The Narrative Elements In Sandra Scofield's A Little Burst

What Scorsese did differently was that he made male protagonists vulnerable again, just like they were in the old mobster movie days, but in a bit more realistic way

In the novel Red Queen, by Victoria Aveyard, shows how the author has the ability to write more to the story, to add more emotions, and expressions in such a way that the audience can capture these moments and predict what happens next. This can show in the author’s writing by using these literary devices written throughout the story: historical context, indirect and direct characterization, and mood. When using these literary devices in the novel, it provides how the audience sees the characters, to picture a division of the protagonists and the antagonists in the story, and how the readers feel. The speaker’s intention for using historical context is by comparing how the book uses the

In the critical period of forming her identity, Louise battles with her obesity. Criticism from her family and friends cause her to question her body image and consequently, her self worth. Louise is not the only adolescent to struggle with her appearance; with his depiction of her transformation, Andre Dubus addresses those whose view of themselves is marred by society. After years of her weight and emotions fluctuating, Louise realizes a deeper change. Through Louise’s journey, Dubus communicates that the power to change oneself emanates from one’s self control and ability to surpass societal pressure.

The relationship between the setting and character are very important to the development of any form of writing,it makes everything seem more realistic.A great example would be a selection of Ann Petry’s in the novel ,The Street. Through the use of vivid imagery, personification, and the great selection of detail Petry is able to convey the reader to the establishment of Lutie Johnson's relationship with the urban setting.

When evaluating a character, such as Montresor from the “The Cask of Amontillado”, it is easy to see how complex and in depth some characters are. Montresor, for example, is a character with a dynamic personality matched by what seems to be his overwhelming yet single-minded emotions. Driven by revenge, his character gives to the reader the sense of the overwhelming anger he has built up inside him over a large period of time. Katherine Porter’s “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” has a main character with a wide array of emotions in comparison to that of Montresor.

There was once a foreign kingdom in which held one of the most beautiful princesses known to man, but both, her mother and her father were very ill and had only a few days until they perish. The extremely beautiful princess named Jessique prayed to the heavens for if they could not cure her parents illness come up with some other way to help her keep her kingdom stable. One of the gods who heard her prayers found the princess very noble to her people and her face was quiet as well. The god had never seen such a beauty. The god not only felt so strongly for a goddess let alone a mortal. the god listened out for her prayers every time she spoke to the heavens finally the god thought of a way to answer her prayers. The handsome god went down to

most of all makes the reader feel like they are right there with him. O´Brien uses the narrative

Finally, the short story ended with the words from his mother’s letter that told us that he was part black. His baby was a different color because of him not because of Desiree. Armand, had not wanted Desiree because of the thought that she was the reason why his child was a different color. The ending of the book leaves one’s thinking how they ended up after the letter. Chopin, wanted the reader to feel exactly how she felt about people being so racist. Armand, didn’t want to accept the baby because of the color of its skin, but little did he know it was because of him. He had owned a plantation in which his own mother was from. He was a part of the people that he had owned and treated like such crap. I feel like he should have

Analyse how techniques are used to affect your thoughts and/or feelings about a character in the written text(s).

Characters in novels are constructed in a distinct way to influence how the readers respond to the text. The novel The Nest, by Paul Jennings is a book about a boy Robin, struggling with his mental illness. Struggling to find his way and what happened to his mum, he falls in love with a girl named Charlie. He makes some decisions that he regrets and finds himself lost without Charlie. Chasing after her he finds out that his Dad, Allan was behind the death of his mum. Allan moves to Queensland, leaving Robin with Charlie. Paul Jennings constructs his characters in such a way that it force readers to respond in a specific way. Construction of characters in the narrative were essential for making me respond differently to each character. Allan’s actions, Robins speech and Charlie 's actions were all influential in my response. The novel the Nest, forces readers to respond positively in a respectful and sympathetic way to both Charlie and Robins

The Scarlet Letter and Easy A are the stories of women who defy their societies. Hester, of The Scarlet Letter commits adultery but refuses to reveal Dimmesdale or Chillingworth in order to both men from public humiliation. Hester is forced to bear the burden of her punishment alone, while her partner is held up as saintly. Olive, of Easy A, pretends to sleep with various boys in order to protect them from bullying and to boost their social statuses and inadvertently gives herself a bad reputation in doing so. Because both Hester and Olive defy their society’s views of femininity, they are ostracized by their unforgiving and judgemental societies as sinners; however, both women are actually saints who through their good deeds improve their

In the film “Little Miss Sunshine” the directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris cleverly form this scene through different aspects such as dialogue, music, body language and cinematography. In this scene Dayton and Faris portray the change in the characters attitudes and relationships in the Hoover family. This scene shows the contrast between the Hoover family at the start of the film and how much they have improved as a family by the end of it.

Bartleby’s melodramatic ending was not as satisfactory as to what the viewers wanted. Though Bartleby went out the way his character is expected to, it did not fully satisfy the readers and instead left them wanting more. Bartleby, the Scrivener is not the most sentimental as it is hard for people to relate to Bartleby’s strange character. However, this last scene of Bartleby in prison induces a lingering melancholic feeling, wishing a happier ending for

The novel “Olive’s Ocean” revolves around Martha Boyle, a twelve-year-old girl full of personality. At the beginning of the first chapter, she was given a journal page from a mysterious woman, who revealed to be Olive Barstow’s mother. Mrs. Barstow explained that her daughter (Olive) left directions to rip out a specific page from her journal and hand it over to Martha. Olive Barstow was a quirky and unique girl, who attended Martha’s school. In fact, the two of them shared the same passion for writing and the study of the ocean. However, Martha has never spoken to Olive, or greeted her because she was pressured by her friends to ignore her. After Martha read the journal page, she realized that she made a mistake. In the page Olive wrote

Easy A tells the story of Olive who lied about losing her virginity to her friend Rhi. Most of the movie is narrated by herself during a webcam session where she tells the truth about all her lies. As she told the first lie about losing her virginity, she describes it as if, “I just started piling on lie after lie, it was like setting up jenga.” Soon, her lies started to get out of control. Her best friend tells Rhi that there is a new rumor at school where it says the Olive punched another girl. In response, Olive says, “I worry about the way information circulates at this school.” Therefore, she starts to heavily regret her lies because her she loses all her friends at