Narrative poetry

The writer helps the reader understand more about the main character in the beginning on the story by stating “the bartenders would send me shots of tequila, which i tossed down in between sending loads of steins through the Hobart”. This sort of in between the lines message helps the reader to understand that the main character is a very outgoing and enjoys drinking even at her young age of eighteen, which may be seen as juvenile. The major conflict of the story is when the Fireplug gets angry…

Code Book by Simon Singh both cover the topic of spies and encryption, but hey have their own way of telling that information. Both pieces of writing are able to tell information clearly although by using different methods. The Dark game has a narrative style by telling the story of a woman spy. They telling the readers the information thrown a story. The codebook has an expository style that explains and describes the history of espionage. This type of text is more for telling information…

In the short story “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver, the narrator uses sight to make himself feel superior to Robert as he is threatened by Robert's ability to make deep connections however, this hinders the narrator's ability to connect with people as he is not able to see below their superficial attributes. Because of his insecurity and lack of understanding, the narrator is constantly criticizing and making Robert, the blind man, feel inadequate. This is because the narrator feels threatened by…

The movie “Inside Man” consist of crime thriller, detective, and mystery. This detective movie consists of a bank heist. There are many hostages and criminals within the mystery. The detective must be inspiring and able to put clues together no one else can. Also, the detective in this movie must follow police procedural. A good detective story has many mysteries involved and the detective has great mindset skills. In the beginning of the detective mystery there is a called made of a bank…

The film vertigo which was released in 1958 which was directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Vertigo is about a detective which has a fear of heights which is portrayed in the opening credits as the spinning and the spiral’s symbolises the detectives fear of heights as the detective suffers from an illness which is called ‘vertigo’. This is portrayed through the opening credits as the spiral’s convey the detectives emotions in the film through the opening credits we know what type of genre the film will…

Bat Eyes Narrative of a Film Referential Bat Eyes (Damien Power, 2012) begins with eyes setting on the blind person that is trying to acquaint himself to the machine to aid him to read before receiving special spectacles. The theme of love and affection amounts up as the movie goes on. The optometrist is silent in love with the patient just as the patient wishes he should have been able to see the love and caring optometrist. Also, the two characters, Adam and his classmate are in love without…

Swing kids is a fictional story based movie directed by Thomas Carter in 1993. This movie captured in actual events that took place in Nazi Germany in the late 1930s. This movies shows the lifestyle, culture, dance, food and clothes that were used in 1930s. In this movie Thomas, Peter, and Arvid is cast as main character who were supported by others. The movie shows the ongoing tension between swing kids and the Hitler jugend who try to suppressed the young rebellion and force them to join Nazi…

In Hitchcock’s films there were recurring themes like, suspense, the ordinary person and a staircase, that dominated in most of his films. These themes were able to better the overall storytelling of his films, because they added more depth to his films. One of the first themes that Hitchcock uses is one that he is known for and that is suspense. In his films Hitchcock uses suspense instead of just surprising the audience is because surprise will just assault the audience with some frightening…

Northwest Passage written and illustrated by Matthew James includes the lyrics to Stan Rogers’ well-known Canadian folk song Northwest Passage. The book tells a story about European exploration of the Northwest Passage, more specifically the voyage lead by John Franklin. The text serves its purpose very well to bring attention to an interesting part of Canadian history that now has a new significance in today’s world due to global warming. Not only does this text serve its purpose exceptionally…

Throughout many stories, the main characters and the settings can make up not only the theme, but also the structure of the story. By revealing the main characters of the story, brings about better understanding and knowledge of how the people are, and how the people act. By presenting the reader the setting of the story, it provides us detail about where, and when the story takes place which lets us know what the time period is like and what the place was like. In the story “Sweat”, by Zora…