Narration Essay Examples

In Jay McInerney’s Bright Lights, Big City, the reader follows an unnamed protagonist through his tumultuous daily life living in New York City. The use of second person narrative, specifically through the word “you” distances our protagonist from himself, making him seem alienated and alone despite being surrounded by the huge bustling city and it’s […]

“ Lady’s Maid “ is a short-story written by a Katherine Mansfield , a famous British writer , was first published in 1920 . It is the final story in the 1922 collection of her work, The Garden Party and Other Stories. The writer is well known for her psychological stories. In the “ Lady’s […]

Some writers don’t just describe their characters directly, but instead, they allow the readers to find it out from the interactions and behaviors of the characters throughout the story. Francisco Arcellana’s “The Mats” doesn’t contain a clear description of the characters, however, it allows the readers to imagine the characters’ portraits and attitudes, and feel […]

Joaquin brings to life various characters, including Manolo Vidal and his family, Connie Escobar, Esteban and Concha Borromeo, Father Tony, Paco Texeira, and Doctor Monson. Doctor Monson, a former rebel, is hiding in Hong Kong to avoid postwar trials. According to literary critic Epifanio San Juan, Connie Escobar, the main female character, is portrayed as […]

Alienation, Isolation, and Loneliness The New Dress Virginia Woolf -Woolf was born into a privileged household on January 25th, 1882. -She began writing when she was young and published her first novel in 1915. -She was known as an advocate for women rights and feminist movements helped influence her writings. -Virginia Woolf was known for […]

What is One Friday Morning by Langston Hughes?   The short story “One Friday Morning” is a short story by Langston Hughes and it’s one of the stories found in “The Short Stories of Langston Hughes by Langston Hughes. The main theme of the short story is undoubtedly discrimination because the text is focusing on […]

“My Little Bit of Country” is a 2012 essay by Susan Cheever that centers on her personal life, chronicling her journey from childhood to parenthood. The essay’s protagonist is Susan Cheever herself as she reflects on raising her children, who have since reached adulthood. The text focuses on the city of New York and examines […]

Body – image anxiety is an issue that many people struggle with nowadays. There are many factors that contribute to one’s anxiety of body image, for example it could stem from media, social and personal view. “An Insatiable Emptiness,” by Evelyn Lau, focuses on her own personal struggles with bulimia, and her strained relationships with […]

“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 […]

As we walk along the sidewalk, we frequently come across unfamiliar word usage. This occurs as words change their meanings over time, with old definitions becoming obsolete and replaced by new ones. An instance of this is seen in the word “gay,” which has undergone a transformation in meaning throughout history. Presently, it represents something […]

“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 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. […]

Close reading is an intrinsic act of concentrated attention we give to a written work, exploring the deeper meaning behind the words. This practice is often subconscious but becomes explicit in the scholarly examination of literature. There are four levels or forms of reading that grow progressively complex. The initial level concentrates on language, meticulously […]

The extract given to us was taken from “As I walked Out One Midsummer Morning” written by Laurie Lee in 1969. From the passage we are not able to tell whether we are dealing with a fictional or non-fictional text, hence it could be an autobiography, however this does not affect my interpretation of it. […]

“Shooting an Elephant” is an autobiographically influenced short story written by George Orwell and published in 1936. It deals with the inner conflict of an imperial police officer in Burma who feels pressured by the Burmese and forced to kill an outraged elephant in order to prove himself and his status as an imperial police […]

The convent threshold is a story about a female who is talking to her lover, asking him to repent along with her but also about her struggle to repent herself. This gives us the indication that they have both sinned, so maybe had some kind of sexual relationship with each other. The title of the […]

Diction and syntax are used in literature to give the narrator a certain atmosphere or to portray the narrator in a light other than the common person. Diction is defined as the choice of words especially with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness (Merriam-Webster). Syntax is defined as the way in which linguistic elements are […]

This essay will discuss and draw comparisons between William Stafford’s poem “Traveling through the Dark” and Mary Oliver’s poem “The Black Snake”. Our primary objective is to analyze their viewpoints on nature and explore the similarities and differences in their works. It is worth noting that Stafford’s poem adopts a first-person perspective. The poem by […]

The novel “The Right Stuff” by Tom Wolfe’s is one of the most excellent existing examples of what is typically known as the “factual story,” a type that Wolfe assisted to form. In narrating the non-fictional narrative of the beginning of the narration of the United States’ manned spaceflight program, the author has used a […]

Manning and Vowell are two children, and writers, who approach their relationships with their respective fathers with different styles and intensity. Somehow their unique experiences with their father reflect their own personalities and that in turn seeped into the style in which they write in. Each author described reconciliation with a facet of their relationship […]

Sherman Alexie paints the reader a picture in his book Indian Killer. He uses every possible element to his advantage. This includes his use of structure and form. Alexie uses these two elements in the shape of flashbacks, dreams and dream-like situations, the beginning compared to the end of the book, and the order in […]

Doris May Lessing (22. 10. 1919-17. 11. 2013. ) She was a British writer, born in Iran. In 1925 the family moved to a farm in the British colony area of Africa. In the story “No witchcraft for sale” Lessing tells about a relationship between the Farquars, a Christian family and their servant Gideon, in […]