The Kangaroo

Especially age. In Ray Bradbury’s novel, Something Wicked This Way Comes, shows the importance of accepting your age no matter what. Even if learning to accept can be hard, by accepting yourself can lead to liking yourself better. In the story both Jim and Mr. Halloway learned to accept their age through a difficult time. They also learned that the people around them love them for who they are, so they should love themselves too. For a person to just accept themselves can lead to that person being happier throughout

The point of view in the story is the third person because there is a narrator who

This essay is about the short story “Traplines” written by Eden Robinson. In the story “Traplines” it talks about the daily struggle that the young aboriginal protagonist Will must endure when exposed to violence, drugs, and white culture. Eden Robinson uses the element of characters such as; Greg, Eric and Mr. Smythe demonstrate how the actions conducted by them, the male role models in Will’s life can have a negative effect on Will’s decisions and well being.

Tragedies are a big reason in growing up, there are life lessons, like the lesson “Don’t live

I was inspired by the poem Municipal Gum and decided to write a short story about modern day Aboriginals living in urban settings and how the lives of Aboriginal people have changed since the first fleet arrived 1788, bringing with it so many changes to the Aboriginal lifestyle and living.

The story is told from the third person point of view, and it centers singularly on the

Life is what you make it as we go through life’s journey. We all have different experiences that are unique to us individually. “Life is not the way it’s supposed to be. It’s the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.” - Virginia Satir. There are typical aspects of our journey that are similar, but different; we share commonalities along the way with others. In life, we will face challenges that bring about change, which is what happens to us along the way when we are younger, and it makes us who we are when we are older. Change is the opposite

The story is on third-person (objective), but if the story were to be explained in omniscient first person, we would not have gotten all the information. we would not have gotten all the information about the persons thoughts.

In the novel, the author uses characters in the novel to narrate the story in their eyes, therefore being a first person but in some parts in the novel, the narration is seen from an omniscient point of view. Though the novel is mainly first person, some can argue that some parts are in different point of

The author, Tim O’Brien, portrays himself as the protagonist, yet still gives the third person point of view throughout

Written in third person limited omniscient, and filtered predominantly through Catherine. The unknown narrator slips effortlessly into free indirect disclosure, which adopts the tone and inflection of an individual characters voice. This technique allows the narrator to intrude into the narrative to offer advice, or to foreshadow the characters. However, the narrator frequently breaks from convention and addresses’ the reader directly.

The third-person point-of-view is a method of storytelling in which the narrator connects all the actions of their work using third-person pronouns such as “he” or “she.” A third-person point-of-view can be omniscient; the narrator knows all of the thoughts and feelings of the characters in the story. This narrator does not show any favoritism or preferences towards the story’s characters, and they have full knowledge of all the characters and situations happening. This form of storytelling helps the reader as they jump from character to character to better understand the story.

An Australian Icon is defined as “an image or symbolic representation, which often holds great significance and importance to the Australian culture.” Every country has icons that represent their culture and values; Nelson Mandela is an example of a South African icon but also an icon of the world, who represented statesmanship, courage, freedom and equality against apartheid. Australia also has many significant icons such as the Sydney Opera House, Uluru, vegemite, Ned Kelly, and the Koala to name a few. These have all played significant parts in Australia’s background, culture and values.

choices and knowing that making the wrong choices can’t be taken back once the choices

An Australian Short Story, written by Ryan O’Neill, is such an in-depth piece of literature. The story’s artistic format brings a new meaning to Australian literature, and the typical stereotype. Ryan O’Neill took a chance on this story, because he isn’t an Australian. But after living in Australia for many years, he took the time to really notice things. And with that, he chose to write what he saw and