Stranger than Fiction

The philosopher Anthony Hope wrote many novels, his most famous being “The prisoner of Zenda.” Anthony Hope only wrote one short story “The Philosopher in the apple orchard.” He Had many jobs open to him being well educated but his favorite was to write stories. The reader can see that the story does reflect the author. Hope was well educated but preferred to keep to himself leaving a law career so he could focus on writing his stories. (Elwin 171) Anthony was a great writer most of his life…

Existentialism in a broad sense, might be seen as a philosophy that is predominantly concerned with the analysis of existence, and the meaning of life through free will. However, the existentialism could be perceived as much more than philosophical movement, since much of its popularity in the 1950s, and 1960s, was achieved through the literary fictional works of Sartre’s, such as Nausea and No Exit. Among the major philosophers identified as existentialists were Karl Jaspers, Martin Heidegger,…

Sliding Doors (1998) explores the two distinct outcomes of the life of a woman who misses her train. Helen (Gwyneth Paltrow), the woman in question, is fired from her PR job for trivial reasons and goes to take the train back home. In one outcome, after missing her train, she walks back to the street, calls a cab, and goes home after a couple delays, to her boyfriend Gerry (John Lynch) who comforts her after her tough day. In the other, she catches her train, meets James (John Hannah) then…

became greedy when she came into her wealth, she wanted more, which ultimately lead to Paul’s death. She then realized in the end that Paul meant more to her than her fortune. Anna became greedy, Sarty turned on his family, and the mother regrets her son’s death because of her greed. In the first short story, “Anna on the Neck”, the element of fiction that helps develop the theme would be character. The way Anna views life changes so much in this short story. Anne becomes successful and in the…

each surely holding the potential, and significance, to merit discussion. However, the one at focus in this composition is suffering; in particular, it is attempting to answer the question of whether we can say if one single character suffered more than others, and who this individual might be. While the four main characters (Dimmesdale, Hester, and Chillingworth) all suffer a great deal in the novel, I argue that we can attribute the most suffering to Chillingworth. And the reason that…

Everyone likes to gossip once in a while right? Well then Cold Sassy Tree is the perfect book for you; it incorporates family drama with town gossip. Staged in a small southern town, now Commerce, Georgia, Cold Sassy Tree is presented from Will Tweedy’s, a young teenager, perspective. The book focuses on the Blakeslee family deaths and an unexpected marriage, which create conflict and tension between the town and the family. Overall, Cold Sassy Tree is a journey about the deaths of family…

Nikki Grimes is an American author of books written for young adults and children, as well as a journalist and a poet. She earned the honor of the Coretta Scott Notable Award. Nikki was born and raised in New York City. The book Bronx Masquerade is fiction. The setting is at a high school in the Bronx. The students did their everyday activities in their classes until they got to Mr. Ward's. In Mr. Ward's class, they studied the Harlem Renaissance. Tyron Bittings is the main character. He is…

Regardless of complexities of plot and setting, the essence of a work can typically be distilled from a key moment in the novel – one that illuminates the meaning of the work as a whole. In Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha, the titular character travels throughout his life seeking enlightenment from a multitude of sources. Despite his efforts, Siddhartha struggles to fulfill his lofty goals and winds up constantly changing his life’s trajectory. As the story progresses, Siddhartha finally experiences…

one-syllabled lumps” (Kinnell 11) as they pop into his head at the perfect time, without needing a second thought. The diction used to describe speaking interesting words gives language a whole new level. It exhibits how the speaker believes words can do more than just communicate, but truly encompass perfectly what he has to articulate. Kinnell also writes how he manipulates the words in his mouth by [squeezing], [squinching] open, and [splurging] well / in the silent, startled, icy, black…

“irregular grooves” into the sand on the outer edges to give it a more extravagant look (54). In doing this she demonstrates how much pride she takes in her work while also showing how strong her work ethic is even when doing menial and precise tasks. Other than performing menial tasks Mrs. Johnson also demonstrates her work ethic when she raises the money to “send Dee to Augusta” (56). This act of kindness must have been extremely difficult since she and her family were poor. Walker portrays…