Epigraph

“You never know the connections between things, people, places, ideas. But there are connections” (100) Good morning everyone! It is a privilege to speak to you today about the prominence of positive psychology in my latest novel, The Street Sweeper. Now, as I am sure you are aware, I am no psychologist and will admit that my focus in The Street Sweeper is society’s interconnectedness with history, not so much ensuring characters start the day off with a smile. However, I do base my characters…

perspective. Such a structure permits to reflect the “the developing creative consciousness of Stephen as well as the author’s writing expertise”. (Riquelme). The last style employed by Joyce is the Journal’s style. This telegraphic style as well as the epigraph, constitute some elements “out of context” of the narrative that contribute to counter the realistic dimension of the novel In the Conscience of the race, Pericles Lewis focuses in the relationship between…

There were several inspirations for me in deciding to write this spiritual autobiography. These include readings from class, as well as my own desire to write through my trauma. Through the course, I have become aware of the desire to put my life into words and address the notion as to who I am and where I came from. By putting on paper all that I can remember in an organized way, and through the use of various sources, I have been able to construct a permanent story, while simultaneously…

the 6th of May 2010, the date of the notorious flash crash in the stock market. The novel circulates around the main character, Alex Hoffmann and his hedge fund which is operating in Geneva. The novel revolves around the theme of chaos and the fear than ensues. Harris uses his novel to pay homage to Mary Shelly’s 19th century gothic Frankenstein by creating his 21st interpretation using key ideas and themes taken from her novel. Other than subtle nods towards Frankenstein by using many shared…

Relationshipis the bondage in which the Indian society prevails. Githa Hariharan being an Indian women writer has written many novels and short stories. In all her novels she deals with the theme of social, political issues. She also deals with problems faced by women in Indian society. One another theme is relationship. In all her novels, she deals with some kind of relationship. In the novel The Ghosts of Vasu Master Hariharan deals with the relationship between a teacher and a student. She…

Around the beginning of the 20th century, a number of people grew disillusioned with Western Civilization, and began a new school of thought, which became known as modernism. Modernist authors and poets wrote numerous works which were markedly different from those written by their predecessors. This difference was based on the modernists penchant to “[question] the certainties that had supported traditional modes of social organization, religion, and morality, and also traditional ways of…

Ian McEwan’s Atonement explores the highly enthralling themes of war and the subsequent horrors, corruption, and the power of language and story-telling, a theme prevalent internationally or otherwise in every piece of literature. McEwan utilises and vast plethora of techniques and literary conventions in order to allow a deeper insight into these predominant themes. McEwan uses techniques including imagery and pathos to powerfully illustrate his Realist view of war. Within part II and III,…

go to St. Lucy’s to study a better culture. We didn’t know at the time that our parents were sending us away for good. Neither did they.” (238). The pack of 15 girls reached the convent excited, scared, and marking their territories. Just like the epigraph says, “everything is new, exciting, interesting for your students. It is fun for your students to explore their new…

generally considered as a sign of peace and therefore is indicative of the career of the Mount olive as a diplomat in Egypt. His first name David which was the name of one of the most powerful and just kings of Israel is also very significant. The epigraph of the novel is very important as it gives the central idea of the novel as "the story of mental wrong doing" and that…

style is best illustrated in the second section of the chapter entitled “Overcoming the Tradition of Silence” constructed through the weaving of the poetic with the prosaic and the English with the Spanish medium. It opens up with an introductory epigraph in Spanish and ends up with a short poem written by Jewish writer Irena Klepfisz. Internalizing the feeling of being at the periphery due to language dispossession , the narrative has been granted the power of subversion against an…