Kaminski-Paper Two

However, I quickly learned that I was wrong. All this book attempts to do is teach the young writer about fiction and the many ways it can be approached. Furthermore, Gardner encourages the reader to chart his or her own course when it comes to writing fiction and not feel bound by a set of rules, an idea that I agree with wholeheartedly. Perhaps the biggest surprise for me about this book is that I actually found it enjoyable and interesting to read. Not only did reading this book make me a better writer, it also refreshed my interest in writing fiction, an interest that I may pursue far beyond high school.

They each capture your imagination and keep you interested. They may look childish to some, but you should never judge a book by its cover. “Graphic novels that succeed as literature escape the norm and invite critical discussion, analysis, and, often, comparison with text-only books featuring similar situations, climactic crises, or aesthetics” (Goldsmith). Graphic novels tell a story, draw in a different audience, and expands a reader’s imagination, so with that said, they should be considered as literature. Graphic novels never really stood out in literature until about 1978.

For the nonfiction essay, I wrote a string of memories, anything I could think of and that I could potentially expand upon in a longer piece, and I did this early on. For this fiction essay, I am doing something similar; I made a list of character types and wrote some sketches of ‘characters’ I’ve come across in my own life. I used one of these character types for my extraordinary scene, and then sought help from the king of making the ordinary extraordinary, William Carlos Williams, to fix the character in a scene. Using the character type worked for me this time because I was merely observing her; there was some distance, and I didn’t have to get inside her head so much. In general, though, I find that I shy away from the character types, at least for our assignments, because they require a lot of work on my part, and I didn’t have enough time to get to know them well enough to do them justice in a story.

They planned to serialize the novel, that is, release it piece by piece, much like sit-coms are done toda... ... middle of paper ... ... they can out of those who are underneath them. It also offers a look at the unique techniques used in this time period to obtain the writers goals. Muckraking was an efficient way to propose an idea. No one would have listened to the idea of socialism, had there not been a problem it could be used to solve. Sinclair used his gifts as an author to promote his cause, and although socialism never succeeded in America, Sinclair is still remembered as the pinnacle of muckrakers; his books are still read and studied to this day, and will be for a long time to come.

The purpose of this paper will be the comparing and contrasting of two short stories previously read and interpreted by the writer. The two stories chosen were “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, and “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell. These two stories seem to have nothing in common, as they have two separate meanings in two separate eras. However, the moral of each story draws similarity, the aut... ... middle of paper ... ...he comparison of the stories they were only link into how the author was portraying the stories to the audience. On the other hand, the differences are quite evident, and a lot more visible while reading both stories.

Many writers traditionally use their imagination to fabricate an interesting yet fictional story. Only their creativity and vision limit their writing. They can afford to neglect minor details because they do not base their stories on factual information. There existed a period when this was the only practiced style when writing a novel. However, Truman Capote pioneered the 'nonfiction novel', as he called it, when he undertook the writing of In Cold Blood.

Her first three novels, “Shio no Machi”, “Sora no Naka”, and “Umi no Soko” , are all about the Self-Defense Forces, so these three are called and known as the “Jieitai Sanbusaku(The SDF Trilogy)”. After her first three years, she started to write about romance, and now she is famous as love novel writer. She was ranked second place of the favorite Japanese female writer in the magazine, “DA VINCI”. Recently she wrote many novels more than science fiction novels, many of her love stories include the main character has some difficulties about gap of age or status to get the romance. In “The Library War”, the novel “World of delight” was appeared as a story within the story.

It had all the key aspect of many eighteenth and nineteenth century novels, authenticity, authority, antiquity and art... ... middle of paper ... ... rather interesting foretelling of the story, whilst still not giving too much of it away. The second preface was written later on and included in this edition but does hold much significance in my point of view as the first. It is nothing more than a literary preface in which he does not disguise himself any longer, rather he admits openly that he is the writer of the novel. To wrap up is a quip from a reviewer from The Critical Review, "the anonymously published novel is the work of a modern, not medieval, author." Works cited; Walpole, Horace.

Dale also talks about how when talking to people I you show more interest in them then you show of yourself then they will like you more. I like this because I would never have thought that, I like how he sees things from other perspectives and pulls them all together to make one large thought. I also liked how he put his own thoughts into it with personal comments they make you feel like you are actually talking to him and not just sitting there reading. I overall just really liked the book and thought it to be very helpful for my future and just talking to people on a regular basis. I didn’t really dislike much about this book other than the quotes from people like teddy Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln didn’t seem real, that some things were repeated and how he made the conservatives look bad.

His overall tone and strategy of writing was relatable and the least bit overwhelming, which quickly grabbed my attention and made me interested in things I would not normally be interested in. The ending of the novel was inspiring. The author suggests the reader to look into great novels, and even supplies a list of novels a personally suggests. He ended with a very ... ... middle of paper ... ...orcist” and look how many spin offs came from it. The spin off movies grew from the same idea, but had a little twist, just to give it a hint of originality, like “The Exorcism of Emily Rose.” While everyone’s minds are vastly different, we still get some of the same ideas.