The pace of "The Possibility of Evil" creates a suspense that holds the readers attention. Shirley ackson does this by using certain techniques such as foreshadowing. She also creates suspense by Miss Strangeworths thoughts instead of words. One more reason that creates suspense is how Miss Strange...

Literary analysis of "Killings" by Andre Dubus "Killings" is an excerpt from a story called Finding a Girl in America. "Killings" is a story that involves elements such as sex, murder, and revenge. The title of the story, the way in which the characters are deve...

Fast Break: 1985 Edward Hirsch The poem Fast Break is written in great depth and detail. As a result, the reader perceives a detailed vision of what occurred on that one particular play. But, the reader would need some basketball knowledge and background, in order, to truly envision what the po...

As Daphne du Maurier finished her novel, she said to herself, "So it was. A finished novel. Title, Rebecca. I wondered if my publisher would think it stupid, overdone. Luckily (for me) he did not. Nor did the readers when it was published." Little did d...

It was a morning like any other. I got dressed, ate breakfast, and loaded and grabbed my book bag. I got picked up by a couple of friends, and off to school I went. It was a regular school day. Hundreds of teenagers were walking through the long well lit hallways. When suddenly my normal day t...

Elizabeth Jolley's The Well is an excellent representation of the author's ability to create and sustain suspense resulting in a degree of perplexity that suits the investigative genre of the text. Jolley's manipulation of the narrative and of the perspectives serves both to challenge and to intrigu...

As I entered English this year it was with a knot in my stomach and a sense foreboding lingering in the back of my mind. I was not exactly keen to return to a subject that for me, personifies my inadequacies on paper. At a point somewhere around the second day of class we began a discussion on what ...

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An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge Ambrose Bierce begins the story with the protagonist(glavnim junakom), Peyton Farquhar faced with execution by hanging. Brice alters(mjenja) time by giving a lengthy explanation of what actually occurred in a short period of time. From the removal of the plank whi...

From the beginning of Edgar Allen Poe's, The Fall of the House of Usher, there is a sense of desolation and impending doom. Poe explores the inner workings of the human mind to show how "the imagination can turn rationality into irrationality and reality into fantasy". A basic eleme...

Open Mindedness through the Eye's of Dr. Seuss Creativity and imagery are key elements that make up Dr. Seuss' books, over 50 titles released by Theodor Geisel have been well known for his amazing ability to play and manipulate simple words. Dr. Seuss implies open mindedness through s...

When reading Ambush by Tim O\'Brien, I was a little thrown off. It seemed to start very abruptly and I wasn\'t too clear on the direction it was going. There was no real background information, like which war it was about, or even an introduction, so I had to read the first two paragraphs over again...

Joseph Conrad suffered from a sudden visit from reality. Before he went took a trip to the Congo, he thought he was still a youth; he had an adolescent mindset of invincibility. However, in the Congo, Conrad realized, "Hey, I'm old." He became "self-conscious." From then on,...

War is often perceived as glamorous and an adventure to those we are involved. However, war destroys many people in many ways. After fighting in the trenches of World War I, Erich Maria Remarque and Wilfred Owen poured their experiences into works of literature. Even though Remarque and Owen were...

In "Into Thin Air," Jon Krakauer effectively uses figurative language because he is extremely consistent and various which helps him deliver his story's message to the readers and enchant their minds. Krakauer's similes were so dramatic and convincing that they immediately caught the attention of t...

Life and death are essential elements in Gothic fiction. Life conveys hope; whereas death, hopelessness. These two words interlock with each other. In Frankenstein, Mary Shelly suggests that there is a fine line between life and death. Frankenstein's life becomes dedicated to analyzing lif...

This story was good because of the suspense the man has when he doesn't know what is going on with his wife. After his wife heard what happened to her family, being sent to prison, she got really nervous. But I think the moral of the story is that when something critical happens you are never ...

Money changes everything; Anton Chekhov demonstrates that the mere thought of money can severely impact a personal relationship in his short story, "The Lottery Ticket." An older couple with a family holds what could be a winning lottery ticket, but resists checking the numbers while they daydre...

Coleridge "Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world," Albert Einstein was once quoted as saying. This particular journey of the mind not only deadens the boredom of existence, but also may lead one on an intellectual discovery...

In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare uses the green world and its inhabitants as a symbol of imagination. The characters flee from reality to escape the laws that govern everyday life in Athens. The importance of imagination reveals itself when the constraints of everyday life are lost in thi...

ALIAS GRACE - BY MARGATET ATWOODThe book, Alias Grace, is the very first book I read in a long, long time. When I saw that it was 550 pages, I was thinking, "How on earth will I ever be able to read this book in a month!" It didn't really help me much reading the back cover and seeing that it was ...

The book Anthem is a book about a world full of mindless people. They let the government control their every action from birth to death. The weirdest thing is how they actually seem to enjoy that lack of control. One young man named Equality 7-2521, however, starts to feel there's something wrong...