Imagine waking up and not knowing what's going on, where you are, who you are. The thought would drive you crazy as the writer of the short story “The Outsider” by H.P Lovecraft has tried to give you this sense of eeriness and self unaware fear that strikes you deep. The ambiance of the story is a weary man not knowing where he is at and not knowing who or what he is. The author used very descriptive imagery words so the reader would feel the same as if he or she reading it would feel as if they
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A successful narrative requires the creation and development of characters. In The Cambridge Introduction to Narrative, the term character can be defined as any entities involved in the action that have agency (Abbott, page 230). Characters are present in some of the most popular narratives of organizations. Olympic athlete Clara Hughes has become a character within Bell and Bell’s Let’s Talk campaigns, Don Cherry has become a character within CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada, and the late Steve Jobs
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Retrospective Programme: Hal Hartley Introduction: Hal Hartley (1959-present) is an auterist filmmaker tht was at the core of the independent filmmaking industry during the 1980s and the 1990s. The introspective nature of Hartley’s films provided a sense of stoic humor, spatial orientation of dialogue, and a gateway for interpreting the mysteries of life. This form of self-authoring style of filmmaking that crosses many differing genres. Hartley’s films tend to include the crime genre, thriller/suspense
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This novel begins with our protagonist and narrator, Chief Bromden, who is a patient in an insane asylum in Oregon. Everyone believes that he is deaf and dumb, but in reality he is not. The lack of speech and responsive behavior is later explained by being ignored and neglected in his past. He explains details of the life he leads at the hospital, as well as the lives and backgrounds of the other patients. There is an obvious divide among them, the Acutes and the Chronics, he is well aware that he
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Watching a movie and reading the book may be seen as the same experience. However, directors are allowed to take free reign when it comes to adapting the book into a film. A fine example of the freedom directors take is the contrast between The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and the movie directed by Roland Joffé. While there are some similarities between the two, Joffé created a movie that showcases the differences. The variations between the movie and the book are evident within the first
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Out of the Dark is a dreamy sparsely written novel by Patrick Modiano. It follows they story of a man looking back on his time as a young drifter in Paris, where he meets a woman named Jacqueline. He eventually become involved with her and the go to live in London together. On day she disappears, only to reappear 15 year later at a party, and again in the distance. In the essay I will discuss a passage in which the protagonist, while drinking in a café, spots Jacqueline with another of his acquaintances
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Both nonfiction and fiction texts include an event that teaches the main character or the people surrounding the main character a lesson ( called a theme). The short passage from Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (nonfiction) and Teen in good spirits after surviving Washington plane crash by Associated Press (fiction) were read in the classroom by certain classmates for comparison. Both passages read about how a character was looking for survival after a plane crash. In the nonfiction text (Hatchet by Gary
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The novel, Maggie a Girl of the Street, is about the struggles of a young girl named Maggie. In the beginning of the book, Maggie’s brother Jimmie is fighting with people in the street, then his father shows up to try to bring him home. After his father brings him home, the house seems very chaotic. Their mother Mary is furious that Jimmie had gotten into a fight, and starts a fight with their father. The next day, their dad is out drinking at a bar, and when he comes home wasted the children were
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As the modern-day method of storytelling evolves, writers and creators have sought to adapt to the changing trends. The days of thick novels, with countless passages tying together global intrigue and enticing characters, are rapidly dwindling in the past. Now with movies, books and video games all fighting for their spot around the proverbial camp fire, storytelling has devolved into a hook ‘em quick gimmick parade. Writers and story tellers will delve countless hours into either the characters
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The Pentagon of a Good Story Give it or take it not all stories are necessarily that great. Some may not have a great description on what you just read about. You may find yourself reading an entire book or watching a movie, but having no comprehension of it. Many stories are better than others because they explain things such as character, setting, plot, theme, and dialogue. For instance, people that love reading are often disappointed by the movie version of their favorite book. Directors make
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