Narrative Essay Examples

“Far From Home” is written in the third person and is a character-driven story. Free indirect discourse has been used to make the reader relate to the character. This technique allows the audience to gain insight into the character’s thoughts feelings and dilemmas without using the first person narrative. Examples of when Joyce uses free […]

Both The Woman in Black and The Withered Arm are renowned works of modern literature that employ both similar and distinct techniques in presenting a supernatural narrative. As I assess these two books, I will examine elements such as pace, tension, description, structure, style, literary devices, and creative writing. Nevertheless, I will consider the fact […]

The big bang theory is a situation comedy. The show conforms to the codes and conventions of situation comedy as its: set in a place where the characters all meet up to be together for example in this show it is set in the apartment of the main characters, it has a set of characters […]

There is very good use of visual, narrative and technical codes in the film North by Northwest. In terms of genre, North by North west is labeled as thriller but it also has some aspects of other genre like comedy (Cary grant’s humors) and romance (with Eve candell). Roger’s character in the beginning of the […]

In my first lesson on fairy tales, we read through some stories such as “The Rainbow Fish” and “Going on A Bear Hunt” where we examined stories studying the similarities and conventions of the stories, which eventually, we performed to Year 1’s. The most obvious characteristics that we learnt were:1. Struggle between Protagonists and Antagonists2. […]

This section of writing is taken from Chapter One which forms the opening of ‘The Wasp Factory’. In this first chapter the audience gains an insight into Frank’s attitudes and values for the first time. Frank leads a very disturbing life and as this is the first time we meet him it is essential for […]

As we approached the house, Manderley was completely consumed by fire. Maxim’s expression of fear appeared to me as sadness, but I later learned it was a tear of joy as all memories of Rebecca were gone with the estate. When we arrived at the house, Mrs. Danvers leaned out of the window and exclaimed, […]

The Identification and Green Beret are two very different poems, but they also have their similarities. They are both about conflict and have themes of loss and destruction but as they are from different eras and countries. I will explore the numerous differences and similarities in this essay. The Identification is focuses on a young […]

“Father and Son” by Bernard McLaverty is a brief tale that prioritizes the creation of believable characters. In this paper, I will demonstrate how the writer achieves this goal via plot structure, theme, setting, narrative stance, and characterisation. McLaverty renders the characters realistic by deviating from the typical five-part plot structure and instead weaving a […]

After examining both “The Signalman” by Charles Dickens and “The Red Room” by H.G. Wells, This article explores how authors generate tension and suspense in their stories, using a range of techniques beyond supernatural elements. “The Signalman” is an example of a story that employs narrative structure and style, such as intermittent high-speed action, to […]

In literature, there are two types of narrator: Reliable and Unreliable. In this essay, I shall be exploring the ideas of James Wood in this topic and lead to the creation of an extra element in the piece they have written, and how it affects the reader. A classic example of the use of this […]

Vladimir Propp, a Russian literary theorist and critic, carried out an analysis of one hundred Russian folk tales in the 1920s. Published in 1928, The Morphology of the Folk Tale by Propp revealed a standard set of character classifications applicable to characters in traditional fantasy stories. Propp’s theory accurately predicted the role of these characters […]

In this film I will be discussing how the above make Blade Runner’s narrative specific and unique. Blade Runner was made in 1982 and starred Harrison Ford in the role of Decker who is a cop and has to find and stop ‘replicants’ from taking over the world.The movie begins with a starry black background […]

The focus of this paper is the empathic access perspective of personal identity. This will involve an introduction to its nature and criteria, as well as a thorough examination of its strongest arguments, objections and responses. Ultimately, the paper will provide a summary of the defence for empathic access presented. The Empathic Access Theory advocates […]

As stated by Alan Baddeley in 1982, memory is essential for our capacity to perceive, listen and reason as it allows us to save and recover information. According to Baddeley (1982, 11), memory is an essential component of daily life and its absence can render a person intellectually dead. Baddeley also notes that individuals do […]

When we go the cinema, we go for entertainment. But in order to enjoy the film we need to understand it. To do this an audience can look for the key concepts of mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing and sound. During this essay it will be these subjects that I investigate in order to find out how […]

Films are narratives – they tell stories. Even films based on true events will fictionalise them to make in order to produce drama, to telescope time, to avoid being filled with too many minor characters, or simply to be more entertaining. Films are usually summarised by their plots – in their first ‘treatment’ (or outline […]

Discuss to what extent The Godfather Part 1 is a product of transformation in Hollywood since the ‘Classic’ period. In this essay you should consider any continuities with the classical period, as well as the changes that emerge from the late 1960’s onward. Address any issues in the film that arise from the social and […]

Touch Me, by James Moloney employs choice/selection of detail to encourage/invite readers to feel empathy and sympathy towards Xavier Mclachlan, the key protagonist of this teenage novel. This is how Moloney positions the reader to respond, however the unique feature of this novel is what Moloney does with the detail he selects for his novel. […]

The relationships between men and women are explored seriously and humorously in ‘The Withered Arm’, ‘Tony Kytes – the Arch-Deceiver’, and ‘The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion’. It is through the plot that concerns about marriage and social status are revealed, and through this Hardy presents a fictionalised picture of society and relationships at […]

Introduction China’s economy is often seen as an extraordinary global phenomenon, with rapid growth that surpasses other nations. It has become the foremost option for business investments, attracting the highest Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflow worldwide, even exceeding the United States and European countries (‘China Quick Facts’). Despite China’s abundance of inexpensive human resources and […]

The initial advertisement that we observed was Jaguar’s latest ad campaign. This advertisement is challenging to portray because it lacks a coherent storyline and structure. The advertisement features women dancing in nightmarish settings against a bleak wooden backdrop with a winding tree. These unsettling images are interspersed with scenes of the Jaguar driving through vast […]