Story arc

scarce amount of people would say they were not familiarized with the classic fable “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” growing up. The story’s most simplistic message is to always be sincere or people won’t believe you when you have something valid to say. This story has been told for hundreds of years and is often utilized as a tool to teach children about the importance of truthfulness. Authenticity is one of humanity's greatest values, so when the genuinity of someone's narrative is questioned, it is…

Everyone shares a similar journey, all with struggles which lead to victory, but no two are exactly the same. In the short story, “Through the Tunnel” written by Doris Lessing, Jerry, an eleven-year-old boy on vacation with his mother, decides that he wants to go to the other beach. He tries to dive with the native boys but does not succeed his first try. So, instead of giving up, he does what he can to accomplish his goal of swimming through the tunnel. In the film, Tuck Everlasting by Jay…

Paragraphs in the story use the repeated pattern of having the second and third sentence rhyme with the remaining sentences being varied in length giving the book a musical quality that serves to enhance the flow of the story (Tunnell, 2015, p.23). Understatement is uses loosely at the end of the story when CJ explains that he is glad they came to the soup kitchen, this statement allows the reader to reflect…

forced her grandfather into deep thought. He was very curious to why his religion practiced the birthday of a god they did not believe in. Main characters are also shown questioning society in “The Unknown Errors of Our Lives” by Divakaruni. In this story, Ruchira and Biren are two lovers that are planning to start a life together and get married. They are planning their marriage when Ruchira asks herself…

began to tell his story of the cottagers. He went into detail about the past events and every move that the cottagers made. He talked about how he began to learn about them and their personalities and relations. He tells what he saw during his time of watching and his plan to meet them. The whole story itself was a flashback. While Victor was ill practically on his deathbed on the boat, he was telling his story to Walton. Victor was going into his history to pass on his story. IRONY is…

Though regarded by some as mere inhabitants of the background incapable of performing significant actions, the minor characters of a story assume an integral role within it. This is especially apparent in the novel The Five People You Meet in Heaven, where minor characters form a substantial portion of the plot. Notable minor characters within this book are Dominguez, Annie or Amy,…

The first primary source that I found was journal entries from 1917 to 1918 written by Sergeant Burton W. Knight. Sergeant Knight worked at a field hospital for the American Expeditionary Forces in France. He frequently wrote short notes about his days in the field, however, on occasion he wrote extensively about the small details of his days. Mostly, his writings consisted about what the days out in the field were like, for example, he’d note if the days were quiet and without much work. In…

brought forth by the trials and tribulations of life. Even the sexual encounters Eisner recounts in his graphic novel have an overarching theme of displeasure and perverse curiosity. Although presented in four different, self-contained episodes, the stories show the struggle to leave the tenement and create a better life. This ideal, often achieved or destroyed by being physically…

described and gives the story more depth. Symbolism is when an object or character symbolizes something much more powerful than what we can see. Symbols are visible they stand for something that is not visible; this carries different meanings depending on one’s cultural background. For example; a lion can symbolize courage, the lion is what we can see while courage is what we cannot see, yet it is not only the lion that is there, but the lion also stands for courage. In the short story of…

Why “To Build A Fire” should be in our syllabus “To Build A Fire” (1908) is an elegant short-story written by Jack London, a profound writer of all time and a person with a unique taste for stories. It is a story that deals with a man going on a journey during a very cold day and how he survives the situation. Published in 1908, the story become a sensation and is still famous among young bookworms. Its simplistic use of language and intriguing plot make it interesting and easier for younglings…