First-person narrative

Observing a person’s actions may not always reveal who they truly are as a person; the only possible way is to take a trip through their mind. Although this is not humanly possible, J.D. Salinger makes it possible through the techniques he uses in his novel: The Catcher in The Rye. Different styles of writing are incorporated to reveal who Holden Caulfield really is; from first person narration to the thoughts running through his mind to the limited word choices, Salinger’s structure and…

In both “The Big Cat” and “You’ll apologize if you have to”, we see stories that are about having control of your life and to not be afraid of change. They follow very similar narrative structures that led from an initial problem to a conflict in the middle of the story and finished with an open ending. In the open ending the readers were allowed to control the end of the story, which I believe ties into the main world idea of each story. “The Big Cat”, by Erdrich, started the exposition with…

Mikäel. Additionally, varying styles of narration communicate numerous complimentary ideas of identity and self. Through the creation of personal quests on the part of Félix in The Adventures of Félix and Mikäel in Tomboy, the narrator uses various narrative techniques to express both characters’ explorations and discoveries of their…

and are generally washed-out. Digitization and grain additionally demonstrate problems all through the runtime. In any case, towards the end of the day, audiences aren't tuning in for the dazzling picture-quality; they're seeking an exceptional narrative that expertly finds the crude human passionate…

Analysis of Alias Grace and The Heart Goes Last by Margret Atwood : Rough Draft In the novels, Alias Grace and The Heart Goes Last by Margret Atwood, Atwood uses a specific style of writing to convey her themes of each novel. Atwood utilizes techniques such as symbolism, syntax, point of view and the use of setting to create the Theme of these two novels, In The Heart Goes last the theme is that even utopias are not all they seem to be and can often turn out to be dystopias, sort of like the…

aspects in common, the differences lead to different feelings on time travel. The largest similarity in Kindred and The Time Machine is the use of a first-person narrator. In Kindred, the narrator is Dana, a twenty-six-year-old black woman living in California in the 1970s. The reader can tell that Dana is the narrator because of the use of the first person pronouns: “‘Dana.’ He spoke softly. The sound of his voice seemed to put distance between me and the memory. But still… ‘I don’t know…

stories the Chief tells the kids after the sun goes down, before driving them home. What one may not know, is that the story is actually the Chief’s explanation of things happening in his life but with different scenarios and characters. This framed narrative contains multiple perspectives that help understand the resemblances between many characters. Throughout…

In Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Chronicle of a Death Foretold, the reliability of the narrator is suspect as he relays the tragicomic story while adopting an omniscient and bias persona despite being a character in the story, creating a sense of ambiguity in regards to the murder. By relaying the story 27 years later, the narrator’s primary source of information is the amalgamation of memories of the townspeople, who all have contradicting and non-linear remembrances of the event. “Many people…

Cathedral by Raymond Carver is a short story that tells a narrative about a woman, her husband, and a blind man that is well acquainted with the wife. Throughout this story, there is quite a inexplicable aspect regarding the blind man. The blind man, Robert, and the woman had been friends for many years, and her husband is finally getting the opportunity to meet him. The husband, who is also the narrator for this story, does not know anything about this man. There is a lot of mystery surrounding…

characters towards the audience’s hegemonic views of the world. However, The Defiant Ones subverts this construction through Cullen. Cullen shows that black protagonist can change their white counterparts and creates a sameness between the races. For the first time in film we are seeing how the interracial buddy film will function, how the characters are supposed to be equal and brothers-in-arms” (Vera and Gordon 172). Furthermore, these scenes show how Cullen becomes the archetype for what…