Interactive fiction

Conflicts Within and Sympathy Evoked in Two Short Stories: “The Rocking-Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence and “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson Michael Jason Flowers Liberty University Outline 1. Introduction a. Thesis Statement: “The Rocking-Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence and “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson are both short stories that present a conflict of society against its characters, but conversely depict very distinctive characters that trigger varying levels of sympathy from the readers. 2

Fairy Tales and Realties “Now then, let us begin. When we are at the end of the story, we shall know more than we know now: but to begin” (Andersen) This is the way the story of “The Snow Queen” begins, by the author Hans Christian Andersen. As this story unfolds the reader see’s many avenues that this multi-faceted story shows, based on imagination and reality. It is easy to get lost and discouraged throughout the short story, but in the end, all is found and made known like looking at one’s

Children. Innocent and naive. Their minds are undeveloped; yet, they paint fascinating narratives and sculpt vivid ideas using the power of their imaginations. Children are carefree and only focused on their amusing activities. They are restricted from reality and do not see the world for what it is. Typical children are unable to dissect their world into parts or even classify all that is evil in the world. However, these children are nothing compared to the character Conradin. Conradin is a young

Pale Fire has spawned a wide variety of interpretations and a large body of written criticism, which Finnish literary scholar Pekka Tammi estimated in 1995 as more than 80 studies.(Wiki) Although no “correct” interpretation exists, a strong case can be made for interpreting the novel in terms of Kinbote’s insanity. His mental decline, paired with his academic unfulfillment, sparked by harsh criticism by his colleagues leads him to murder John Shade in order to obtain the author’s most recent poem

Discussing the proper criteria necessary for a literary work to meet the requirements of a captivity narrative, Mary Rowlandson’s memoir, “The Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson”, accurately reflects the respective formatting by which a subject is taken captive, describes the treatment and conditions of their stay, and dictates their hope of being rescued by means of divine intervention. Whilst Rowlandson’s narrative follows the correct standards of a captivity narrative

Sue Monk Kidd’s novel, The Invention of Wings was published in 2014, and Jack Kerouac’s On the Road had been published in 1957; however, even with fifty-seven-year difference between their publication dates Kidd and Kerouac carried one central theme in their novels, and that is the idea of a journey. The link between the journeys in these books is noted by the major character’s desire to see life as they imagine it to be; for Kidd’s character, it is not only about the chance to escape slavery, but

An individual 's sense of belonging is determined not only by their own choices but also attitudes of others. Belonging is the connection to person place, or thing. Belonging can have a positive impacts for example, immigrants arriving in a new country and bad examples can include someone blending into a bad population. Poems 'Migrant Hostel ' and '10 Mary Street ' portray belonging via literary techniques by Peter Skrzynecki, and also 'The Lost Thing ' by Shaun Tan convey belonging and how ones

English essay The Baddest Dog in Harlem In this assignment an analyze and a interpret of the short story called “the Baddest Dog in Harlem” is written . The analyze will focus on the settings and the tone of the voice. The young adult novel is written by Walter Dean Myers, an African-American. The narrator in the text do we not get much information about, but it is likely that he is black since he lives in Harlem. His friends in the text are Mr. Lynch Wille, and Pedro. In the beginning of the

Types of Conflicts in Short Stories Short story writing literature is a very important art and has been around for long time. Every short story will consist of five different elements. These are as follows: Setting, Plot, Character, Point of View and Theme. In this essay, we are going to discuss three of these stories and try to look at them from different perspectives. We will be considering the elements of the stories and how the writers expressed that. We are going to discuss the different phases

Book Review: Half Girlfriend Half girlfriend – another novel by Chetan Bhagat is a simple yet heart touching. As with Chetan Bhagat’s other novels it’s again a love story with an unpredictable twist in the end. The story revolves around the protagonist- Madhav (poor Bihari boy) and his love Riya (Delhite). They like each other. The boy wanted a relationship but the girl wasn’t ready. The story throws some light upon the existing problems in rural India too. From unpredictable twists to jaw dropping