Literary genre

A theme by deffinition is a reoccuring subject or lesson in a storyline. An author can vary the delivery of the theme in few ways. They may use the setting, the characters, and the events that take place. These are only a few ways to develop it. There are many different ways to explain a singular theme. A singular theme may be found in many different plots or storylines. Angela's Ashes and The Street, two seperate stories, one shared theme. A few themes can be found in each excerpts, but both…

Fiction of relationship; is a relationship really a fiction which the relationship holders have or create about each other or their surroundings. This fiction just a conjecture of the creators; such a firm belief the creators hold in the fiction that they defy all the rules of rational or logical thinking. Manon Lescaut & Des Grieux story is a point to prove that a relationship is nothing but a fiction. Although the story as told by Des Grieux is colored by his narration, focusing more on his…

Throughout history, humans have always held a fascination with extraterrestrial life. Science fiction tales were written in the second and tenth centuries (Joy and “Satire or the First Science”). Crop circles were claimed to be found in medieval times (Radford). Searches for canals built by martians were carried out more than two hundred years ago (Simon). The fascination with alien life integrated itself into human culture and as it changes, the beliefs change as well. Science fiction allows…

It seems there are various genres that address the audience as citizen instead of consumers: Annette Hill’s “Re-styling Factual TV”(2007) gives an insight as to what defines a genre and its criteria for categorization. The differentiation between genres of factual television is a two-way street: while the audience has the ability to define what subcategory a film belongs to (based on various personal factors), a film categorized as one of higher quality and values will affect the way the…

This school year I enjoyed this English class because it was not very difficult, but it was not easy at all. This year we did so many assignments and some of them were analyzing poems, emulating poems, writing a theme of a poem, presenting a speech in class and then working as a group to create a chapter. I believe that I have grown throughout this school year. I have grown as a listener because back then I was not used to listening to poems without having a paper right in front of me. Now I am…

Symbol Example from story Importance Act 1: Nature “Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it.”- Lady Macbeth (Act 1 scene 5 line 72-73) “The air nimbly and sweetly recommends itself unto our gentle sense.” - King Duncan (Act 1, Scene 6, Line 1-2) “... heaven’s breath smells wooingly here.” - Banquo (Act 1, Scene 6, Line 6-7) All of these lines compare Macbeth to something in nature. Lady Macbeth’s line says that Macbeth needs to look like a flower but really be a snake deep…

dehumanization. While both texts discuss different topics and scenarios, their pivotal theme is what ultimately tie the stories together. Both authors use very different strategies to showcase the alienation and dehumanization based upon their story’s genre. Maus I & II is a very real and intense comic that gives a snapshot of what it was like to be a Jew in World War II through the eyes of a survivor - Vladek Spiegelman. Vladek is the author’s father which gives the story a much needed…

These genres apply the same elements but are used differently. For example, a horror film and an action film storyboard use all the same elements, but how they are used in the storyboard itself differs distinctly. In a horror film storyboard, the element of story…

Gloria Skurzynski's Nethergrave and Ray Bradbury's A Sound of Thunder follow science fiction wholeheartedly, from Nethergrave's digital facade, to A Sound of Thunder's time traveling, and chaos theory. However, looking past A Sound of Thunder's summary, stands the differing contrasts of each of it's characters, and the conflicts of morals. As for Nethergrave, it only properly characterizes the main character, often leaving the others in vague light, and it's science fiction elements are left…

“Turn on the patio lights,” (Adam, Scream). It is also quick to play fun to itself and the genre. The mask is an example of this. Ghostface (fig 5) is both comedic and scary. It’s face expresses comedy with its drooping, (Adam, Scream). The character “appears anywhere and everywhere” (Adam, Scream). Craven uses a simple approach to this character…