Fiction Page 27

John waited for his parents to pick him up at school when the school got let out at 2:25 PM on s very warm Friday afternoon. The usually would already be there to pick him up but today they weren’t. They was nowhere in sight. John had on a bright red shirt that his father…

Tomas Hardy, a controversial writer in the Victorian era, lived for two centuries. Due to his family life and educational background, Hardy was familiar with many ancient Greek fairy tales and biblical stories. In his representative fiction, Tess of The D’Urbervilles, Hardy employs various symbols to reveal the tragic fate of Tess, parallel to Hamlet’s…

I am writing to inform you that you are hereby charged with the heinous crime of murder, as the cause of many deaths and misery. You are at fault for all that has happened in the fair Verona, Italy, and are now dually charged with the following crimes: Two counts of murder in the first…

Time travel is a plot device almost as old as science fiction itself. It seems that as soon aswe have permission to create whatever technology we want we are using it to explore and change the past and future. From Star Trek’s “The City on the Edge of Forever” to Terminator 2: Judgement Day to…

John Knowles’ classic novel, “A Separate Peace,” has resonated with generations of readers, exploring the tumultuous landscape of adolescence set against the backdrop of World War II. The novel’s rich tapestry of themes – friendship, jealousy, and the loss of innocence – make it ripe for cinematic adaptation. While the novel stands as a cornerstone…

Chopin And AthenaiseIn the story “Athenaise,” Chopin portrayal of the character Cazeau isalmost a direct reflection of the character Karol Karol from the film”White.” Both men love their respective wives deeply, but they alsorealize that their wives do not feel the same. These men have to struggle withthe inner turmoil of letting go of the…

My favorite character in the book has got to be Harry Potter himself because of he is always getting in trouble and is really determined once he gets going on one thing. He shows this when he is caught in the halls by himself while there is a killer in the school and the students…

Octavia E. Butler was born in a African American family. Her grandmother was a slave who did the laundry for a white family. When she was in child, she felt ashamed that her mother was a housemaid. However, when she grew up she realized that her mother endured a lot of disrespect, such as employers…

Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus as Mary Shelley subtitled it, was first published in 1818. It tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a student in anatomy and physiology. He becomes set on finding the source of life, both for the personal acclaim it will bring him but also, he claims, to better the human race….

They were aware of the reason why he didn’t do it: due to the immense size of the knife descending and penetrating into living flesh; because of the unbearable amount of blood (31). The analysis reveals that Jack is afraid of slaughtering the pig in chapter 1, a fear he conquers as he relinquishes civilization…