Essays on Plot

The novel opens with a fight happening amongst a boys from Devil’s Row and Rum Alley, two different parts of town. A young boy named Jimmie is in the center of the fight, and he is one if the main characters in the novel. While...

We were in a hurry. I had less than an hour before the race and we were still stuck in Melbourne CBD traffic. Breathe. Sigh. My dad tried to get us through the gridlocked streets surrounding Albert Park. We were going to be late. Breathe...

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath hounds Esther Greenwood who spends the summer of 1953, “the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs” away from hometown Massachusetts, sent off to intern in New York at a reputable fashion magazine with eleven other lucky girls. She is meant...

The Crossroads Between Reason and Insanity Henry James’s novel, The Turn of the Screw, presents a plot that can be interpreted several different ways depending on how the reader wishes to interpret it. Many readers believe the governess is really seeing the ghosts of Peter...

“The tree” tells the story of two women of different social backgrounds: Marta, economically well positioned and Luisa, an Indian. Luisa, a woman of lower class, arrives at Marta’s house, fleeing from a violent husband, from whom, despite the mistreatment, she cannot break free. Marta...

The novel is unraveled against the setting of the Great Game, the political clash among Russia and Britain that existed in central Asia. The novel presented the topic of incredible power contention and intrigue vividly. The story takes place after the second Afghan War that...

The Lottery and Course Themes The Lottery, which is written by Shirley Jackson was written in the year 1948. The story is very similar to that of Hunger Games, which is a modern movie that most people have seen. In this story, the author tells...

In this novel, we learn a lot about Emma on how she really feels and what she really wants. From what I have read, I personally think she is extremely selfish, inconsiderate and definitely crazy. Emma’s need for stimulation which may include sex or maybe...

Plot is from time to time about a contention or battle that the rule character experiences. The contention can be with another character, or with the way in which things are, or with something inside the character, like requirements or sentiments. The basic character should...

Jurassic Park is a decent book compared to the movie. Although many today won’t read the book due to the famous movie there is a lot of things that are different. The basic plot is similar to that of the movie however most notably it...

In science fiction films, it is often hard to juggle real science, fiction, and plot. Sometimes, only two of these things are able to be well maintained throughout a movie. Gattaca manages to handle all three in a way that, although futuristic, seems realistic and...

Writers are influenced by the historical times in which they write because probably everyday of their lives their actions and what they say is influenced by the time within which they live. Communicating with other people changes the way they speak, the way they use...

“The Cheater’s Guide to Love,” written by Junot Diaz in 2012, tells the story of a cheater who struggles to get over the fiancée he cheated with, while “Girl,” written in 1978 by Jamaica Kincaid, simply mentions what a girl is expected to do and...

Suzan-Lori Parks once explained that her play Topdog/Underdog “isn’t just confined to a man’s experience,” furthermore, “I think it’s about what it means to be family and, in the biggest sense, the family of man, what it means to be connected with somebody else.” A...

Before the truth surrounding the strange fate of Benito Cereno becomes apparent, Herman Melville effects an intriguing juxtaposition between Don Benito and Babo while the latter adheres to the toilette of his “master.” Captain Delano, while watching this masquerade of owner and slave, congratulates the...