1)My initial impression is that the story is about aliens and the later chapters could be post-apocalyptic. 2)The genre of this selection would be fiction. 3)The exposition of the story would be when people observe aliens in a spaceship land nearby them. The rising action would be when there are large criwds observing and then some people try to communicate with the aliens. The climax would be when people who are observing suddenly start bursting into flames. The faling action would be everyone around the protagonist is dying and surroundings are cathcing fire as well. The denouement would be when he snaps out of his motionless fear and runs away. 4)The protagonist is a nameless narrator whom nothing is known about. The antagonist …show more content…
I think it is quite unusual that anyone would stand there watching aliens landing without running being the first thought popping in to there head. Another trait is his helplessness as he is the type of person who would become frozen in fear and unable to think of what to do. 6)The setting is first indicated as near thd landing spot of the aliens. It is also stated to be somewhere near Chobham and Woking. The amount of people around Woking starts to grow. The people around Chobham then disperse. The protagonist sees Knaphill alight with fire when people around him are being killed. Lastly, he turns around and runs away from the aliens. 7)The author chose to emphasize the time of day throughout to let the reader know that the events were carried out throughout the latter part of the day. He indicates the areas nearby to tell where the events are occurring. Another reason is that it lets the reader know that aliens have landed in both of the other area indicated. Also, that the aliens there are killing everyone as well as setting surroundings aflame. Lastly, the fact that the end part is stated to take place at dusk builds a bit of tension. 8)The story is being told in first person as the narrator uses the word "I"
In the end, the man dies from his worsening cough, while the boy joins another surviving family. Write three different possible theme statements from the work. Put each in a
It was late in the evening when they first arrived. The beautiful shining moon was contrasted elegantly by the almost obsidian sky, a sky which seemed to hold so many mysteries from ignorant observers such as himself. It was a warm night, with little to no breeze, yet, everyone within the surrounding area property was stricken with goosebumps. Their arrival was signaled by shouting, and a large magnitude of gunfire. From his position in his quarters, he was able to observe the manor being ransacked by the men in blue.
To explain the peaceful setting there is this quote that describes perfectly what Lennie was seeing, “The first page concentrates
These are the reason’s why Johnny’s the outsider in the book The Outsider by S.E Hinton are for the following reasons. First he’s the gang pet, as well as he is he is different from all the others, and he’s is almost alway silent. And here are evidence why. The first reason is that he is the gang's pet and he is like the baby of the group and in the book it says “He was the gang’s pet, everyone’s kid brother. ”-pg 123
1.The mood established in the first chapter is tense. The author was successful in accomplishing this by “fooling” the reader into thinking that the opening events of the story were real when actually he was describing a play. “ For a moment there was only the shushing of the breeze over the glacial lake- then applause burst forth.” (Oppel, 4) By misleading the reader at the beginning, describing the action scenes of fighting the monster and then the death of Victor’s brother, the reader is drawn in right away wanting to continue to read more of the novel. 2.
Although he reveals his sin, the setting is during the night. The night versus the day is an important part of the novel because it shows the contrasting effect in Dimmesdale’s
By marking it in intervals in his novel, he increases the sense of impending doom. And ironically, though the days seem drawn out and monotonous, everything happens, changing their lives almost instantaneously in just a short
McGahan utilises gothic elements of agitating visions, ‘The light was orange, not white like the farmhouses’ and ‘Then it flickered and blinked out, and everything up there was night again.’ This motif of fire recurs throughout the novel as a significant force. It is a mechanism of ambiguity and terror from past guilt haunting those who live in Kuran Station; these visions are personifications of white settlement, ‘But tonight he had actually seen it – a hand reaching out, wreathed in fire, and then a human shape, all ablaze, and yet standing motionless as it burned.’ The fire man haunts John’s dreams, as it belongs in his conscience as guilt, and insinuations of the secrets that lie in Kuran. But it can also be reminiscent of an Indigenous man bringing to light the genocide of
The demonstration of the narrator's imagination unconsciously leads his own thoughts to grow into a chaotic mess that ultimately ends in a death. By murdering, it’s his own way of finding peace. He is portrayed as being a sadist, sick man with an unnatural obsession for
Once outside the camp, “it seemed as though an even darker night was waiting for us on the other side” (84). The motif of night can be identified effortlessly because of the key words and attention grabbing context of the literary
By being chronological, the novella effectively illustrates the events as if they are happening in real time, the impact these events
The time sequencing also ties into the tone that the writer used, which makes it seem matter-of-fact and detached. Additionally, the writer also does not mention any names to associate the characters with.
Good writing is supposed to invoke a sensation in the reader, one which causes the reader to live in the work and experience the mind of the author. Events and personal experiences allow authors to develop strong stories that are interesting. Ultimately leading to producing a final draft that contains gasping aspects and characteristics which attach the reader to the author. Some unique and meaningful similarities between “When the World as We Knew It Ended” by Joy Harjo and “The Tropics of New York “ by Claude McKay contain an appeal to sad emotions, the beauty of nature, and strong usage of imagery.
The reader awaits, hoping that the good in him will overcome or that there could be a better ending for him besides a broken neck. Protagonists are not always the hero, and protagonists do not always
The author wants to makes the reader tried to answer their own question with imagination and what they believed truly happened at the