Lydia Anderson hurried passed hundreds of soldiers in blue, carrying her latest account buried in a basket of laundry, and walked into the general’s tent.…
1 RYERSON UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH English 108: Introduction to Fiction W2015 Instructor: Dr. M. Tschofen Office: JOR 1005 Office Hours: by appointment: Mondays: 10:00-‐11:00 Emails: Professor: Monique.tschofen@ryerson.ca TAs: Amy Loys: Amy.Loyst@ryerson.ca, Nick White: n8white@ryerson.ca • Emails will only be accepted from @ryerson.ca accounts • Put ENG 108 in subject line and allow 2 days for a reply • Please use email only after you have first checked the syllabus, Blackboard, and assignment instructions. TA and prof office hours are best for complex queries. • Questions should be sent to TAs first; they will forward unanswered concerns to the course professor.…
This literary analysis will be of Octavia Butler’s 2005 novel, Fledgling, exploring the role of the narrator and protagonist, Shori Matthews. The question to be examined is whether or not the voice of the sympathetic character comes across as reliable, or unreliable to the reader. For Shori’s role to be properly analyzed, it is important to become acquainted with the author. Ms. Butler is a master storyteller, extraordinaire. She is also a black feminist, known for spurring conversations in book clubs and classrooms across America. In Fledgling, like many of her books, women hold an esteemed place of authority. Women rule. Women dominate. Women in Butler's stories have an audible voice,…
Curzon is faced with many changes in the Forge including maturing into a young adult. Many readers will be able to make a strong connection to the feelings and the new challenges evoked by young Curzon’s first hand view into becoming a man. Anderson’s target audience is young adults for a reason. Forge is a great “coming of age novel” like The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin. Since the book is in a journal entry format, many readers who are going through the similar changes can get a day by day account of growing up which creates a very strong relationship between the reader and Curzon. Curzon experiences mixed emotions for Isabel, even ones that he has never felt before. Curzon seemed to have a big brother type of relationship at the beginning of Forge but toward the end he develops somewhat of tenderness for Isabel. All the amends to his life are very evident in his action which is an experience that everyone will more.…
In Macbeth, Salome, Havisham and Stealing, there are a variety of ways in which disturbed characters are presented through both language, structure and context. In this essay, I will convey the various ways in which disturbed characters are shown throughout the written pieces such as violence, death and loneliness.…
There are many memories that may come to mind when the word adolescence is spoken. Some people recall times of enjoyable, innocent adventures, but for others the phrase “teenage years” holds horrific memories. For a section of the populace their “teen experiences” may be the most appalling time period, as they begin to undergo many changes. This concept of dark adolescence is present, not only in the real world, but in the literary world as well. For example, in the novel A Separate Peace where a friendship turned in the wrong direction and a deadly war, mark the moments of growing up. While some readers believe that Phineas (Finny) and Gene’s separate peace shows the innocence of youthful occurrences; a closer inquiry demonstrates that through mental illness and death , adolescence is a time of terror, thus showing a theme of the realization of reality.…
This essay will explain about the narrative voice that is used in novels and how it misleads or mystifies the reader. Narrative voice defines the tone of the narrator stating their point of view. It presents the reader the situation which causes the narrator to have control over the reader’s mood. For example in the novel Perfume: the story of a murder by Patrick Suskind the author created a third person omniscient point of view. Therefore it allows the reader to know multiple characters feelings and thoughts.…
The language in the novel is also used in a style that enables me as a reader to feel the alienation and anxiety of the victimised characters “my stomach was painfully tight” page 68. The narrative convention…
They look back on the decisions Jacobs has made to stay ahead of her predator Dr. Flint. She receives no unconditional love from any man, and consistently picks the lesser of two evils in her sexual encounters. But as she fends off theses sexual advances, Jacobs also questions her audience’s strength and psychological integrity if placed in such a position. By doing so Jacobs consistently reiterates her virtuous…
What is suggested by the tone of the opening section of the novel? The opening section of the novel uses diction like “fear”, “lifeless, “self-pitying”, which conveys a negative tone, which informs the reader that the author (Gene) has a fear and is terrified of the Devon school.…
In the story, A & P the theme highlights adolescence in which the author resonates young woman and men who are coming of age. First, the innocence of three carefree girls unashamed of wearing their bathing suits in a non-beach setting attracts the attention of Sammy, a nineteen year old male who works at the A & P grocery store. Second, the author describes the girls through Sammy as the protagonist who admires their bodies and using vivid imagery to describe their physical appearance of these young girls from a male’s point of view. Sammy describes each of the girls in detail, admiring their bodies and finds one of the three girls most attractive calling her Queenie. To contrast the beauty of these girls, Sammy describes the older women…
Beatty began teaching at the school as a person unaware of the frequency or dullness of the news of shootings. She highlights this in her article by drawing the readers’ attention to how routinely the students processed the news. There was no emotion for the students because it was a reality of life, however, for the author and the majority of the reading audience it is not a common occurrence. Beatty uses the mundane reaction of the students to strengthen her pathos by highlighting how desensitized the students are to violence. This point is further proven by the author’s shock to how unemotional Angelica is that her brother had been shot. In doing this she utilizes pathos by introducing readers to the horrible idea of the emotion of a loved one being shot being negligible. In addition to this, Beatty calls to the attention of the readers the lives of slain students. She shows readers how innocent they were and after citing their innocence the author bluntly relays the cause of their horrific death. This writing by the author introduces a character only to rip the image of innocence out of the readers head and replace it with the horrifying reality of murder and death. This use of imagery effectively triggers emotion in readers and is a use of pathos by the author. However, perhaps the most effective use of pathos by Beatty was bringing to the attention of readers that the lives of these kids are not only afflicted by violence, but are hopeless. Beatty features this sentiment saying: “They know how the world sees them, these teenagers with no cars, and no prospects for college.” By bringing the hopelessness of the kids to the attention of the reader Beatty is able to make readers think about their own lives and goals and understand that if they swapped lives with…
Joyce Carol Oates’ short story is a complete fiction in the sense that it utilizes all its elements without deemphasizing one for the other. Oates uses point of view, setting, conflict, character, and symbol equally well to convey her theme. Oates applies these elements of fiction to give readers a better understanding of the American teenager and to show how a girl is psychologically manipulated by predators.…
Miriam Toews’ second novel starts with a funny-sad zinger: “Half of our family, the better-looking half, is missing,” and right away we’re hooked on our narrator’s mournful smarts. Laconic, restless, sixteen-year-old Naomi “Nomi” Nickel doesn’t fit in. Her mother and sister left town three years ago. Her Dad is adrift. Her best friend is in hospital with a mysterious disease. Her family home is starting to sprout broken windows.…
~ Y/N = Your name H/C = Hair Color L/N = Last Name ~ Y/N POV Of course he brought another girl here, what this is the fourth girl this week?…