For a story to be commercial fiction, it must possess characteristics that ultimately make it a form of pure entertainment. ... This is just one of the things that makes the physical environment of the story seem unreal. ... The physical setting of "The Child by Tiger" is America's deep south following World War I. ... Also a major characteristic of literary fiction is its tendency to have a sudden twist in the plot. ... His name is foreign and he seems to have too many implausible or contradictory characteristics. ...

• Word Count: 2328
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

The characters in the story are identified by physical characteristics and some are even identified with racial terms. ... These characteristics give us an inside glimpse of the Southern lifestyle in which the author was participating in during the writing of this story. ... The girl never does anything other than give dirty looks; therefore, we are not expecting any type of physical violence between them. ... Turpin is a polite and outgoing individual, and these are characteristics that remain with her. ...

• Word Count: 1419
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

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, we can assume that through the ambiguous nature of the narrative form, we are exposed to the authors unease with, and conflicting ideas towards the threat of modernity, not just aesthetically, but within the context of how such dramatic cultural and social u...

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

The title in itself is very suggestive, for the noun "heart" is, in a literal sense, characteristic of pure or white substance, and is very distinct, and on a metaphorical level it conveys that the novel works on an emotional scale. ... From this Conrad establishes for a reader the characteristics of darkness; it is night, the unknown, the impenetrable, the primitive, and the evil. ... So, one has to expect that as well as a physical journey, an adventure, the Heart of Darkness will also be a psychological and mystical journey....

• Word Count: 1586
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In this literary pairing, Tita and Mama Elana share similar characteristics that identify both of their individual battles and there clashes with each other. ... In addition to serving as one of the main central themes of the novel, food commonly has a physical and emotional turbulence, and also serves as a way in which emotions can be passed along. ... Heat is a representation of desire and physical love all throughout the novel: in Gertrudis escape from the ranch; Pedros lustful observing Tita in the shower; and the post-coital death of Pedro, along with many other situation throughout the...

• Word Count: 1266
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School