YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Short Fiction Characterization
Essays 181 - 210
the standard framework for a mystery detective novel, each of these works share similar themes that are indicative of current Amer...
realistically presented (Tyson 155). For example, after reading Fly Away Home (E. Bunting, 1991), a story that concerns a homeless...
The Blair Witch Project The Blair Witch Project fits perfectly with the popular conception of what constitutes an independent fil...
may not have gotten married (there is apparently no certificate of marriage ever recorded) (Gelfant and Graver 424). Samuel Lerne...
"Atomic Theory" (Taaffe, 2002). The novel begins with the frank statement "Not everybody knows how I killed old Philip Mathers" (...
legal perspective provides an "imaginary frame that seems/seeks to establish narrative truth on the side of verisimilitude" (Cohen...
I tried for a second or two to brace up and out with it, but I warnt man enough--hadnt the spunk of a rabbit. I see I was weakeni...
he saw. He was there, they argue, he was in the rice paddies, he saw his friends killed in front of him, he went through it for re...
in the Piazza della Minerva (Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 2006). Pope Alexander VII commissioned Bernini to design a support structure to...
has its own set of rules, mostly that there are no rules. So perhaps a better paradigm to explore is whether or not, within a giv...
form of literature that consistently considers the nature of the changes that face us, the possible consequences, and the possible...
to each other only by code names ("Mr. Pink," "Mr. White", etc.). They relate to each other mainly by wisecracks ("Do I have to be...
Tsun says no one can know his "innumerable contrition and weariness" (Borges). What does Borges mean when he claims the world is ...
eyes," but finds this awkward as he "self-consciously" sees a Gethenian "first as a man, then as a woman, forcing him into those c...
in "Once Upon a Time in America", is known for his portrayal of violent characters. Noodles, the character De Niro portrays in "O...
of ways, including its formal structure. Though the text is routinely considered to be historical in nature, it is not exactly an ...
the idea of life created not by God but by man and the repercussions produced by such an event. Science does play a key role in an...
the issue was a simple translation mistake, but this does open the door for there to be an appeal by the defendant and the German ...
The stories being examined, by Chekhov and Mansfield, are clearly two stories that truly delve into the inner being of an individu...
characters are rather boisterous and entangled in relationships. At the same time, they are private in their own way. They need th...
criticism points toward a different orientation, as she accuses previous writers of materialism, and explains this accusation by ...
What often happens though is that there is evidence in some films that the authoritarianism is a positive influence. This is ofte...
by the Nazis to advance their agenda (and died insane) and Paveses died by his own hand. Miles posits that Gods intention in i...
fall of the Tower of Anor and the end of the realm of Savron. He encourages the people to:...
solve this crime. The extent to which any ethics and morals exist at all reflects the primary aspect that separates each mans lev...
matters worse, just one month later still, in November 1957, the Soviets launched Sputnik II (October 1957, 2002). Alth...
conveniently Earth-like, with an oxygen atmosphere, abundant plant-life that is non-toxic for human consumption, and bi-pedal, rou...
has a serious neurological breakdown of his own. Bill has a sudden and disturbing memory loss - he is unable to remember the name...
ordinary life, one can take the comments at face value, or use them as somewhat of a springboard for further thought or discussion...
realms that were considered science fiction. For example, one looks at his work "The Martian Chronicles" and immediately assumes...