Guided by the will of knowledge and of making sense, understanding is our basic expectation when reading the short-story. ... We have to read the short-story so that we should not miss one single detail (which, actually, is impossible). His interest in details blends very well to his passion for studying the inner mechanics of human psychology. ... The short-story seems a subtle and unconventional ghost story that concentrates on the psychological rather than the actual. ... The short-story stirs the reader by the form in which it was put on paper. ...

• Word Count: 2120
• Approx Pages: 8

Only at the very end of the novel are we given any definite indication of the timeframe the story. ... Even for modern readers, however, who are aware of the work's fictitious nature, Jane's addressing of the reader in such direct sentences as "reader I married him," and even more so in questions such as "You have not quite forgotten little Adele, have you reader," creates the image of Jane as a very real, living narrator. ... There remains, however, some tension and uncertainty in parts of the novel, as to whether the events of the story are being narrated by the experienced, matu...

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

Numerous flashbacks take the story back and forth in time revealing the course of Lucí and Lorenzo's relationship. ... As the story continues the problems between the two lovers and soul mates build up. ... In my opinion this demonstrates the short-sightedness of the American movie industry. Medem uses nature to symbolize stages and feelings in his character's lives. ... It is all about human tragedy and suffering, which leads to Medem's solution, namely forgiveness. ...

• Word Count: 1287
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography

This can include the possibility of the story looping back on earlier sections, and is often used to mimic the structure and recall of human memory (Askham). ... By retelling the same story three times, Tykwer is able to present three contrasting endings, and drastically defy our expectations. ... "Run Lola Run" offers three alternative narratives, each comprising the same story, but told in contrasting ways. ... Tykwer makes it very clear to audiences that we are watching a made-up story, which the he can play with in any way he likes. ... Besides the chaotic, colourful, fast-paced nature of ...

• Word Count: 2156
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Published in 1910, the story of "Howard's End" takes place during a period of great change. The era is now associated with the birth of 'modernism'; a time of artistic and literary progression, as well as social and human transformation. ... By employing the use of an omniscient and often intrusive narrator, Forster commands a narrative technique characteristic of Victorian realism; however, the interjection of free indirect discourse within the narrative shows a desire to move away from tradition, a characteristic we would associate with the emergence of modernism; therefore...

• Word Count: 1625
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate