Fiction

Video games are arguably even less associated with storytelling than comics are, with some critics believing “that the video-game form is incompatible with traditional concepts of narrative” (Bissel, 93). Where the medium truly excels, however, is with its capacity for immersion. Like how the addition of sound allowed filmgoers to not just watch the action but hear it, “Every new medium that has been invented … has increased the transporting power of narrative” (Rose, 36). Where readers of books…

The Bible: Fact or Fiction Today we face a good number of different views on a wide variety of issues, which for many, take on the meaning of what people to be either ideas or beliefs. In this growing age of information and technologically savvy personnel, it is easy to either prove or debunk any and all accusations presented. One question that is used in civil and political arguments are that of the bible and its meaning, and this translation can prove to be a problem for all. In the essence,…

First, the story-like retelling of the murders made these news stories more interesting to read. Several researchers have described the news articles of this time as reading similarly to popular fiction stories. A newspaper by the name of Evening News even published an article titled, “What Edgar Poe might have thought of the Murders” (34), in which they compared these real life tragedies to the Edgar Poe’s fictional story, “The Murders in the Rogue…

There have been big debates whether Olaudah Equiano autobiography is fact or fiction. Whether or not Equiano was born in Africa he still had the experience living as a slave. If Equiano did get his information from other slaves that traveled on the Atlantic slave trade then it would be like what news reporters do now days when they…

waste my time, especially science fiction books, they are meant only for the geeks”. But what if I told you that book that you just passed by without a second thought, neglecting it for days possibly weeks had secrets that you could discover. Underneath all those grimy pages and yearlong chapters, there are secrets that could modify your city, state, country, possibly even the world. Starting with two beautiful words ”Science” and ”fiction.” Science fiction is fiction based not on imagined…

The emergence of the female heroine in young adult dystopian fiction is working to change stereotypical representations of women through texts. Women are often under represented, hyper-sexualised or lack complexity in modern works, with just 23% of films distributed globally from 2010-12 featuring female protagonists according to a report released by the Geena Davis Institute. While it is true that female protagonists have been seen over time, they are all too often represented in manners that…

In Pulp Fiction, this hero is Jules Winnfield. Jules is called to adventure when Marcellus Wallace instructs him and Vincent to collect his briefcase from Brett’s apartment. Interestingly enough, this occurs before the film even begins, as we are first introduced…

correct answers. In “The Things They Carried”, Tim O’Brien proposes a question and provides several differing answers. Through story telling, story analysis, and different points of view; Tim O’Brien gives the reader the open question of “How does fiction impact the perception of reality?” and allows the audience to form their own opinion. The main purpose of Storytelling is to reflect on a theme; however a well written story will also give the reader several differing opinions on it. “The…

Electronic Learning: Science Fiction or Science Fact In the past, radio, movies, and television have been blamed for time mismanagement, poor grades, and antisocial behaviors. The new vice facing education is video games. Clinical Psychologist Dr. Brent Conrad, wrote in Tech Addiction magazine, “in a typical day, children consume just over three hours of media (computer, video games, cell phones, etc.) while reading less than 20 minutes per day.” With the apparent overuse of video games,…

1. Context of the Story The answers to the following questions can help to establish the context of the story. • Who wrote the fiction? Sigrid Undset (20 May 1882 – 10 June 1949) was a Norwegian novelist who got an award from the Nobel which is “Prize for Literature” in 1928 (Wikipedia). According to nobleprize.org, her father’s Family is came from Østerdalen and they were one of the first settler in Grytdalen in the Sollien valley of the river Atna. Undset’s father, Ingvald Martin Undset, got…