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According to the articles, “Alone in the universe,” by Jesse Kohn and , “At the office,” by W.M. Akers, they both are written in first person point of view. Both articles use their point of view in their story to develop their main characters.

That is to say writing in first-person can allow the author to be more descriptive with the way he writes his scenes. An example of a very descriptive scene is when the Jews were on the train cars, heading towards Buchenwald. Passersby threw bread into the cattle cars and watched as the Jews tore each other apart for the crust of it. An especially gruesome part of this event is written in the following: “He was hiding a piece of bread under his shirt. With lightning speed he pulled it out and put it to his mouth. His eyes lit up, a smile, like a grimace, illuminated his ashen face. And was immediately extinguished. A shadow had lain down beside him. And this shadow threw itself over him. Stunned by the blows, the old man was crying: ‘Meir, my little Meir! Don’t you recognize me… You’re killing your father… I have bread… for you too… for you too…”(Wiesel, 101) The use of first-person narration is very effective here. Elie, as a 16 year old boy, watched the worst of humanity through his own two eyes. It is hard to provide a description as chilling as this one with other types of

The story is written as a second person narrative. This style puts the reader in the position of the main character. We are never told the main character’s name, making it easier for the reader to relate to the character. Writing in the second person also challenges the reader, putting them in the position of the main character.

The Fault in Our Stars depicts Hazel Grace Lancaster, a 16-year-old girl diagnosed with terminal thyroid cancer. The book chronicles her relationship with Augustus Waters, who has also been diagnosed with cancer. Throughout the novel, Hazel constantly struggles with her identity in relation to her disease. She is conflicted whether to accept the prescribed image society has of her or to embrace her true inner self. Through a period of self-realization, she eventually comes to terms with and redefines her identity. Although society may define an individual’s self-image, The Fault in Our Stars demonstrates that identity is defined by the inner self, rather than external forces; in turn, that self-perception deeply impacts one’s perspective on life.

Since this book was wrote in first person I could really see what was going on inside of Hanneke's head, along with how she was feeling during this whole ongoing problem.

In the 1st person point of view the reader sees the story unfold from the perspective of the narrator. Many novels use this convention such as classics like Catcher in the Rye and Treasure Island. This point of view allows the reader to sympathize with the narrator/main character and place themselves in the lives of these characters. Because of this, however, 1st person narration is limited and biased. The narrator can only know what is taking place around them and even then, the narrator can be considered unreliable due to being able to change certain

The author, Richard Bradford, uses first person narrative in his novel Red Sky at Morning. His story unfolds through the eyes of Josh Arnold, the strong-willed, independent son of Frank Arnold, a respected and wealthy man in Sagrado, New Mexico during the times of World War II. When Josh was two he began to become immune to things like Indian fire and ringworm which was the primary cause for their summerhouse in Sagrado. The Arnolds moved from Mobile, Alamabama during the War to live year long in Sagrado when Frank had a conviction to serve his time in the U.S. Navy. Once there, Josh met Steenie, a role model, protector, and social educator to Josh. Steenie taught

We do not typically see second person stories, so we are not accustomed to reading them. However, once you get a grasp on the writing style, the story flows smoothly and really catches the reader's attention.

The book is written in first person from the view of Hank Morgan; Morgan’s language was clear, basic and straight to the point while the language of the people of Camelot was time-consuming, confusing and very disorganized. This posed as a problem for me because I could only understand Morgan, while the people of Camelot I had to strain to understand. In some ways though, I truly felt like Morgan because, I was reading about a very confusing place where I could hardly understand anyone. Nonetheless even if Mark Twain wrote the book like this to emulate

In the book We Should Hang Out Sometime Josh Sundquist is an insecure cancer survivor who’s on a journey to seek answers as to why all of his past relationships has failed. In the novel The Young Elites, Adelina Amouteru is a self-conscious sixteen year old. In the story The Young Elites, Adelina is a fever survivor whose life is flipped upside down when her hidden powers are revealed for the first time. The theme of We Should Hang Out Sometime is self love is the best love. Likewise, the

Module 12.2, “A Survey of Emotions” discusses anxiety, anger and positive emotions. Psychologists who study anxiety have the advantage of an operational definition for anxiety, which allows them to measure anxiety objectively. Before reading the chapter, I did not know that the amygdala plays a big role in peoples’ varying amounts of anxiety. Interestingly, the module questions the reliability of polygraph tests, which ruins tons of relationships on numerous TV shows. The module continues to explain that many factors may influence happiness from wealth, heath, and weather.

There are lots of better writer and novelist in the world who have given so many books and novels for reading, I have read some of them and some are discussed with everyone. There are famous writers like A. A. Milne, Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, J K Rowling, Lewis Carroll and the list does not end here. They have given books for fiction, Children’s Literature, Literature, plays, short stories, Biographies, Fantasy, Poetry, and so on… First of all, what is First person narration? The first person narration is ‘The Story is told by a character that participates in the action of the story itself. First person Narrative is used by an author who wants a personal/subjective/intimate point of view’. In this essay, I will discuss the ways that first person narration affects the overall story which contains many things like Plot, settings of the story, Characters, the point of view, tone, irony, and symbolism. The story also contains many things for the third person too. But apart from all this, I m going to discuss the effects of the first person three main points are on styles and variations point of view and benefits of writing in the first person. Some other points are displayed in front. First I will discuss the style and variations then everything else.

The differences between first and third person perspectives are detrimental when making the decision on which to use when writing. They are almost exactly polar opposites of each other, ones advantage being the others disadvantage and vice versa. In the aspect of the

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green and Me and Earl and The Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews are novels that have a similar concept. In The Fault in Our Stars, Augustus and Hazel meet and become friends. After spending a lot of time together, the two fall in love with each other even though they are both dying from terminal illnesses. In Me and Earl and The Dying Girl, Gregg is forced by his mother to become friends with Rachel, who has been diagnosed with leukemia and is almost dying. The two novels study the friendship that develops between the teens after some of the characters have been diagnosed with terminal illnesses. The books bring out the challenges that people encounter before they can become real friends. The challenges show how the members of the society try to fight friendship, and it still becomes the source of their desired comforts. From The fault in our stars we can see that Hazel is trying to evade Augustus but Augustus persists, “You realize that trying to keep your distance from me will not lesson my affections for you.” The Fault in our stars clearly depicts friendship and love while Me and Earl and The dying girl clearly brings out friendship.

While there are several noteworthy life-course theories in addition to Thornberry’s theory, one is deserving of special consideration because it represents a revision of an earlier theory based on developmental findings. That is the General Theory of Crime proposed by Travis Hirschi and Michael R. Gottfredson (1990). Hirschi, as you may recall, had earlier set out the influential social bonding theory in 1969. However, he and Gottfredson reviewed the research and decided that most theories of crime and delinquency causation were wrong. What Hirschi and Gottfredson wrote was succinct and to the