Narratology

GCA: The Relationship Between Paul and Erik A Geometric Character Analysis is a form of understanding a story’s characters where individuals in the narrative are given a shape, which may also have a colour and size. These shapes are based upon a generalization of the character’s personality, natures, and actions. Characters are important to a narrative because they drive the plot; a character and their unique personalities are what give a story life and make it realistic. Paul and Erik are two…

In the novel Harris and Me, Gary Paulsen informs the reader about Me and Harris, a vastly different pair of cousins who meet up when Me is forced to moved to Harris's farm because his parents are abusive alcoholics. At first, Me is very reluctant to Harris’s schemes and does not know him very well, but through intense situations, they become close friends. It is only after these circumstances where they get to know each other when they begin to become even closer than friends. In fact, they…

Stories told through a first person point of view have always been seen as controversial due to the fact that they are subject to the views of the narrator of that story. The same holds true for the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The narrator Nick Carraway is a man who seems to be very observative, and since the story is told from his point of view, it directly affects the book. The effect that this has on the story can sometimes distort certain events that happen, making…

After writing my narrative, I feel that I told the story quite well. I believe I did because my personal narrative takes the reader on my journey to reading with confidence. In the text I give the readers insight into why I struggled with reading out loud and how I overcame it. I think that my piece of writing can be improved by creating more descriptive memories. For example, in the first two paragraph I describe my teacher Mrs. Robinson, but I never describe the atmosphere of the classroom…

As a sniper must create an optimal shot in order to hit their target, an author must create the best point of view for their works of literature in order to achieve understandability amongst its readers. In the short story, “The Sniper”, by Liam O’Flaherty, the narration follows the guidelines of the third person single-vision point of view, as the reader follows the narration of a sniper on his mission to eliminate the enemy. I ultimately believe that “The Sniper” can only be told in third…

Narrative theory centres individuals as the specialist of their own experiences and lives. This theory views problems as separate from individuals, which have skills, abilities, commitments and values that help them to change those problems affecting their lives (Roscoe, Carson, & Madoc-Jones, 2011). These problems are perceived as “saturated” by the client, who needs to deconstruct and “re-author” stories (Roscoe et al., 2011, p. 51) in a diversity context including class, gender, race and…

(After intro) Vladimir Propp was a Russian folklorist and scholar whose contributions are both enormously important and highly accessible for the understanding of narratives found on television and in the media in general. Propp argues that there are 31 different series of rules and functions that all narratives follow. In “Propp, de Saussure, and the Narrative” Arthur Berger breaks down the 31 different rules and functions, the first function is the initial situation in which the main character…

Mehmet Geyik Prof. Emmolo ENG 106 – Writing Through Literature 01/31/2015 Reading/Interpretation 1. What is the Point of View (narrator) in the following selections? In addition to telling me 1st person or 3rd person (include the 3 categories), can you determine who the actual speaker is? -The Planned Child: First person pint of view is used in the poem by the narrator to explain the loathing to the fact that the parent must have had an elaborate plan of when to get the narrator in the…

After viewing the short film “Our time is up” by Rob Pearlstein, I was able to place the five components of the plot structure diagram as presented in theatre class. The five plot structure is, exposition, inciting event, raising event, climax, and falling action. The exposition is the beginning of the plot, it sets the foundational background of the main character or the story. At the opening of the story, you see a time clock set, an immaculate environment where everything is not just clean…

As Evelina’s function as a narrator is to offer background and cultural context, it comes to no surprise that she encounters Warren. She adds “points” regarding him, furthering those established by Marn. Evelina meets Warren while in a psych ward, both as a worker and as a patient. In one of their first encounters, Evelina states that “He tried to give me money—dollar bills folded fine in a peculiar way” (229). Warren’s action with the folded up dollars would strike anyone as odd, yet, as the…