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    QUESTIONS ON MARY ROWLANDSON’S INDIAN CAPTIVITY NARRATIVE Why does Rowlandson emphasize that her narrative “was written by her own hand for her private use”? (1st paragraph)Because she was a prisioner taken by indians and she decided to write this text in order to make known her story and all the events‚ all write by her‚ because there was other captivity narratives about this written by other authors. Why did she intend her narrative for “the benefit of the afflicted”? (1st paragraph)she

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    Analysis of a narrative text: Shooting an Elephant (George Orwell) “Shooting an Elephant” is an autobiographically influenced short story written by George Orwell and published in 1936. It deals with the inner conflict of an imperial police officer in Burma who feels pressured by the Burmese and forced to kill an outraged elephant in order to prove himself and his status as an imperial police officer. The short story can be divided into two parts. In the first two paragraphs the narrator introduces

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    Whale Rider uses narrative structure in many forms to better describe the story to the viewer. It is used to link the plot together mainly using a number of different techniques including point of view‚ which is based on Pai because of her narrations‚ but is linked together with scenes of Koro‚ Nanny Flowers and Porourangi all having the point of view; conflict‚ with disagreements and argument all forming the story to come; and finally the way the story is divided into three main acts‚ which are

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    Throughout this passage from Pride and Prejudice‚ Jane Austen utilises various narrative techniques. These include dialogic qualities (showing) and the use of third person narrative including focalisation and free indirect speech (telling). Both showing and telling work on different levels to further the reader’s interpretation of different characters and give meaning to the novel as a whole. The use of dialogue allows the reader to engage in conversations between characters‚ thus adding drama to

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    Pretty Little Liars Pretty Little Liars is written in third person narrative. This third person narrative is very omniscient as the reader is able to see each characters point of view. This therefore allows the reader to be able to understand and interpret each situation or dilemma that the individual characters are going through. They are able to understand the characters relationships as the chapters are chronologically ordered in order for the events that happen in the story to be conveyed

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    How Does The Framed Narrative Have An Effect In Ethan Frome? In the prologue‚ Wharton sets the frame for the main story. The prologue (and epilogue) take place some twenty years after the events of the main story and are written in the first person. The anonymous Narrator describes his first impressions of Ethan Frome and about how he pieced together the story of Ethan Frome from personal observation and from fragments of the story told to him by townspeople. The prologue not only introduces The

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    Prolouge. If you were ever to meet Rey Ryans you would think she was the most normal person as normal could be. She had a normal job and a very a normal home. Even Rey Ryans herself thought she was rather unextraordinary but obviously for the fact that this story even exists is the overwhelming proof that she wasn’t. Rey lived a simple life in the bustling castle city. On the weekdays she would teach history to a sea of angsty teenagers at Farina high school and on the weekend she spent

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    Explore the uses and effects of mixed narrative in Anthills of the Savannah By Emmanuel Sunil Anthills of the Savannah is set in the fictitious West African country of Kangan‚ a country which has been overrun with political instability ever since becoming an independent state from British rule. The novel centers on the lives of three civil servants‚ Christopher Oriko‚ Ikem Osodi and Beatrice Naynibuife‚ and all three serve three separate narrative voices in the novel‚ each sharing his or her

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    Cora Hart- Narrative Short Story- Working Draft There. Right over there. At locker number three hundred sixty eight. The new kid‚ awkwardly fidgeting with the dial. When the locker stubbornly refused to open‚ she gave an exasperated sigh and pulled a small slip of paper out of her mud-stained jeans. She squinted at it for a moment‚ then once again attempted the endeavor of opening the locker. This time‚ it swung open with a victorious click‚ and she crammed her bag‚ bursting at the seams with who

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    author described in the story “Doctor in the house” was true to life‚ that is why it made this story so popular among people. The subject of the story is sitting for examinations. Well‚ now I’m going to analyze the story. The story is short. And narrative mode of the text are both narration and description. The author describes us what examination means for students and narrates about exam itself and his own experience when he was a student. The plot structure of the story is interesting one. The

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