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from factual to sentimental to reminiscent in order to appeal to the reader. Brittain’s writing style and use of clips of her journal and letters she saved…

One of the most common questions asked to kids is “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Many times in response to this kids will answer with a typical dream job: “I want to be a Firefighter!” However, we can look at that same kid twenty years down the road and find them in a cubicle slaving over spread sheets as opposed to bursting into burning buildings to save lives. The question is why? Why would someone give up his exciting dream job in favor of something so monotonous and ordinary? If…

conclusion would be left of to a reader 's imagination. Due to the vitality of endings, readers must evaluate them based one whether or not they do a fine job at concluding the story instead of whether the ending is happy or not. In The October Killings by Wessel Ebersohn, the ending takes place over three chapters. In these chapters the story sometimes succeeds and sometimes does not succeed at explaining what happens to all of the characters. Throughout the book, the reader…

their treatment. Despite being based in different times and settings, the writers make readers consider how women have been/will be treated wrongly in the past or the future. The objectification of women significantly contributes to their enslavement, therefore showing how in each society the central characters are effectively enslaved by males. In ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’, Hosseini immediately introduces the reader to the oppression of the central women characters whereas in Atwood’s ‘The…

“A shiny unicorn on top of the flowery lawn” is what Lucy, a GYPSY, and others like her envision for themselves (Urban). A GYPSY, or a Generation Y Protagonist and Special Yuppie, is a middle to upper class citizen born between the late 1970s and the mid 1990s. All GYPSYs believe that they will be the best in their field because they are “special.” However, reality shows that this is not the case and that hard work is required to create and sustain a successful career, not just being told over…

however, the window is now “open.” It is symbolic that the window is “open” providing opportunity to move through and out of the window; moreover, through and out of her marriage. Combining the symbols of an armchair and an open window allows the reader to see that Mrs. Mallard, rather than grieve the end of her marriage, is comfortable with the realization and thought of moving…

can be categorized as good art through the ways in which, depending on the reader, can lead to various interpretations and understandings. Through examination of the story and its various elements, an individual can begin to discover the multiple ways that phrasing can impact how a reader feels about their own values in relation to the material presented/before them. The presentation of the characters can lead readers to various…

his point to many readers, including me. While reading the article, I paused after every two pages or so of text to take a break, which mirrors Carr’s own experiences of reading long texts and “dragging my wayward brain back to the text” (Carr). While Carr attempts- through ethos, pathos and logos- to convince readers the validity of his argument that due to Google and the rise of digital texts people are no longer able to…

they happen to him. A dutiful worker, a kind friend, a passionate lover; Velutha does not take advantage and act selfishly as the others do. Rather, from as early as his introduction, the reader can immediately identify Velutha as the sort of kind and caring man he is in a way that is familiar to an experienced reader. Using the same characteristics that Thomas C. Foster lists in his fourteenth chapter of How to Read Literature Like a Professor, the symbolism behind everything from his work to…

out of the perspective of the named characters. The anonymous narrator also prevents the readers from forming any sort of connection with him, and therefore leads the readers focus to Brooksmith 's story instead. The narrator also acts unbiased, and therefore leaving it up to the reader…