Fiction Essays

I based my movie project on the film, Pulp Fiction, by Quentin Tarantino. This film stars such names as John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, and Bruce Willis. The movie has a few different aspect that takes form thoughout the plot. One of which is about John Travolta and …

The book starts off with the main character Jamie Macnair, he was a teenager from Toronto. Jamie’s uncle Angus Macnair eventually talks him into coming to his cottage at Macnair Lake near The Pas. It didn’t take long for Jamie to make friends. His best friend was Awasin, a boy …

“The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara is a short story set in the inner part of New York City that gives the reader an opportunity to briefly see into the lives of children living devoid of wealth and education. It takes place in the early seventies, following the civil rights …

 time of transition; the ending of the long mundane day, entering into the excitement of the unknown. Alice Elliott Dark’s collection of ten short stories titled “In the Gloaming: Stories” chronicles “”the distraction of human love” in its many guises. These stories especially focus on the complexity of the relationship …

Edgar Allen Poe, master of the macabre, was one of the most prolific authors of his time. His short stories explore the dark side of life, touching on the realms of insanity, death, terror, and fear. In the psychological thriller, The Fall of the House of Usher, Poe examines the …

We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are”. This quote relates to the short story “The Country Husband” by John Cheever. As the quote states it is very obscure to not become biased towards certain views. John Cheever’s attitude toward Shady Hill is candid. He …

In the short story Apocalypse, D.H Lawrence writes, “We cannot bear connection… We must break away, and be isolate. We call that being free, being individual.” Lawrence puts forward the idea that people are afraid of emotional connection: Maintaining a distance will promote growth. Whereas emotional or personal affection will …

While reading The Poisonwood Bible, I was fascinated by Kingsolver’s extensive use of Lingala, the language used in the region of the Congo where the Price family lives. Lingala is a language in which each word has several meanings, and Kingsolver has the characters in the story use language to …

The Lord of the Flies if taken at face value can be taken as a short book about the struggle to stay alive on a deserted island and its physical and psychological influences on its residents. However, when the reader looks deeper, they see a story that is an allegory …

“The Daughters of the Late Colonel” by Katherine Mansfield is a subtle short story about two daughters of the late colonel who are left with the task of preparing his funeral and getting on with their lives after the tragic event of their father’s death. For these two women living …