Stranger than Fiction

Well if you are really interested in reading a ‘Christmas’ story that does not involve Santa or are fed up of the usual, boring conventional Christmas tales, then The Gift of the Magi is the perfect pick! It is a story that reinforces the value of selfless giving. Written by O. Henry, an American short story writer born under the name William Sydney Porter, the plot is really absorbing, and is complimented with details throughout which keeps the reader involved till the very last word. This…

The complicated essence of the concept of discovering means to find a sense of discovery through wonder, need and curiosity in an individual perspective. John Keat’s poem “On First Looking Into Chapman’s Homer” and Anton Chekhov ‘The Bet’ displays the understanding of discovery through the text and how an individual is viewed by one another. The depth of discovery is to overcome the challenges and understand through the shift of time and seeing the individual changes that influences the readers…

A hero’s journey is a commonly used plot in writing and Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card is one of those because of many reasons: Ender is an unusual child and is treated different by everyone. Ender gets an introduction to his journey by his mentor, he goes through trials, overcomes them, then he has the great ordeal that he has to face. Ender was selected as the hero because of the main reason of being a third. He is meant to be the perfect combination of his brother, Peter, and his sister…

Literary Analysis Essay contrasting Into the Wild and Catcher in the Rye with phoniness of the adult world When someone is thinking of the idea of phoniness, they might recall something like diamonds, teenagers antics, or TV shows. However, in Into the Wild and Catcher in the Rye, the two main characters Chris McCandless and Holden Caulfield think of adulthood and adult society as phony and constantly criticize it. Even though they both try to move away and not experience adulthood,…

The playwright “No Exit”, by Jean-Paul Sarte has been a playwright and book of many discussions. Many questions have arisen since its publication, and interpretations have been considered regarding the meaning of the book, or what Sarte was trying to convey through his dialogue and characters involved in the novel. Many consider Sarte fascinations with the afterlife, freedom, and other supernatural aspects somewhat intriguing; while also exhibiting a disturbing feature in his writing. However,…

will upon a fellow creature” (631). Louise feels her husband forced her to follow him blindly. She feels relieved that she can make her own choices and decisions now that he is dead. In “Desiree’s Baby” Desiree cares about her husband's happiness more than her own. Her purpose in life is to make him happy so he treats her and the slaves like human beings. She says, “This was what made the gentle Desiree so happy, for she loved him desperately. When he frowned she trembled, but loved him” (2).…

roles for the Black female. Hurston represented Janie through her relationship with Joe, the metaphorical worth of the mule, and her dialogue as a lady of strength. Janie desired a bigger purpose than being a mayor’s…

On their last day at the rental house the narrator no longer wants to go outside, but instead would rather stay inside where everything is yellow rather than green. The narrator has completely changed her initial ideas about getting out of the room with the yellow wallpaper. She suddenly does not want to leave and this could be due to the lack of social interaction she had throughout her stay. Without…

Memories are works of fiction, individual representations of occurrences in our life whether real or imagined. They provide the framework for creating meaning to past events in others lives a well as our own. Zora Neale Hurston said that “Like the dead-seeming cold rocks, I have memories within that came out of the material that went to make me.” By this she meant that in order to interpret the incidents and directions of her life, a piece of her past and where she came from had to be known.…

What is human versus idea/phenomenon? There are several types of literary conflicts. A literary conflict is a struggle between two or more forces shown in a story. Some conflicts include more than one concept, trend, or group. Human versus idea/phenomenon includes technology, medicine, and progress. This type of conflict creates a struggle between people and concepts or trends that are shown throughout many stories. In the essay “Money Isn’t Everything,” there is a contrast between merit and…