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According to Robert Evans in The Kid Stays in that Picture, “There are three sides to every story: my side, your side and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently” (tvtropes.org). The two sides of a story and the truth relates to Edgar Allen Poe’s short story The Black Cat. In The Black Cat, the unnamed narrator demonstrates unreliable narration. In The Black Cat, the unnamed narrator shows characteristics of unreliable narrator: weak reasoning, weak sense of…

When creating commercials, marketers need to establish a targeted audience. Depending on the brand it can be targeted towards women, men, little kids, adults, old people or sometimes a combination of them all. When body wash commercials are designed, the two different types of targeted audiences are either for men or women. Advertisements for men and women differ by promoting different results based on what each gender wants. While men’s commercials promote his desire for getting the woman,…

“His Girls”- Question # 4 “The 1950s were a decade of prosperity for the United States. Conformity became the norm, and a conservative code of dress and behavior…dictated what was appropriate” (142). This is the background of the time the story, “A&P” written by John Updike, takes place in. Updike writes about a boy named Sammy who finds himself, while still in the stages of transitioning from a boy to a man a “boy-man” (Schneider). Sammy’s character starts to reveal itself when he is taken…

One’s recollection of past events has a drastic impact on their narration. Multiple factors may affect one’s recollection, and consequently the credibility of their narration. Edgar Allen Poe was a writer, innovator, essayist and literary critic. He is attributed as the developer of short stories due to his many famous publications. In Poe’s short stories, the narration is in the first person. While this adds an interesting perspective, one cannot always trust the narrator’s recollection. Poe…

Vehicles and transportation play a significant role owing to the increase in the development rate of our country. An efficient transport network is essential for a developing nation as economic activities apart from others are dependent on it. Ample accessibility and efficient transport systems can increase the productivity, social opportunities, as well as provide economic benefits through better accessibility to markets, additional investments and employment. Traffic congestion, however, is…

How do poets Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon present their ideas of war in their poems, Exposure and Does It Matter? Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon are two famous war time poets, who conveyed their first-hand experiences of war through the form of poems to enlighten people towards the reality of war, as shown in “Exposure” and “Does It Matter?”. Exposure is an emotionally powerful poem that expresses the reality of the brutal weather conditions that were endured by the soldiers in the…

The play “Julius Caesar” explained two men named Brutus and Antony who both presented speeches in front of their town with different meanings about the assassination of Caesar. Antony had to ask Brutus for permission to speak at Caesar’s funeral. His despairing emotion and speech drawed the crowds special attention. Antony speech does not show any praise of caesar but does show sympathy and memorable memories that caesar did for his town. This whole situation sums a complete catastrophe. If…

Often a person can be conditioned to do a certain behavior, either by their own actions or influences from others, sometimes without realizing it. In two different novels that share a similar theme of racism, A Walk in The Night by Alex La Guma, and Maru by Bessie Head, the act of conditioning is explored. A Walk in The Night follows many different characters throughout the novel but mostly centers around the actions of Michael Adonis. Michael is a person of color in a coastal city of South…

In The Almond Tree by Michelle Corasanti, one main symbol is present throughout the book. This main symbol is the almond tree. The almond tree transitions from different representation as the characters and ideas evolve. A Palestinian family, known as Ichamd and his family, experienced the presence of the tree throughout their hardships. Within the book, the almond tree is a recurring symbol that represents hope, survival, and shelter. Foremost, the almond tree represents itself as hope. During…

Narrative perspective, also called “point of sight”, is the angle, postion and viewpoint of the narrator applied to observe and narrate stories. (邵萍萍， 廖小云 ) It is widely used in the modern narrative works cause it can helps to arouse interest, conflict and suspense, so choosing different perspectives can make differential effects. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde consists of nine chapters, and each chapter has a brief subtitle to summarize the main plots. In the first seven parts, Stevenson chooses to…