Gertrude Chandler Warner Essays

In the book Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys, I was appalled by the inhumane conditions of the boxcar. I felt that the best way to truly signify the conditions that the victims faced in the boxcars was to create a drawing of both the exterior and the interior of a boxcar, then provide statistics to demonstrate the minimal amount of space that each person had. The purpose of the exterior view is to demonstrate what the boxcar would look like to a bystander, and the recurring trickery which the

The prologue of Waltz into Darkness undermines any romantic illusions as the story itself begins, circa 1900, introducing us to a wealthy Cuban coffee planter named Luis Durand who anticipates the arrival of a mail order bride named Julia Russell (Jolie). Handsome and rich, he has never married ("Love is not for me. Love is for those people who believe in it"). His expectations for the bride are realistic: "She is not meant to be beautiful. She is meant to be kind, true and young enough to bear

Waiting on every exhausting whim of an 18 year old preserved corpse sounds absurd and impossible, but for H.P. Lovecraft’s first person narrator in “Cool Air” it is a shocking reality. The strategic application of first person point of view keeps the reader on edge with a limited view. Any other point of view would reveal too much information on the pivotal Doctor Muñoz, and not allow access to the narrator's thoughts and emotions. First person point of view in H.P. Lovecraft’s “Cool Air” connects

Jeffers, O. (2006). The Incredible Book Eating Boy. New York, NY: Philomel Books. Henry was a book lover, but not like how you and I love book he would eat them it all started will a few words from a text then moved on to him eating a whole book in one sitting. What will happen when Henry starts feeling ill? When I first got the book I thought it was interesting because in the back of the book in the left hand bottom corner where it a chuck of the book missing meant to look like someone eat the

Greed Expressed in the Maltese Falcon Crime. Secrets. These words are often associated with the mystery genre. What often comes to mind is the common detective story, where a crime and a detective are introduced. Then, the heroic detective apprehends the culprit by deduction from clues. However, in the 1920s, a new era of crime fiction arose: American hard-boiled crime fiction. In this type of crime fiction, a sense of “graphic sex and violence, vivid but often sordid urban backgrounds, and fast-paced

Suspect is about an LAPD officer named Scott James. In the beginning of the book, Scott was not doing well. Eight months ago, his partner Stephanie was killed in a nighttime assault. After the night Stephanie was killed, Scott was ashamed and angry because of what had happened. Scott felt that he didn’t seem fit to be a police officer anymore. Then he meets his new partner Maggie, a German Shepherd. Like Scott, Maggie is not doing well. Maggie was smelling explosives in Iraq and Afghanistan and

3) Easy is a loner like other white detectives, but he doesn’t experience an existential crisis like them. Easy just wants to live normal life and own a house. In fact, he only becomes a detective in order to pay his mortgage. Easy doesn’t work out of an office like other detectives. Instead, he treats his home as his office space, which highlights the importance he places on his house. Accepting this job of finding a white woman leads Easy into a world of trouble. When Albright tells Easy that Daphne

Rachel Green, Ross Geller, Monica Geller, Joey Tribbiani, Chandler Bing and Phoebe Buffay are all friends, living off of one another in the heart of New York City. Over the course of ten years, this average group of buddies goes through massive mayhem, family trouble, past and future romances, fights, laughs, tears and surprises as they learn what it really means to be a friend. Ross Geller, Rachel Green, Monica Geller, Joey Tribbiani, Chandler Bing, and Phoebe Buffay are six 20 something year olds

In 1925, Scott Fitzgerald released a novel that made its mark in American literature; The Great Gatsby is a story that continues to be retold throughout high schools across the country. Not only did the classic change the way we think about the world, but its effects on writing have spread throughout television and even into two movies, one published in 1974, and the other released decades later in 2013. The modernized edition of the novel, directed by Baz Luhrmann features a sum of dialogue stripped

Friends is a very iconic show because of one thing in particular and that is the characters on the show. Out of those characters on the show Chandler makes this show so iconic because of the Jokes that he told and his really eccentric personality. He was one of the funniest out of all six characters on the show. Another thing that played a big part in Chandler Bing being so funny on the show was the actor who played him Mathew

blackmailing the family to gain money. The author, Chandler, illustrates that people struggling economically will do just about anything to receive money through the conflicts that arise in his novel. Chandler’s message interests his audience greatly due to the fact that many adults living in the United States are able to understand the reason behind every character’s action. As a matter of fact, “four out of [five] U.S. adults struggle” economically,

Hello Dr. Weathers, The clips from the great American television sitcom “Friends” was very interesting and highly relatable for me. I looked at the scenario being portrayed on in that episode and I wasn’t utterly surprised at how quickly Rachel developed an attraction to Joshua at first sight. I could relate more to Phoebe because I am very comfortable in initiating conversations and first dates with people I find attractive and pleasant. Phoebe did not have a problem with initiating first dates

Abstract Eric Edgar Cooke the ‘Night Caller’ has struck Perth with murder, stabbings, hit-and-runs and burglaries which during 1931-64 until his death. Due to a neglected childhood with a alcoholism father and bullying Cooke’s murderous out take on the world and random killings not only make his next target difficult to find but also Cooke himself. Studies on Cooke have shown his psychopathic styles of killing are not only unique but also the work of a ‘Nedland monster’ in Perth district. As Cooke

The Maltese Falcon. It follows the story of the private detective Sam Spade, who gets involved with three criminals in search of a priceless statue. Similar to film noir, neo-noir takes these key themes and repackages them to fit the current views of society. An example of a neo-noir film is Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. The movie tells the story of Harry Lockhart, who goes from being a criminal in New York City to a private detective in Los Angeles. The neo-noir narrative in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang was written

Welcome, let's discuss crime fiction, specifically the one with the guns, and cigars as well as hot women and men, discussing the social values of through conventions, but first, what text? The Maltese Falcon reflects the period of the 1920s classifying it as hard-boiled. Hardboiled, refers to a person devoid of emotions and is morally ambiguous. Hardboiled crime fiction aims to make social commentaries on the corruption and hypocrisy of the power imbalance which was due to the great depression

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler is a mystery, crime fiction novel from the perspective of the detective Phillip Marlowe. Phillip was hired by a rich general to find out and stop his daughter from being blackmailed over gambling debts. Throughout the novel, there is a link between nature and the mood of the chapter. Rain is generally used to emphasise that it isn’t a happy time or chapter within the novel. The novel is set in Los Angles in the United States and rain is very uncommon there which

The Dancer and The Thief by Antonio Skármeta is an attractive, energetic, and a genre-bending tale of crime and love. The book combined a series of crime melodrama, urban Western and social conscience drama. The story begins after General Augusta Pinochet was removed from the office. He was removed from his office for his evil acts to the people. Lots of people had arrested, died, and tortured during his regime. The police and the prison systems still remained unsolved after Pinochet was removed

The iconic presence of Bette Davis as Margo Channing in “All About Eve” is a clear example of Sontag’s vision of “camp” as that which is focused on style, glamor and extravagance. Not only was Bette Davis a great stylist ‘of temperament and mannerism’, her exaggerated gestures and larger-than-life individual style made her artistically “camp” (Sontag, 56). It is important to note, however, that Bette Davis was a true “camp” icon because she was ‘not intending to be campy’ (Sontag, 58). In fact, it

Even though it may be just a stereotype, the Scottish people are not generally known for their joyful nature and friendliness. No wonder, considering the geographical location of the country, the weather and the scarce population in the wild landscape. Kilts, mysterious countryside full of lochs and ruined castles, back pipes, whiskey and Brave Heart is what usually comes to people’s minds when Scotland is mentioned, but legends and nature are not exactly what the contemporary Scottish films usually

believes many detective stories lack today. Fiction writers today have more difficulty in controlling their stories and instead they had a life of their own and “flew away” states Wilson. Raymond Chandler writes in his article “The simple art of murder” (1944) how difficult it is to write fiction. According to Chandler, writers today have a poor knowledge of the society in which we live. Readers today will not care about the details that makes the story realistic, readers do not care about life as the characters