Narrative

Although it is often viewed as the model Anglo-Saxon literary work and as a foundation of modern literature, Beowulf has an odd history that complicates both its historical and its…

The plays of David Ives are certainly clever and comic. There is no doubt that Ives gives us inventive scenarios that smartly use language and test our knowledge before we…

In chapter 2 Tom takes Nick to meet Myrtle, his lover, in the Valley of Ashes, where her home is. They all then go to New York, to the apartment…

How has your understanding of narrative conventions helped you to explore the relevant themes in Looking for Alibrandi. Looking for Alibrandi is a novel which mostly deals with the concept…

In Man’s Search for Meaning, Victor Frankl attempts to write a “detached psychological account” of his experience as a Nazi concentration camp prisoner and answer the question: “How was everyday…

Ngugi Wa Thiong’o: A Profile of a Literary and Social Activist. Ngugi wa Thiong’o, currently Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine, was born…

If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin croucheth at the door: and unto thee shall be its desire, but do…

To an extent Doctor Faustus could be seen as a morality play; a morality play the is really a fusion of allegory and the religious drama of the miracle plays…

Peter Pan is a fairy tale written by James M. Barrie in 1903. In 2003, Director P. J Hogan adapts the story to a fantasy film. Peter Pan is a…

“There is no way that you can be black and Puerto Rican at the same time”, was a statement that Roberto Santiago heard throughout the years. In his story “Black…

Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born on March 6, 1928 in the town of Aracataca,Colombia to Gabriel Eligio Garcia and Luisa Santiaga Marquez. Soon after Garcia Marquez was born, his father…

The proposed electronic commerce website may be very helpful in increasing the ease of transactions since, based on the narrative, the owner plans to add an online shopping feature to…

Methuselah is a parrot character in The Poisonwood Bible written by Barbara Kingsolver. The novel is set in the late 20th century in a village of The Congo call Kilanga….

In the hindu narrative of the cosmos. The world exists in a never ending cyclic journey of creation existence and destruction. The trimorti the three primary hindu devinities regulate this…

The passage from Star of the Sea was written by Joseph O’Connor. It is a piece of narrative prose which takes place on a passenger ship. The passage is written…

Despite the progress our country has made since its inception, we still live in a racially categorized society. Some of us are the causes, and some are the victims of…

In this essay, I will attempt to compare and contrast “Girl” by Jamaica Keen and “The Use of Force” by William Carlos Williams. When I think of a Mother- daughter…

Better Together brings together a dozen case studies of successful community-building efforts in the United States. The book is an outgrowth of the Saguaro Seminar on Civic Engagement in America,…

In the following essay, Champion explicates the symbolic use of the terms “right” and “left” in To Kill a Mockingbird, arguing that “right” in the novel symbolizes virtue, while “left”…

Rachel Naomi Remen, M. D. , is a master storyteller and a great observer of life; Remen said, “The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is…