The two authors wrote alternating chapters, switching first-person narrators between Jack and Amy (the two main characters) this gives the book some originality. ... He's taking a year out from "proper" work to have a stab at becoming an artist, and works part time at an art gallery because the art is not doing too well. jack, along with best mate, Matt, are dedicated single guys just out for a good time, and the books starts off on a Friday morning which is Matt's birthday with jack trying to get rid of his latest "conquest" without appearing rude. The first chapter comes to a clos...

• Word Count: 567
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

I want to point out some siginificance of each narrator and the tensions between their point of views of Fleur, the main character, with scenes from chapters 7-9. In chapter 7, Nanpush is describing the accounts of Lulu's illness and the struglled she endured as a young girl (165-167). ... Nanapush doesn't want to express his thoughts through just his world views, he wants us to remember the struggle from chapter 1 and recount the trials each person had to endure during the allotment. ... I enjoyed each character and hope to read other books by Louise Erdrich in the future. ...

• Word Count: 560
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Joe pauses within his narrative to permit himself more detailed reflection on the events, for example at the start of chapter two; "Best to slow down. ... This need for accuracy appears to stem from his interest and knowledge of science, comparing his own detailed account of this particular half minute to the idea that "Whole books, whole research departments are dedicated to the first half minute in the history of the universe." ... Later chapters of the novel are dominated by the fact that Joe constantly analyses and reanalyses events, reiterating the suggestion of obsession. ... The open...

• Word Count: 1247
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

There are some works of literature that become instant classics the moment they are written, Portrait of an Artist as a young Man is one of those books. ... In the first chapter, when Stephen is still very young at Conglowes College, the book is narrated in a stream of consciousness, without well structured paragraphs or a clear purpose to some statements. ...

• Word Count: 507
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

An interesting and distinctive point of the structure is the development of chapter length from short to long as the book progresses. ... The clever language used is a vital part of the overall success of the novel and Mark Haddon has really fine tuned this aspect to the advantage of the books creative appeal and credibility. ...

• Word Count: 1041
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Davis Carroll, in the chapter, mentioned that our memory for discourse exist on three different levels; surface representation; propositional representation; and situational model. ... Definitely, discourse comprehension involves building meaning from extended segments of language, such as novels, news articles, conversations, books, and everyday materials. ...

• Word Count: 1219
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate