The Awakening

Narrative Have you herd of someone called Bethany Hamilton? Bethany overcame losing her arm to a shark and faced her fears to get back on the surfboard. No matter what happened that didn't stop her from doing what she loves. She is one of the best and also one of the most talented women’s surfer. She is very competitive and determined to be the best. Not many people can do what she has done recover from that. Her story can help other through what she went through and give them confidence. This…

Peter Weir’s, “The Truman Show” plot is constructed in a particular way that focuses on the protagonist, Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey), who grows up in an entirely fictitious life. From the moment Truman was born his life has been filmed 24/7 and broadcasted to millions of viewers in the most popular television series, “The Truman Burbank Show.” The community Truman was born into forces him to believe he is carrying out the life of an ordinary person: attending school, making friends, getting…

The short story “Desiree’s Baby” was written by the American author Kate Chopin. The story takes place in Louisiana and it begins with a flashback that Madame Valmonde has of Desiree being a baby and realizes that the baby she had found 18 years ago now has a baby. When Desiree gave birth, Madame Valmonde went to visit her and her baby. As soon as she saw the baby she knew there was something wrong with him, but that didn’t matter because Desiree loved him unconditionally. As time passed Armand,…

In her short story “The Storm”, Kate Chopin shows herself to be far ahead of her time in terms of her exploration of women’s place in American society at the turn of the twentieth century by presenting female characters with their own sexual agency. Both women of “The Storm” are married yet find happiness through momentarily escaping their marriages: Calixta seeks fulfillment through an affair with a former beau, while Clarisse finds relief in abstinence. In this way, Chopin’s text is a feminist…

Kate Chopin's allegory 'Story of an Hour' captures the social restraints imposed upon women in the late 19th century, detailing the struggle for female independence and freedom. Utilizing both direct and indirect characterization, Chopin's short story contains themes of societal repression of women, emancipation from the patriarchy and the pursuit of liberty, and the perils of marriage and monogamy. Chopin's use of a myriad of literary techniques such as imagery and repetition highlight the…

“Desiree’s Baby” is one of the few short stories that was written by Kate Chopin and originally published on January the 14th, 1893. The story starts out by introducing a character by the name of Madame Valmonde who is visiting Desiree and her baby. About 18 years after, Armand Aubigny, another important character introduced, has suddenly fallen in love with Desiree when he saw her against a stone pillar. After seeing the baby and how its grown, Valmonde and Armand see that something about the…

If you do not stand up for yourself you will never be free. Freedom is essential for a happy life, but basic rights are so often taken from people. Amel Benaboura illustrates this issue in her short story ‘Only a Woman’ which depicts a young woman facing oppression in a patriarchal society. Benaboura uses metaphors, anecdotes and word choice to emphasise her key idea about fighting for your rights. Yamina is a young woman who has grown up in Algeria, a patriarchal society, where violence…

Grace Sa AP English Literature Module 8 Lesson 7 Mastery Assignment Prose Essay Prompt 1: Sarah Orne Jewett’s The Country of the Pointed Firs characterizes the narrator as well as convey meaning through literary elements and devices, such as irony and parallelism. The excerpt follows the narrator, who can be characterized as observant, as she goes to a village off the coast to find seclusion. The meaning of the excerpt is revealed through the irony and parallelism the narrator encounters…

Explore the issue of belonging and how it is presented in ‘An Unknown Girl’ (Moniza Alvi) and ‘The Necklace’ (Guy de Maupassant) Although one is a poem and the other a famous short story, both ‘An Unknown Girl’ and ‘The Necklace’ are united by one ubiquitous theme: the issue of belonging. ‘An Unknown Girl’ explores how the narrator, who remains anonymous, finds her sense of belonging in an Indian bazaar through hennaing, with the help of an unknown girl. In ‘The Necklace’, Maupassant tells…

In the post- independence period woman was struggling in patriarchal societal set up for her identity. In 1960, feminism rose against the colonial rule, patriarchal practices and traditions enhance the ideology of female subordination. Shashi Deshpande’s novel In the Country of Deceit is a story of a woman Devayani who began to see the universe with their own eyes and not through the male gaze. She is shown recovering from the stage of catastrophe and mental dilemma through spiritual realization…