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Murdered by James Schannep is an interactive mystery novel. The reader is the main character and the one that determines how the story will unfold and what actions he will take to progress in the story. The only consistent element of the story is how the story begins. The protagonist is separated from his friends in the unknown city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. He finds his way into a side street and by accident discovers a body of a young woman. From there on the story unfolds from the choices…

“The Ghost” Author: Robert Harris INTRODUCTION: Robert Harris wrote an interesting novel or story the title is “The Ghost”. Robert Harris is the author of “Impremium, Pompeii, Enigma, Fatherland, and Selling Hitler”. He has been a television correspondent with the BBC and a newspaper columnist for the Sunday times (London) and the daily telegraph. His novels have sold more than Ten Million copies and Ten Translated into thirty-seven languages. He lives in Berkshire, England, with his wife and…

OUR NEARFUTURE Ray Bradbury is one of the greatest dystopian authors. His every novel in its own way is a unique masterpiece. Amongst number of novels that Ray Bradbury has written he is best known for ‘Fahrenheit 451’. He is regarded as one of the best authors that 21st century has seen. “Martian Chronicles” and “Something wicked this way” are few of his creations. Ray Bradbury has a strong belief that if we want to live forever you need to do certain things that will be remembered forever,…

Chungking Express: The Role of Hong Kong City in the Plot The movie “Chunking Express” which was written and directed by Wong Kar Wai is a romance/drama film produced in 1994. The plot within the movie tells of two stories which are shown in sequence (“Chunking Express” n.p). Each story features a troubled relationship of a Hong Kong police officer. In the first story, the film focuses on Cop 223 (He Qiwu), the obsession he bears of his broken relationship with May as well as the platonic…

Edgar Allan Poe has become a vital figure in the world of literature based on his gothic short stories, Cask of Amontillado to The Fall of House Usher and Tell-Tale Heart, each unique in their own way as they have attracted more people to his books for over two centuries. In his short stories, Poe has shown numerous amounts of descriptive and unsettling imagery with different techniques, adding an eerie mood along with suspenseful syntax. Poe not only incorporates techniques such as unsettling…

The author, Washington Irving, wrote the marvelous story “Ichabod Canes The legend of the Sleepy Hollow” published in English on 1900. Irving died in November 28, 1859, he was a great American short story writer, among many other things, of the early 19th century. He was best known after he wrote “ Ichabod Crane the legend of sleepy hollow” but he kept growing as a writer and had many more successful pieces of literature like “ A History of New York” and “the sketch book” . He became well known…

1. Introduction One of Edgar Allen Poe's most famous short stories is "The Tell-Tale Heart", which was first published in 1843. The story is told by an unnamed narrator, who describes in a very detailed way the murder he committed. His victim is the old man he lives with/ he is living with. The narrator's only and not very justifiable reason for his deed is that he is afraid of the old man's vulture eye and that in order to get rid of his fear he has to kill the old man. After his deed is done,…

Raymond Carver is one of the men accredited for reviving the contemporary short story genre. He was an excessive drinker and this shaped his stories along with the qualities of minimalism and dirty realism. Edward Hopper was an American painter that specialized in realism. Hopper’s artwork depicted the accurate, detailed, and embellished nature of contemporary life. Raymond Carver’s short story “Cathedral” and Edward Hopper’s painting Room in New York both exhibit someone examining a…

“The Hungry Stone” is a short story written by Rabindranath Tagore Which is a translation of the Bengali version “Khudhito Pashan” that was published in his book of short stories “Galpoguchcha”. Rabinndranath(1867-1941) and his many-sided achievements are incredible. He is a writer, a great thinker,an artist,a great musician and an orator of extraordinary power. With his god-gifted genius his leviathan bulk of writing and his universal appeal make him global. He got Nobel Prize for his book…

Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer that will be remembered for many reasons. His writings are among some of the most loved writings in American history. Edgar Allan Poe was best known for evocative short stories and poems that captured the imagination and interest of readers around the world (“Edgar Allan Poe” Biography). Some of Poe’s short stories and poems are still read religiously throughout classrooms everywhere. A piece of Edgar Allan Poe's life had been molded into each one of his…