Pulp Fiction

After reading both Styron’s novel and Thomas Grey’s book, The Confessions of Nat Turner, I have come to the conclusion that both writings have holes in their accounts, that almost any historian can find fault in. Grey was a struggling writer that needed the money and could say anything he wanted after Nat Turner’s execution since Turner was no longer alive to point out inaccuracies. Then Styron openly admits that he is not a historian, he is a novelist. A novelist that cares more about…

The tone and writing style shifts abruptly as the final scene begins. It is almost as if a new story begins, but it has been set up. The stylistic change is noticeable from the first sentence. Hayasaki writes, “It felt like an 80,000-pound semi-truck had parked on Will Piper’s chest” (Hayasaki). She starts out with a complex simile. This kind of literary language is unusual for more academic, expository writing. Hayasaki uses many similes and metaphors throughout this central and final scene.…

Concepts of the Mysteries of Life There are many concepts and ideas that go well with the Mysteries of Life Short Story Unit. The three that I have chosen are suspense, violence, and dark. These concepts apply to most, if not all of the stories that we have read in this unit. These concepts are important in the stories as they make them what they are. Almost all the stories that we have read in this unit have had some kind of suspense. I chose to represent suspense with a ticking clock; the…

“Buckeye”, written and narrated by Scott Russel Sanders, is a short memoir that skillfully reflects the author’s reminiscing of his father and his hometown back in northeastern Ohio. At the start, Sanders introduces the cherished wooden box that holds the buckeyes, in specific, along with other memories of his father, nature, and his hometown. Sure enough, the central image of this essay is the wooden box that acts as a safekeeping of Sanders’ past. With the use of rhetoric and literary devices,…

The genre of A wrinkle in Time According to Goodreads summary is fantasy. 2. Madeleine L’Engle was born in New York’s capital , November 29, 1918. She was an American writer commonly known for her book A Wrinkle in Time winning the Newberry medal. As a kid she usually didn’t do her school work , instead would write poems and stories. Her love of writing went on and later went to Smith college. When she was older she loved being with family , but sadly she passed away September 6, 2007.…

Picture books have been around for a long time. They have been read by many generations as a source of pleasure reading and to tap into their imagination. In these books, the writers and illustrator include various language, narrative and visual conventions to appeal to the reader and make them read with a deeper analytical eye to find the intended meaning. While some picture books are simple and the meaning is straightforward others are more complex and metaphorical. An example of such a…

2.0 Discussion of personality of Bill English according to the Big 5 Personality Model 2.1 Extraversion Some reporters who have interviewed him identify him as being dry and monotone when speaking, quieter and less populist compared to his predecessor, Mr. Key (Davidson, 2016). But this seemingly negative description never stopped the leader from expressing his viewpoints when necessary. Whenever he speaks during interviews, it is noticeable that he carefully thinks things through before he let…

How successful are John Green/David Levithan and Kelly Fremon Craig in utilising stylistic conventions of their text type to explore the idea of identity and belonging? The 2010 novel ‘Will Grayson, Will Grayson’ co-written by John Green and David Levithan and 2016 film ‘The Edge of Seventeen’ directed by Kelly Freemon-Craig both use stylistic features appropriate to their texts types to reveal how identity and self-perception are shaped by relationships formed with others. In both texts,…

The night is gelid, covering the silver earth from the underneath of the grimy shoes of a hollowed figure. The figure rises, and gazes over at his son, seemingly joining the smudged rubble. He then shifted his attention towards the pistol that rested gently in his hands. A single bullet was encased in the pistol, nearly rusted in its place. That individual cartridge had caused the man enough dilemma to ponder as to why he should continue to live. His courage and the little strength he had…

These is My Words Using a first-person narrative, the reader can sometimes detect that Sarah is interpreting other people’s actions and feelings incorrectly. If the book had been written in third-person, it would not have left the reader in anticipation and excitement for Sarah to discover what the others actually felt, as the reader would not only focus on one person. For example, readers could tell from the very beginning that Sarah had “stolen [Jack’s] very heart away” (Turner 285). However,…