Cervantes alone reports the story in the first section, using a simple but direct narrative style. ... This complicated and narrative structure, referring to them, leaves us perplexed, unable to tell which plotlines are referring to the story and which are accurate. ... Sancho often subscribes to the morals of his day but then surprises us by representing an idea in the outdated morals of chivalry as well. ... Some characters in Don Quixote show a deep concern for their personal honor and some don't. ... Ideas of storytelling stabilize the characters throughout the novel, since many of ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When the strict path the characters are forced to follow is reveled they attempt to escape ". . . the plots which entrap them, and then proceed to create their own story by exercising a freedom controlled by personal morality" (Thoms 56). ... Norton defines theme as "a generalized, abstract paraphrase of the inferred central or dominant idea of a story" (228). ... The quest for freedom is the principal idea expressed in both narratives. ... The English novel of the nineteenth century depended highly upon the structure of the narrative. ... Gaskell's characters are crucial to binding t...

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• Grade Level: High School

Potter's adaptation of Orlando very much begins, as it ends, as a story of personal development and ultimate freedom. ... Foucault describes Potter's film as a film about the hero's personal journey, not about social, political and economical struggles as they affect individuals. ... Completing the narrative framing device, the voiceover asserts, "But she is changed. ... In her paper, Sharon Oudit further embellishes on the idea that Woolf's novel is in fact riddled with cinematic allusion thereby implicating that the author intended the novel for filmic adaptation and mock...

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They can be comprised of only one narrative or a collection of short individual stories. ... A third type is the personal narrative. ... The book contains ideas that may be inappropriate or misunderstood by younger readers and would be better utilized by high school students who can interpret and appreciate the material. ...

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However, while the meat of the narrative is a fascinating subject and not one to be overlooked, I believe that throughout all the discussion of Tan's characters and her story-weaving skills, an even far greater talent of hers has been forgotten. ... Although the mothers may have a different attachment to this personal history than their daughters, it is nonetheless the tie that binds. ... This search requires each of the stories which chronicle a critical moment in their respective lives to be separate from one another in order to truly hit home the idea of personal character. ...

• Word Count: 1953
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Apart from this, even the over- didacticism of its first person narrative "it is as didactic as modern pop songs "comes off the page with such absorbed conviction, such persuasive truth and emotional power that one accepts it. ... The part that says that the first person narrative is as didactic or informative as modern pop songs is such an ill-advised statement. ... Throughout The Outsiders, Hinton's own ideas and opinions surface. I got the feeling that it was a very personal novel for Hinton and at the end of the book it was almost like I had gotten to know the author. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

But Fielding does not provide a personal insight from the characters' perspective, rather we learn about the characters through their actions and words and through an objective narrator. ... The narrator reminds the reader of customs and ideas which the reader of the eighteenth-century should be familiar with, and feeds the reader the knowledge he needs to understand the characters. ... Watt picks up on this idea in his analytical chapter of Fielding's novel and how Tom Jones fits (or doesn't) into the criteria of the eighteenth century novel (Watt 273). ... The narrative voice ...

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The capacity to choose what we integrate into our personal repertoire of images and ideas is both a central function of the moral imagination and a central feature of one's own personal character formation. ... Her reasoning and emotions are kept internal, while she does portrays her ideas in her letter to Mrs. ... The narrative technique of psychonarration helps the reader understand how Mr. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

This novel is also a prime example of Behn injecting her personal views and experiences into her literature in response to the world around her, which is a common thread amongst her works. ... Furthermore, Behn's personal opinions allowed her to reject the idea of a democratic society in the novel. ... Therefore, the novel is more so understood to be a "historical narrative meant to capture the complications of societal structure" [ CITATION Ken l 1033 ]. ...

• Word Count: 2238
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate