The School Story

“Dad can you tell me a story.” The dad replied,”Yes I can, and I have the perfect story in mind that you may like. It is an old legend that happened some 200 years ago.” The legend goes like this there was a man named Floyd once. He was 27 and dedicated to his job. The place he worked at was known as Wal-Mart. He was a television salesman. One day, Floyd glanced at a tv and saw that there was breaking news. The News Lady announced that the world was in a state of chaos. Floyd was then in shock…

Personally I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I had a somewhat good idea of how coalitions in parliamentary governments worked because of the lectures in class; however, I did not know how it would actually play out. Before the simulation game I did some brief research on the Scottish National Party, and I quickly figured out that we were an outlier in English parliament. So realistically the SNP would its own coalition. I went in with the mindset that no one, even the Labour Party,…

also focuses on the part played by intellectualism and physical challenges in the development of identity of individuals. The entire plot is spiced with tearing irony. There are four clear sections in the story emphasizing the relationships between four prime characters. The irony of the story encompasses the social and religious parameters and the rude outlook about disabilities. The main character is Joy or Hulga who had lost her leg in an accident. This made her withdraw from the physical…

readers would predict that the story would have a feminist theme. And they would be right. However, the way that the story’s author, Susan Glaspell, establishes this theme is far more unexpected. On its surface, the story itself is a rather disturbing murder-mystery about a woman who is believed to have murdered her husband. However, observant readers will take note of the subtleties of the story that establish the theme. So, yes, “A Jury of Her Peers” is, at its heart, a story about women…

humanity are meaningful, culture and beliefs are important, a positive personality, compassionate and perseverance can redeem your spirit. My chosen prompt for the literary analysis is writing prompt number four and the first sentence is – “In some stories, characters…

elements that any story is composed of (characters, setting, plot, etc.), there is no true way to determine which is more important to the development of the story; without characters, there is no one for the plot to occur to, no one to occupy the setting. Without plot, there is nothing for the characters to do, the story is merely stagnant. but with no setting, there is no place for the characters to exist, for the plot to occur to-there is no available catalyst in which the story may take…

culture, the presence of stories has remained a consistent and integral part of both society and its folk groups. Often passed verbally through the generations, stories act as an indication of the beliefs and concerns of the people, reinforcing their position and role in their communities. I investigated the transmission and belief of prediction stories in Polish families, where they are called przepowiednie. In this essay, I will discuss whether knowledge of these stories was affected by age,…

Hyundai does not just list horsepower, or special feature of their car, they highlight one of those features using a story that most parents can relate to. This move is just made more effective by the humor and playfulness going into it, taking a situation most dad’s dread to think of, and turning into something they can laugh with. Thinking from the point of view of a…

Your story can be true, partially true, concocted, an embellishment, pure fabrication, an outright lie, a farce, a fable, a fantasy, a tall tale, a cautionary tale, an allegory, a dissembling; it can be a bit avant-garde or even a joke. It can be anything just so long as it is not boring. It’s that…

After pre-reading the memoir, I now know that the writer, Olga Lengyel, is telling a horrific true story. A story that she herself experienced in the concentration camp at Auschwitz and Birkenau. The memoir paints a picture of a nightmare that the writer had to live through without being able to wake up. The cover of the book seems to be a picture of the concentration camp. A brick structure covers the majority of the picture with a gate in the middle of the structure. There appear to be train…