Fiction Essays

Is literary fiction better than popular fiction? What is the difference between the two? Book lovers often hear the words ‘popular fiction’ – also known as ‘genre fiction’ and ‘literary fiction’ thrown around in conversation, but what do these terms actually mean? There is a saying that if popular fiction …

“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” Essay “The curious incident of the dog in the night-time” by Mark Haddon is an authentic, witty and empathetic contemporary fiction novel. “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” is a novel narrated by Christopher John Francis Boone who …

Shirley Hardie Jackson is a prolific author, well known for her short stories and novels. During her time, she has written many award winning novels such as “Louisa, Please Come Home” and “The Possibility of Evil”. Provided that, she has establish herself as a significant figure in American literature. Although …

Justification and DescripitionShort stories in English are a fundamental aspect in the curriculum because it offers to English students the opportunity to develop Understanding, listening and communicating in the English language. It is a theoretical and practical course that promotes in the English students of the Bachelor program reading, speaking …

1. Chose the character in the story whom you identify either the most or the least and explain the reason why. 2. how do the narrator’s carefully described ” adventure stories” relate to the theme of “Boys and Girls”? Explain what these stories suggest about the world she lives in …

A rich Britishmerchant of Oriental origin, called Mr. Kelada, meets a group of Westerners on a shipsailing across the Pacific Ocean. His cabin-mate, a British citizen who is the nameless narrator of the story, dislikes Mr. Kelada even before he sees him. However, at theend of the pride and reputation …

One possible theme of Ruskin Bond’s story “The Tiger in the Tunnel” is that existence is a cycle of inevitable life and death. Even the strong must die, but life must also go on. Ruskin’s story describes a poor Indian father, Baldeo, who works as a watchman at a remote …

The stolen party The author of the story The Stolen Party, Lilian Heker, was born on February 9, 1943 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Hekers career began at the age of 17 when she met Abelardo Castillo. Castillo was writer and chief of the literary periodical, who introduced Heker as an …

I couldn’t dare imagine a situation were I’m kicking and screaming for my life, trying my hardest to get away from the claws of death. And even though everyone can see and hear me yelling at the top of my lungs for help, no one has the courage to do …

In developing a theme, a writer narrows this idea and shapes it in a unique way, creating and underlying message in the story. In other words, the theme in a story is a representation of the idea behind the story. To identify a story’s theme or sometimes multiple themes it …