Stranger than Fiction

Our scene begins in the middle of Hirst’s tiny monologue about his affair with Emily, Spooner’s wife. Hirst tells Spooner that he was on the boat while he and Emily were during their trip to France and that Emily would come to see him while Spooner was out exercising. In the scene, I portray Hirst and Cheyenne portrays Spooner. I begin the scene with the lines “You were always preoccupied with your physical… condition… weren’t you?” (Pinter 128). I will be standing while Cheyenne will be sitting…

When placed in a desperate situation, the human mind tends to grasp at any sort of escape possible. In James Joyce's "Araby," readers are introduced to the narrator, a young boy, who has to face such a situation. Living in a difficult environment, the unnamed narrator fixates himself on his neighbor's sister, who he finds beautiful. Through descriptions of the wearisome environment and its effect on the young boy, examples of emotion towards Mangan's sister from the narrator and use of symbols,…

The Horse Dealer’s Daughter is a short story by D.H. Lawrence written in 1922. The story is about the Pervin family whose horse business has failed. Mabel Pervin and her brothers have been left alone with both their father and mother’s death. The story starts in the middle of Mabel Pervin’s brothers in conversation about what they will do in the future and make fun of Mabel. Then Jack Fergusson enters the story stopping by the Pervin home for a little bit then leaving to his job. Then Mabel goes…

the time period, the town’s closeness, and the penetration of the town’s bubble, all helped Capote to deliver the country setting by giving the impression of a secluded, close knit, and peaceful community, . Holcomb, Kansas , being a town of less than 270 in the 16th least populous state in the 1950s, the conventional idea of a overlookable area, is easily seen as true. At the first page of the novel, Capote tried to communicate the idea of Holcomb being “a lonesome area that other Kansans call…

In Laura Hillenbrand's biography, Unbroken, reader's are introduced to Louie, a World War II hero, and two of his co-workers, Phil and Mac, find themselves in a life and death situation, after their plane just crashed in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Since the characters are all in the edge of death, they all have to learn how to solve the different obstacles in order to contribute to the survival of each of them. In Kendra Cherry's article, What is Resilience, she talks about the skills…

It is often thought that a film based on a novel will rarely fulfill the expectations of readers due to the vast differences and artistic interpretation that is incorporated into the cinematic piece. Fortunately, the Steven Spielberg film The Color Purple is not an example of this Hollywood disappointment. This film adaptation - based off of Alice Walker’s 1982 Pulitzer Prize winner, The Color Purple - is beautifully produced and was awarded the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture.…

There are many components that influence a person’s mind and ideas. Experiences, whether delightful or unpleasant, will always leave a memory and influence one’s life in an abounding number of ways. Authors usually grasp onto a certain writing style, where they tend to write about topics that can relate to their own life influences. Sometimes, an author can write a piece and include multifarious connections to their personal life, having no intent to do so. Ernest Hemingway had a rather…

Tobias Wolff’s short story “Bullet in the brain” is written as though it was a film and this rhetorical manner evokes a visual, a sonorous, and a neurotic feeling. Yet, even though it seems like a movie, there is a realism to it. Wolff generates a sad ending from the most ordinary thing a human could be doing and this is expressed through the eyes of the story’s narrator that knows how to bring the important details to light. The point of view greatly influences the construction of the story and…

The townspeople see a different person in Miss Strangeworth than she lets pass on and the same can be said for Miss Strangeworth towards the townspeople. Miss Strangeworth derives the letters from pure suspicion of what she sees on the surface of the people in town. She prejudices the people’s lives in a drastic…

Karen Hesse wrote a poetic story by weaving 11 different characters together to share this tale, based on real events. By having 11 different distinct voices, Hesse is able to represent America in the 1920’s as well as modern-day life. By representing in both time periods, Hesse’s story resonates with the young, modern reader. Every reader can find a character they can relate to. Whether it is Leanora, who is struggling to find her way. Or Reynard Alexander, who speaks his opinion in hopes of a…