In Sorrentino's story, the reader may also observe many instances in which the narrator makes decisions while the story is being told, which we may consider "performative utterances ", since the narrator spontaneously decides where characters will be or what they will wear while narrating: "I'll put her virgin flesh into a black linen suit, a single strand of pearls around her throat," or "I put the young man into 1958. ... Although their families have houses in the same community, they do not share the same religion and this definite difference will make their love story complex and...

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In interpretive fiction works, the development of the characters in the story is often the main focus. ... " Francis is a complex, dynamic character that is changing throughout the story. ... Another principal character in the story is the dog, Jupiter. ... The plot is more focused on the internal feelings of the characters as opposed to the external sequence of events. ...

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The descriptions of the setting and the character's evolutions are restricted. ... The waitress and the obese customer are the main characters in the story, whereas the nine other characters are less important. ... The waitress is the only character who changes during the story, she is the only round character. ... As a consequence the sentences are short and Carver uses no complex metaphors: I feel depressed. ... He doesn't give information about the characters and their past history. ...

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By knowing that Faulkner's strongest influence was his independent mother, one can guess that Miss Emily Grierson's character was based partly on Maud Falkner. ... She may have been the inspiration for the strong, independent character, Emily Grierson. ... These range from Ray West's theory of Emily Grierson's attempt to stop time to Jack Scherting's suggestion that she suffers from an Oedipal complex (Blythe 192). ...

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"A Madman's Diary" is a series of diary entries written by a madman who is suffering from a persecution complex. ... I am going to explore the ways in which Lu Xun uses characters' physical and verbal actions in "Kong Yiji" to symbolize his concern over China's traditional way of life. ... Also, he shows kindness when he tries to start a conversation with the narrator by teaching him how to write the character hui, he tells the narrator that he should know how to write this character because he will need it when he has his own shop, implying that he believes ...

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