Essays on Fiction

The relation of Bely’s Petersburg to the Bronze Horseman is based primarily on the symbolism and representations used by the writers. There are many allusions to the city’s history dating back to its foundation within the fiction, and it incorporates numerous literally allusions to the artistry set in Petersburg, especially…

In the Time of the Butterflies is a novel by Julia Alvarez that tells the fictitious story of the Mirabal sisters during the dictatorship of Rafael Ttujillo in the Dominican Republic. The story starts with one of the women, Dede, being interviewed about her prominent three sisters who were killed…

Joanna Russ, a well-known feminist, wrote the novel The Female Man. The novel was written in 1970 and published in America in 1975. The book is classified as both a fantasy novel and a feminist science fiction novel. The protagonist is a feminist who used short stories, novels, and nonfiction…

The Chronicle of a Film” is described by Edgar Morin as a study and ethnographic film. “This film is a science project,” Edgar says. “Paris is the setting for this study” (463). Morin states that the film is not imaginary, but rather about actual people. What people really do in…

A theory is a common narrative that has been used repeatedly to justify or address questions about the history of something, or about the social or natural phenomenon that leads to the existence of objects as they are. Neil Gaiman uses the mythology of contemporary storytelling and fantasy to relate…

It may seem strange to compare a contemporary film about a mundane IRS agent and his everyday life to a classic work of Greek literature on the surface. Still, there are some fascinating similarities worth noting. Comparing these two works allows one to see how little the human experience and…

The Sower’s Parable is a futuristic and fictional novel set in a dystopian United States in the twenty-first century. Octavia E. Butler’s novel, written in 1993, outlines the political, social, and economic rot in American society (Butler, 3). This is her first science fiction and fantasy novel. Her main concern…

Graphic novels are books that are classified as part of this genre of writing because their content is similar to that of comic books. Based on the story they tell, graphic novels can fall into a variety of categories. Fiction and non-fiction are two examples of such categories. In the…

Directed via Randall Wallace, “Heaven is for Real” is one of the most eye-catching drama fiction movies in Hollywood. The performance and feel of humor reflected in the movie make it a perfect fiction movie to watch. The director spells out the agenda of the movie handily in the title’s…

The Fifth Business is a fictional novel written of Roberson Davies from Canada who is a professor, journalist, critic as well as a playwright. It is the best-known novel of Davies, even has been ranked as the finest. It explores the life of the narrator Dunstan Ramsay. Dunstan is a…

In fan fiction, Mary Sue is a creative character. Typically, the character is a woman who is openly despised by fan critics (Bok, 2013 p. 4). In fiction stories, Mary Sue may, on occasion, be a man. A character is commonly referred to as a Mary Sue if she excels…

The novel, Odds Against Tomorrow is approved by Nathaniel Rich and it revolved publicist’s dream, a work of serious-minded and ambitious literary fiction with instantaneous, theatrical, and almost a cache of prophetic current affairs. Rich’s story focuses on a cataclysmic flood that demolishes much of New York City since this…