Mystery fiction

A person’s personal culture is something that shapes and tells others who you are. And because it is your own personal culture it is different from everyone else, even your own family. Such as, in Alice Walker’s short story “Everyday Use” you are introduced to Mrs. Johnson and her daughter Maggie getting ready for the return of Dee. While the two of them are waiting for Dee, Walker takes you through the thoughts of Mrs. Johnson about her two daughters and how she views them as well as herself.…

Well if you are really interested in reading a ‘Christmas’ story that does not involve Santa or are fed up of the usual, boring conventional Christmas tales, then The Gift of the Magi is the perfect pick! It is a story that reinforces the value of selfless giving. Written by O. Henry, an American short story writer born under the name William Sydney Porter, the plot is really absorbing, and is complimented with details throughout which keeps the reader involved till the very last word. This…

The complicated essence of the concept of discovering means to find a sense of discovery through wonder, need and curiosity in an individual perspective. John Keat’s poem “On First Looking Into Chapman’s Homer” and Anton Chekhov ‘The Bet’ displays the understanding of discovery through the text and how an individual is viewed by one another. The depth of discovery is to overcome the challenges and understand through the shift of time and seeing the individual changes that influences the readers…

A hero’s journey is a commonly used plot in writing and Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card is one of those because of many reasons: Ender is an unusual child and is treated different by everyone. Ender gets an introduction to his journey by his mentor, he goes through trials, overcomes them, then he has the great ordeal that he has to face. Ender was selected as the hero because of the main reason of being a third. He is meant to be the perfect combination of his brother, Peter, and his sister…

Literary Analysis Essay contrasting Into the Wild and Catcher in the Rye with phoniness of the adult world When someone is thinking of the idea of phoniness, they might recall something like diamonds, teenagers antics, or TV shows. However, in Into the Wild and Catcher in the Rye, the two main characters Chris McCandless and Holden Caulfield think of adulthood and adult society as phony and constantly criticize it. Even though they both try to move away and not experience adulthood,…

The playwright “No Exit”, by Jean-Paul Sarte has been a playwright and book of many discussions. Many questions have arisen since its publication, and interpretations have been considered regarding the meaning of the book, or what Sarte was trying to convey through his dialogue and characters involved in the novel. Many consider Sarte fascinations with the afterlife, freedom, and other supernatural aspects somewhat intriguing; while also exhibiting a disturbing feature in his writing. However,…

Fmartin Chopin Kate Chopin is an American author who published two books and over one hundred short stories in the 1890s. Many of these short stories place emphasis on women breaking free of conformity. This theme Chopin portrays in two of her short stories “The Story of an Hour” and “Desiree's Baby.” These stories describe women with similar difficulties occurring in their marriages. Kate Chopin presents similar views on marriage throughout the short stories “The Story of an…

"Janie saw her life like a great tree in leaf with the things suffered, things enjoyed, things done and undone. Dawn and doom was in the branches"(Hurston 8). Who is Janie? A lady of mixed white and black heritage, Janie is the result of a poor, black lady raped by a nameless white teacher and the upbringing of her granny who lacked sturdy emotional ties. Her sensualness and romantic quest after love make her a target for men of all ages. She experiences 3 totally different marriages, all of…

The first person narration in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” allows the reader to gain an understanding of the main character through her dialogue, actions, and thoughts. Throughout the story, the narrator thoroughly describes the setting, which changes in her mind, over the course of her stay in the rental house. This change in the narrator's perception of the house and the world outside of her bedroom can allow readers to understand her feelings of isolation, depression,…

Memories are works of fiction, individual representations of occurrences in our life whether real or imagined. They provide the framework for creating meaning to past events in others lives a well as our own. Zora Neale Hurston said that “Like the dead-seeming cold rocks, I have memories within that came out of the material that went to make me.” By this she meant that in order to interpret the incidents and directions of her life, a piece of her past and where she came from had to be known.…