Plot

necessary to follow their instructions and persuading others to help him, as well. However, these women, especially Circe and Athena, are merely plot devices to reiterate the Ancient Greek idea that men are superior to women, as well as to get Odysseus where he needs to go and keep the story engaging and exciting. Circe, a minor goddess, is mainly used as a plot device and to engage because she keeps the story exciting, has no traits other than the fact that she is beautiful, and helps Odysseus…

(Notice). In other words, if you are looking for a book that focuses mainly on the plot or a specific theme then you have the wrong book. Not having an important storyline is a characteristic of realist writing. When Mark Twain wrote the book, Huck Finn he used the story elements plot, setting, and character to clearly show how the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a piece of realist writing. Realist plots emphasize the “norm” of daily life, captures the common place and people the…

animals that help a garden grow. In the print version of a book and a movie, they can differ or be the same. Both of them can be very accurate in telling the story plot. These versions can be quite enjoyable and exciting. However, sometimes the plots of the stories don’t differ that much. In the printed version of Rikki-tikki-tavi the plot takes place in the summer in India. Rikki-tikki-tavi is washed away from his home. Rikki-tikki is found by a nice family that gets him back to normal…

I chose to research the box and whisker plot for my final project, because I remember when I learned it in high school that I enjoyed it more than most math things. I could also understand how it worked better, so I thought that I could explain it better in my paper and in the presentation than the other topics. The box and whisker plot is used to show the shape of the distribution, it's central value, and it's variability. Before Barry Manilow's 74th birthday, he started to wonder, what are the…

The most important motif found in Catch-22, is Catch-22 itself. The author uses Catch-22 throughout the story, not only to describe the circular reasoning the military uses on its pilots, but in behavior and dialog as well. It begins on the first page of the book, when Yossarian explains the doctors’ dilemma regarding Yossarian’s liver, and continues to the end of the book, when the old woman from the brothel summarized the idea of Catch-22 by telling Yossarian, “they have a right to do…

others. Through familial duty, actions, and vengeances of the two subplots of Hamlet and Fortinbras, it is evident that both characters are parallel to one another. Fortinbras serves as a foil to emphasize aspects of Hamlet’s personality, which enhances plot and character development. Fortinbras’ purpose of a foil to Hamlet, highlighting his traits, becomes evident in their intuitive to act upon a decision. Unlike Hamlet, Fortinbras is a man who makes a definite decision and quickly spurs into…

R.S. Qwynn, in the fiction headnotes section of Literature: A Pocket Anthology, defines and discusses the various elements of fiction. Short stories began by the influence of Italian novella. People trying to escape countries told novellas, which included stories such as frame tales. The nineteenth century is when short stories became a known literary genre because of the wide literature environment. Edgar Allan Poe was a very influential short story writer, with his idea of single effect. Most…

Sometimes the characters make the decision to confront their fears, but most of the time the plot of the story forces them to. The novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon is no exception to this. Christopher, a fifteen-year-old with Asperger’s, confronted his fears and learned to cope with his difficulties as he tried to solve the murder of his neighbor’s dog. The mystery plot of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time generates scenarios for Christopher…

what is going to happen next. Flannery O'Connor uses a number of elements of fiction in "A Good Man is Hard to Find." Setting, plot, and point of view are just a few of the elements used to create a suspenseful and intriguing. The plot of "A Good Man is Hard to Find" is a horror story of a family’s vacation to Florida. There are many ways to go about writing a plot. The plot in this story was almost written…

writing style is like nothing I've seen before, it made the book thoroughly enjoyable and I couldn't put the book down. Literary elements are the components of a literary piece such as setting, plot, theme, and resolution. For me, the plot of Burning Blue stood out the most than many other books I have read. The plot is…