Fiction Essay Examples

The Dilemma of the Postmodern Writer; (In case all assumptions had not been thrown out) The core idea of modern nothingness is best portrayed in Paul Auster’s City of Glass from The New York Trilogy. In the novel, the individual identity withdraws; the protagonist (shall he be called such) Daniel Quinn finds himself challenged by […]

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. ” Romeo and Juliet is a play by William Shakespeare that is regularly hard to understand by most. William decided to put something in his play to make it more interesting and understandable. There are three literary […]

Walsh’s short story The Quiet Man introduces a few interesting characters, but one I found very intriguing wbas a man named Big Liam O’Grady. Big Liam was one of the main characters who played a huge role in the story. Big Liam may have played the “Bad guy” role in this story, but even the […]

Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a story of a young girl’s journey down the rabbit hole into a fantasy world where there seems to be no logic. Throughout Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Alice experiences a variety of bizarre physical changes, causing her to realize she is not only trying to figure out Wonderland […]

The Face on the Milk Carton is a Contemporary Realistic Fiction. It covers many ideas but the main one is : Identity. The Face on the Milk Carton is a book about a 15 year- old high school student in Connecticut, Janie Johnson. One day at lunch she looks at the missing child picture on […]

Ragged Dick Summary and Response In chapters XXVI and XXVII of the novel “Ragged Dick,” Horatio Alger describes how a brave heart of a young man named Richard Hunter, got him a good paying Job and opened new opportunities for his future. Richard Hunter, also known as Dick, and his roommate Henry Fosdick, one day […]

One is left wondering whether Louis Mallard’s awakening in Kate Chopin’s The Story of An Hour was spiritual or physical, as it is presented as a thought-provoking work. Many critics have a tendency to take a side and stand firmly by it, but readers must acknowledge that the truth lies somewhere in between. In his […]

Frequently censured for his accent on sex. his stereotypic female characters. and his frequently-blatant sexism. Lawrence remains one of the of import figures in British literary modernism. Besides a poet and litterateur. Lawrence’s greatest influence is fiction. His usage of topographical item to arouse a sense of precise venue was particularly attractive to American authors […]

The Letters of John and Abigail Adams are a reviewing eye-opener in contrast to the stereotypes and outlooks of their twenty-four hours. After reading the correspondence of John and Abigail. a new visible radiation is brought upon their relationship and it reveals non merely a loving and committed twosome. but lets the reader position through […]

A critic once said, “Trifles is a lousy play. By the third page we know who dun it, so there isn’t much reason to sit through the rest of the play. ” This statement is a closed minded opinion. Susan Glaspell, the author of “Trifles”, does depict the murderer in this detective story but leaves […]

The divide between commercial and literary fiction, though not stark, can be clearly interpreted with the proper analysis. The short stories Roman Fever and The Cask of Amontillado are perfect examples of this. Both contain many of the same elements, but quickly differentiate with further examination. In Edgar Allen Poe’s short story The Cask of […]

In Richard Wright’s “The Man Who Was Almost a Man”, there is only one main character, Dave Saunders, and a handful of secondary characters. Dave Saunders is a seventeen year old, “long, loose-jointed limbed” African-American boy living in what seems like the South, either in Alabama or Louisiana, judging from the fact that the Illinois […]

I. IntroductionDuring the mid 1950s, the pop music was rampant in cinema. It was also the time where audiences experienced on how read and go along with a film. One of interesting feature of pop music lying in a certain film is that music is not necessarily composed for a film. Besides, it may not […]

Alice Sebold’s work titled The Lovely Bones narrates the demise and afterlife of Susie Salmon, a delightful character who was raped, killed, and dismembered at the young age of fourteen by her neighbor, Mr. Susie Harvey gazes back at Earth and her family from a gazebo on her own heavenly slice. In this temporary heaven, […]

The utilization of dramatic irony in Oedipus the king serves to progress the play by invoking feelings of pity towards the tragic hero, generating suspense, and hinting at the forthcoming events within the play. Despite Oedipus’ awareness of the prophecies, he remains ignorant of their fulfillment. However, as readers, we are aware of all the […]

My book report is on “Killing Mr. Griffin”. The author of this book is Lois Duncan. Lois Duncan is a female novelist who writes suspense stories for teenagers. This book was published by Little Brown on April 1978. The protagonist of this book is named Susan McConnell. Susan is a sixteen year old junior at […]

There are various ways to interpret the title “A Rose for Emily.” One possible interpretation is that Homer served as Emily’s rose. During her lifetime, she never experienced true love and clung onto a rose with its thorn intact. The title may indicate the act of having a narrow-minded perspective referred to as “rose-colored glasses,” […]

The novel ‘Deadly Unna? ’, (author Phillip Gwynne 1998) is about a fourteen year old Gary Black’s (Blacky) life living at the port(Adelaide), the storys based around a football game but it also deals with many other issues, such as courage, racism and relationships. There are a number of characters who demonstrate what true courage […]

Born on March 17, 1958 in Fort Worth, Texas, Rick Bass was critically acclaimed writer in his own right. A son of a geologist, he also took up Bachelor of Science in petroleum geology in Utah State University. Married with Elizabeth Hughes, an artist herself, they decided to move in Yaak, Valley near Troy Montana […]

Women roles in Charles Dickens’s novel A Tale of Two Cities are foundations to establish the superiority and manipulative power of women. Dickens showed how women can help men escape from their own shackles if life and how they made men act according to their will. Incorporation of women characters in the novel also became […]

Despite cultural differences, society has the power to influence change among individuals. While peace is a common goal, the desire for power often results in violence. The complexities of humanity can lead to both acts of cruelty and kindness, ultimately impacting the lives of many and emphasizing a need for assisting others. The opening scene […]

The film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1920s literary piece, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” depicts the life of a man who is born in his eighties and ages in reverse, causing people to observe that he appears to become younger with each passing year. The theme of the time travelers tale of Benjamin […]