O'Brien creates an intentional paradox for his readers when he writes the violent, but grabbing story of Rat Kiley and then at the end of the story, tells the reader that the characters and events of the story did not happen just as he described them, but that they happened in a totally different way to other people. But he insists that the story is true. With this, O'Brien challenges the reader to discover the truth of the event. O'Brien gets the reader to figure out what fiction of this book is actually worth. Firstly, did O'Brien confuse the reader when he said that the events did not happen after the reader became involved in those events?
How could she, without over-narrating, get a deep problem involving such characters when they do not speak enough to reveal that problem? Frome's character and his marital relationship are at the heart of the novel, but they are revealed only indirectly. Wharton solved her difficulty in a masterful way by her use of imagery and symbolism. It is in her use of imagery and symbolism that the depths of the story are to be found. Without an understanding of them, a reader would find the characters unmotivated and the tragedy contrived.
The question arises in any novel whether the narration may be trusted or whether we should rely on our own judgement. In both The Catcher in the Rye and The Great Gatsby the narrators could be described as unreliable but does this mean they are unable to be trusted or is unreliability merely a human trait used by Salinger and Fitzgerald to strengthen our empathy for the character? Both Salinger’s, and Fitzgerald’s novels fall prey to unreliable narration due to their structure. In both novels there is a retrospective account of events. Holden Cauldfield, begins the novel with the statement “I’ll just tell you about this madman stuff that happened to me around last Christmas.” Nick Carraway begins with “when I came back from the east last fall”.
How ironic for the reader to decipher a chapter of words when Addie says they are empty shapes. Why Faulkner does this is so that the reader must stop after reading the shapes and interpret their meanings based on the reader’s own belief. He does not want everyone to read his work and think the same thing. By providing merely shapes, the reader can interpret the chapter and book anyway they want to. A majority of the chapter focuses on Addie’s contemplation on the insufficiency of language.
Fitzgerald chooses to portray some characters from the very beginning explicitly as being flawed. Myrtle and George are examples of explicitly portrayed flawed characters. Daisy and Gatsby appear flawless until the reader learns more about them throughout the novel. Once the reader understands more about the internal characteristics of the character, it becomes blatantly obvious although they appear flawless externally they are extremely flawed internally. Gatsby is flawed internally as he is still holding onto some little dream that he refuses to let go of, of Daisy & him getting back together.
Their goal is to make you feel their story so deeply within the pit of your stomach that you know their words to be true. In a collection of short stories entitled, The Things They Carried, author Tim O'Brien reveals the marvels of storytelling by breaking down the barriers between fact and fiction, thus making it impossible to distinguish whether or not any given event in the stories truly happened. In the section “How to Tell a True War Story” O'Brien discloses how to ascertain the difference between a true war story and one that is untrue you should see no virtue, you should be skeptical, and you should feel the truth. In the section titled, “Sweetheart of Song Tra Bong”, O'Brien heeds each piece of advice he recited making his fictional war story true. When telling a true war story Tim O'Brien states that “[there] is no rectitude”, if at the end you feel uplifted or as if you were taught something, “you have become the victim of a very old and terrible lie” (O'Brien p. 65).
“A sad sympathy filled her eyes. Sharada lowered her knife”. Her personality appears to take a radical turn, though it is not documented through a conversation. Due to the fact that the authentic character of Sharada is exposed mainly through her psychological and inner expansion, leaving the audience to fill in several facets of the story in its maturation, this story can not only be placed under the Poe genre of short stories but it can also be set in the category of the “ideal short story” stories within the Poe
He points out that it is just a part of the job: “But we’re never really alone when we are rejected; it’s the other side of being a writer, the side that isn’t shared as much as our successes.” He uses factual quotes taken from rejection letters (utilizing the epistolary genre) that published authors have received. Sylvia Plath’s writing was rejected by an editor who said, “There certainly isn’t enough genuine talent for us to take notice.” These quotes could also place the essay in the form of an expository essay because they impart information. On the other hand, his use of memory in the following lines is symbolic of a memoir: “When I read such negative responses, I always think: What if the writer had just given up?” and his mother’s advice: “Don’t compare yourself with anyone else … unless it’s to make yourself feel better.” These lines quoted from memory place the essay in the fiction genre because memory is flawed. His thoughts or his mother’s words may not have been thought or said in those exact words because memory is flawed and can never be 100 percent accurate. It is also a fiction essay because it has points where the author interjects his own thoughts and feeling in brackets: (Ah Mum, she always knew what to say!)
Using the critical thinking methods of asking questions, examining evidence and accepting uncertainties can help to answer this question, as well as examine the author’s intentions behind writing this interesting and unusual story. There are many questions that first need to be asked in order to determine what exactly is going on in this story. The fact that the reader is given only the one perspective of the narrator, who happens to be the person that is insane, leaves a number of things unclear and many uncertainties. Why is she obsessed with the wallpaper? What is the wallpaper supposed to represent and does it have a greater meaning?
2) A topic does not directly allude to the source work, while a thesis alerts the reader as to where the references are coming from. Example: Write an analysis paper of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" Topic: The most frightening type of madness is one seemingly based in logic. Thesis: Although the narrator of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Tell- Tale Heart" is undoubtedly insane, the true horror comes from the sense of uneasiness and familiarity the reader feels as a result of his (narrator) ability to reason his audience into almost trusting his madness. 3) A strong topic should garner interest; nobody wants to read a paper about something boring. A strong thesis serves both a preview and guide for things to come in your paper.