Detective fiction

When one is separated from those they are supposed to be closest with, they will often look to fill that emotional gap with some form of self expression of comfort. As in Cisneros’ personal essay “Ghosts and Voices: Writing from Obsession”, the distance I lived from my family, both literally and metaphorically, helped to shape myself and my voice. Since both my parents originally hailed from Montreal, the majority of my family remains there to this day. While I am quite close with everyone,…

To be confronted with challenging predicaments is an inevitable part of the human experience. Although each person must make their own individual “journey” through life’s course, there remain universal principles that unite all living beings. William Stafford’s poem “Traveling Through the Dark” reveals that when one is given the space to reflect upon these simultaneously simple yet compelling principles, only then can one see the chain of events that can occur as a result of a single action. It…

Mini Essay 1: Was the argument that young men are drawn to high risk activities presented well throughout Into the Wild? Yes, the book follows a young man, Chris McCandless, who expresses an unhealthy amount of monomania for the wild, and many believed that he was mentally ill. However the author, Jon Krakauer, believed otherwise. There were many young men before McCandless’s time that expressed this same obsession. Although, there were many young men that shared this enthusiasm…

To say Raskolnikov from Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment values isolation would be a complete and utter understatement. Right from the start of the novel, the reader is introduced to isolation, a state where Raskolnikov feels truly at peace and at home in as he “fled all company, especially of late” (11). This is his bubble, his defense mechanism against the world. It lets him choose to disassociate from the rest of humanity and therefore feel no responsibility to it. However, interweaved with…

completely escape reality. Lewis described realism of presentation as "the art of bringing something close to us, making it palpable and vivid." (57) Lewis questions the readers when they think "this is what life is like." Chapter 8: As we grow older fiction becomes abandoned, the wonder and curiosity that we used as children faded. Lewis tells us that readers confuse the difference between life and art. Tragedians often choose stories that are impossible that is "suitable to the art that they…

Literary and commercial fiction are the two most used types of fiction. Literary fiction is mainly used to help the reader develop a better understanding of society. It’s main objective is to make the reader think, sharpen, and deepen the reader's understanding of life. Commercial’s main objective on the other hand is to keep the reader interested. Commercial fiction is usually used by the reader to escape their reality. A short story such as The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell is an…

Throughout the novel, “The Catcher in the Rye”, there is various relationships and interactions between many characters. Even though there are many relationships in the novel, it shows that Phoebe and Holden have the strongest relationship in the novel. Holden and Phoebe relate and differ in many different ways. Each one has specific traits that make them uniquely different from the other. However, some of their unique traits relate to the other in many ways. Holden is a pessimistic, depressed,…

Magical Realism Magical realism is a mixture of culture and oral tradition, made to seem a reality. Magical realism is when the story is in a real world setting, but has magical factors and unexplainable events that attempt to make the reader a believer of something. Magical realism is composed of, historical and cultural realities, magical elements, and a metamorphosis occurring with someone. Historical and cultural realities help to convince the reader that there was a real event that took…

Sandra Beasley, the Protagonist and the author of Don’t Kill the Birthday Girl, describes her struggle in life with her biggest enemy of allergies. The tone was pretty personal which better helps to take the reader in Beasley’s shoes. Descriptions of events were really detailed and the author’s writing style is pretty light-hearted and humorous. The author does not portray things as you would expect. She portrays having allergic reactions as something embarrassing rather than a serious life or…

In 1993 the author Jackie French wrote the outstanding novel ‘walking the boundaries’ , The author introduces us to Martin and his world and how his life changes as he travels arround the boundaries of his great grandfather’s farm. Martins purpose and perspective on the bush and why he's come to walk the boundaries changes dramatically as he walks the track leading around the property. Body 1 - physical and the spiritual In the first chapter , Martin is on hhis way to visit his…