Narration Essay Examples

While Gita Mehta’s previous books focused on the interactions between India and the Western world, in A River Sutra, the author took a new direction in her writing. To accomplish focus by exploring the diversity of cultures within India, Mehta presented seemingly unconnected themes and stories in this novel such as about the Hindu and […]

At times, managing others’ anticipations regarding one’s self-image and aspirations can be immensely tough. However, facing your personal desires about who you aspire to evolve into frequently presents a greater challenge. This inner struggle is exemplified by the young lad in “Abduction” by Shelagh Delaney. He lies at the heart of this moving narrative where […]

Gabriel Garcia Marquez’ novella Chronicle of a Death Foretold portrays a theme of struggle for genuine individuality through the first person perspective of an unnamed narrator in a small Columbian sea-port town during the 1950’s. Through the characterization of central characters; Bayardo San Roman and Angela Vicario, the author criticizes the culture of this Columbian […]

In Jason Kennedy’s short story “The Sandwich Factory,” the narrator portrays factories as entities that transform human beings into mechanical entities. The use of mechanization for enhancing efficiency turns factory workers into humdrum machinists, causing individuals to become indistinguishable amongst a swarm of inconsequential entities. For a thorough understanding of the story, this task will […]

The text under analysis is taken from the book “Doctor in the House” written by Richard Gordon. Richard Gordon was born in 1921. He has been an anaesthetist at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in London, a ship’s surgeon and an assistant editor of the British Medical Journal. He left medical practice in 1952 and started writing […]

It’s straightforward to put Sigmund Freud’s concepts of the id, ego, and superego into practice when examining a literary piece from a psychological viewpoint, given their focus on both conscious and unconscious actions. A number of critics, when analyzing Poe’s large body of work, prefer to adopt this psychological approach, particularly in the case of […]

The short story focuses on Filipino conventions during the wake of loved ones. It’s also a twist of Filipino stereotypes regarding social conventions such as the ‘kabit’ or the second wife/mistress, as compared to the first wife. The story is narrated in a somewhat unbiased, childlike tone but it’s actually flavored with insight and implicit […]

The Indonesian word ‘wayang’ is derived from a word meaning ‘shadow’ or ‘ghost’. These intricately cut and perforated shadow puppets are made from buffalo hide. ‘Kulit’ means ‘leather’ or ‘skin’. Today, it is spread out, in various forms and guises, across Asia – from Turkey and China to Indonesia and of course, Malaysia. Wayang Kulit […]

“A Rose For Emily”, “Tell Tale Heart”, and “My Last Duchess”, are all narratives with the theme of madness and murder. Each narrator’s point of view shapes their story. “A Rose For Emily” is told from an outside point of view while, in contrast, “Tell Tale Heart” and “My Last Duchess” are both told by […]

At first, The Handmaid’s Tale (1986) may purely seem like a reconstruction of events. However, when examined more closely the reader can see that Atwood has used many narrative and poetic techniques. Each of these devices develop the novel into so much more than just a simple reconstruction of events, it becomes a precise and […]

The brief plot of “Sonny’s Blues” meticulously examines two adult brothers and their divergent approaches to coping with their depressing lives in the dilapidated, drug-ridden streets of Harlem. James Baldwin’s attempt at demonstrating his concern with families, roots, and identity is quite apparent, but the theme of suffering is most prominent. He expresses his thoughts […]

Analysis of the short story “The Escape” by William Somerset Maugham. I`d like to reflect upon the short-story under the title «The Escape”, written by one of the best known English writers of 20th century – William Somerset Maugham. He was not only a short-story writer, but also one of the most successful dramatists and […]

Robert Coover’s “The Babysitter” tells the story of a single evening through the point of view of different characters, shifting voices every paragraph. Their stories are interconnected and overlapping to establish the events taken place that night: a babysitter takes care of the three children while their parents, the Tuckers, attend a friend’s party. Coover […]

Bella “Bel” Kaufman (born May 10, 1911) is a Russian-American professor and author, best known for writing the 1965 best-seller Up the Down Staircase. Kaufman was born in Berlin, Germany, where her father was studying medicine. Although born in Germany, her native language was Russian. She was raised in Odessa. She emigrated to the United […]

Fight Club is a movie where the director and cinematographer employ heavy use of computer graphics and use of camera angles and color. In this paper, I am going to analyze how the film director and cinematographer employ the use of camera angles, color and narratives to help convey a subliminal message to the audience […]

The melancholy of life, death and old age, are one of the many issues dealt with, in Alan Bennett’s heart-rending tale. It tells the story of an isolated, fragile, elderly woman, who feels ensnared in a modernised society in which she strives for her sovereignty and prominence. In a culture where the old are forgotten, […]

Adolescents are constantly seeking boundaries in the hope of developing into an adult in the fastest possible way. The borderline between right and wrong becomes blurry in the fast pace contest and initial good intentions prove to be poor decisions made from an untenable standpoint. An example of this sort of bad decision-making appears in […]

The short story Cat in the rain by Ernest Hemingway is one of my favorite pieces of short fiction written by an American writer. I read the story for the first time in my second year at the university and, ever since then, whenever I met people who shared my passion for literature, I bring […]

“Fat” is a story within a story, told from the point of view of a waitress, one of those discontented ordinary people, who live in Raymond Carver’s fictions. The story-within-a-story structure told through a very sparse and very lean prose style that contrasts with its theme of bodily (obesity) and emotional (depression) excess frame the […]

The Second World War has had a great influence on all spheres of human life. Art and culture, which usually reflect events that happen in the society, have also developed new tendencies. During the afterward period several new trends appeared in literature. New Humanism appeared as a response to the atrocities of the war. It […]

“Song of Green Mountain” is one of the Koryo poems from The Columbia Anthology of Traditional Korean Poetry. Although it was my first time to read it, I previously heard about the poem when I was still attending schools in Korea and knew it was a famous poem from the Koryo period. When I first […]

Foe is a literary piece created by J. M. Coetzee in 1986, based on a refurbishing of the novel Robinson Crusoe – which was a classic by Daniel Defoe, added with a feminine protagonist in the character of Susan Barton. She was cased on an island together with Robinson Crusoe, or Cruso, and Friday. The […]