... narrative interest in what can be described as 'bleak', 'depressing' or 'hopeless' material. Greene uses the idea of setting, characters, dialogue and language techniques such as juxtaposition, euphemism or contrast to create the narrative interest in the reader. It is significant to comment on the ... her love to Pinkie will only make her life full of misery, sadness and tragic. Greene uses the method juxtaposition between the characters to creative narrative interest and make the readers see the hopeless and depressing atmosphere between them and believe their relations...

• Word Count: 1151
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Graduate

... story from a simplistic narrative about social misfits to an allegory dealing with very complex and abstract emotions. Once the reader comes to realize the lessons embedded in McCullers' distorted characters and narration, it elicits a strong emotional response from him or her. The unidentified narrator somewhat haphazardly sets the story beginning in the relative present and frequently jumping back ... to points in the past past, relating the previous and present interactions between the three freakish main characters: the androgynous Miss Amelia, the manipulative hunchback Cousin Lymon...

• Word Count: 426
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Graduate

... of the events and phenomena he is examining in an arbitrary, subjective manner. If the social analysis of the environment in which the characters act is to be realistic, the writer must see and portray reality in its determinant, typical, manifestations, which are objectively present in ... and it is through him and his personal fortunes that the features of that environment are revealed. We do not find this typification of characters in non-realist works. Realism is a distinct creative method that made possible analysis of social environment and an objective portrayal of reality, ... ...

• Word Count: 3498
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

... and which follows a Bengali family's attempts at assimilating within American culture, portrays this theme throughout. Lahiri conveys this theme through her effective use of the characterisation of all of the characters, Ashima, Ashoke, and then the children Gogol and Sonia, helping to develop each of their individual identities. As the story continues, this symbol of homes also helps to develop their ... in America that reflects on Ashoke's identity clearly within the novel and conveys the immigration experience into a new place. Gogol and Sonia (and later Moushumi), collectively make ...

• Word Count: 1254
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Graduate

... , which is primarily associated with modernist literature and post-modernist literature. Nabokov uses a great deal of irony to make the reader aware of the lacking self-reflection of the main characters, and because of the lack of authentic historical references (besides the allusion to Greek mythology) this novel this is more fiction that factual. Consequently, Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire shows how ... ...

• Word Count: 461
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate