Amazing Stories

elements that any story is composed of (characters, setting, plot, etc.), there is no true way to determine which is more important to the development of the story; without characters, there is no one for the plot to occur to, no one to occupy the setting. Without plot, there is nothing for the characters to do, the story is merely stagnant. but with no setting, there is no place for the characters to exist, for the plot to occur to-there is no available catalyst in which the story may take…

culture, the presence of stories has remained a consistent and integral part of both society and its folk groups. Often passed verbally through the generations, stories act as an indication of the beliefs and concerns of the people, reinforcing their position and role in their communities. I investigated the transmission and belief of prediction stories in Polish families, where they are called przepowiednie. In this essay, I will discuss whether knowledge of these stories was affected by age,…

Hyundai does not just list horsepower, or special feature of their car, they highlight one of those features using a story that most parents can relate to. This move is just made more effective by the humor and playfulness going into it, taking a situation most dad’s dread to think of, and turning into something they can laugh with. Thinking from the point of view of a…

Your story can be true, partially true, concocted, an embellishment, pure fabrication, an outright lie, a farce, a fable, a fantasy, a tall tale, a cautionary tale, an allegory, a dissembling; it can be a bit avant-garde or even a joke. It can be anything just so long as it is not boring. It’s that…

act , there is always going to be a special bond between family. "Let it Snow" by David Sedaris was a powerful story because the plot was dysfunctional, amusing, and through everything he showed a family that was loving and devoted to one another. Dysfunctional is definitely a true description of the family in this story, I was in disbelief of some of their actions. In the story the crazyness started when the authors mother could not handle her children staying home for the fifth…

After pre-reading the memoir, I now know that the writer, Olga Lengyel, is telling a horrific true story. A story that she herself experienced in the concentration camp at Auschwitz and Birkenau. The memoir paints a picture of a nightmare that the writer had to live through without being able to wake up. The cover of the book seems to be a picture of the concentration camp. A brick structure covers the majority of the picture with a gate in the middle of the structure. There appear to be train…

Who Moved My Cheese? written by Spencer Johnson displays how important it is to be able to manage unexpected change. The book has mice, Scurry and Sniff and two little people, Haw and Hem. These characters lived in a maze. The maze a symbolization for a work environment and the cheese they are after symbolizes success. The little people moved so that their homes were closer to the cheese source. When this came about, it became the center of the little people’s lives. The cheese source slowly…

The poem “The Thought-Fox” is written by Ted Hughes’ in 1957. The poem exists out of descriptive and figurative language; this language is used to emphasize the intrinsic and complex relationship between a poet and the poet literary creations. The poem is a six-stanza poem that is all quatrains, with one or two full end rhymes. The poet carefully used different punctuation and enjambment to the rhythms of the fox as it moves onto the page come through. The poem deals with 6 stanzas and 4…

Telephone Conversation by Wole Soyinka criticises the racial attitudes of his society to ironically highlight the unjust treatment of black people. The poem features a telephone conversation between an African traveller looking for accommodation and a white landlady, whom, upon hearing that the traveller is black, refuses to lodge him a room. Soyinka constructs three key concepts which include the supposed superiority of the white population, the ignorance of white people and the format of a…

Who moved my cheese has four little characters, two were mice named Sniff and Scurry and the other two were littlepeople named Hem and Haw. Sniff and Scurry same as Hem and Haw spent their daily lives searching for special cheese, which refers to what they desire in life. If we relate this to an organization, the two mice Sniff and Scury have different ways in finding their cheese or reaching their goal than the two little people Hem and Haw. They also have different characteristics and…