The Zoo Story

is a genuine and completely non-violent game with a nontraditional story (2014). I, however, think that there is a darker side lurking beneath this game. It successfully reveals inner lives of the family in a haunted house in 1995. From discovering the journals of Katie’s little sister -- Sam, we get to know that Sam falls in love with a brave young girl who is at the height of post-punk teenage rebellion. This lovable queer story serves as an honest and relatable depiction of what it was like…

Pride “A warrior does not give up what he loves, he finds the love in what he does”-Peaceful Warrior. In the movie, Peaceful warrior, Dan Millman struggles with completing a dangerous move that no one before him has done. His way of life outside of school which includes partying and drinking all night, does not help either! He relies on his ego to get him through every challenge he faces, Dan thinks he is strong and can do anything he wants, but he cannot rely on himself like the way he…

bildungsroman is a story where the main character looks for answers of his life through experiences. In genera like this, the main character normally has a pivotal decision that eventually changes his, or her life and allows the plot of the story to unfold. In The Bear Hunter by David Musgrove, the protagonist David faces several life changing events. These events range from breaking up with his girlfriend to killing two bears on two different occasions. But within this story, there is one…

lot of stories may differ in a lot of ways, the key components always stay the same. A writer must have a good set of characters, a good plot, a good theme, and all the things of that nature. Every person may have a different idea of what makes a particular story “interesting” to them, and keeps them wanting to go back and read the story more and more. For a person like me, I would have to say that the theme of the story can really keep interest. A theme that can truly resonate beyond the story…

Bartleby, the Scrivener Bartleby, the Scrivener by Herman Melville, is a story that takes place on Wall Street, in New York, New York. The narrator of this story is the Lawyer, whom he describes himself as “a rather elderly man”. The lawyer is the epitome of a conservative that conforms to the societal norms and expectations. He has the idealism that “the easiest way of life is the best”. Running a law firm, he has multiple employees: Ginger Nut, an ambitious twelve year old son of a cab…

Care Unit (NICU) for five months and three days. I was born at twenty-four weeks and one day, four months before my due date on January fifth. I was not alone, however. My twin brother was born on January fourteenth—we were nine days apart. See, my story is not a difficult one to tell, but it has changed slightly over the course of my seventeen years. I could go on to discuss how I’ve had sixteen extensive surgeries. How I only have one working vocal cord. Or even that I was given about a ten…

pilgrims stopped at Red Lobster on 281 for an appetizer, the adventurer decided to tell a story. He was determined to win the prize for the best story. The year was 2080, man had already colonized Mars and made it into a second Earth. It was very futuristic it looked like it was straight out of “Star Wars.” Most people acted like one, but there was some people who had different ideas. That's where our story begins. Nick had somewhat of a significance in the Martian Air Force. He was a mix…

Much of the story does follow Tayo’s life, but it also follows the journey of the Laguna people as a whole, and more generally, the Native American experience. Multiple characters in the book discuss the importance of Tayo in an interesting way. It’s not so much that Tayo himself is an individual that’s any more important than any other, Tayo is important because of what he represents. Ku’oosh and the others are so interested in hearing Tayo’s story because it’s a story of redemption, an…

narrator came from a Puerto Rican family and she would look at a two story home that jews used to live in but one they another family moved there and that was Eugene’s. Which the narrator fell in love with…

watched and tacitly mused over the oft-exaggerated nature of a sailor’s tales. As time passed the tales slowly lost their novelty, and the town’s collective interest in him waned much like the styles of olden days. Still, a few held fondly to the stories of the vast…