many scholars debate on the meaning behind this line, it is clear that Alisoun tangles herself in her own narrative. On the one hand, one could argue that it is quite common to have characters forget their lines to create suspension, but it is strange if the narrator says she cannot continue her own tale. One possibility is that she is telling her tale to different…