Thousand Character Classic

While reading literature, it is crucial to recognize the importance of the messages stories provide as well as the perspectives characters offer the reader. “Stickeen” by John Muir and The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison are both centered around the powerful perspectives of innocents. In both stories, certain youthful or naive characters have been able to encourage personal growth in their peers or elders, making their high value crucial in the stories. Due to their unique and fleeting perspective,…

and action are apparent themes which cannot be neglected. Even though there is a distinct disassociation between them, together are important key components that can analyze the characters who we come across. Throughout the book, we reach a point that emotion takes on an unoccupied role and is a key in guiding the characters to make irrational decisions. In contrast, action has a stronger sense because it is prescribed by duty. This description reflects on the personality of Aeneas, who lay…

HEMMINGWAY” ABSTRACT This article aims at, to prove Earnest Hemingway as a writer of horror, men and masculinity by applying speech act theory as an objective tool. The description of a character by its characteristics is a difficult task, but when there is a use of objective tool it becomes easier. Characters come in front of us like living person.…

Chinua Achebe's “Things Fall Apart” is a historical fiction novel that is set in the early 1900’s. This novel is about the tragic downfall of the main character Okonkwo, a well respected leader within his clan in Umuofia, who is also a tragic hero because of several flaws. Okonkwo’s most noticeable flaw is that he fears weakness and failure. Okonkwo’s fatal flaw is his fear of weakness and failure. This fear was the result of the weakness and failure of his father, Unoka. He saw how nobody…

In fact, throughout the story, the narrator or the characters never mention that “the operation” is an abortion operation. However, before the readers even start to read, Hemingway predisposes the readers to have a faint picture of pregnancy in their mind. The title, “Hills Like White Elephants”, symbolizes…

have to go on until it is over. 2. Setting- The setting of the book is of course on a train that was headed to Stamboul (Istanbul) to London but after the murder of a man the train gets stuck onto a snowdrift. 3. Who are the main characters? Though there alot of characters involved…

For instance, at the beginning of the film we can see an example of a Match-on-Action Cut, as the young lady approaches to the door there is a switch of perspective, it shows the continuation of the character. In addition, right after this cut, it is possible to appreciate a 180-degree system, looking at the back of the young girl at the lower left corner, and facing the old lady who opened the door. The old lady starts talking and when the young lady…

People handle the loss of a love one differently, there are some people who let their feelings be known to the public while there are others who repress their grief. Gus, from the short story “Lets go to the Videotape” by Fiona Maazel, does not know how to deal with the deal of his mother. The short story starts off with Nick, the father, filming Gus falling off of his bike and putting it up online. It receives enough attention to get a spot on America’s Funniest Home Videos. After winning the…

you would have learned the stories of bible in a roundabout way through that story. Because that story contains many biblical allegories and symbolisms by Edmund, the White Witch, and Aslan who represent Judas, Satan, and Jesus, who are the main characters from the bible. First,…

Notable authors in literary work understand that to keep their piece enticing and not dull, various methods must be employed. One of the more important methods is theme. Frankly, themes are so intrinsically incorporated in literature's the main and sub-plots of that without it, books would be nothing more than an abundance of meaningless of words on sheets of paper. William Shakespeare, for example, utilizes themes as the main component in The Merchant of Venice. The themes William Shakespeare…