F. Scott Fitzgerald's Alice: A Narrative Fiction

In Alice Walker’s, Nineteen Fifty-Five, a young white singer, Traynor, acquires song rights from an African American rhythm and blues singer, Gracie Mae. The song makes Traynor rich and famous. Obsessed with finding out the song’s meaning, Traynor remains in contact with Gracie Mae through letters, gifts, and visits. The conflict of the story is in Traynor’s inability to ascertain the meaning of the song. Traynor eventually passes away, without ever resolving the conflict.

Still Alice (Genova, 2009) is a captivating debut novel about a 50-year-old woman’s sudden decline into early onset Alzheimer’s disease. The book is written by first time author Lisa Genova, who holds a PH.D in neuroscience from Harvard University. She’s also an online columnist for the national Alzheimer’s association. Her other books include Left Neglected and Love Anthony. She lives with her husband and two children in Cape Cod.

In this short story, Alice Walker recounts a youthful, African American young lady who, while gathering blooms, lurches actually upon the body of a dead man. The air, dialect and topic of the story propose the southern United States as a setting‐sometime in the mid‐to late‐20th century appears a proper day and age, however this is far less clear.

Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a story of a young girl’s journey down the rabbit hole into a fantasy world where there seems to be no logic. Throughout Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Alice experiences a variety of bizarre physical changes, causing her to realize she is not only trying to figure out Wonderland but also trying to determine her own identity. After Alice arrives in Wonderland the narrator states, “For this curious child was very fond of pretending to be two people” (Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland 12). This quotation is the first instance that shows Alice is unsure of her identity. The changes in size that take place when she eats or drinks are the physical signs of her loss of identity.

A feather landed in a splatter of yellow paint on the dusty concrete, and was trampled by the passersby as they hurried past in their haste to get to the highlight of the fair: the prized bird judging. Ellie sat in a corner perched on the edge of her stool, cheered by the queue of people waiting for her to paint their portrait. As an Art student, she used the money she earned from selling her paintings at the local markets and fairs to pay her tuition fees, her rent and feed herself.

As Anna is watching her sister and her friends, she steams up a crazy idea that she is going to the party too. The time comes for all the girls to leave, so they all hop in the car and head to the party. What they do not know is little Anna secretly followed them on her bike. Anna, pedaling as fast as she can, she finally arrives at the party. She begins to walk around, and she is mesmerized. Everyone is dancing and having the time of their life. While keeping an eye out for her older sister Alice, she gets a little thirsty. She grabbed a drink off of a table and realized it tasted a little funny, but that didn’t bother Anna. As she’s walking around looking at everyone she starts to feel a little light-headed, and she passes out under a tree. When she wakes up, she sees that everything was different, even her. She was a big girl now, just like she wanted. She takes off walking home, as she sees many homeless people on the streets she gets confused. Anna walks past a store and sees a calendar, it’s the year 1932, twenty years later. Anna arrives home feeling very disarranged. She sees that her family is now poor, and

Alice Walker's short fictional story, "Nineteen Fifty-five", revolves around the encounters among Gracie Mae Still, the narrator, and Traynor, the "Emperor of Rock and Roll." Traynor as a young prospective singer purchases a song from Mrs. Still, which becomes his "first hit record" and makes him rich and famous. Yet, he does not "even understand" the song and spends his entire life trying to figure out "what the song means." The song he sings seems as fictional as certain events in this story, but as historical as Traynor's based character, Elvis Presley.

Walker tells a story of a young African American woman from Mississippi who is about to escape poverty and disgrace by marrying a man she barely knows, a Muslim from the North. Roselily has three children already when she marry 's her husband. Walker describes her as a woman with respect and compassion. This analysis will talk about Roselily during her poverty times, her marriage, and how she came to understand the changes in her life. Roselily did not understand a lot of things, however as time passed, she developed into a beautiful woman who came from poverty, and moved out of poverty by making some strong and powerful decisions. Decisions that made her life a better one. Throughout Roselily, Alice Walker uses mood, time and place in the setting to craft her story eloquently and effectively. This analysis will analyze the setting and the theme.

This novel "Still Alice" by Lisa Genova develops the theme of struggle. This is developed through the use of narrator's internal conflict, the setting of the story and symbols. This story is written in the third person from Alice's perspective. In this story, Alice is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease. This passage of the book tells the reader how someone with Alzheimer's disease struggles to find out who they are and what they need. The first literary element that develops the theme of struggle in this novel is internal conflict. Alice woke up on the couch. She'd been napping a lot lately, sometimes twice a day. She couldn't remember when she dozed off. John was home so she decided to go for a run. She told john and they started getting ready.

“Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a slowly progressive disease of the brain that is characterized by impairment of memory and eventually by disturbances in reasoning, planning, language, and perception.” (Howard Crystal) In Health 1000 we were asked to read the book Still Alice. I have never dealt with or have done any study on Alzheimer’s disease before reading this book. After finishing this book it has really opened my eyes to how bad of a disease and how it cripples the mind. I never imagined the effect of this disease on a patient and the patient family. This book is about a upper middle aged lady named Alice who is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, and how she and her family learn how to deal with disease. One of the things this book

I saw Still Alice this week. I wanted to see the Glen Campbell movie (which I will watch later) but opted for this one first. What a stirring movie! Watching the progression of her decline, and realizing that she KNEW that she was affected, was very sad. It was heartening to see the support that her family gave her, even while dealing with their own issues. The fact that she was proactive on the front end, in obtaining the diagnostic testing helped her family be better able to understand what was happening and to support her. I love the fact that she and her daughter were able to have a better relationship, and that her daughter was truly able to see her mom, even when her mom had trouble seeing her earlier.

“What’s happening?” I watch Alice ask herself. What is she talking about? Then, I realize. The once beautiful landscape is turning gray. Dusky, dingy, smoky, slate gray. The dismal color now wipes across the land, pale with the sickness that promised death. The animals scurry up into trees or slide into ponds, securing themselves from the danger that is sure to follow. Everything suddenly goes silent, even the cicadas silence their eternal song. The wind stops whispering into the trees leaves, leaving the whole scene like a painting, eerie with its stillness. Only Alice remains, alone in the barren land. Hey, I know what you're thinking, but don't blame me. I had nothing to do with this, I'm just as confused as you are. This world is supposed

It was late 13th century in France specifically the Feudalism time in which the King had control over the Monarch. When Knight Robert was riding with his horse, he saw a lord that looked very beautiful to him. Once he glanced his eyes on her he felt an immediate struck as if a love arrow pierced his body. However he heard someone saying that there was going to be a tournament fighting for Lord Alice. Instantly, he ran to the man and asked for a ticket to enter the competition. The man handed to him and then he saw a hefty guy near Robert. His name was John, but even though he looked strong, he lacked intelligence. It was slightly intimidating for Robert as well as the ticket man but Robert knew that he might have to face him. Then Robert went

I had the same line of field for 25 years, and i have never had a case as odd as Alice’s. She was my first and last client. Her mother came in when alice was five years old, Alice called her the Queen of Hearts, she called me the Mad Hatter. Funny thing she actually made me feel a bit mad sometimes, she always had such a surreal look on things in her life that scared me from time to time. I only wish i realized what was going on sooner.

When reading Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple” and “Everyday Use,” it is evident that she writes about her life through her use of allegory. Alice Walker uses the events of her childhood, her observation of the patriarchy in African American culture, and her rebellion against the society she lived in to recount her life through her stories. Alice Walker grew up in a loving household in the years towards the end of the Great Depression. Although her family was poor, they were rich in kindness and perspective and taught Walker a lot about her heritage and life.