Pi tries to show value in storytelling, even convincing that the fictional story is the better story. Despite this achievement, Life of Pi manages to demonstrate the many flaws storytelling can have, including confusing the audience, insulting to the original story, and discrediting the author. Although it could be argued to be beautiful and heartwarming, the story in Life of Pi can be very confusing to the audience trying to interpret it. One example is if someone were trying to determine the actual events of Pi’s survival at sea. Pi presented the audiences with two different stories and, although one does seem more reasonable, he never really clarifies which story is true.
“It is difficult for the reader to sympathise with Baby Kochamma in The God of Small Things”. How far do you agree? Throughout the novel Roy portrays Baby Kochamma in an unpleasant and often malicious light and therefore it is immediately difficult for the reader to find any sympathy for a character that we are persuaded to dislike. However, as with nearly all characters in The God of Small Things, Roy offers an opportunity to explain Baby Kochamma’s bitterness and so in this way we may be expected to sympathise with her. At the very beginning of the novel Roy begins the association of Baby Kochamma and “bitterness”.
The Subjective Nature of the Cathartic Effect of Short Stories Short stories have a climactic rise that leaves the reader with a need for resolution in the pit of their stomach. In a good short story, this resolution comes at the end and leaves the reader with a personal feeling of catharsis. However, the cathartic effect is very subjective in nature and is based on each person’s personality and experiences. A story can leave the reader with many varied strong feelings such as pity, resentment, euphoria, or compassion. The subjectivity of the cathartic effect on the audience after reading a short story can be shown by studying three stories: Cathedral by Raymond Carver, A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Revelation by Flannery O’Connor.
How do negative expectations affect you and everyone else? Many people will fall victim to pessimism, if you put your heart and mind to it you can over come the negative expectations people have for you. I am going to explain the negative expectations Alexie and Rose faced. I am also going to tell you about the negative expectations I had to face and how I overcame them. In Sherman Alexie’s essay “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me,” Alexie describes how the negative expectations affected him and how he overcame them.
There is wishful thinking in Hell as well as on Earth. In conclusion, I ought to add that no effort has been made to clear up the chronology of the letters. Number XVII appears to have been composed before rationing became serious; but in general the diabolical method of dating seems to bear no relation to terrestrial time and I have not attempted to reproduce it. The history of the European
It says in this report ‘ Discontent is shown in a number of different ways but the most common is that of speaking badly about the regime’ This source refers to the ‘discontent’ shown to be in a ‘number of different ways’. This source evidently has a negative attitude towards the regime. In comparison source A is from a secondary source so the view is remained to be fixed whereas source B is from a primary source and is more confidential, therefore it has a more realistic approach. Source A has a positive attitude towards Mussolini’s Fascist regime whereas Source B has a negative attitude on the regime. However near the end of Source A fits in the problems and worries shown in Source B.
Since there is no mention of key factors to point at Sir Lanka, readers are to take the novel as a commentary about several places that experienced post-colonial trauma. Western readers who never experienced trauma on the level of Sir Lanka – readers will see that trauma is as definable as the disappearances of people during civil wars. Ondaatjee uses his novel to send a message: trauma is incapable of being accurately described and people can only attempt to understand trauma. Yet, readers will never quite understand the mental strain on a person unless the person has dealt with something traumatic themselves. Ondaatjee uses Anil to start off the narration of Anil's Ghost, using her as the equivalency to a Western reader.
Racism within Heart of Darkness What is racism? How can someone be classified as a racist? According to Merriam Webster’s Dictionary, racism is classified as the poor treatment of or violence against people because of their race, or the belief that some races of people are better than others. Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness has been considered a major turning point for authors and other works because his style of writing was different than most other pieces of literature in his time. Conrad’s use of ambiguity fascinated critics and readers as he used obscurity to dramatize Marlow’s perceptions of the horrors he encounters.
We care too much of what others think of us. In some cases, you could create a false impression of yourself, which could make you seem to have a entirely different personality. In the novel Pride and Prejudice, first impressions are a key theme. The narrative describes how the prejudices and first impressions (especially those dealing with pride) of the main characters change throughout the novel. First impressions cause these characters’ preconceived notions, based on wealth and class to activate more pride and prejudice against each other.
These include the exploration of human nature and emotion, such as jealousy, manipulation, deception, trust, and innocence; as well as the concept of “good versus evil”. The references to Othello’s colour and origins is one aspect where contemporary audiences would have a differing outlook to those of Shakespearean audiences. In Shakespearean times, it would appear from the play that there was some acceptance by all, even Othello (“haply, for I am black…” III, iii, 267) of the references made to distinguish him from “white” culture. In modern times, this is seen as racism. To the contemporary reader, Othello is frequently marginalised by references to him as “the Moor”, and at a baser level, by direct colour references in a derogatory way: “an old black ram is tupping your white ewe…… or else the devil will make a grandsire of you”(Iago, Act 1, i, 88), and his race being related to unnatural things (“..and must be driven to find out practices of cunning hell….” Brabantio, I,ii,102).