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Class of 2016, this year is my senior year and I plan on making it the best that I possibly can. In high school my favorite class had to be TV production. During my time in that class I didn’tjust make new friends I made long term friendsi Jessica, Skylar, and Anthony truly made my…

“A Cup of Tea” by Katherine Mansfield (1888 to 1923-New Zealand) is included in the 1923 collection of her work, The Dove’s Nest and Other Stories edited by Mansfield’s husband, John Middleton Murry. There is a very moving introduction to this collection in which Murry lets us know details about the next ten stories his…

This story teaches that no one can escape death, even someone who tries to run. “The Appointment in Samarra” had 3 talked about characters. In my fictional analysis I said that the protagonist was the servant and the antagonist was death. The merchant in the story was a minor character. The servant is who is…

In William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, irony is present at every turn. Irony is the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. Ironic situations on the island do exactly this as they show both character flaws as well as present a microcosm…

There are many distinct characteristics present between fiction and non-fiction in the genre of literature. These two have their own unique facets that try to appeal to readers. In particular, essays and fictional stories also share their individual characteristics. When comparing the two genres, one must look at the different elements present in every literary…

The term “metafiction” refers to fictional writing that deliberately calls attention to its nature as an artifact, aiming to explore the connection between fiction and reality. This concept is discussed by Patricia Waugh in her book Metafiction: The Theory and Practice of Self-Conscious Fiction (1984). In Tim O’Brien’s novel The Things They Carried, the narrative…

April 22nd, 2013 Rhetorical Analysis “It’s become a sad rite of passage in many American communities, the services held for teenagers killed in auto accidents before they’ve even scored a tassel to hang from the rearview mirror. ” Anna Quindlen wrote the article, “Driving to the Funeral,” in the June 11, 2007 issue of Newsweek…

Metafiction in Ficciones by Jorge Luis BorgesBorges’ use of metafiction in the compiled short stories of “Ficciones”, shows a different type of narrative technique. The author interpolates ideas or stories within his stories to provide a critique of his own work in order to analyze the basic structures of narrative fiction. In Borges’ short stories…

Robert E. Howard was an avid reader of Weird Tales, the famous fantasy pulp magazine that was launched in the spring of 1923. He may have seen the first issue of the magazine while studying in Brownwood. The issues of Weird Tales usually appeared a month earlier than their cover date would suggest. Howard’s first known mention…

Ebony and Crystal: Poems in Verse and Prose (1922, The Auburn Journal) was Clark Ashton Smith’s third volume of poetry, following The Star-Treader and Other Poems (1912, Robertson) and Odes and Sonnets (1918, The Book Club of California). Smith had conceived the volume as early as 1916, and by late 1920 had a manuscript which…