Narrator

|“ Look at me!” l. 22 | |“merged in her surroundings” l.36 = no personality, no identity |“eye-demanding people” l.34 = a hunger for recognition | In paragraph 3,the narrator uses the same technique as a film director and uses 3 kinds of shots: first, a long shot : Harriet is first seen from the distance: she is first ironically depicted as an insignificant element of an impressionist painting or photograph, "merged with

He cannot feel empathy for the young man, and we soon start to identify to this sheriff and also feel troubled, disturbed by the lack of emotion of the young man. This book is narrated in both the third person and the first. There are three narrators: an old sheriff that has seen it all, a younger sheriff that thinks he has all the experience in the world but is about to be proved wrong, and a third person narration associated to the tale of Moss, a young hunter who is somewhat inexperienced

The Unreliability of the First-Person Narrator in Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” and in Poe’s “The Black Cat” The reliability of a tale depends mostly on the readers’ interpretations or views of the story, which are based on what the narrators convey. The subjectivity of the first-person narrators of Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” and Poe’s “The Black Cat” tends to raise doubts on the trustworthiness of the narrators and the stories narrated. In such narratives, the reader needs to work out

their own specificities. Both poems seem to have a common theme : In Follower, the narrator by his story shows us his admiration of the art. It is also the case of Judith Wright's poem, where the narrator describes her great-great-grandmother as a true artist, « legendary devotee to art ». Besides, the strong use of technical vocabulary « the sod rolled over without breaking » emphasises the fact that the narrator is fascinated by the labour of his father who does it as « an expert ». These moments

Commentaire composé The Brooklyn Follies Texte 1 Passage introduction Ligne 1 à 45 J. Giordano In this passage, the narrator is taking distance from the world in order to slip slowly into a tomblike environment. 1) Taking distance from the world : The narrator, knowing his days are numbered is trying to retire from the world. He is taking distance from people, from his family, from a world he mostly disagree with, in order to reach a relative rest or serenity, to reach

first chapter of the novel. The text can be divided into 3 parts: in the two first paragraphs, the narrator remembers that she -with her inmates- has once been sleeping in a gymnasium in which she had a lot of memories: she remembers all the activities that had once been hold there but something had already changed at the moment when they were sleeping in the gymnasium. In the third paragraph the narrator and her inmates appear to be like prisoners: in this gymnasium where she once has yearned for future

London. The narrator is a man who lives in this building. He must be a middle-aged man since he keeps referring to the other character as “young”. He lives in a comfortable flat (equipped with a video entryphone) and seems to be quite proud to live in London’s West End (an exclusive district) so he must belong to the upper middle-class. There is another character who is a long-haired young man with a pointed, foxy face, who has decided to spend the night in the narrator’s porch. The narrator also hints

who know all of we know today. This movie had so many longuers, and had no action, no fun, no suspense… The principals’ characters are: • The narrator - The narrator of the novel. Karen is a Danish female, who generally cloaks her true identity throughout the book. On several minor occasions her name is revealed as Baroness Blixen. The narrator is portrayed as being friendly, kind, brave, adventurous and outgoing. Occasionally, some of her ideas suggest an inherent condescension towards the

the grandparents of the first-person narrator in the story. Olivia always is a forbidden topic for Tessie and her sister Beth but after Douglas’ death an old friend from India named Harry appears and leaves them the letters written by Olivia to her sister Marcia. The narrator wants to tell Olivias story and so she leaves for India. The book is divided in the parts of the narrator’s journal and Olivias life in 1923. Journal 2 February (page 8-11) The narrator just arrives in Bombay which is completely

anglaise Read the whole text 1. a) What sort of narrative is it ? b) Give the narrator's name. 2. Who are the other characters ? Give their names and occupations when possible. Say how they are related to the narrator. 3. Pick out three elements showing that the narrator is no longer a child. 4. a) What makes it an unusual day ? Pick out three different details. b) In yours own words, contrast that particular day with the family routine. (30/40 words) Read the text again from "What