The story “On the Danger of Reading Fiction”‚ Thomas Jefferson clearly shows his dislike for the world of fiction novels. Jefferson has stated that fiction novels are “time lost in that reading” and thinks it should be instructively employed. It’s apparent that anyone who is a fiction novel enthusiast could indeed become offended by the comments made by Jefferson‚ but at the same time need to understand that he made those comments in an entirely different era than today’s modern way of thinking.
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influence on the stories written about “the great detective” in the works that came some 50 years earlier from the American literary critic‚ poet‚ editor and writer Edgar Allan Poe. In his own writing‚ Doyle commented on Poe’s work‚ specifically mentioning his detective character Dupin in A Study In Scarlet‚ the first short story to feature Doyle’s character Sherlock Holmes. In it‚ Dr. Watson‚ tries to complement Sherlock Holmes‚ comparing him to Poe’s detective from Murders in the Rue Morgue: "it is simple
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degree‚ when asserting that Quinn “never went so far as to believe that he and William Wilson were the same man” (5). While Quinn himself is the instrument of actions or simply the “dummy”‚ Wilson is the “ventriloquist”‚ leaving Max Work‚ the macho detective in Quinn/Wilson’s stories‚ to complete the triad. His role is “to give purpose to the enterprise” (6). As Quinn yearns to remove himself from his past‚ he meanders through the endless streets of New York. He feels lost and disconnected. His goal
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"The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender" is a satirical ridicule of the traditional hard-boiled school crime novel. It complies with the basic characteristics of a piece of private-eye detective fiction; however Day has also incorporated a certain extent of irony into the story by choosing the main character/detective to be a woman. Claudia Valentine is not depicted as the typical useless female throwaway- either by being the victim or betrayer. This woman is self-sufficient‚ gutsy and heroic. Her
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The editors of “Flash Fiction” asked themselves the question‚ “How short can a story be and still truly be a story?” (11). With this in mind‚ they settled on a maximum word count of 750‚ with a minimum of 250. They debated keeping it as “one story to a page‚ just a little book of little stories‚” but soon realized that‚ without the turn of a page during a story‚ the reader is easily bored (13). Instead‚ they allowed the stories to begin and end naturally in the book’s layout. “Pumpkins” is a
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Raphael Baker‚ 1997 Ostensibly the story of a son’s attempt to access and narrate his parents’ fragmented Holocaust biographies‚ Mark Raphael Baker’s The Fiftieth Gate also subverts the convention of second-generation memoir writing. A composite of detective story‚ love story‚ tales of hiding‚ and vignettes of discovery‚ The Fiftieth Gate has themes that are synonymous with the difficulties of the narrative construction of the Holocaust as an event “at the limits”: the search for appropriate interpretive
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DRAMA For many decades‚ drama has been in our world. It gives us feelings‚ emotions‚ morality and sometimes quotes. What is drama exactly? Is it a play? An action? Or just an entertainment? Hamilton Carole in his article “the study of drama” defined Drama to be a representational art‚ a visible and audible narrative presenting virtual‚ fictional characters within a virtual‚ fictional universe. Also he stated “Dramatic realizations may pretend to approximate reality or else stubbornly defy‚ distort
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SEVEN ELEMENTS OF FICTION 1) PLOT - Action which occurs -- 5 ingredients plotted as a witch’s hat 1) Exposition (introduction) - background information 2) Rising Action / Complications - conflicts are presented 3) Climax - high point of the action 4) Falling Action - lessens the intensity 5) Denouement (conclusion) - pulls the story together ["They lived happily every after"] NOTE: NOT ALL STORIES CONTAIN ALL 5 INGREDIENTS 2) SETTING - Time‚ Place‚ Customs
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stories that easily relate to the reader as well. Both stories caused a personal reaction as the writer used certain strategies to detail the idea‚ theme‚ and purpose behind each of the writings. It is also important to know the difference between a fiction and nonfiction story. The author has to intrigue the reader’s imagination to make the story interesting. Reactions and Strategies Salvation Salvation was written by Langston Hughes in 1940. This is a nonfictional story based on a childhood experience
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