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One’s recollection of past events has a drastic impact on their narration. Multiple factors may affect one’s recollection, and consequently the credibility of their narration. Edgar Allen Poe was a writer, innovator, essayist and literary critic. He is attributed as the developer of short stories due to his many famous publications. In Poe’s short stories, the narration is in the first person. While this adds an interesting perspective, one cannot always trust the narrator’s recollection. Poe…

Vehicles and transportation play a significant role owing to the increase in the development rate of our country. An efficient transport network is essential for a developing nation as economic activities apart from others are dependent on it. Ample accessibility and efficient transport systems can increase the productivity, social opportunities, as well as provide economic benefits through better accessibility to markets, additional investments and employment. Traffic congestion, however, is…

How do poets Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon present their ideas of war in their poems, Exposure and Does It Matter? Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon are two famous war time poets, who conveyed their first-hand experiences of war through the form of poems to enlighten people towards the reality of war, as shown in “Exposure” and “Does It Matter?”. Exposure is an emotionally powerful poem that expresses the reality of the brutal weather conditions that were endured by the soldiers in the…

The play “Julius Caesar” explained two men named Brutus and Antony who both presented speeches in front of their town with different meanings about the assassination of Caesar. Antony had to ask Brutus for permission to speak at Caesar’s funeral. His despairing emotion and speech drawed the crowds special attention. Antony speech does not show any praise of caesar but does show sympathy and memorable memories that caesar did for his town. This whole situation sums a complete catastrophe. If…

Often a person can be conditioned to do a certain behavior, either by their own actions or influences from others, sometimes without realizing it. In two different novels that share a similar theme of racism, A Walk in The Night by Alex La Guma, and Maru by Bessie Head, the act of conditioning is explored. A Walk in The Night follows many different characters throughout the novel but mostly centers around the actions of Michael Adonis. Michael is a person of color in a coastal city of South…

In The Almond Tree by Michelle Corasanti, one main symbol is present throughout the book. This main symbol is the almond tree. The almond tree transitions from different representation as the characters and ideas evolve. A Palestinian family, known as Ichamd and his family, experienced the presence of the tree throughout their hardships. Within the book, the almond tree is a recurring symbol that represents hope, survival, and shelter. Foremost, the almond tree represents itself as hope. During…

Narrative perspective, also called “point of sight”, is the angle, postion and viewpoint of the narrator applied to observe and narrate stories. (邵萍萍， 廖小云 ) It is widely used in the modern narrative works cause it can helps to arouse interest, conflict and suspense, so choosing different perspectives can make differential effects. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde consists of nine chapters, and each chapter has a brief subtitle to summarize the main plots. In the first seven parts, Stevenson chooses to…

The different uses of point of view in a short story can influence how the reader interprets the text. For example, the short story "Cathedral" incorporates the use of first person. First person point of view is when a narrator conveys an experience from their own perspective. By choosing to use first person narrative, the author allows the reader to gain a concise understanding of how the narrator is thinking and feeling. First person narrative is often used because it allows the reader to…

The reason why I chose this genre is because I wanted to see more about it and what goes in each of the three stories. In all three stories there is something to be learned from the interactions of the people. The stories are similar and different in many ways. The things that I will be discussing are science and technology, The elements of science, critical aspects of society, human nature and society, and the theme. There are many scientific elements in all three stories, Some of the elements…

In this story we encounter a man attempting to tell us his side of a story, but we immediately begin to realize the man may not be the most reliable narrator. As the story unfolds before us we begin to see the narrator's accounting is fraught with leaps in logic and rampant paranoia, but it is not long until the deeds of the narrator catch up to him. In Edgar Allen Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart", we see the effect of guilt upon the conscience; even with the narrator's tenuous grasp of reality, the…