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A Dictated Deviation from Autobiographical Tradition: An Analysis of The Book of Margery Kempe When readers observe the traditional styles of an autobiography, there is a presumption that the voice of the writer will demonstrate a first-person point of view into their life’s journey with chronological recollections that led them to a significant part of their lives. The Book of Margery Kempe can be described as a complete deviation from the traditional style of an autobiographical novel as…

Caleb Brewer English 3 “Where is Here” Mr. Yoder In Where is Here by Joyce Carol Oats, there are many different ideas that are all uniquely different, but perhaps none more unique than the idea of “infinity” that Oats displays within the story. There are three main figures in the story that are used to express infinity. The house, the family, and the drawing that the stranger drew for the son. Oats utilize these items to express an interesting idea to the reader such as to enable them to draw…

Cormac McCarthy is one of those authors who is hard to understand, but once you realize his motives you'll understand much more details. He has been criticized in a positive and a negative manner, many of these critiques include McCarthy's characters and his unique writing styles. McCarthy also uses symbolism and imagery into his texts to give it that "mystery-dark" feel. These are not the only things he includes, he also includes some of his own background experiences like religion for example.…

The events in many stories follow a specific pattern in order to make the storyline interesting and relatable. Joseph Campbell calls this occurrence the monomyth or in other words, The Hero’s Journey. The Hero’s Journey is separated into three parts: The Departure, Initiation, and The Return. Each of these sections consist of smaller events that mostly all happen within stories that obey the rules of the monomyth. One of the multiple movies that exemplifies this is Mulan. In this movie, the main…

choice of imagination and reality in the turning point of the texts. Meanwhile, there were parts in the texts how the theme was used differently. While Walter Mitty made a choice to accept his change from the turning point in the resolution, the narrator came back to his primary choice from the beginning of the story, choosing the reality over the…

Character cane defined as any person, animal or figures represented in a literary work. There are many types of characters that exist in literature. For example, A Doll's House is a play written by Henrik Ibsen. It focus on the difference between women and men during 19 century. There are many major characters play important roles in the play. Nora Helmer is the heroine of the play. She is the wife of Torvald Helmer, and has three children, still a young woman. She is kind, she bought gifts for…

narrating time. When speaking of narrating time, Genette asks the question of whether narratives can give an explanation on how long it will take for a narrator to voice the story. Gérard Genette stresses the importance between the author and narrator when discussing narrating. We see that many readers and critics often confuse the author and narrator, however Genette shows the great difference between the two, “Nevertheless—and this is finally very odd—the fictive narrating of…almost all the…

Harold Bloom, the author of Modern Critical Interpretations of the Great Gatsby, said “Never has symbolism played such a crucial part in the very foundation of a novel as it does in Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece, The Great Gatsby”. According to “Studies in in Literature and Language” of CSC Canada, symbolism emphasises the expression of subjective spirit and personal inner world. Through the symbolism in a work, readers can get insight into the writer’s creative realm. Fitzgerald uses symbolism…

“The Grasshopper and the bell cricket” by Yasunari Kawabata is a short story which is told by an isolated narrator who looks in on the situation before him and then communicates to us in the first person. Kawabata makes use of this narrator to communicate themes of alienation, lost love, deception and the nature of time. Themes such as these are very relevant in the lives of ordinary, everyday people and carry much weight in them. The fact that Kawabata is able to capture so much reality in the…

In the story, “Good Country People,” there are many themes; however, the main theme is identity. Throughout the story, many identities are shown but by the end of the story the real identities of the characters are revealed. O’Connor enlightens the reader they may often be fooled directly by an individual who is pursuing a separate identity. For example, during the story, the Bible Salesman fools the community by betraying their trust in him, Mrs. Hopewell rudely misjudges others, and Joy…