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Many authors attempt the feat of creating a novel that blurs the lines of reality and fantasy but few achieve it. Writer Martel perfectly executes this feat in his novel The life of Pi. To convey this world to the readers along with its nature, Martel uses Dualism, realism, anthropomorphism, and Zoomorphism. By using these devises he is able to relay this fantastical world in a real light that leaves the reader questioning where does reality end and the fantasy begin. Martel uses the Dualism…

Paul, a young boy in “The Rocking Horse Winner” a short story by J.D. Lawrence, is constantly creating ways to satisfy his mother’s never-ending need for materialistic objects. Paul is coming from a well off family, where Hester, Paul’s mother describes their living situation as “poor”, she has an ideology of herself where she must present herself as a wealthy member of society. The family always lives in fear of running out of money due to Hester’s way of living expectations. She blams the…

Writer John Green, known for composing hit novels, explains why the young adult fiction genre is still very well needed; as well as how it will adapt in the future in his article “Does YA Mean Anything Anymore?: Genre in a Digitized World”. Throughout the text, he hits on multiple important topics such as worry, empathy, the inner darkness, meaninglessness, morality and genre; all setting up for or proving his point on YA’s purpose. Green discusses how a good book of the YA genre helps plenty…

Within James Joyce’s collection of short stories Dubliners, the final story is called “The Dead.” This story serves as a conclusion to all of the continual themes and plot devices found throughout the collection. With a modernist lens applied, the main protagonist, Gabriel Conroy is seen to replicate many themes found in modernist literature. Throughout this short story, James Joyce uses this main protagonist to portray modernist themes of alienation, stream of consciousness, and epiphany by…

Looking at Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” we will just see a couple arguing about abortion and whether the girl would go through with it. The couple believes that when Jig goes through with the abortion the relationship will automatically fall back to the blissful state it was before the obstruction of the baby come along. Hemingway said, “And if I do it you’ll be happy and things will be like they were and you’ll love me” (361). The girl is willing to go through with abortion,…

Have you ever felt like all odds were against you including your friends and family? Flik the main character in the movie A Bug's Life was striving to please his colony. However, no matter what he did the outcome was mostly negative. Until Flik made a trip to the city where he met some circus bugs who helped him and his colony gain freedom from the grasshoppers. Linda Seger the author of the essay “Creating the Myth” explains the Hero Myth. The Hero Myth is a basic story structure that many…

and sections. An example from UAA is Osama Abaza’s e-portfolio available here - http://bit.ly/2yJz8xD . In the context of our six-word story work however, an e-portfolio is a much simpler undertaking and includes: the six-word story, an image, and a short reflection (some story details) – that’s it! Here’s an example: The “power” of this simple portfolio is only “unleashed” though when it is thoughtfully shared with family, friends, fellow students, and/or as directed by faculty, staff, or…

Roy Lichtenstein’s Oh, Jeff…I Love You, Too…But is one of his most well-known paintings, and some even dare to call it the most famous painting he has ever made. This piece depicts a teenage girl on the phone with her boyfriend Jeff as their relationship appears to be threatened by some outside force. Lichtenstein came up with the subject of this painting and many of his other paintings by copying and distorting single panels from comic books. This scene in particular is taken from the DC…

The character Poe in, the novel, The Man Who Was Poe, is quite similar to the actual Edgar Allan Poe. Likewise, the story written by Avi is much like a few short stories written by Poe himself. The novel and short stories share settings, themes, and characters that closely resemble one another, both with a chilling mood, theme of death, and characters that are utterly insane. Though these tales were not written by the same author, the two have almost identical writing styles. This leads to…

I read Tell The Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt, I have chosen to answer the questions, Characters and Significance of Title. I chose characters because the characters in this book were all dealt with, it followed one main character, June, and her thoughts but each character wasn’t just a character. They all had their own conflicts and problems and they all tie into each others stories. I found it very interesting. I chose the title significance due to how it played into the book. It took a…