Genre Essays

In the realistic fiction novel, Thirteen Reasons Why written by Jay Asher, Hannah Baker is your average new freshman that just moved into town. She’s a simple girl at heart that admires candy, hot chocolate, and writing poetry. However, things are put into a different perspective when she meets Clay Jensen; reputations and relationships will […]

In the paired reading titled “Closing Doors” by Gavin Rember, the author takes us through the journey he faced as a child in dealing with the Denver Department of Social Services. Through his writing Rember focuses heavily on the detailed descriptions to enhance his arguments and feelings of the reality that he had faced at […]

“Crossing” is a 2009 short story by Mark Slouka. It recounts the story of a man who takes his son to an empty spot where he once had cherished memories with his own father. Even though he is divorced from the boy’s mother, the man aims to maintain a positive bond with his son. While […]

1. We see all the action of The Great Gatsby from the perspective of one character whose narration seems to be shaped by his own values and temperament. What is Nick Carraway like, what does he value, and how do his character and his values matter to our understanding of the action of the novel? […]

“Speckle Trout” was written by Ron Rash in 2005. Ron Rash was born in Chester, South Carolina in 1953; however, he grew up in Boiling Springs, South Carolina. This is a small town in South Carolina and was the inspiration for most of Ron’s stories. “Speckle Trout” is written about a sixteen year old boy […]

The text below discusses the Review of Related Literature and Studies. This section is dedicated to research that is connected to the current study. The Review of Related Literature includes information about the five selected short stories, the author’s biography, and the literary approach that will be used. The Review of Related Studies involves analyzing […]

The short story “Circus cat, alley cat” is written by Anita Desai and is on three pages. The short story is about Anna, a circus performer who becomes a nanny for an English family. Anna is performing with tigers and lions in an exciting show. The narrator is a child and has a wild imagination. […]

The scene I have chosen as my personal favorite is the opening scene of the movie, Stranger Than Fiction, 2006, starring Will Ferrell and Emma Thompson, and directed by Marc Forster from a screenplay by Zach Helm. The American humorous drama-fantasy film (Smith) portrays the self-contained IRS agent, Harold Crick, whose dull life is perfectly […]

When talking about the role of husband and wife in a family, people usually state that the man is the person who build the house and the woman is the one who make it to be a home. However, there is one time, the woman refuses her part and turns her house into a place […]

As Gcina Mhlophe dances onto stage her voice echoes with wisdom and experience and and all attention is drawn in as she tells stories of her life as a black woman in apartheid. I was priveliged to see Gcina Mhlophe perform her stories about life as a young black woman during Apartheid, when I was […]

Dame Muriel Spark was an award-winning Scottish novelist. She spent several years in Central Africa, returning to Britain during World War II. Until 1957 she published only poetry and criticism, including studies of Mary Shelley and the Bront sisters. Her fiction uses satire and wit to present serious themes, often questions about good and evil. […]

It is very clear from the act if you have read it. Lady Macbeth is full of evil, and is well aware of that. She is evil and she wants to be evil. She wants to forget every connection to humanity and womanhood she shares. Thats why she wants the spirits to unsex her – […]

The significance of light and darkness in James Joyce’s “Araby” and James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues” varies in their underlying meaning. In “Araby”, light and darkness are imbued with religious connotations intertwined with romance, whereas in “Sonny’s Blues”, they symbolize a personal struggle that can either devastate or rejuvenate one’s life. Therefore, these contrasting depictions of […]

The narrator of the story “Love is a Fallacy” relates to a freshman student in law school, intelligent, egocentric person, and outgoing always thinking he was logical. As the narrator showed us some fallacies throughout the story, he was outsmarted by Polly. What are some of the impressions that I made from reading Love is […]

Although the characters in the story came from diverse backgrounds, they all accepted and embraced each other’s personality differences. Tahr, for instance, found a unique way to communicate with the yeh-teh and formed a friendship with Paris, despite her restless nature and past betrayal. Likewise, Paris discovered that there were good people in the world […]

When it comes to choosing whether or not to read the text along with the film, most would recommend reading the story first for “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”. While the film had a mostly accurate portrayal of the story, one would need to read the text for the entire account. Although, the main […]

In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, “The Oval Portrait,” the effect of horror is created. Horror is created within the setting, the painter’s obsession, and in the terminal love between the couple. By referencing the use of Gothic elements, diction and unity of effect, Poe creates the horrific short story “The Oval Portrait. ” Poe […]

There are two instances in the play, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” where the device known as dues ex machina is used. While this device is often an easy way out in seemingly un-resolvable circumstances in a play or a piece of fiction, the use of this device in this particular play seems to tie in […]

This short story written by Hemingway is titled Cat in the Rain. The title suggests that something weak (‘cat’) is trapped in a difficult situation (‘rain’). Since cats are generally very afraid of water, being in the rain can be such a torture to them. From the title, it is hinted that the story may […]

A short story must have texture in order to allow the reader to capture full essence. Writer’s often stratigize realism in their work so visualization and relation is in grasp by their readers. The use of heavy description and dialogue accomplishes the sense of realism. “The Untold Lie,” by Sherwood Anderson, displays the art of […]

Year of wonders the novel explores how people change by catastrophe such as the plague. The plague was brought to the town by cloths Anna is urged by Mr Mompellion to burn Viccars belongings and Anys Gowdie being a customer of his rejects his advice. ‘Burn it all! Burn it all! For the love of […]

Use of literary devices to enhance the mood of “Berenice” Famous author and poet Edgar Allan Poe is well known for his writing of ill-minded scenarios and grotesque circumstances. Poe, one of America’s most ailing writers, made use of many different literary devices to develop his popular, eerie, and suspenseful mood. In “Berenice” (1835), Edgar […]