Thousand Character Classic

All stories, regardless of genre, are basically the same. This is not always true in the most obvious aspects like the structure, main points, themes, and the traits of main characters, but it is always applicable to the basic plot of a story. According to Freytag’s Triangle, proposed in 1863, all stories, and even jokes with a punchline, follow the same sequence of events that create the progression of a story. This includes the exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling…

a different view of the occurring events throughout the novel, an array of narrators are used. The basic intention of doing this is to give us, as the reader an insight, without denouncing anyone in particular. This technique also allows certain characters, such as Claudia and Pecola, to be much more intensely emphasized. Throughout the narration an accumulation of various voices are not only heard, but in order to form such anticipation and emotional feelings, depicting them across such a…

Camino Island, the bestselling novel by John Grisham contains several messages that relate to everyday life. The characters in the novel lived their lives in ways that display the certain messages. Although the messages are not clearly obvious when reading this story, they can easily be discovered with a little bit of thought. In the start of the novel, Mercer Mann is struggling financially as she is about to be laid off from her teaching job. Although this is a struggle for her, Mercer is about…

the rules of the monomyth. One of the multiple movies that exemplifies this is Mulan. In this movie, the main character executes all three parts of The Hero’s Journey. In part one, The Departure, there are three mini events that happen which are: An Unusual Birth/ Early Childhood, The Call To Adventure, and Crossing The Threshold. Near the beginning of the film, Mulan, the main character, meets with a matchmaker. She makes numerous clumsy mistakes and does not fit in with any of the other girls…

The Circle by Dave Eggers very much reminds me of 1984 by George Orwell. I would event venture to say that it is the “updated” version. The main character of the book is Mae and she starts working for a company very similar to Google. However, this company called The Circle is very heavy on social media. Mae is initially very awestruck by The Circle (they have their own transportation, apartments, amenities etc.) However, she soon realizes that they more she “buys in” to their schemes, the more…

The themes of this novel are the indelibility of the past and the importance of character. Henchard tried to make all the wrongs of the past right. He succeeded but ended up just making more horrible mistakes. Henchard also doesn’t have the values of honor and moral righteousness but Hardy insists that Henchard was a worthy man. All of Henchard’s worth was in his determination to suffer and in his ability to endure a lot of pain. Henchard carried the burden of of his mistakes such as, selling…

man in his task to make it to safety. In the short story “To Build a Fire,” the man is in constant battle with himself and the frosty nature of the Klondike and the challenges that it endures. The setting in “To Build a Fire” has an impact on the character, plot and symbolism. One of the first ways the setting has an impact…

Dane Shuler Willison English 06 October, 2017 Ender’s Game Heroic is a trait of Andrew Wiggins in the story Ender's Game by Orson Scott. In the book Andrew Wiggins also known as Ender develops 3 very important traits through the story. The 3 main traits that Ender had to have in the story for it to be a good story are Ender being brave, being heroic, and being loving. If he wouldn't have had those traits then the story wouldn't be good. In the story Ender went threw batte school, command school…

story. The director, Steven Spielberg offers this technique to draw attention to significant parts of the movie. The specific scenes of the red coated girl and liberation of the Jews, the colors define precise themes. One of the most significant characters presents herself during the liquidation of the ghetto. Oskar Schindler sees a little girl in a red coat strolling through the streets, walking unnoticed by guards. She weaves in and out of the Jews suffering and the Nazis murdering. Later in…

As a novel based on perspectives, “Gulliver’s Travels” uses strong description of not only characters, but scenes and settings. Jonathan Swift sets forth a satirical novel that expresses the political, cultural, and idealistic climates of England during the time in which the novel takes place. By examining the descriptions provided by Swift, a clear connection to a variety of themes becomes visible throughout the novel. One of the most commonly addressed themes in “Gulliver’s Travels” is…