Pulp Fiction

According to Wikipedia “How to Date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl or Halfie” is a satirical (sarcastic) short story by Junot Diaz. The story takes a guise (appearance) of an instructional manual, that’s appearing to give advice as of how to act and also behave depending your racial group and lastly social class of whoever is reading the story’s date. A dating guide given by Diaz for the Dominican American male in his teens, takes on the authority of trial and error by employing a narrator…

Marlie Hyppolite LIT2020 November 30,2017 Research Paper Choosing one short story to write about was somewhat hard, but my favorite short story with such a message behind it is “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been”? I chose this short story because I only remember being truly moved by this. Past tense me is triggered especially heartbreaking for me. Joyce Carol Oates in “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” starts off with description of the protagonist, Connie. Connie is depicted…

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe: A Thematic Essay By: Benjamin Alire Sáenz Benjamin Alire Sáenz’s coming of age novel, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe is about two Mexican boys in the process of becoming friends and discovering who they really are. Aristotle Mendoza—known as Ari—is a shy boy who has never had a best friend before, and who is often lost in thought about his imprisoned brother. Dante Quintana is a happy boy with a unique…

“Lamb to the Slaughter”, a short story written by the celebrated author Roald Dahl, is a story that follows Mary Maloney, a pregnant housewife who had recently found out her husband, a chief detective, was going to leave her. Out of desperation, Mary murders her husband with a frozen leg of lamb and then concealing her wrongdoing and discarding the murder weapon by encouraging the policemen who were investigating the murder to eat it. The most salient idea the author explores is the betrayal;…

“Barn Burning” by William Faulkner is a short story about how Colonel Sartoris Snopes, often referred to in the story as Sarty, struggles with morality and his family bonds as his father, Abner Snopes, commits acts of arson with a cold, calculated demeanor. The story starts with a court hearing about one such incident, a barn burning, where the Snopes end up banished from that county. After arriving at a new place, Abner takes Sarty to see their landlords for a reason not mentioned. The…

The Same Sky and The Secret Language of Sisters, are two novels that have many similarities and differences regarding many diverse topics. The Same Sky, written by Amanda Eyre Ward, is a two storyline book where the main characters face very difficult times in both of their lives. On one end of the story, Carla, a eleven-year-old girl dreams of crossing the Mexican-American border; escaping violence and conflict. On the other end, Alice, the wife of a popular chef of a well-known BBQ restaurant…

In the book An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson, Isobel paints portraits. But she doesn’t paint portraits for just anybody, she paints portraits for Fair Folk, and in return they cast enchantments which Isobel uses to help her family. But when she paints human emotions on a very esteemed creature in the Autumn Court, she gets kidnapped and sent through an adventure, and she ends up falling in love, which could be the death of both her and the one she fell for. While in Life and Death…

After reading a novel such as Atonement, one is forced to question oneself, one’s past mistakes, what one did in an attempt to right one’s wrongdoings and whether or not one’s efforts will be enough. Guilt and regret can often fill oneself after making such mistake and in an effort to rid oneself of the guilt, often an apology is made to the one the wrongdoing was made against. However, amendments are not always enough; apologies do not erase scars and often times, not even the guilt from the…

Throughout the play of Macbeth written by William Shakespeare, things always have a twist to them. Deception, which is defined as “the act of tricking someone by telling them something that is not true”, can be seen in the play through the main characters of deception, which are Macbeth, Lady Macbeth and the witches. Women characters are portrayed as manipulative and deceiving characters throughout the play. In the very first scene, it begins with the witches saying “Fair is foul, and foul is…

The story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is a short story containing shocking realism. On June 27th all the villagers will come together to participate in a huge lottery run by Mr.Summers who hosts all big civic events that go on in town. Each man will pick a slip of paper from a black wooden box and cannot open the slip of paper until each man has one.The name of whom has been selected is Bill Hutchinson. After his name has been called out his wife Tessie instantly starts to protest. Since…