Grammatical tenses

Upon beginning Ayn Rand’s novel Anthem, the reader will immediately notice one thing: the point of view. Anthem is written in first person point of view, which sets it apart from Rand’s other novels such as The Fountainhead or Atlas Shrugged, both written in third person. Furthermore, it is written in first person plural, a point of view that is unusual considering that the narrator, the protagonist called Equality 7-2521, is referring to himself. This use of first person plural pronouns while…

The five passages demonstrate various ways an author can use narrative point of view as a device to further enhance the prose. Though this may seem obvious as the author needs to establish how they are going to compose their characters and their story, however the way an author uses point of view can change the way a certain scene is read and can change the readers perception on characters. I will be looking at how the authors of the five texts establish point of view by looking at the mode of…

There are three groups that have power in They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?; the kids, the audience, and the leadership. These groups represent different genders in the way they’re presented and how they interact with each other. The kids are the feminine, cautious and intuitive, the audience is the androgynous, passive and oblivious, and the leadership is the masculine, blunt and tricky. These traits shed light on why each group uses their power in such different ways and why the kids and the…

Permanent Vacation When I was fifteen years old, my dad called a “family meeting.” What I thought was minor turned into a major change in life. What my dad told my family that night was that we could be leaving. This type of leaving was something that I wasn’t used to. He didn’t mean leaving for dinner, or leaving for vacation, He meant leaving for good. Leaving my friends and family, to live in Dallas, Texas. The move from Shreveport, Louisiana to Dallas, Texas might not seem like a big deal.…

There are many difficulties and struggles that a First Generation American student like myself experience on the daily. My main struggle is the language barrier with English reading and writing. Growing up with foreign parents was not the easiest thing, but ended up being worthwhile at the end. My first and native language is Polish. I had not learned the English language till I started preschool and that is where I learned it from. Due to not knowing English well enough, I had to go to…

What is war really like? Is it just like how the movies and tv shows portray it to be? A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, give us as the reader an in depth, real life experience into what being in the midst of a war is really like.This nonfiction novel tells the story of Ishmael Beah. Ishmael used to live a normal life in Sierra Leone, until one day while he is away a rebellion force attacks his home town. Ishmael 's life is completely turned upside down, He must survive on his own. Scavenging for…

I have endeavored to impact people 's lives, either by helping them through a struggle, impacting a community of students, or just simply listening more than talking. With each life experience, we grow more responsible as we are faced with new challenges as an individual, a member of a student body, a community or a nation. We, as leaders, must be willing to take on these trials and support others through their trying times. At Junipero Serra High School, I have become a leader, a caretaker…

Chapter 1 - Pick Up Lines and Open(ing) Seduction Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front begins the chapter with Paul Baumer and his classmates replenishing themselves with dietary needs. According to Foster’s How to Read Novels Like a Professor, “...first sentence...It establishes the main family of the novel…” (24). With that in mind, Remarque has already implied that the time frame should be around a place of war: “We are at rest five miles behind the front” (1). Remarque…

In the 1922 novel, Siddhartha, by Herman Hesse he writes of a boy (whom the novel is named after) who tires of the teachings of his home village and goes out into the world to experience it for himself. What is read in books can be used in theory but without realistic knowledge from experience cannot be applied. In able to gain wisdom, everyone has to face the trials and tribulations of life, through this novel, readers can see this process through the life of Siddhartha. Throughout the novel,…

Showing VS. Telling Movies and books have been disputed for their entire existence together. If one is superior to the other, if stories from books should be turned into movies, and even the director and author’s clashing opinion. Though these are relevant in the debate, it is still up to personal opinion to say which is better. Though most of differences are opinionated, some are factual such as the length of the story, the visual of the movie against the imaginative aspect of books, and the…