... of literature. Non-fiction has, in many cases, been given a very dry and straightforward voice, while fiction takes up the opposite; it is allowed to be metaphoric and abstract. With the stereotypical view in mind, a reader would not expect the above excerpt to come from a piece of non-fiction literature. The classification of “non-fiction” guarantees that the personas depicted in the tale will be real people; Woolf’s non-fiction tale reads like a story - a personal anecdote shared with the reader by a persona who might not, if the story be fictionalized, exist. Thus, Woolf almost confuses the reader as to what classification it actually falls into – non-fiction or ...

... retells the story of Hester Prynne from Massachusetts’s Puritan history. The first chapter begins with Hester being led to the scaffold where she is to be publicly shamed for having committed adultery. Hester is forced to wear the letter “A” on her gown at all times as punishment for her crime. She has stitched a large scarlet “A” onto her dress with gold thread, giving the letter an air of elegance. Hester carries Pearl, her daughter, with her. On the scaffold she is asked to reveal the name of Pearl’s father, but she refuses. In the crowd, Hester recognizes her husband from Amsterdam, Roger Chillingworth. Chillingworth vi ...

... Holden has been expelled from Pencey for academic failure, and is on his way to say good-by to old Spencer, his history teacher. Spencer is a depressing old man suffering from grippe. While talking with Mr. Spencer, Holden shows his first signs of his depression. After an unpleasant evening with his arrogant roommate Stradlater and their pimply faced next-door neighbor, Ackley, he decides to leave Pencey for good and spend a few days alone in New York City before returning to his parents' Manhattan apartment. In New York, he succumbs to increasing feelings of loneliness and depression brought on by the ugliness of the adult world; he feels increasingly torm ...

... form of impotence. E. Restrained romantic. F. Private grief with Cohn's public suffering. G. Strongly attracted to Pedro Romero. H. Later, when Barnes says that he hates “homos” and wants to hit them. III. Lady Brett Ashley. A. First appears with a group of homosexuals. B. Wears man's hat on short hair. C. Refers to men as fellow “chaps”. D. All complete distortion of sexual roles. E. The war has turned Brett into the equality of a man. F. This is like Jakes demasculation. G. All releases her from her womanly nature. H. “Steps off of the romantic pedestal to stand beside her ...

... yet while in the frozen Klondike he has death at his heels. Until his body adapts to the strenuous toil of the reins, Buck needs more food than the other dogs. He must steal food from his masters in order to conform. If Buck continues his stealthy work he will survive. A second example occurs when Thorton owns Buck, and Spitz, the lead dog, constantly watches the team in a dominant manner. Buck, if insubordinate, runs the risk of death. He lays low, learning Spitz's every tactic. Buck adapts to circumstances until finally he strikes against Spitz in a fight for the dominant position. By killing Spitz, he gains a supreme air, and in turn an adaptati ...

... done. He accomplished it, but was known as a thief. Secondly, Esperanza was unhappy with the neighborhood she was living in. She lived on Mango Street and hated every minute she was there. Her family always dreamed of a white house with trees all around it, with real stairs and a real hallway, and at least three washrooms. The house they dreamed of is everyone’s dream. The house was nothing like this dream. The house was small and red with tight steps in front and small windows. It was old and broken down. It was not the most secure or safest place to live and it was not what Esperanza wanted. Throughout the entire book, Esperanza and many others were trying to es ...

... more. They saved apples, milk and whiskey for themselves, and made the other animals work harder and longer with fewer rations than before. It's easy to see how power can effortlessly influence the greed factor. Discrimination is another outcome of abused power. People of high power often tend to look down their noses at the ones who work for them or do not obtain the same amount of power as them. The pigs in 'Animal Farm' follow this portrayal perfectly. In the story, they begin to discriminate against the other animals. They show this by establishing the rule that if a pig and another animal meet on a path, the other animal is to move aside and let the pig p ...

... a New York Yankee, writing, and to see the "Golden Palace of the Himalayas", which in other words is seeing a naked woman. Eugene always feels as if he is being blamed for everything that goes wrong. He finds liberation from a household of seven by writing in his diary, which he calls his memoirs. Stanley is Eugene's 18-year-old, older brother. Stanley can be described as a person who stands up for his principles. Eugene is constantly looking to him for advice with his pubescent "problems". Stanley had to work young to support the family. We later see him losing his paycheck from gambling and almost joining the army. Kate and Jack Jerome are Eugene's parents. The ...

... over 60 combat missions. That experience provided the groundwork for this novel. (Way, 120) (Usborne) The protagonist and hero of the novel is John Yossarian, a captain in the Air Force and a lead bombardier in his squadron, but he hates the war. During the latter half of World War II, Yossarian is stationed with his Air Force squadron on the island of Pianosa, near the Italian coast and the Mediterranean Sea. (Heller) The squadron is thrown thoughtlessly into brutal combat situations and bombing runs on which it is more important for them to capture a good aerial photograph of an explosion than to destroy their target. Their colonels continually raise the numbe ...

... a story—Love Story is an experience. The reader who responds to this little book will feel less like a reader than an unwritten Segal Character, living it all out from the inside…In this "love story" you are not just an observer." (Christian Science Monitor) Although this novel was not very wordy, Segal manages to "Go into great detail about the character’s personalities and feelings towards one another." (J.Leavitt) Segal’s original style of writing allowed readers to laugh as well as cry with the characters as though they were along with them. Erich Segal begins his novel by informing the readers of the tragic death of a "twenty-five year old girl", who by th ...