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The epistolary novel is an old form of novel that uses letters written by and between characters to tell the plot. In We Need to Talk About Kevin there is only one writer, the mother Eva Khatchadourian, who is writing to her separated husband, Franklin. The advantages of the epistolary novel are that the reader…

     The story of ‘Things Fall Apart’ by Chinua Achebe takes place in the 1890s in the minor Nigerian villages. Though on the surface, it comes into view, the novel narrows its’ center of attention to a single character, Okonkno and his inner battles, one can study deeper into the content and discover an range…

Every year during my high school there would always be auditions held to be in the One Acts Drama Festival. Each school in the area would make a play to be seen by judges where the festival was held and there would only one winner. I never tried out to be in the One Acts…

Reputation plays a significant role in society every day, depending on actions, words, positions, and expected behavior. It can either be respected or diminished. Some individuals have reputations to uphold and specific guidelines to maintain their positions. In The Crucible, characters demonstrate their true selves and rely on their faith in God while others do…

Dealer Juror #1 Juror number one uses Formal Reasoning. He first uses this when he calls for an initial vote amongst the other jurors to see where the votes stand. This is considered formal reasoning because he used a procedure that would get a guaranteed solution, being everyone’s decision. Juror one also uses mental laziness….

The poem Poetry was introduced to the audience at the last part of the movie Il Postino. Based on the movie, the poem was written by Mario Ruoppolo, the main character of the story. However without taking into account the movie, the persona of the poem can be described as someone who just recently discovered…

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe : “The Raven” is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. First published in January 1845, the poem is noted for its musicality, language, and supernatural dark atmosphere. It tells of a talking raven’s mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man’s slow fall into madness,The…

‘Half Past Two’ is a poem in which Fanthorpe describes how a young child is given a detention for an unspecified misdemeanor and is forgotten by his teacher. Fanthorpe draws on her experience as a teacher to describe the scene as seen through the child’s eyes. The Title of the poem tells me a lot…

There is nothing more ostensibly American than apple pie, baseball, and ‘cowboys versus Indians’. Over the ever-changing course of the American Western film genre, two codes have remained center— the depiction of the cowboy and that of its rival, the Native Americans. Though center, these two codes do not remain stagnant with the genre, but…

Jon O, as the boy with Down’s Syndrome is called, is the main character of this children’s book. His parents, siblings, schoolmates, and friends were the other characters that made up the story. The story briefly sums up what Jon O is like and why he is a “special boy”. Jon O was categorized as…