Idiopathic short stature

In the short story “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan, a relationship is shown between a mother and daughter that exemplifies the complexities and intricacies between the two. Throughout the story, the mother chooses to showcase different musical talents towards her daughter, in hope that her daughter masters one and becomes a “child prodigy.” Meanwhile, the daughter chooses to find herself through her own means rather than through the dreams of her mother, which sets the theme of how the expectations of a…

In Story of Your Life, the author Ted Chiang utilizes logos and pathos to emphasize that science fiction not only tells an imaginary story but also introduces a different thinking model and interconnects science genre with philosophy. As a primary writing strategy, logos convinces readers by the use of logic and reasons, or to be more precise, by analyzing a physical problem, a linguistic discovery and free will theory in Chiang’s story. Different from the logical proof, pathos leans to be the…

The practical guide “The Memo That Started It's All” by Christopher Vogler, claims that there are only two or three stories, and their pattern of that Hero’s story repeats itself as fiercely as if they never happened before. The Hero is introduced, called for adventure, tested, receives a mentor to help, push nearly to his/her death, fights with the enemy, wins and returns to his/her home; like stated in “The Stages of The Hero’s Journey.” When analyzing the guide and a story together we really…

Despite being written twenty years apart, these two novels have many similarities. Both novels are presented through first person narration and have a reflective story-telling quality to them. Both novels seamlessly shift from past and present throughout the narrative. In both novels, the narrator addresses the reader. One example of this arising in Never Let Me Go is the various times that Kathy says: “I don’t know how it was where you were” (13). In The Handmaid’s Tale, Offred says: “ I am…

Emile Zola was a French Novelist, who wrote plays, essays, short stories and novels, in the late 19th century. Here is a background and synopsis of Emile Zola. Zola was born in Paris in 1840 and died at age 62 in 1902. He is one of the most famous and controversial figures ever know on the French literary scene. Zola was noted for his theories of naturalism, and he is considered the founder of the Naturalist Movement and was called ‘Father of Naturalism, in which his works consisted of…

Deshpande implores women to discover themselves. Madhu writes the biography Savitribai Indorekar, Doyen of Hindustani music but Madhu doesn’t like writing the biography because she understands that it is not the original order of the story. She thinks that it is she who has the power to make changes in her story. She says, “I can take over Bai’s life ….and make Bai the rebel who rejected the conventions of her times. The feminist who lived her life on her terms. The great artist who struggled…

There are many times in life where there is simply nothing one can possibly do about a particular problem and constantly worry about it, causing one to have the mindset of escaping the reality of life. While one may struggle to find the success of facing reality, there is rather a decision that can be made. People tend to think of “romance” when romanticism is brought up, however, love may be a subject of Romantic art. Romanticism is the movement in which arts and literature were used to…

This is an extract from Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. We see how Offred describes her breakfast with great detail due to her boredom in her bedroom followed by the birth ceremony of Ofwarren’s child. This occurs after she recounts her memory of being pregnant and being with her husband before the Regime. Atwood manages to make two specific themes prominent in this extract of women's bodies being used as political instruments and religion showing effect of oppression. She makes these…

How does the writer make the ending so dramatically effective? - The plight of Madame Loisel  (How does she perceive her life to be? Draw upon examples here!)  (What does her life become? Why is this ironic?) - The relationship between Madame + Monsieur  (Why does he seem so pleased with himself for the Party invitation?)  (He uses all his money not just to help buy her an outfit but also to buy a real diamond necklace)  (Why is he so content in life?) - Symbolism of the necklace  (How…

Faulkner wrote this short story using flashbacks, foreshadowing, symbolism and he divided the story into five different sections. “A Rose for Emily” to explain the plot in an easier sense. In section one of the story, the town is hosting a funeral at Emily Grierson’s home after…