Avery AP Lit

As I Lay Dying: 1) Why did Faulkner choose to write this novel with an unconventional narrative approach? 2) Why does Faulkner give Darl the power of being an omniscient character? Why is he different from the rest of the characters so far? 3) What is the significance of Vardaman stating his mother is a fish? What does her death mean? And why couldn't he just say "dead"?

As of "In The Field" of Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried, the motif of storytelling seems to be expanding its occurrences. In  “Speaking of Courage” we get the perspective of  Bowker on Kiowa’s death. In “Notes” we get O’Brien’s perspective. In “In the Field” we get the comments of the other company members. Both “Speaking of Courage” and “In the Field” are told in the third person. An omniscient point of view to be exact. This is effective because it gives many different points of view instead of focusing on one character’s account of Kiowa’s death. We can relive the situation not only from Norman Bowker’s point of view but also from that of Lieutenant Cross, Azar, and a young soldier whose name has not been revealed. The significance is that the reader eventually gets a gist of what the death did or what like to each character — but the story is different in each account in different ways. This does nothing but deepen O'Brien's presentation of storyt...

So far in the reading of William Timothy O'Brien's The Things They Carried,  the character of Jimmy Cross (especially after Lavender's death) has caught my attention. I actually feel for the guy. As an officer in war, I know certainty and brotherhood is really important.Therefore, I strongly believe that Lavender's death will take a toll on Cross and his actions later in the novel. From a reader's perspective and for the sake of a prediction I think Cross blames himself. In addition, it makes it no better that Cross was distracted by the thoughts of Martha. Unfortunately, it seems as if he chose a girl over his men. This is so unfortunate because Cross seems like a nice guy.

" Find one example of intertextuality in a story from  The Thing Around Your Neck , be it from Shakespeare, the Bible, a fairy tale, mythology, or another text you're familiar with. Then explain how this example of intertextuality offers insight into the text." The chapter named, "Cell One" in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's The Thing Around Your Neck could possibly be shaped in a way to resemble Luke 15:11-32's "The Parable of the Lost Son" in the Bible. In the first chapter of the novel, I feel as if the mother represents the father,  Nnamabia represents the younger brother, and the narrator represents the older brother  in  "The Parable of the Lost Son". Nnamabia gets into trouble and seems as if he's the least responsible out of the siblings. However, his mother always comes to his rescue and this is noted by the narrator who speaks on the defense in which their mother takes for the older brother. However, at the end of the cha...

"Does this story remind you of anything in your own life or in something you've read about in the news? What connections can you make to outside events?"  Ironically, however specifically, in the chapter  The Thing Around Your Neck  I immediately could relate with what was going on in the first few pages on false advertisement of diversity. In this case, the uncle's company paid him more than the average salary because they wanted to appear diverse to outsiders. The uncle agreed to be in a picture of every brochure, even the ones that had nothing to do with his field of work. I have visited multiple institutions, websites, and college fairs that will have photos of people of color or people from multiple cultural backgrounds on the front page and advertise diversity but, when I actually visit the actual campus or workplace or talk to someone who is more familiar with the place, it's the complete opposite.

Initially, I was quite eager to read E.M. Forster's A Passage to India until I realized how thick the novel appeared. I feared I would lose interest and the story would eventually feel long-winded. I strongly dislike a drag or slow start in literature works. However, I applaud the manner in which Forster wrote this novel. I believe it played an intricate role in keeping me interested and ultimately, finishing the book. Forster uses an unnamed third-person narrator from an omniscient point of view, attuned to both the physical world and the inner states of the characters. Forster's often poetic and sometimes ironic or philosophical tone contributed to the lack of boredom in reading  A Passage to India.

In E.M. Forster's A Passage to India, I particularly took interest in the theme in which he portrays in regard to the difficulty of English-Indian friendship. I thought this was a different approach considering it went beyond the concept of British colonization but rather a personal level for the two cultures. However, he uses the friendship between Aziz and Fielding as framework to explore the general issues of Britain's political control over India. Perhaps the friendship between the two will never correlate with the way Indians are treated under British rule due to the lack of liberal humanism in the government.