Narrative poetry

Sometimes the clearest method of defining what something should be is by juxtaposing it with something that is the opposite. In literature, authors often use the literary device of a foil to convey the central theme of the story. The foil is effective because it shows both the good and the bad versions of people that share the same status or position in life, yet they develop differently. Shakespeare uses foils in many of his plays to depict the theme, however, Henry V is one of the obvious…

EA 3.2 Literary Analysis: character analysis An individual’s persona and character can have an ongoing effect to how they react to events. However, it is how they react to these particular events that can affect the overall purpose of the author’s text. In which, this all relates to Chinua Achebe’s novel, Things Fall Apart, as Okonkwo’s personality traits lead to how he reacts to certain cultural events. These events being, the disruption of a new western culture slowly gaining dominance and…

Short stories have a habit of being quick and to point the point; they also enjoy sharing a theme or lesson to their audience, no matter the word length. A & P and Orientation are two short stories that share commonalities and differences. Both scenarios feature first person narrators, who observe their daily surroundings and remark on the current event. However, both also have significant incidents that create their climax, revealing different facts and revelations about the main character.…

The story elements of character, setting, and plot all contribute to the theme of the monkey's paw in many different ways. For example, character adds dimension and people to revolve the plot around. Setting provides a place for the characters to roam, complete a quest, or participate in dialogues. Plot provides something for a character to do, a conflict to resolve, or a problem to face. Without any of the three story elements, a story cannot be produced. For example, a character and setting…

orientations and are effectively removed from the human world. But when Leonard asks “Now, where was I?” he has, at least in a sense, re-inserted himself into story-time. He speaks in first person, no longer removed from himself into “you,” and he uses the narrative past tense to situate himself in relation to the present instant. The instant after Leonard asks this last…

The most prominent theme in the Catcher in the Rye from the very beginning is the idea of alienation and Holden’s use of humor to mask it. Right from the first page the reader is introduced to Holden with little prelude. This lack of introduction of who Holden is a person and the way that he uses humor and avoidance as a mask. The ironic thing is that his alienation is the thing that is causing his pain because of the way he ignores his own issues. Some of the things that Holden uses avoidance…

Summer Days & Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories Summer Days & Summer Nights is the first anthology I’ve ever read. I didn’t know what to expect, all I know is I’m not a short-story person. Fortunately, it turned out better than what I anticipated it to be. For me, it’s split into three categories. There are four stories that struck me, and gripped me, followed by four stories that are ordinary, but doable, while the remaining four stories doesn’t belong to this collection. 1. Head, Scales,…

I am going to summarize and analyze the novel named ‘’The Crying a Lot’’. This novel belongs to Thomas Pynchon who is one of the best in postmodernist literature. I will explain 1960s period, short summarize of book and communication problem in the novel. Firstly I want to start with short entrance about the period when Thomas Pynchon wrote this novel. He is an American postmodern novelist. His novels contains lots of question. It was written in the 1960s. In this decade there were lots of…

followed by presumptions regarding the film, which obviously limit the works to his meanings and his auteur style. As what made him develop into an auteur persona was also his conception of time, space and perspectives, as well as the non-linear narrative, the audience immediately understands that his films are going to have a fixed meaning that Nolan himself has constantly implemented in his…

Hamse Mohamed Papageorge Media Communication 12/4/17 BowFinger BowFinger is a movie that sets out to give the audience a good laugh and to also dispel the rumors about the Hollywood life styles. Steve Martin does this by showing us how a movie gets produced and how difficult and time consuming it can be. He also shows us how ridiculous and out of control it can get. This movies job was to entertain us and even though it started off slow and I barely laughed at the beginning when things started…