Narratology

The Black Cat: Horror or Optimistic Edgar A. Poe is traditional considered one of the greatest masters of horror stories. “The Black Cat” is one of his masterpieces, so the naïve readers may think that “The Black Cat” is a horror work. In fact, however, “The Black Cat” is not a horror work but an optimistic work, which the ideal readers may think. This essay explains that “The Black Cat” is a work reaching optimistic conclusions about human existence through horror. This essay talks about…

Books are all around us, they tell stories of real events, people, and places. However, some books tell the story of someone’s imagination. Everyone has an imagination, some might be amazing and supernatural while others are more realistic and plausible. Sometimes those with a supernatural imagination put their ideas in novels and short stories to share with other. That kind of stories is called Fiction. Fiction is “any narrative especially in pros about invented or imagined characters and…

In the short stories “The Storm” by Kate Chopin and “The Gilded Six-Bits” by Zora Neale Hurston, infidelity is a clear theme within both of these stories. Character’s actions during and after committing infidelity immediately describe how the characters are as a person. Both stories are different when it comes to the setting and tone, yet both stories share similarities in the action the characters’ commit, narrative structure and the theme. The author’s narrative structure starts by describing…

Conflicts of Stress “A Brief Encounter with The Enemy,” by Saïd Sayrafiezadeh is a short story about a young man named Luke and his experience in the United States Army. The story begins with Luke describing how he felt getting to “the hill,” through a path that terrified him. While traveling through the path, Luke starts to think about his crush Becky, who takes an interest in him right before deploying. She gives him her email to keep her up to date on his adventures during deployment.…

EXECUTION DAY presents as a dramatic crime thriller. The story centers on a detective who tracks down a serial killer. Because there have been so many of these types of films, to stand out the script needs to offer the genre something new. The script attempts to do this with the idea of the protagonist planting evidence. There’s definite merit to the idea of a police detective being so frustrated by a case that they “help” with the evidence. It’s a nice set up for conflict and tension, as well…

The experiences you have while watching a film are very interesting. Typically within a film, you, the viewer, is presented with a problem or situation and it is up to you to come up with the solution. These situations may have good results or bad, but it is always up to the viewer to discover the solution. Discovering a solution is not always easy. Historian David Bordwell believes that the narration in a film cues and constrains its viewer .Directors always find ways to confuse a viewer by…

O’Brien’s usage of rhetorical elements such as narration from different point of views (which is “made up” or exaggerated) and several rhetorical techniques provide support to the various arguments he makes in his work of The Things They Carried. The rhetorical mode of this book is mainly narration. It is made up of the viewpoints of several different characters and the story that follows. This “jumping” of several viewpoints is one of the things he argues about; and that is, the fact that…

The story “Paul’s Case”written by Willa Cather follows plot structure throughout the story. Incorporating plot structure into her story allows the audience to understand the main character and their development. Following the structure gives the reader a well developed story that has conflict, climax, and a resolution. The beginning of the story is focused on Paul and the trouble he is in at school. Paul is in trouble because he does not like school and this leads to him acting out and…

The opening of the story is filled with literary devices that setup and outline the rest of the story. The first two words are the protagonists name, and they establish the standard of words having hidden meanings. The main character's name is “Rosemary Fell” (Mansfield 522). The first part of her name, rose, is expensive, high maintenance and full of thorns. The second part of her first name, mary, refers to the Virgin Mary, therefore, pure, maternal and miraculous. Her last name, fell, meaning…

The Catcher in the Rye This is an analysis of the novel The Catcher in the Rye written by J.D Salinger. The analysis will contain Holden’s development throughout the course of the novel, as well as what kind of a character I personally perceive him to be. I will also bring up some minor characters. Let’s start with Holden’s development. At the beginning of the novel, he is an unhappy boy with a lot of problems. He is depressed and confused. It seems that every since his little brother Allie…