Character structure

Though they vary a great deal in length, no one of them could properly be regarded as either a short story or a novel. For like the earlier short novels, each involves a number of characters and a frame of reference too extensive for the concentrated focus of the short story but not extensive enough for the expansive structure of the full-length novel. Among these eight remaining short novels are several of his most remarkable creations in fiction. An objective approach to the human condition…

and detached manner whilst the reader is so emotionally involved. In this same chapter, Judy Boone begs her son ‘Let me hold your hand. Just for once’, to which Christopher replies ‘I don’t like people holding my hand’, the short sharp sentence structure once again portraying his lack of emotional acknowledgement. This conversation further brings to life the limited successes of the Boone family to restore order in their lives, as although she ran away and created a semblance of order in her new…

The film chosen is “Insidious 3”, a film that many of us have watch. Directed and written by Leigh Whannell. This film develops a linear narrative structure where the director tries to implement two completely different emotions to the viewer with Suspense. The anxiety brought on by a partial uncertainty as every typical horror creates “fear”. Also, the feeling of a young girl missing and trying to reach her mother who is dead. As the movie starts, the viewer probably already know what to…

Titus Andronicus is full of characters that are complex and confusing. These two passages however help decipher the two ways characters present themselves: as victims who cannot make sense of their situations or characters who present themselves as victims who have made sense of their situations. This is important because it shows how the characters control the tone of the play. Titus’ speech in act three creates a gloomy, tragic tone, which is part of a tragic play’s characteristics: the hero…

running through his mind to the limited word choices, Salinger’s structure and stylistic choices in The Catcher in the Rye highlight Holden’s personality traits. Salinger’s use of first person narration throughout the novel provides readers with a glimpse into the thoughts of Holden, revealing who he is as a person. Holden is the core…

The frame narrative style structure that Yu Hua uses in To Live shows the reader the end of Fugui’s story and shows that eventually Fugui makes his way up the hierarchy and becomes an ox. Early in the book it is revealed that Fugui will eventually have an ox and be alone on a farm. This foreshadows his growth as a person that comes later as the narrator continues to listen to Fugui’s story. With each break into the present, the narrator notices how much Fugui resembles his ox of the same name.…

grandmother lead to the realization that she does care about the granddaughter. So the theme of this story is that a stone-cold face does not lead to a warm and caring heart. To begin, there are 3 major characters in this story, along with some important side characters. The first character, and the main character, the grandmother. She was a cold, distant,…

The hero’s journey story structure is commonly used to tell fictional stories of a hero going on an adventure and coming back as a changed or transformed person. Even though this story type is most applicable to fictional stories, the ideas within it can also be applied to the sharing of a nonfiction story. Take for example the movie Moneyball. In this movie, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics, Billy Beane, acts as the hero. The Athletics have very little money to spend on their team,…

This therefore structures the entire play and stresses the significance of the dialectic. The characters in the play were portrayed as products of social conditions, heredity and their environment. The depiction of the modern characters in the ‘Preface’ who are believed to be past cultures and new culture conglomerations, possessing ‘multiplicity of motives’, places the Preface within the naturalism…

thoroughly about the plot and make sure that each part is meaningful and helps with the unfolding of the story. The cyclone that is occurring in this short story grows at the same pace as the plot is developing. “The Storm” follows the basic five-part structure: the introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and lastly, the conclusion. Each part of the short story is equally important and helps keep the continuity throughout. The storm is a great symbol that imitates the intensity of…