Childs Story
Analysis of Fictional Techniques Paper Team C’s Paper is an Analysis of Fictional Techniques on The Child’s Story by Charles Dickens, The Gift of the Magi, by O. Henry, and The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe. The team focused the following three techniques: 1) Nature of Narration; 2) Nature and level of description included in the story; and 3) Use of Setting. Several questions have been answered concerning the different effects produced by each of the authors’ use of these techniques.
Content of the Story and How it is Written and Told
The Gift of the Magi
The Gift of the Magi is an unselfish love story that is shared between a husband and a wife and the true love they felt for each other. This story has a surprise effect with several unanticipated circumstances taking place in this story. The Gift of the Magi is about a married couple who live in a large city and only have an income of a mere $20 a week. The ending of this short story comes as a bit of a surprise and focuses on what is true and real with love. There is a lesson learned at the end and drives the reader to focus on his or her inner being. The reader is told that those who give, get and those that give of themselves are the wisest.
The Tell-Tale Heart While reading The Tell Tale Heart it is very hard to decipher between how the story was written and the contents of the story. The main character of the story does not change. In the beginning of the story the narrator experiences conflict between not having a life with passion and being a madman. Throughout the entire story the narrator focuses on murder and the evil that he sees. The insane person who is revealed in the beginning of the story is proven to be the insane person at the end of the story. The Child’s Story
The nature and the content of The Child’s Story and how it is written are through the grandfather telling a story to his grandson and referring to himself as the traveler. The contents of the story are told in such a way that
Content of the Story and How it is Written and Told
The Gift of the Magi
The Gift of the Magi is an unselfish love story that is shared between a husband and a wife and the true love they felt for each other. This story has a surprise effect with several unanticipated circumstances taking place in this story. The Gift of the Magi is about a married couple who live in a large city and only have an income of a mere $20 a week. The ending of this short story comes as a bit of a surprise and focuses on what is true and real with love. There is a lesson learned at the end and drives the reader to focus on his or her inner being. The reader is told that those who give, get and those that give of themselves are the wisest.
The Tell-Tale Heart While reading The Tell Tale Heart it is very hard to decipher between how the story was written and the contents of the story. The main character of the story does not change. In the beginning of the story the narrator experiences conflict between not having a life with passion and being a madman. Throughout the entire story the narrator focuses on murder and the evil that he sees. The insane person who is revealed in the beginning of the story is proven to be the insane person at the end of the story. The Child’s Story
The nature and the content of The Child’s Story and how it is written are through the grandfather telling a story to his grandson and referring to himself as the traveler. The contents of the story are told in such a way that
References: Mills, M (2003) “Crafting the Very Short Story, An Anthology of 100 Masterpieces,” The Child’s Story by Charles Dickens, pgs 95 – 98.