Nonlinear narrative

succeeds in creating an unorthodox narrative through her refashioning of the English language. Through the novel’s unexpected events, Roy presents the melancholy predicament of untouchables as well as the struggle of a woman in pursuit of romantic love in a patriarchal society. In this analysis, I will demonstrate how the reader reacts to Roy’s art of storytelling and how her unconventional style illuminates the novel’s central themes. One of the most conventional narrative structures of a novel…

The Modern Myth of Innocence The poem “The Myth of Innocence” by Louise Glück, is one that brilliantly transcends the test of time and holds a brilliant message that resonates with people in modern times. The main theme of this poem is maturing, and in Persephone’s case she is immediately thrown into the life of a woman rather than a girl. This poem was written as a metaphor for the process of growing up, and almost seems to expertly predict the future by metaphorically describing the behavior…

Table of contents Introduction 1 Chapter 1. The Victorian Era 3 Chapter 2. Tess, the tragedy of an unfair existence…

This essay will compare two pieces of literature, “The Dead” written by James Joyce and “A Doll’s House” written by Henrik Ibsen. Both of which contain story elements that seem to be common in all types of literature. There are many different story elements but in both stories, there are a few that stand out to me, but one of which I feel spoke strongly to me was the secrets of the women in both “The Dead” and “A Doll’s House”. What I mean by this is in both stories the women held until the end…

Memento Time Warp Throughout Memento, the shifting between multiple point of views, shapes and drastically changes our perception of Leonard, Natalie and Teddy. There are two types of scenes in Memento. There are the black and white scenes, which are shown in chronological order and the color scenes which are shown in reverse order, eventually meet up chronologically with the black and white scenes. The black and white scenes are objective, the audience and Leonard can see all the facts and they…

Enrique’s Journey + Which Way Home Analysis Although both the book Enrique’s Journey written by Sonia Nazario and the movie Which Way Home directed by Rebecca Cammisa aim to describe the complexity of immigration, they fulfill their purpose in different ways with contrasting techniques. While the book presents the complexity of immigration through one specific story of Enrique with the use of ethos, the movie presents its main message in a broader perspective through the stories of…

isa Jackson’s Savage manages to say a lot without having any dialogue. Between the music and images, the message comes to its fullest fruition. One thing that really adds to the effect of the whole video is the color scheme used. In certain scenes, color is either muted or focused on in accordance to what is happening to the characters in the short film and its overlying message. This serves to amplify the horrific changes the boarding schools made to the kids and their heritage. The film…

Introduction Storyboard can be simplified as sketches of the imagination. It is used in film to create a benchmark on how the story would look like. The process of beginning a storyboard is different from various directors. Some directors prefer to create the storyboard early in order to strengthen the visualizations of the idea. Storyboard is presented to help visualize the concept and idea before deciding to continue with the production. According to Marcie. B (2004) “Storyboard is often…

Though in such narratives Tolstoy is usually concerned with bringing the actions and thoughts of his characters into harmony with his new beliefs, he rarely ceases to be the literary artist in matters of language, form, and content. The fear of death, a problem with which…

world of the film in a sonic sense that will affect the viewer subconsciously. It is a defining element in the ambience of a film’s atmosphere, capable of turning a situation from sedentary to tense in a single chord change. It provides a sonic narrative of the plot development, normally moving to different themes and suites for different scenes. People can hear a melody or a movement from their favourite film and immediately be taken back to the palpable emotions conveyed in the exact scene by…