Similarly, the most bizarre concepts are thrown in with the common perception of reality, prominent in Carey's other short story Crabs. ... The majority of the story unravels with a sense of realism still intact as the main protagonist 'Crabs' is stuck in the Star drive-in theatre after having wheels stolen from his 1956 Dodge. ... Carey succeeds as the reality the narration creates is in the own cryptic perception of the reader, not having a specific ending. ... It can be found that Peter Carey forces the reader to hesitate between two perceptions of reality by employing va...

• Word Count: 902
• Approx Pages: 4
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The use of "may"" rather than "could"" suggests a current opinion: a thought in the present, and when placed in the context of Jane's description of past events, it gives the reader a sense that the events are happening now, as he is reading. ... Again, this use of the present tense creates a sense of events being present: happening as the reader reads, but also confuses the course of the narrative, and confuses the sense of time. ... These questions in particular, in their invitation of a response, draw the reader further into a sense of dialogue with a real person independent of the nov...

• Word Count: 2174
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Generally, imagery includes all kinds of sense perception (not just visual pictures). ... Dramatic Irony is a situation in which the reader or audience knows more about the immediate circumstances or future events of a story than a character within it; thus the audience is able to see a discrepancy between characters' perceptions and the reality they face. ... A drama may contain a single setting, or the setting may change from scene to scene Although theme is sometimes used in the same sense as motif to signify recurring concepts in literature, the term mainly refers to the argument ...

• Word Count: 1599
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Hemingway has stated that "the main point of the work is under the surface," and this is certainly the case in the story, "Hills Like White Elephants," which alters the readers' perceptions of the story's meaning (Darzikola 9). ... Examining the relationship of the couple reveals that they may not be a couple in the relationship sense and rather just numerically, a pair. ...

• Word Count: 3072
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It was this positive perception of the book which, in November 1998, encouraged the National book foundation to award Sachar with the Young Peoples Literature' award. ... His skill also lies in "the special mix of comedy, mystery and sense of purpose" which Holes' embodies. ...

• Word Count: 1943
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It was this positive perception of the book which, in November 1998, encouraged the National book foundation to award Sachar with the Young Peoples Literature' award. ... His skill also lies in "the special mix of comedy, mystery and sense of purpose" which Holes' embodies. ...

• Word Count: 1946
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate