Ernest Gaines a Lesson Before Dying is a novel which setting takes place in a time of discrimination for many African Americans in the south. The novel two main characters are Grant a well-educated black man who is a teacher and Jefferson a young black man who is accused of a heinous crime and is on death row. The Novel also has other main characters who play important roles in the story such as Tante Lou - Grant’s aunt and Miss Emma Jefferson’s godmother. The reader can witness that that…
The gothic is a very complex and multilayered genre, that is also a very broad stroke, which seems to make it more of an aesthetic or style to a story, rather than a hard set genre. At it’s core though, all gothics are trying to invoke a certain emotion, which is that of unease. This can be as simple as a general uncomfortable feeling, to a full fledged fear, but they all have that aspect of the strange intertwined into the plot or setting. The common method to attain this feeling is using the…
Gothic Literature can be one of the most exciting and rewarding topics to discover and learn from. In a world with its own creativity and imagination, it is a beautiful inspiration filled with adventure and mystery. Gothic Literature relies heavily on romance and malice, and is also very scientific. Although Gothic Literature is sometimes poorly misunderstood due to its dark nature, we can learn a great deal from the lessons that it teaches. Gothic Literature has these fundamental values: it…
Stephen Chbosky’s first book follows the story of fiftteen year old Charlie, who, at the start of the novel, is incapable of forming relationships and being interactive with others. Throughout the book, he has to overcome many obstacles and attempts to find his place in the world. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a young adult novel, told in the form of letters, that Charlie has written to the reader. It is coming of-age story in which the reader’s eyes are opened to the world of growing up,…
With only previews and reviews, publication for the movie It hit through the roofs. All over social media, fans waited with enthusiasm for the premier; and once it came out, many were pleased but not in the way they were expecting. The creative story behind It is that every twenty-seven years the clown, Pennywise, makes an appearance in the town to abduct children; so, this is basically the background of the story to set up the plot, yet it is not the attention grabber throughout the movie.…
The arguments in this article are presented clearly, and they follow a logical organization. Kord uses ample evidence to show how horror film are a payback for people’s failure towards feeling responsible for social, economic, political, and ecological horrors that they themselves inflict on other people, and the world around them. This offers a unique way to analyze the audience of horror films, and understand how horror film elicit guilt by dividing alignment from allegiance or, visual…
The Modern Period was a time of great experimentalism, popular authors began to subvert the tropes of past renowned authors, and there was a new sense of what literature could be. New narrative techniques were being used by many, and one of the most notable was the Stream of Consciousness narrative, where the author would translate their protagonists thoughts directly, rather than giving the audience an omniscient narrator. This strategy was a tool that enabled an entirely different form of…
you can become better than the situation you were born into. Many people, in real life and fiction, are examples and success stories of this dream. Many other people, however, fall short of reaching their goals. In Maggie, A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane, that idea of the disillusionment of the American dream is on full display. Crane shows disillusionment through the setting and through the characters Pete and the titular Maggie. Maggie is set in the Bowery, a poverty-stricken…
The Repetition of History, and Why it Shouldn’t In Stephen Crane’s The Monster a doctor successfully prevents the death of Henry, the black man who serves the doctor’s family, from a house fire. In attempt to rescue Doctor Trescott’s son from the top floor, the house engulfed in flame burns and severely maims the Henry. Although Henry was not the one who ultimately pulled the boy from the fire, Doctor Trescott believes Henry was actually the man who saved his son. Overlooking the guidance given…
The human brain is certainly the most magnificent organ; it gives us the capacity to imagine things that haven’t happened and make us be conscious of things that might happen in the near future while watching a movie or series. Simply by making a switch in how the shot is taken or the sounds that can be heard in the background. This is what makes scary films so successful, the usage of certain techniques that stimulates our brain to interpret sounds for actions we can’t see and makes us feel…