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Many stories throughout literary history resonate with their readers. Some enough to be deemed literary classics. Three stories which resonate with readers from all ages are “Boys” by Rick Moody, “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid, and “Lust” by Susan Minot. All three stories tell of the coming of age experiences that men and woman have, but do not share the same tone. Two in particular, “Girl” and “Lust” are told from the perspective of characters themselves, and “Boys” is told from the perspective of…

The average driver wastes 375 liters of gasoline a year, which adds up to $1160 per year in rush hour traffic. In today’s world, these statistics are not only outrageous, but also unacceptable. Even in the early twentieth century people had begun to figure out what was necessary in order to increase the efficiency of traffic flow throughout large cities, such as New York, Atlanta, and Los Angeles, which were the main cities first exposed to the Jitney Bus. The first “Jitney”, created by L.P.…

In the writings of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “Notes from the underground” and LU XUN’S “Diary of a madman,” the idea of an unreliable narrator is deeply imbedded to make the reader deliberate twice of the situation at hand. In both writings, there are characters whose credibility has been seriously compromised. However, the characters in both writing differ in their levels of credibility and verge of insanity. Furthermore, both authors allude to the many social problems relevant in their society and…

Gérard Genette is a French literary theorist who developed the theory of narrative, which is the telling of a set of events or a story. The most basic terms from narratology are as follows; order, duration, frequency, voice and mood. The narrative of a story is traditionally told in chronological order, as this is a way for the story to be easily understood by its readers. However, by changing the time-frame of the story, the author is also changing their readers ways of reading and…

The picture that I chose is on the terrible tragedy of death while driving. There are hundred ways that you can die while behind the wheel, but I believe there is one specific way that is easily the worst way; while on the cell phone. There are many deaths that cannot be controlled while behind the wheel, but if your death is due to lack of attention to the road that is easily the worst way of death. This picture shows that talking on the phone while driving causes of your own death. This…

I will be analyzing and comparing how Jose Saramaga and Max Brooks portray multiple perspectives in their novels, Blindness and World War Z, and the importance the literary element had on the work as a whole. The novel, Blindness, was originally written in a different language and had been written much earlier than the novel, World War Z so it is important that we gain an understanding of how different languages display and bring to life different point of views, because both books heavily rely…

Disagreeing with someone because you share different view points from them is a very common thing. Have you ever done that with your parents? In the passages from Confetti Girl and Toritilla Sun, the narrators have points of view different from those of their parents. These differences in opinion and point of view create tension in both stories. This develops a conflict in both stories as well. In the passage from Confetti Girl, the narrator's opinion that her father may say that she's important…

Looking But Not Seeing. Appreciably, blindness is a dominant theme woven through the garment of the “Cathedral” story by Raymond Carver. One is taken aback by the utter rawness and cold attitude exhibited by the narrator about the blind man. The narrator loudly wonders on who could dare attend a little wedding between Robert, the blind man and his sweetheart Beulah and further states that he does not have any blind person as a friend. As the story develops, one thing becomes certain that the…

Shale Fracking Comparison Essay Two articles concerning Shale drilling and the environmental impact will be compared and contrasted in this essay. Is Shale Fracking safe or is it dangerous? “Shale Drilling Is a Disaster Waiting to Happen” written by Don Carns Jr. presents the idea that shale drilling is dangerous and that it is threatening the environment; while, in contrast “Unfounded Fears about Shale Gas Obscure Facts” written by Scott Cline suggests that in fact Carns Jr. has his…

Throughout Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Gabriel Garcia Marquez creates a narrator who is relied upon to retell a series of events, but ironically fails to do so. The narrator interviews people who tell him their depictions and memories of the murder of Santiago Nasar, which took place 27 years ago, so the retelling of events comes from a plethora of people and there are many different versions of the same story. This causes much confusion to readers because information comes from many…