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In order to thoroughly tell a story, one must have a specific point of view to assist in the flow of the story. The point of view an author chooses determines how the readers understand and comprehend the story. Different point of views of the same idea lead to different ways of understanding the piece. In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Haddon uses first-person point of view. “My name is Christopher John Francis Boone” (Haddon 2). Told through the eyes of Christopher, an…

With the contrast that happens between the characters of the novel, Virginia Woolf utilizes the consciousness of her characters to be the narrator in the novel “Mrs. Dalloway”. To have a person’s inner thoughts be the narrator it gives the novel an ability to back and forth from a person’s mind that is comprehending their thoughts, emotions, and physical reaction to an event that is happening while still mentioning the details of the outside world events. By doing so it was deemed fit as a work…

“The morning after noted child prodigy Colin Singleton graduated from high school and got dumped for the nineteenth time by a girl named Katherine, he took a bath,” (3). In the book An Abundance of Katherines by John Green. Colin Singleton is a prodigy, not a genius. When he gets dumped by Katherine the XIX, the nineteenth Katherine that Colin has had a relationship with, he finds himself thinking about having a Eureka moment. A Eureka moment that will lead Colin from a child prodigy to genius…

The story from the Reader which I have taken inspiration from is 'A Rose for Emily'. What makes this story most appealing is its stream of consciousness style, anonymous narration and themes of memory and the past. William Faulkner's “A Rose for Emily” focuses on the life and death of Emily Grierson. Through a technique entitled 'stream of consciousness' the reader is provided with the thoughts of the narrator or character. The term stream of consciousness was initially coined by a psychologist…

Fantasies are like landscapes with no real ending and a place where desires can run freely but at the cost of one´s own mind. The Fantasies inside ¨Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been¨ show Connie´s freedom to an extent, in which her own knowledge and persona become her crutch in the aftermath of her conflict. But, however, In ¨Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” Joyce Oates uses Connie struggle against Arnold to portray her fear of adulthood as well as symbolize her innocence being…

An expeditious overdose of reality shapes Harlem’s youth, showing them how much they need to work against the status quo and bring upon change. In “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara, the narrator, Sylvia, goes on a field trip into New York City and is angered by the unfair distribution of wealth that she experiences. A neighborhood college-educated woman, Miss Moore, inspires Sylvia to transform her anger into ambition and activism. To end the short story, Sylvia pledges that “ain’t nobody gonna…

The Modern Period was a time of great experimentalism, popular authors began to subvert the tropes of past renowned authors, and there was a new sense of what literature could be. New narrative techniques were being used by many, and one of the most notable was the Stream of Consciousness narrative, where the author would translate their protagonists thoughts directly, rather than giving the audience an omniscient narrator. This strategy was a tool that enabled an entirely different form of…

Dystopian Literature in general contains a dystopian society that “is usually characterized by an authoritarian or totalitarian form of government, or some other kind of oppressive social control.” (http://www.urbandictionary.com) The text The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood and the text Brave New World by Aldous Huxley both deal with societies being under control of totalitarian governments. Although the novels are narrated through different perspectives, they share similar dystopian codes…

‘The Tell-Tale Heart’ is an American classic of the Gothic fiction, first published in 1843 by Edgar Allen Poe. Poe combines his own lifetime experience of bereavement, human despair and troubled human relationships into one disturbing, yet engaging first-person narrative told by an unreliable narrator. Poe’s use of first-person narration is essential to enlightening the audience as the narrative exemplifies an internal monologue of the disturbing mentality of a man who claims to be “sane.”…

Joe Gillis: A Character Study Joe Gillis is one of the most interesting characters to ever grace the silver screen, and a character that is still studied to this day. While Gloria Swanson’s historic performance of Norma Desmond garners more attention and praise, I would make the argument that William Holden’s portrayal of Joe Gillis is just as intriguing. Billy Wilder created a character that I have never been so unsure of, he is one of the great examples of the anti-hero. He’s not a great guy,…