Anecdote

Maria Callas was a famous opera singer who faced adversity from the very beginning of her career. She was ridiculed and dismissed because of both her looks and her style of singing. She however overtime became very popular for the same reasons that she was originality shunned for. Due to her resilience and attitude towards those who looked down upon her she became very popular among the homosexual community. Wayne Koestenbaum was one such person who found Callas’ personality to enough him to…

of literary devices, such as anecdotes, symbolism, and juxtaposition, with…

as a “secret walled-in garden, a place lost in time” underlines the absolute secrecy and the retrogressive ideologies which were espoused by the GDR within the confines of the Eastern side of the Berlin wall. Funder’s detailed description in her anecdotes of the torture practises performed by the Stasi officers, “They pushed her head under for a long time, then dragged her up by the hair”, and the impact upon the prisoners, “They broke me inside and out”, exposes the inhumane treatment of…

The art of storytelling is moving far beyond boundaries and pre-conceived limitations that enables the storyteller to change the way that the story is told. Telling a story is being capable of drawing the readers in, grabbing their uttermost attention, perplexing them with the complexities of the story and at the end, connecting with the reader. The author, Junot Diaz implements these elements in his engrossing novel The Brief Wondrous life of Oscar Wao (2007). This book is captivating in the…

how he or she narrates their writing is directly correlated with their objective for the piece. This can be observed through the journalist works of George Orwell and Joseph Mitchell. Orwell utilizes a first person narrative and includes personal anecdotes to try to influence people’s political views. Mitchell, in contrast, personally detaches from his narration,…

Jay Heinrichs Insight Into the Art of Persuasion In the book, Thank You for Arguing, Jay Heinrichs provides the reader with several rhetoric techniques used in order to construct an effective argument and pass along a logical defense. Throughout this piece of literature, Aristotle, Lincoln and Homer Simpson take part in a huge role which teaches the reader about the art of persuasion, which in Heinrichs eyes, has been lost in today’s world due to the lack of people understanding its true…

In his article, Crack in Spanish Harlem, Philippe Bourgois describes the accounts of a young Puerto Rican American man living in Spanish Harlem, New York. Bourgois’ anecdote gives insight into the “culture of poverty”. Through the young man’s experiences we learn about several instances that seem normative within the “culture of poverty” such as encounters with the police, tensions that arise between fellow inner-city youths, and the conflict that can arise due to involvement with drug youths…

Niemann still enjoys making fun and smart drawings from the simplest of everyday objects and calls them “Sunday Sketches”. The sketches have an original touch which can only be Christoph Niemann’s - simple scrawling handwriting verbalizing clever anecdotes on his plane ride accompanied by rough sketches.…

now in my writings I challenge my thoughts by addressing what needs to be transparent and what needs to be said. With the overall view, I challenge the writing mechanics as my weakness, and I stretch out my strengths by aggressively empowering my anecdotes and details, giving the reader a stronger…

Life You Want, Ben-Shahar wants to help you do exactly that—choose the life that you want to live. It is important to note that the book is comprised of about 102 chapters, although each is extremely short. They each comprise of some sort of quote, anecdote, explanation, and maybe a brief research study or two. The book begins with Ben-Shahar telling the reader that research findings show that at least 40 percent of happiness is based on the personal choice to be happy or not. He goes on to say…