Fiction improves empathy by allowing the reader to imagine what the characters are experiencing. Gaiman talks about “how you’re being someone else and when you return to your own world‚ you’re going to be slightly changed”. This means that when someone reads
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Meursault as “The Stranger” The way a person reacts to ordinary situations determines the opinions of others based on their behavior. Yet‚ when this behavior is abnormal or different from the rest of society‚ it causes society to form an opinion based totally on a person’s behavior not their true personality. In Meursault’s case‚ his strange opinions and unexpected remarks put him in this position‚ without ever really giving him an opportunity to be truly understood. However‚ Meursault cannot change
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“HELP! HE-” I start yelling but get cut of when a hand goes over my mouth‚ “Be quiet will you!” My captor yelled sounding worried. Without thinking I stick my tongue out. “Gross” He yelled before letting go. I grinned in victory‚ before opening my mouth to start. “Try something like that again and you will regret it” His tone now harsh and scary‚ causing me to be quiet. His hands returned to my sides as he guided me forward. “Don’t touch me” I grumbled. “Is that up to you now?” He asked. I huffed
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The young bluenette stared longingly outside her window‚ which reflected back her small town of Annel. Marinette Dupain-Cheng settled her tentative hand on the window as she watched her home flew by her like a radiant flash from a camera. Marinette always found herself enraptured by her town because it reminded her of an animated picture book. The buildings were colorful like crayons‚ flowers bloomed like it belonged to a Fae court‚ and it had a fairy tale atmosphere by its miraculous persona.
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Commercial vs. Literary Fiction The divide between commercial and literary fiction‚ though not stark‚ can be clearly interpreted with the proper analysis. The short stories Roman Fever and The Cask of Amontillado are perfect examples of this. Both contain many of the same elements‚ but quickly differentiate with further examination. In Edgar Allen Poe’s short story The Cask of Amontillado‚ the protagonist‚ Montressor‚ is driven to murder a former acquaintance by a mysterious and unexplained past
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2013 “To You‚ Stranger” Follow up Essay Walt Whitman is considered one of America’s most influential Poets of all time. He wrote In a way that the “common man” could appreciate using free verse and a simple vocabulary. In my poem‚ “To You‚ Stranger”‚ I imitate Walt Whitman’s style and tone‚ appreciating his originality as a poet. In multiple poems I have found that Walt Whitman sees brief‚ chance encounters with strangers as an appropriate opportunity for the strangers to interact. That
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“Something is not right‚” Trogon shouts‚ and then stands pacing the floor. “These writing have told us nothing” their eyes all watching him. “Why don’t the rest of you speak up? Lies‚ for instance‚ how would the ancient know the smell and mold of the tunnels‚ or a castle rose from the ground. I tell you something is not right.” Daphne “Something is not right with these writings regardless‚ so then it is up to us to discover what they have not told us and why.” Elder William‚ seething scraping
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to other realms deemed too dangerous for someone to open a rift into. On any given day the location could be found bustling with a wide range of Verzest from every walk of life. And though Peacekeeper guards were always present‚ it never hosted more than a handful at most while the multi-function chamber was in use. It had never been used as a pocket dimension to capture an ongoing threat. Even the Commander General’s staunchest of rivals gave some praise to him for thinking to use it as a temporary
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Brian McHale Postmodernist Fiction Routledge A MEMBER OF THE TAYLOR » FRANCIS GROUP * Ft not?" POSTMODERNIST FICTION Brian McHale London and New York In memory of Robert J. McHale 1927-85 Steve Sloan 1952-85 Arthur A. Cohen 1928-86 First published in 1987 by Melhuen‚ Inc. ••‚ Published in Great Britain by Methuen 6- Co. Ltd Reprinted 1989‚1991 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane London EC4P 4EE 29 West 35th Street New York‚ NY 10001 © 19S7 Brian McHale Photosct by Rowland Phototypesetting
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Prologue The dense undergrowth gifted comfort to the pads under her auburn tinted paws as light shone from the stars of silverpelt onto a freshly wept tear‚ which caught the light briefly and rejected it moments later. It trickled down a broad white face struck with the dead song of pure and utter sorrow. Thick‚ once exuberant fur ran in the breeze like the tawny-furred rabbits on the moorland. Claws were unsheathed to assist the brawny feline in coming to an instantaneous halt. A bundle of fur
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