Grammatical conjugation

“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true” (Kierkegaard). This quote by Soren Kierkegaard accurately expresses the essence of the government in most dystopian societies: It leads the people to believe that everything that they stand for is true, and the majority of people then refuse to believe what is true once they are brainwashed. In 1984 by George Orwell, the civilization of Oceania is brainwashed into believing that…

In Chronicle of a Death Foretold there is a progression to the narrative structure. There is also a chronology to it although there are times where there are flashbacks or mention of things that happen later but other than that it pretty much follows the order in which the events happen. The first part of the narrative structure would be the morning of Santiago’s death. The morning is pretty much mentioned and elaborated on in the first chapter. Several characters are also mentioned in this…

The book I chose for this project was Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. I am going to talk about the first three sections not the whole book, since it is a long book and it jumps around so much it would take a lot longer to talk about. This book is a hybrid of fiction and drama. The first section of the book is “The Pacific Journal of Adam Ewing” it is a journal written in the mid 1800s by a sailor stuck on an island while the ship he was on gets repaired. The journal has a total of fifteen entries…

Essay #1; Life and Literature Have you ever wondered how life and literature are connected? We make our own choices just like characters in a story. In my opinion, we are just like characters in a book, we both make our own decisions. In life we also narrate because we are stuck in our own perspective. Life and literature are connected through characterization, conflict, and narration because we are our own author, when we characterize people and narrate going through life and conflict.…

I taught myself basic verb conjugations and tenses and learned a lot on my own, but always found myself either confused or completely lost when new things were presented to me and when I had to identify different aspects and subjects in native French speaking. I spoke to my teacher at…

In “The Stolen Party,” Author known as Liliana Heker uses Third Person Limited point of view to make the story surprising and suspenseful. A suspenseful story will want the reader to continue the story to find the ending of the book, or in our case, A short story. One reason for using third person limited is to know and only care about the protagonist's feelings. If it was first person, there would be no narrator, and we would only see her opinions, and possibly what is not really happening.…

“911 what is your emergency? We will send an ambulance right away.” As thick red colored blood came sputtering out like a waterfall, making a pool around me. The warm sensation of another person’s plasma all over my face and hands made my body quiver. It tasted like metallic when I licked my lips for insurance that I was still alive. The car kept on moving as if it never hit a 112 pound juvenile. People hit someone and are never caught. How does someone hit a human being with their car and drive…

Raymond Caver’s “Call If You Need Me” told the story of Dan and his wife Nancy trying to revive their relationship after they have both been involved with other people. The prominent imagery from Dan’s narration allowed the reader to understand the complex emotional state of the couple. This point of view allowed the reader to see how Dan judged Nancy actions’, as well as his own, before the initial timeframe of the story as well as throughout the story. Access to Dan’s thoughts informed the…

Parents have made an impact in our lives, present or absent. Yes! They stress us out and give us headaches when things do not go how they want. Even those who are not there have affected their children. The main character of the book The Usual Rules, Wendy, has mainly been impacted by her parental status. Her biological father Garret left her and her mother. Her Mother was later remarried to her loving and comforting, step father, Josh. The biggest toll Wendy has taken was losing her mother,…

Frederick Douglass was the minister resident and general American consul to Haiti; while defending himself was a primary priority for Douglass, he also seemed much invested in constructing a particular image of Haiti as well to his audience. Frederick Douglass constructed an image of Haiti that is conflicting and variant at best in his document “Life and times”. These images can be deducted based on his personification of Haiti, the imagery that he invokes, and the diction he uses throughout…