Fiction Essay Examples

In the text Norton Fairy Tales, multiple versions of the “Red Riding Hood” stories depict the evolution of gender roles and stereotypes in society, as well as the existence and advantageous characteristics of real life evil. In all the variations of the “Red Riding Hood” story, there exists an evil character that attempts to take […]

“Flowering Judas”, a short novel, is also one of Katherine Anne Porter’s typical representatives among her literary achievement. The short story describes an American girl named Laura. She departs from Catholicism and goes to Mexico as an English teacher. When Laura is involved in an socialist revolutionary in Mexico, she meets Braggioni who is a […]

Love is considered significant by some but not the most important thing in life. However, two characters, Nora Helmer from “A Doll House” and Jay Gatsby from “The Great Gatsby,” prioritize love. Despite their similar experiences with love, Nora is seen as more empathetic because of her bravery, kindness, and innocence. In contrast, Gatsby is […]

Love in L.A.” is a story that is set on the streets of Los Angeles in the heat of traffic. Love should be an emotion of strong affection and personal attachment (DK). But in the short story Love in L.A., the definition of love is the exact opposite. Through “Jake,” the protagonist’s definition of “love” […]

Sherlock Holmes is highly sought after for help and assistance in solving cases or problems. Despite the assumption that he does it for financial gain, Holmes is actually motivated by the thrill and love of solving mysteries. Interestingly, he often doesn’t even accept money from clients and instead finds value in other items that serve […]

Since the dawn of time, horror has already been thriving on the Philippine mainstream (A. Paman, 2010). Men and women, old and young, alike, have been fond of being scared by the characters of the child-imitating tiyanak, the tree demon kapre, the vampire-like aswang, the horse-headed-human-bodied tikbalang, and the violent spirits, among others. When a […]

Having grown up during the Great Depression of 1930s, Toni Morrison witnessed the struggles of her parents in bringing their four children up, and the dismal days of penury and strife left a deeper impact on Morrison’s mind to compel her in creating a novel on oppression and slavery. Her novel Beloved won the Pulitzer […]

My initial response to the story’s title is that the short story was going to be about a happy family that lived in the country and drama to make the story interesting. At the start, it seemed as if anybody that was from the country were “good” and never did anything wrong throughout their entire […]

A dystopian society us a society classified by a controlling government. Usually, a dystopian society is miserable. Both societies in “Harrison Bergeron” and The Hunger Games have a controlling government that make the societies miserable but in their own special ways. The societies in both “Harrison Bergeron” and The Hunger Games are synonymous, but they […]

The way in which a story is organized or complied adds to the ideas, themes, and character of the story. A frame narrative is a way in which a story is told were a main story leads reader into other stories within. Essentially a frame narrative is a story within another story. As in the […]

Published in 1912, Franz Kafka’s “Metamorphosis” is a novel that takes place in an anonymous European city. The narrative revolves around a common salesman residing in a society obsessed with industry. However, one fateful morning, he undergoes a dramatic transformation and wakes up as an enormous cockroach. Throughout the book, the author delves into the […]

Leslie Marmon Silko, a Native American poet and storyteller, serves as the narrator of this story. Through her work, Silko delves into themes such as relationships, religion, and cultural societies. The narrative revolves around a woman belonging to the Pueblo tribe who discovers herself outside her pueblo alongside an unfamiliar individual named Silva. Silva asserts […]

In Neal Shusterman’s Downsiders, Talon lives Downside, that is, underneath New York City. There is a strict code of secrecy among the Downsiders, taboos forbid them from going Topside, but the two worlds collide when Talon ventures up looking for medicine for his sickly sister. Through his journey, he meets Lindsay, a Topside girl who […]

Renowned author Alex Rider penned the significant literary piece Snakehead, which spans roughly 400 pages. The book was released by Walker Books and can be found in various cities including London, Boston, Sydney, and Auckland. Synopsis Snakehead, the novel, details the adventures of 14-year-old Alex Rider who is on a mission to dismantle a perilous […]

Susan Hill introduces Arthur Kipps as an Old man. Living tucked away in a nice house in the countryside with a large loving family around him Kipps is the image of a man who has had a comfortable life with no bumps in the road. He is a man of habit and finds pleasure in […]

“Bluffing” The Best All-around Story By Gail Helgason Yuke Lu What is the most terrifying things that you have ever seen in your life; what you are going to do with that; and if you are with your partner what you may do… “Bluffing” is a really fabulous story written by Gail Helgason and telling […]

This year’s literature has exposed us to two intriguing short tales, Rudyard Kipling’s “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” and George Toudouze’s “Three Skeleton Key”. Both individualistic in their narratives, they nevertheless bear certain resemblances along with a few contrasts. The common narrative feature of both stories is the presence of adversarial characters embodied as animals. In particular, in “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi”, […]

The goal of this project proposal is to present background on the subjects of realism, magical realism, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It will go in depth into Gabriel’s life as well as define the difference between realism and magical realism. The ultimate goal is to present a valid project idea pertaining to the three subjects […]

The story begins on a rainy evening with Mrs. White, Mr. White, and their son Herbert gathered in the parlor. Mrs. White is sitting in her chair knitting as she looks on as her husband is losing to Herbert in a game of chess. From the inside, Mr. White can hear the footsteps of someone […]

Trifles and the story of an Hour are both stories with a feminist view. The theme in “Trifles” and “The Story of an Hour” has one prominent similarity concerning marriage that shapes the flow of story: from a feminist approach, we see that the women of both stories lose their individual identity as a result […]

The two novels The Grapes of Wrath & A Farewell to Arms both contain a main character who shares some of the same qualities depicting how they live their lives. The Grapes of Wrath, written in 1939 involves the character known as Tom Joad; A Farewell to Arms has a very similar character in ways […]

“A learning time. Another thought from the night before, one that must have come while he was sleeping. He had to know more or he wouldn’t make it. He should try to learn each day. It was like Owen had said – he wanted to know everything. David felt that now, felt that he had […]