Falling Down

Gustav Freytag, a famous German novelist and playwright, developed a well-known structure himself called Freytag’s Pyramid or dramatic structure. Freytag’s Pyramid is divided into five stages the exposition, the rising action, climax, falling action, and the denouement. Each one of the stages describe the different parts of novels and short stories. Ernest Hemingway author of “Hills Like White Elephants” and other works, such as, “A Farewell to Arms” and “The Old Man and the Sea” has made many accomplishments

“The Gilded Six-Bits” Response 1. The story is written as a single continuous narrative, but the events take place over a long period of time. Estimate how much time actually passes between the beginning of the story and end. I would say that the story had to take place probably between nine to ten months. I arrived at this conclusion from information given in the story. Such as I drew from the fact that after being caught with Otis D. Slemmons, Missie May and Joe had not touched in three months

A&P + A Rose for Emily “A&P” by John Updike and “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner are two stories that are unequivocally divergent and bizarre. These stories may be odd but one similarity, they do share is the three-act structure. When following the three-act structure, it helps some authors to develop and follow a structure, in developing a better storyline more effectively. After reading A&P in comparison to A Rose for Emily, both share an overarching theme; in the end, an analysis of

This short story entitled “The Catbird Seat” is a modern fable. The definition of a fable is a simple story with animal characters in which the big strong animal is bested, overcome by, or made a fool of by the weaker character. A modern fable is a fable that takes place in modern times. This short story by James Thurber takes place in New York City around the 1940s. Many fables written before are very much alike “The Catbird Seat” when it comes to being a fable. For example, in “The Tortoise and

The novel, Chinese Cinderella, by Adeline Yen Mah, was a true story written by Adeline herself and her rough life. Adeline had a more harsh upbringing than the rest of her family and her peers. Adeline was unwanted daughter who was treated unfairly and only had close relationships with certain people. Adeline had a harsh upbringing, but she accomplishes many minor and major things to earn her respect with her family and the people around her. In Adeline’s kindergarten class, she received

one of her previous schools as a boarder in Tianjin during a communist war. Her family not even concerned about Adeline’s safety considering most of the children had already been withdrawn from the school. Despite all of these misfortunes weighing down on Adeline like an anchor, she had to deal with yet another affliction, her mom’s

we have read and absorbed in the past.” (Yen Mah xi) All of Adeline’s life she was fighting a never ending war when all she wanted to do was succeed. In the memoir, Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah, Adeline lives a harsh life of many ups and downs. In order to succeed in her cruel life, it required Adeline to have courage. She compares herself to Mulan because she too, was a warrior and fought many battles which took great courage. Adeline is very much like Mulan, the Chinese female warrior

Chinese Cinderella is a very sad story where a little, unwanted girl is being abused every day. The novel Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah is depressing. The main character, Adeline, is always being treated the wrong way, this story could not be more sad. Adeline is not noticeable to most people. For example “I was the only one left. Nobody had come for me” ( Yen Mah 27). Adeline is invisible to most of her family. Nobody noticing Adeline important because it is an example of showing

Everyone has ups and downs in life, no one can avoid them, all we can do is learn how to deal with them. Chinese Cinderella is the story of a young girl who is harshly abused, she learns how to conquer her fears and is able to succeed greatly in the end. Adeline, the main character in Chinese Cinderella develops great courage in her life and all the many problems that occurred within it, she is an inspiration to all that have dreams and all that have self doubt. Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen

Adeline, a young woman who has been beaten and treated cruelly by her parents and siblings luckily has an Aunt to support her during her childhood. In the book, Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah, Adeline needs her Aunt Baba more because her neglectful parents step-mother Niang and Father completely ignore or mistreat her. She lives with her parents until they move Adeline to different boarding schools during her lifetime. Aunt Baba is the person that Adeline needs most because in the beginning