Narrative

of academic papers have been written on the topic of intertextual connectedness between the two novels from the perspective of literary theory (Alley 2006, Hughes 2004, Schiff 2004, Marcus 2007 a.o). The present paper, however, examines the two narratives from the perspective of (Critical) Discourse Analysis (cf. van Dijk, 1977; Fairclough, 1989, 1992 a.o.) with the help of different automated text-analysis tools. The main purpose of the analysis is to identify those linguistic features that…

‘Missing persons,’ a novel that is based on a character named Guy Roland. He is continuously interrogating the missing portions of his life. He suffers from amnesia syndrome. Due to this partial memory loss, he is not able to recollect the phase of his life that is before beginning his profession as a private detective or investigator. That’s not enough; the memory loss is so austere, that he is not even able to remember his name and nationality. Having a career where he unraveled other people’s…

wife develop hatred feelings due to the selfish desires over the winning lottery ticket. The self-centered desires are illustrated in both stories through the character developments, plot structures and the narrative styles. Through the use of characters development, the author uses the narrative to reveal how choices are impacted. In “The Persian Carpet”, the author uses a…

Content Theory Structuralism Structuralism is a theory that suggests that all ideas have a structure; “structuralists” believe that structures are the “real things” that lie beneath “the surface” or the appearance of meaning. (Sternagel, 2012) When using structuralism theory, we attempt to analyse the meaning or try to see a forming pattern. In films this theory emphasizes how certain film clips convey meaning through the use of codes and conventions that are similar to the way languages are…

game/season. As well as this, it doesn’t rely on fancy game mechanics or beautiful graphics to draw players in, the story is all it needs. I believe that The Walking Dead is the perfect example of a game that’s success is built on its story and narrative. The Walking Dead, created by Telltale Games, has a reputation for being a very emotional game. In this game, you play as Lee Everett, who at the beginning of the game finds a young girl called Clementine whose parents disappeared while on…

began, what seems like over a year ago, I was a fledgling college writer. I was a novice in college, with basic writing skills. Since that time, so long ago, I have become a moderately better writer. I have gotten a handle on the writing process of narratives, which I previously was very out of practice on. Even writing prose such as the following: “The air in Autumn is so fresh, and clean, and cool. Unfettered for a while from the smog and the fumes we usually inhale” (Essay 1) Beyond that, I…

Borges’ “The Mirror of Ink” embodies the essence of a quintessential moral anecdote. Brief, deliberate and insightful, “The Mirror of Ink” certainly asserts to its readership a particular set of lessons and imperatives but, as the title implies, there is a complex and nuanced ambiguity to the content of Borges’ short story. The title of this piece is something of an oxymoron. A mirror is by nature a pure reflective surface. Ink, conversely, is muddled and opaque. A mirror of ink seems…

a big role looking through the eyes of the reader. Through the many frames, the author challenges the reader to interpret the text using the captions and the specific images, rather than just the text as in many novels. In this autobiographical narrative, the author presents her story in a primitive manner, which directly correlates to her age at the beginning. This detailed format forces the reader to interpret the text in a way that seems simpler than if they were reading a J.K. Rowling novel.…

O’Brien conveys the narrator’s overwhelmed state by pulling the reader into the character’s experience with a personal narrative. Descriptive imagery and metaphors also contribute to increasing the reader’s understanding of the character’s tumultuous emotions. To make the reader feel a connection with the character Tim O’Brien, O’Brien repeatedly uses first person for the narrative of the character’s thoughts. The repetition of “I” causes the reader to subconsciously put himself or herself in…

years. When he talks at the end, his narrative just feels so powerful and it’s like you’ve taken his place for a short amount of time and experience his pain. I personally believe that one of the main reasons Sonny turned to the life of drugs, is because his inability to tell his story. In the story he tries to tell the Narrator so many times why his life the way it is, and each time his brother just shuts him down and turn away from him. The power of narrative is so powerful in this story that…