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War is a devastating and dramatic experience for soldiers. Their conditions, both physical and psychological, were nothing short of horrendous. In Tim O’Brien’s novel The Things They Carried, he depicts life from the point of view of a soldier during the Vietnam War. Through his use of imagery, tone, and syntax, O’Brien portrays the ambiguity…

In The Things They Carried, just like in real life, storytelling was used to keep the memories of the deceased alive. The author of The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien, was using this method himself by writing his war novel. He told of war comrades that had passed away, and his stories made it feel…

Fiction piece 1 is a story detailing the Friday night of an introverted art student named Joseph. I based him off a friend of mine from high school who has a very stoic personality. The Joseph I know did everything slowly, including eating. At lunch everyone would be long done with their food and he’d…

Throughout the book The Kite Runner, written by Khaled Hosseini, guilt and redemption are ongoing themes. Amir is faced with several different situations in the start of the book where he made the wrong choice. These poor choices as a child continued to haunt Amir throughout his entire life. Eventually Amir is presented an opportunity…

Sure, actions speak louder than the words, but sometimes even your actions are as undetected as the words you speak. Amir could reconcile his wrongdoings in The Kite Runner, thus leading him to his journey for redemption. His past comes to look him the face, anxious by these past sins, he uses numerous means to…

Or, The Love of the Last Tycoon (1941), if preferred. Either way, the book, though otherwise a quality piece of literature given its unfinished state, has issues concerning its strange jumps in narrative perspective. The book has a strange tendency to leap between a third person omniscient narrator and first person narration from Cecilia’s perspective….

In the short story “Tell-Tale Heart”, Edgar Allen Poe uses specific diction to subtly portray the narrator’s insanity, but also to characterize the narrator as a guilt- ridden person somewhat capable of differentiating right vs. wrong. At the exposition of the story, the narrator describes the intent behind the murder by stating, “Object there was…

The archetypal elements of a wandering hero, obstacles getting home, manipulation, and religious attributes in The Odyssey and O Brother Where Art Thou reveals the universal message of the importance of being loyal to your family. Both of the main characters in The Odyssey and O Brother Where Art Thou embark on a tedious journey…

An epic hero is one who breaks the mold of a normal human being; he or she fightsagainst all odds to come out on top and often wins just when things are looking very hopeless. Epic heroes know to keep going and never give up. They often go on important quests and travel to the…

One of the most important parts of a story is the setting. Setting includes not only place but period as well. In Homer’s short story, The Odyssey, the surroundings change frequently; however, the story takes place in Ancient Greece. This is vital to every aspect of the story because, if it were changed to any…