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”No Angel”

Death can be a tough time to go through, and it depends on who it is. Losing someone you are close to may be the most difficult time to go through, not only that, it also takes a really long time to get over the tactile time. You rather want to forget all about it and put it in the past or it just stays in your mind as if you never would overcome the truth of ones beloved father and time to time we all evaluate of doing it both wrong. Regrettably, it is true and it will be the most difficult time. Death can be so scary that you do not know what you are doing, because the ones who is in such a pain might talk or see them when they are already dead. Some persuade themselves that the death person is still alive and acting like it is normal. This is how the short story take place where the main character deals with her father death.

In this following assignment there will be given a analysis of Bernie Mcgill ”No Angel” and interpretation to the short story. Parts of my essay will be focused on composition and the use of supernatural elements.

The short story “No Angel” is told in 1. person narrative, where it is seen in the main character's point of view and it will say it is very confined. The Narrator gives us a direct expression to be the protagonist. At the beginning of the short story there is not a name of the main character but later one gets to know that the protagonist is named "Annie" it can be seen on p. 5, l. 119 and p. 6, l. 153. As told before, ones can only view it from a personal point of view, which make it very unreliable. Annie gives much of her feelings expressed and describes things very specifically, which is again credibility.

In the short story is note that the sequence is not like many other s...

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...aybe be because of hallucinations.

The theme of this short story can be loneliness, because Annie has lost her family and she looks like she doesn't want anything to do with the outside world. She feels heartbroken and have nowhere to go to.

No angel which is the title of the short story fits very well in, since it can refers to Annie's dead father there is not there physically but still has contact with her psychologically. The title can also fit with the supernatural elements that is happening to her.

The message with the short story could be that you can lose your beloved if it is your dad or boyfriend. We must be prepared for an any time because you never know when you gonna die.
It is always good to have the deceased people in your heart, but it should not get one mentally down. We must overcome the sorrow and go on with our lives, so we can live happily.

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