story usually has 5 parts: beginning with the exposition, then the rising action, the climax, the falling action, and the resolution which is the ending of a story. The development of the plot can be explained using the story The Monkey’s Paw by W.W. Jacobs. The exposition usually introduces the characters and the setting for the story. Here in The Monkey’s Paw the story begins with Mr. White, an old, British man and his son playing chess in their home, which is described as the worst of “all…
story “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass” and Harriet Jacobs’ battle with Dr. Flint in the story “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” . In each of these stories Intersectionality can be used to explain particular…
the “standard story,” as coined by Judy Aulette and Judith Wittner, where sex is binary (male or female) and sexuality is assumed to be heterosexual, where an individual may wish to identify otherwise (GW pp. 20). This expectation is exhibited in Jacob Anderson-Minshall’s The Enemy Within: On Becoming A Straight White Guy, where because he grew up as a “tomboy” female, he was interrogated by his school because he did not align with the expectation of his biological sex (pp. 28-33). This simply…
Harriet Jacobs and Frederick Douglass Autobiography A Comparison without Borders Everybody knows about the story of Harriet Jacobs’s “Incidents In the Life of a Slave Girl;” and Frederick Douglass’ “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass’s, an American Slave.” In this paper I will be comparing and contrasting the differences in opinion and gender in each of the stories. Both of these stories are autobiographies from two slaves, who went through the same kind of punishment specific to…
During the 19th century, both Jacob Riis and Susan B. Anthony tried to change America for the better. Jacob Riis took photos of people, mostly immigrants, living in horrible conditions. Susan B. Anthony was a women’s rights activist fighting for women’s suffrage. Both individuals played a significant role in American history because they brought major problems into the light. Jacob Riis was a muckraker during the time of industrialization in America and he exposed the horrid conditions people…
of this had many positive changes that affected society, but it created serious problems that required to be addressed. Through the sources: “Studies of Factory Life: Among the Women” by Lillie B. Chase Wyman and “Waifs in New York City’s Slums” by Jacob Riis, we can piece together how industrialization and urbanization affected the working class and the poor. These reformers during this era spent their time trying to expose the horrors of the working class and poor and the changes of gender…
Jacob Lawrence When the subject is strong simplicity is the only way to treat it. – Jacob Lawrence Jacob Lawrence was known best for his Migration Series. Lawrence was the most widely acclaimed African American artist of the 20th century. Lawrence brought the African Americans to life through his painting by using blacks and brown juxtaposed with vivid colors. Lawrence was also known for producing narrative collection such as War series. He was a professor at the University of…
of life. Both Frederick Douglass’ and Harriet Jacobs’ Narratives depicted the struggles that slaves had to deal with everyday, which would include harsh punishment and cruelty. However, even with the horrendous acts done to them, they still held on. The slaves turned to God in times of trouble, happiness, and chose to believe in God’s plan along their journey through slavery. It is true to say that the slaves in the narratives of Douglass’ and Jacobs, all turned to God to help them through…
The character I have decided to analyze is a stubborn sixteen-year-old female named Callie Jacobs, from the show The Fosters, who lives a troubled life as a foster child. In her past, Callie has been in bad foster homes and was even sent to Juvie for hitting a male foster parent with a bat because she was trying to protect her younger brother Jude from being abused. Once she is out of Juvie, a social worker decides to put Callie and Jude in a new foster home with a female authority figure.…
Plot development not only allows the writer to keep the story in order, but also allows him or her to determine when and where the story will stop. The following paragraphs will serve to demonstrate plot development in “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacob. In “The…