How would a 12 year old boy who watched his family die around him be able to escape the extermination of his kind? The novel Forgotten Fire is a compelling historical fiction book written by Adam Bagdasarian. This book follows the journey of Vahan Kenderian as he tries to survive the Armenian genocide. Vahan watches the world he knew collapse around him as he watches those he grew to care about leave him, by death or not. During his time the young boy meets many people that affect him for the rest of his life.
Ysabelle Arcos ENGL 251 Dr. Kirsten Inglis March 13, 2024 Thesis and Annotated Bibliography: Memories Serving as Beacon of Hope in Mandel’s Station Eleven and Robinson’s Monkey Beach. Research Question: The novels, Station Eleven by Mandel and Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson, consist of non-linear narratives focusing on memories the protagonists have from the past. How do the protagonists’ memories impact their actions and attitudes toward society? Do their memories provide closure and a sense of hope to the crises they faced?
The use of dreams and flashbacks in the novel helps create suspense and shows different sides of a character. These techniques help the audience in forming an opinion on these characters as the audience then knows why a character behaves in a certain way. The use of dialogues further strengthens the development of characters as the characters expresses themselves through the use of dialogues. Through this book Caswell has given audience various messages about life however his main message to the audience is about moving on in
It is of the utmost necessity to analyze all pieces of evidence in order to reach a valid conclusion on one’s nature. If just one component is removed, then the entire decision is altered. 2.2 presents the audience with the final piece of insight on the true intentions of the characters that is needed to fully define their
Station Eleven is a story filled with many different plotlines and backstories, all intricately woven together to paint a fascinating image of life after the Georgia Flu pandemic. The character development is one of the most intriguing parts of the novel, as the reader is surprised again and again with the actions and connections of each figure. Many of the characters enter both as background members in some scenes and as main characters in others, so that their stories flow smoothly with the others. Two characters that this can be applied to are Tyler, Arthur’s son, and Kirsten, a child actor turned into a performer with a travelling groupe after the near-extinction of the human race. They both grew and developed out of this tragedy, being
What core elements define the essence of humanity? In Mandel’s novel, one is compelled to reconsider the defining characteristics of humanity. Mandel structures the plot of Station Eleven around the main character Arthur Leander’s life. Throughout the novel, Mandel explores a series of sub character’s perspectives of the flu pandemic and each of their roles in the post-apocalyptic world it creates, encouraging the reader to delve into the relationships between humanity and art. Book reviewer Justine Jordan from The Guardian summarizes the book perfectly by claiming that “Station Eleven is not so much about [an] apocalypse as about memory and loss, nostalgia, and yearning” (Jordan, par. 5).
Nothing was more frustrating in the novel Station Eleven than the ineffective confrontation between Kirsten and the prophet toward the end of the story. Throughout the story, the prophet and Kirsten are presented as opposites. The prophet seeks coherent narratives and believes everything happens for a reason, while Kirsten doesn’t mind unclear disjointed narratives and prefers to go with the flow. However, when Kirsten and the prophet finally realize they both read the comic book Station Eleven, they don’t get the chance to confirm their connection nor do they talk about it which makes this scene an unsuccessful anticlimax. An anticlimax occurs at the end of the story when there is a lot of buildup and tension but then nothing gets resolved.
This is shown when the characters in this novel speak out against a concept they know nothing about. Therefore, the literary terms an author uses can make an immense impact to the connections the reader makes to a novel, and help to shape a theme that is found throughout
Sandra Cisneros’ short story “Eleven”, poem “My Wicked Wicked Ways”, and book The House on Mango Street have many similarities and differences in terms of style, tone, theme, character and setting. In the short story “Eleven”, Sandra Cisneros manages to convey a powerful message about growing up from the perspective of an eleven year old. The story starts out with Rachel, the protagonist, who is turning eleven today. It starts out with her at school while she's in math class.
In turn, the idea of reality comes down to each character’s mental state, how they perceive the
Also, when Ms. Audrey Made mention of the living conditions of the previous generation it gave us a sense of how things use to be. Exposition in any piece establishes the setting and provides background information that assist the reader in understanding the reasons for every character’s actions and motives. Hence, a prelude was given as to what the play Redemption Time is all about. In addition, the exposition can reveal the types of personality traits that each character portraits such as hardheartedness, unforgiveness, retaliation, love
This approach certainly rationalizes the way both of these characters act in
Once the reader begins to question the lack of explanation surrounding the event, a suspenseful tone beings to grow. Due to the unexpected
In this essay I will exhibits an outline about each of the most well known characters that appear and attempt to explain each of their
The view of the story is limited to the narrator’s descriptions of the events and therefore it is a first person limited narrator. The effect of the narrator’s anonymity creates an illusion of, regarding the reader’s view, that the narrator of the story could be anyone, and therefore makes the story universal. In addition the novel is written through the view of the first person narrator and the reader are following his thoughts as an association thought-stream, also known as stream of consciousness. “It was a terrible shame that it was 1994 and Dot lived in the Midlands, as she would’ve been an excellent pirate” (p. 2-3, l. 35-36). Hereby the actions of the story are moving in-between different considerations, thoughts and