Narrative mode

“My god, what energy. You sound like General MacArthur” (Knowles 66). The historical allusion of the novel called A Separate Peace is when Finny compared Gene with General MacArthur. General MacArthur was a Five Star General and a Chief of Staff of the US Army during the World War II. Through his hard work, he managed to receive a Congressional Medal of Honor and be known as a very dedicated leader. Finny compares Gene with General MacArthur, because he looked like there was something important

“The Road Not Taken” written by Robert Frost uses several poetic devices such as imagery and personification to emphasize how indecisive Frost is about his decision on which road he should take. “The Road Not Taken” is about how the narrator chooses a path that he was once confused and worried about but over time become content with his final decision. Frost uses the debating between the two roads to show the reader the two choices that are presented to him and how those two choices offer countless

Sometimes there is a situation that one is dragged into, such as some type of accident. For example, Mitchell Stephens is one of the narrators in “The Sweet Hereafter” by Russell Banks. In his side of the story, he is a lawyer from New York who heard about a bus accident in Sam Dent where ten children died in a bus crash. Mitchell is also the one lawyer representing Risa Walker and her husband in a negligence suit that financially compensated them for the loss of their son Sean. Mitchell is not only

To be exiled means to be kept from one's native space or country. In the book, Invisible Man, The nameless narrator started off bound for greatness and then as the novel continued he to be challenged with obstacles as he discovered his true self. Through these obstacles he was pushed farther and farther away from the places he learned to call home and had to forget everything he knew to survive. As a young black men the narrator stayed very true to who he was and wished to be a very successful scholar

Response to Literature: The Wanderer The Wander is an Elegy-style poem that depicts the suffering, exile, and memoirs of an anonymous narrator who refers to himself differently according to what part of his life he is sharing; a "Lone-dweller", an "Earth-stepper", and the "wise man and the Warrior". Although, there is still a lot of debate on whether or not there was only one narrator throughout the poem. The Wanderer is believed to have been created around the 5th or 6th century, being

narrator, who she mainly comes to trust because he reminds her of her brother Fred, a soldier in the army, who seems to be the one person that she truly loves. Through her accounts of her past to the narrator, who she also calls Fred – a very important narrative tool, which we will come back to later - we learn that her actual wish is to gain enough money an independence, most probably trough marriage and subsequent divorce , to buy a ranch in Mexico with her brother as soon as he returns. The moment is

metaphorical explanations of Mrs. Ramsay and to further entrench her position within the narrative. Similarly, Mr. Ramsay is described according to several repeating images whose appositional structure focuses on his position within the written text. This passage provides a critique of gender, but Woolf's act of undermining her own representational and syntactic styles introduces a deep ambiguity into the narrative. So, as I mentioned earlier that Woolf’s “To the Lighthouse” is characterized with stream

A Separate Peace by John Knowles is a novel about the coming-of-age, narrated by Gene Forrester, the main character, about the agony that comes from taking those first steps out of childhood innocence into the wicked world called adulthood. Gene Forrester’s lack of self-confidence and self-worth leads him to become jealous of his best friend, Phineas, also known as Finny. Finny is a charming and athletic daredevil, things that Gene is not. Jealousy overcomes Gene, causing him to bounce a branch of

Imagine a secret world, only those with a third eye can see. A world full of bloodsucking vampires, aggressive werewolves, sneaky pixies and a powerful race created by the angels, the Shadowhunters. What if someone did not know they possessed all of this power? That person is Clary Morgenstern and this is her story. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare is the third installment of the international bestseller series, The Mortal Instruments. City of Glass is a fantasy novel that explores the fascinating

William became known as ‘cookie’, being the main cook, who would normally have that handle, didn’t like being called by that title. He preferred his own name, Mr. Goodsby. Mr. Goodsby was an elderly gentleman with a large white mustache that curled up on each side, and a little plump, but it never affected his agility when it came to setting up, and breaking down camp. “Follow me, Cookie.” Mr. Goodsby ordered his young intern. “Today we begin your training, and you will, whether you like it